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Friday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent

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    The Collect of the Day

    Fourth Sunday in Lent

    Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for 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

    102

    Domine, exaudiBCP p. 731

    1Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you; *hide not your face from me in the day of my trouble.

    2Incline your ear to me; *when I call, make haste to answer me,

    3For my days drift away like smoke, *and my bones are hot as burning coals.

    4My heart is smitten like grass and withered, *so that I forget to eat my bread.

    5Because of the voice of my groaning *I am but skin and bones.

    6I have become like a vulture in the wilderness, *like an owl among the ruins.

    7I lie awake and groan; *I am like a sparrow, lonely on a house-top.

    8My enemies revile me all day long, *and those who scoff at me have taken an oath against me.

    9For I have eaten ashes for bread *and mingled my drink with weeping.

    10Because of your indignation and wrath *you have lifted me up and thrown me away.

    11My days pass away like a shadow, *and I wither like the grass.

    12But you, O Lord, endure for ever, *and your Name from age to age.

    13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; *indeed, the appointed time has come.

    14For your servants love her very rubble, *and are moved to pity even for her dust.

    15The nations shall fear your Name, O Lord, *and all the kings of the earth your glory.

    16For the Lord will build up Zion, *and his glory will appear.

    17He will look with favor on the prayer of the homeless; *he will not despise their plea.

    18Let this be written for a future generation, *so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord.

    19For the Lord looked down from his holy place on high; *from the heavens he beheld the earth;

    20That he might hear the groan of the captive *and set free those condemned to die;

    21That they may declare in Zion the Name of the Lord, *and his praise in Jerusalem;

    22When the peoples are gathered together, *and the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord.

    23He has brought down my strength before my time; *he has shortened the number of my days;

    24And I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; *your years endure throughout all generations.

    25In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, *and the heavens are the work of your hands;

    26They shall perish, but you will endure; they all shall wear out like a garment; *as clothing you will change them, and they shall be changed;

    27But you are always the same, *and your years will never end.

    28The children of your servants shall continue, *and their offspring shall stand fast in your sight.”

    Daily Office Readings

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    Mark 9:2-13

    2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. 5 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” 8 Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. 9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead could mean. 11 Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12 He said to them, “Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written about him.”

    1 Cor. 12:27-13:3

    27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. 1 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

    Exod. 2:1-22

    1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. 4 His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him. 5 The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it. 6 When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him, “This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,” she said. 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” 8 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Yes.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. 9 Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed it. 10 When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses, “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.” 11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk. 12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 When he went out the next day, he saw two Hebrews fighting; and he said to the one who was in the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow Hebrew?” 14 He answered, “Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” 15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh. He settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well. 16 The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 But some shepherds came and drove them away. Moses got up and came to their defense and watered their flock. 18 When they returned to their father Reuel, he said, “How is it that you have come back so soon today?” 19 They said, “An Egyptian helped us against the shepherds; he even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 He said to his daughters, “Where is he? Why did you leave the man? Invite him to break bread.” 21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter Zipporah in marriage. 22 She bore a son, and he named him Gershom; for he said, “I have been an alien residing in a foreign land.”