Daily Readings: February 27, 2024

Tuesday after the Second Sunday in Lent

George Herbert, Priest, 1633

Morning	Evening
Psalm 61 Psalm 62	Psalm 68:1-20(21-23)24-36
Gen. 42:1-17 1 Cor. 5:1-8 Mark 3:19b-35

The Collect of the Day

Second Sunday in Lent

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

George Herbert

Almighty God, who called your servant George Herbert from the pursuit of worldly honors to be a poet and a pastor of souls: Give us grace, we pray, joyfully to dedicate all our powers to your service; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Ash Wednesday

Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

61

Exaudi, DeusBCP p. 668

¹Hear my cry, O God, *and listen to my prayer.

²I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; *set me upon the rock that is higher than I.

³For you have been my refuge, *a strong tower against the enemy.

⁴I will dwell in your house for ever; *I will take refuge under the cover of your wings.

⁵For you, O God, have heard my vows; *you have granted me the heritage of those who fear your Name.

⁶Add length of days to the king’s life; *let his years extend over many generations.

⁷Let him sit enthroned before God for ever; *bid love and faithfulness watch over him.

⁸So will I always sing the praise of your Name, *and day by day I will fulfill my vows.

62

Nonne Deo?BCP p. 669

¹For God alone my soul in silence waits; *from him comes my salvation.

²He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.

³How long will you assail me to crush me, all of you together, *as if you were a leaning fence, a toppling wall?

⁴They seek only to bring me down from my place of honor; *lies are their chief delight.

⁵They bless with their lips, *but in their hearts they curse.

⁶For God alone my soul in silence waits; *truly, my hope is in him.

⁷He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.

⁸In God is my safety and my honor; *God is my strong rock and my refuge.

⁹Put your trust in him always, O people, *pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.

¹⁰Those of high degree are but a fleeting breath, *even those of low estate cannot be trusted.

¹¹On the scales they are lighter than a breath, *all of them together.

¹²Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no empty pride; *though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

¹³God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, *that power belongs to God.

¹⁴Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, *for you repay everyone according to his deeds.

Daily Office Readings

¹When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at one another? ²I have heard,” he said, “that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.” ³So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. ⁴But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he feared that harm might come to him. ⁵Thus the sons of Israel were among the other people who came to buy grain, for the famine had reached the land of Canaan. ⁶Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. ⁷When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” ⁸Although Joseph had recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. ⁹Joseph also remembered the dreams that he had dreamed about them. He said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land!” ¹⁰They said to him, “No, my lord; your servants have come to buy food. ¹¹We are all sons of one man; we are honest men; your servants have never been spies.” ¹²But he said to them, “No, you have come to see the nakedness of the land!” ¹³They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of a certain man in the land of Canaan; the youngest, however, is now with our father, and one is no more.” ¹⁴But Joseph said to them, “It is just as I have said to you; you are spies! ¹⁵Here is how you shall be tested: as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here! ¹⁶Let one of you go and bring your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison, in order that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you; or else, as Pharaoh lives, surely you are spies.” ¹⁷And he put them all together in prison for three days.