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Wednesday after the Third Sunday of Easter

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    The Collect of the Day

    Third Sunday of Easter

    O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    38

    Domine, ne in furoreBCP p. 636

    1O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath.

    2For your arrows have already pierced me, *and your hand presses hard upon me.

    3There is no health in my flesh, because of your indignation; *there is no soundness in my body, because of my sin.

    4For my iniquities overwhelm me; *like a heavy burden they are too much for me to bear.

    5My wounds stink and fester *by reason of my foolishness.

    6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; *I go about in mourning all the day long.

    7My loins are filled with searing pain; *there is no health in my body.

    8I am utterly numb and crushed; *I wail, because of the groaning of my heart.

    9O Lord, you know all my desires, *and my sighing is not hidden from you.

    10My heart is pounding, my strength has failed me, *and the brightness of my eyes is gone from me.

    11My friends and companions draw back from my affliction; *my neighbors stand afar off.

    12Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; *those who strive to hurt me speak of my ruin and plot treachery all the day long.

    13But I am like the deaf who do not hear, *like those who are mute and who do not open their mouth.

    14I have become like one who does not hear *and from whose mouth comes no defense.

    15For in you, O Lord, have I fixed my hope; *you will answer me, O Lord my God.

    16For I said, “Do not let them rejoice at my expense, *those who gloat over me when my foot slips.”

    17Truly, I am on the verge of falling, *and my pain is always with me.

    18I will confess my iniquity *and be sorry for my sin.

    19Those who are my enemies without cause are mighty, *and many in number are those who wrongfully hate me.

    20Those who repay evil for good slander me, *because I follow the course that is right.

    21O Lord, do not forsake me; *be not far from me, O my God.

    22Make haste to help me, *O Lord of my salvation.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Exod. 19:16-25

    16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, as well as a thick cloud on the mountain, and a blast of a trumpet so loud that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God. They took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, while the whole mountain shook violently. 19 As the blast of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer him in thunder. 20 When the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, the Lord summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. 21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord to look; otherwise many of them will perish. 22 Even the priests who approach the Lord must consecrate themselves or the Lord will break out against them.” 23 Moses said to the Lord, “The people are not permitted to come up to Mount Sinai; for you yourself warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and keep it holy.’” 24 The Lord said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you; but do not let either the priests or the people break through to come up to the Lord; otherwise he will break out against them.” 25 So Moses went down to the people and told them.

    Col. 1:15-23

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. 21 And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him— 23 provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel.

    Matt. 3:13-17

    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”