Daily Readings: May 7, 2023

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Morning	Evening
Psalm 24 Psalm 29	Psalm 8 Psalm 84
Wisdom 7:22-8:1 2 Thess. 2:13-17 Matt. 7:7-14

The Collect of the Day

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

24

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¹The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, *the world and all who dwell therein.

²For it is he who founded it upon the seas *and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

³“Who can ascend the hill of the Lord? *and who can stand in his holy place?”

⁴“Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *who have not pledged themselves to falsehood, nor sworn by what is a fraud.

⁵They shall receive a blessing from the Lord *and a just reward from the God of their salvation.”

⁶Such is the generation of those who seek him, *of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.

⁷Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them high, O everlasting doors; *and the King of glory shall come in.

⁸“Who is this King of glory?” *“The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle.”

⁹Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them high, O everlasting doors; *and the King of glory shall come in.

¹⁰“Who is he, this King of glory?” *“The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.”

29

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¹Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, *ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

²Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; *worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

³The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; *the Lord is upon the mighty waters.

⁴The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; *the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendor.

⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; *the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;

⁶He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, *and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of the Lord splits the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; *the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁸The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe *and strips the forests bare.

⁹And in the temple of the Lord *all are crying, “Glory!”

¹⁰The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; *the Lord sits enthroned as King for evermore.

¹¹The Lord shall give strength to his people; *the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.

Daily Office Readings

²² for wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me. ²² There is in her a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, ²³beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent, pure, and altogether subtle. ²⁴ For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things. ²⁵ For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her. ²⁶ For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness. ²⁷ Although she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets; ²⁸ for God loves nothing so much as the person who lives with wisdom. ²⁹ She is more beautiful than the sun, and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light she is found to be superior, ³⁰ for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail. ¹She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and she orders all things well.