Daily Readings: October 26, 2024

Saturday after the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, 889

Morning	Evening
Psalm 30 Psalm 32	Psalm 42 Psalm 43
Ecclus. 15:9-20 Rev. 10:1-11 Luke 11:1-13

The Collect of the Day

Proper 24

The Sunday closest to October 19

Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Alfred

O God, who called your servant Alfred to an earthly throne that he might advance your heavenly kingdom and gave him zeal for your church and love for your people: Grant that we, inspired by his example and prayers, may remain steadfast in the work you have given us to do for the building up of your reign of love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

30

Exaltabo te, DomineBCP p. 621

¹I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have lifted me up *and have not let my enemies triumph over me.

²O Lord my God, I cried out to you, *and you restored me to health.

³You brought me up, O Lord, from the dead; *you restored my life as I was going down to the grave.

⁴Sing to the Lord, you servants of his; *give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness.

⁵For his wrath endures but the twinkling of an eye, *his favor for a lifetime.

⁶Weeping may spend the night, *but joy comes in the morning.

⁷While I felt secure, I said, “I shall never be disturbed. *You, Lord, with your favor, made me as strong as the mountains.”

⁸Then you hid your face, *and I was filled with fear.

⁹I cried to you, O Lord; *I pleaded with the Lord, saying,

¹⁰“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the Pit? *will the dust praise you or declare your faithfulness?

¹¹Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; *O Lord, be my helper.”

¹²You have turned my wailing into dancing; *you have put off my sack-cloth and clothed me with joy.

¹³Therefore my heart sings to you without ceasing; *O Lord my God, I will give you thanks for ever.

32

Beati quorumBCP p. 624

¹Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, *and whose sin is put away!

²Happy are they to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, *and in whose spirit there is no guile!

³While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, *because of my groaning all day long.

⁴For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; *my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer.

⁵Then I acknowledged my sin to you, *and did not conceal my guilt.

⁶I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” *Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin.

⁷Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; *when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.

⁸You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble; *you surround me with shouts of deliverance.

⁹“I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; *I will guide you with my eye.

¹⁰Do not be like horse or mule, which have no understanding; *who must be fitted with bit and bridle, or else they will not stay near you.”

¹¹Great are the tribulations of the wicked; *but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.

¹²Be glad, you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; *shout for joy, all who are true of heart.

Daily Office Readings

¹And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. ²He held a little scroll open in his hand. Setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, ³he gave a great shout, like a lion roaring. And when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded. ⁴And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.” ⁵Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand to heaven ⁶and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: “There will be no more delay, ⁷but in the days when the seventh angel is to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, as he announced to his servants the prophets.” ⁸Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” ⁹So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll; and he said to me, “Take it, and eat; it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth.” ¹⁰So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. ¹¹Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”