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Wednesday after the Sixth Sunday of Easter

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The Collect of the Day

Sixth Sunday of Easter

O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

19. For Rogation Days

I. For fruitful seasons

Almighty God, Lord of heaven and earth: We humbly pray that your gracious providence may give and preserve to our use the harvests of the land and of the seas, and may prosper all who labor to gather them, that we, who are constantly receiving good things from your hand, may always give you thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

19. For Rogation Days

II. For commerce and industry

Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ in his earthly life shared our toil and hallowed our labor: Be present with your people where they work; make those who carry on the industries and commerce of this land responsive to your will; and give to us all a pride in what we do, and a just return for our labor; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

19. For Rogation Days

III. For stewardship of creation

O merciful Creator, your hand is open wide to satisfy the needs of every living creature: Make us always thankful for your loving providence; and grant that we, remembering the account that we must one day give, may be faithful stewards of your good gifts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

119

Mem

Quomodo dilexi!BCP p. 771

97Oh, how I love your law! *all the day long it is in my mind.

98Your commandment has made me wiser than my enemies, *and it is always with me.

99I have more understanding than all my teachers, *for your decrees are my study.

100I am wiser than the elders, *because I observe your commandments.

101I restrain my feet from every evil way, *that I may keep your word.

102I do not shrink from your judgments, *because you yourself have taught me.

103How sweet are your words to my taste! *they are sweeter than honey to my mouth.

104Through your commandments I gain understanding; *therefore I hate every lying way.

Nun

Lucerna pedibus meis

105Your word is a lantern to my feet *and a light upon my path.

106I have sworn and am determined *to keep your righteous judgments.

107I am deeply troubled; *preserve my life, O Lord, according to your word.

108Accept, O Lord, the willing tribute of my lips, *and teach me your judgments.

109My life is always in my hand, *yet I do not forget your law.

110The wicked have set a trap for me, *but I have not strayed from your commandments.

111Your decrees are my inheritance for ever; *truly, they are the joy of my heart.

112I have applied my heart to fulfill your statutes *for ever and to the end.

Samekh

Iniquos odio habui

113I hate those who have a divided heart, *but your law do I love.

114You are my refuge and shield; *my hope is in your word.

115Away from me, you wicked! *I will keep the commandments of my God.

116Sustain me according to your promise, that I may live, *and let me not be disappointed in my hope.

117Hold me up, and I shall be safe, *and my delight shall be ever in your statutes.

118You spurn all who stray from your statutes; *their deceitfulness is in vain.

119In your sight all the wicked of the earth are but dross; *therefore I love your decrees.

120My flesh trembles with dread of you; *I am afraid of your judgments.

Daily Office Readings

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James 5:13-18

13 Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise. 14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest.

Luke 12:22-31

22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 26 If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! 29 And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. 30 For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, strive for his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Baruch 3:24-37

24 O Israel, how great is the house of God,    how vast the territory that he possesses! 25 It is great and has no bounds;    it is high and immeasurable. 26 The giants were born there, who were famous of old,    great in stature, expert in war. 27 God did not choose them,    or give them the way to knowledge; 28 so they perished because they had no wisdom, they perished through their folly. 29 Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her,    and brought her down from the clouds? 30 Who has gone over the sea, and found her,    and will buy her for pure gold? 31 No one knows the way to her,    or is concerned about the path to her. 32 But the one who knows all things knows her,    he found her by his understanding. The one who prepared the earth for all time    filled it with four-footed creatures; 33 the one who sends forth the light, and it goes;    he called it, and it obeyed him, trembling; 34 the stars shone in their watches, and were glad;    he called them, and they said, ‘Here we are!’    They shone with gladness for him who made them. 35 This is our God;    no other can be compared to him. 36 He found the whole way to knowledge,    and gave her to his servant Jacob    and to Israel, whom he loved. 37 Afterwards she appeared on earth and lived with humankind.