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Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday of Easter

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    The Collect of the Day

    Fourth Sunday of Easter

    O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    119

    Zayin

    Memor esto verbi tuiBCP p. 767

    49Remember your word to your servant, *because you have given me hope.

    50This is my comfort in my trouble, *that your promise gives me life.

    51The proud have derided me cruelly, *but I have not turned from your law.

    52When I remember your judgments of old, *O Lord, I take great comfort.

    53I am filled with a burning rage, *because of the wicked who forsake your law.

    54Your statutes have been like songs to me *wherever I have lived as a stranger.

    55I remember your Name in the night, O Lord, *and dwell upon your law.

    56This is how it has been with me, *because I have kept your commandments.

    Heth

    Portio mea, Domine

    57You only are my portion, O Lord; *I have promised to keep your words.

    58I entreat you with all my heart, *be merciful to me according to your promise.

    59I have considered my ways *and turned my feet toward your decrees.

    60I hasten and do not tarry *to keep your commandments.

    61Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, *I do not forget your law.

    62At midnight I will rise to give you thanks, *because of your righteous judgments.

    63I am a companion of all who fear you *and of those who keep your commandments.

    64The earth, O Lord, is full of your love; *instruct me in your statutes.

    Teth

    Bonitatem fecisti

    65O Lord, you have dealt graciously with your servant, *according to your word.

    66Teach me discernment and knowledge, *for I have believed in your commandments.

    67Before I was afflicted I went astray, *but now I keep your word.

    68You are good and you bring forth good; *instruct me in your statutes.

    69The proud have smeared me with lies, *but I will keep your commandments with my whole heart.

    70Their heart is gross and fat, *but my delight is in your law.

    71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, *that I might learn your statutes.

    72The law of your mouth is dearer to me *than thousands in gold and silver.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Luke 6:27-38

    27 “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29 If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 30 Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; 38 give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

    Col. 1:24-2:7

    24 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. 25 I became its servant according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints. 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 For this I toil and struggle with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me. 1 For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me face to face. 2 I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ himself, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I am saying this so that no one may deceive you with plausible arguments. 5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ. 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

    Wisdom 4:16-5:8

    16 The righteous who have died will condemn the ungodly who are living, and youth that is quickly perfected will condemn the prolonged old age of the unrighteous. 17 For they will see the end of the wise, and will not understand what the Lord purposed for them, and for what he kept them safe. 18 The unrighteous will see, and will have contempt for them, but the Lord will laugh them to scorn. After this they will become dishonoured corpses, and an outrage among the dead for ever; 19 because he will dash them speechless to the ground, and shake them from the foundations; they will be left utterly dry and barren, and they will suffer anguish, and the memory of them will perish. 20 They will come with dread when their sins are reckoned up, and their lawless deeds will convict them to their face. 1 Then the righteous will stand with great confidence in the presence of those who have oppressed them and those who make light of their labours. 2 When the unrighteous see them, they will be shaken with dreadful fear, and they will be amazed at the unexpected salvation of the righteous. 3 They will speak to one another in repentance, and in anguish of spirit they will groan, and say, 4 ‘These are persons whom we once held in derision and made a byword of reproach—fools that we were! We thought that their lives were madness and that their end was without honour. 5 Why have they been numbered among the children of God? And why is their lot among the saints? 6 So it was we who strayed from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness did not shine on us, and the sun did not rise upon us. 7 We took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction, and we journeyed through trackless deserts, but the way of the Lord we have not known. 8 What has our arrogance profited us? And what good has our boasted wealth brought us?