Daily Readings: April 9, 2024

Tuesday after the Second Sunday of Easter

William Law, Priest, 1761

Morning	Evening
Psalm 5 Psalm 6	Psalm 10 Psalm 11
Exod. 15:1-21 1 Pet. 1:13-25 John 14:18-31

The Collect of the Day

Second Sunday of Easter

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

William Law

Almighty God, whose servant William Law taught us to hear and follow your call to a devout and holy life: Grant that we, loving you above all things and in all things, may seek your purpose and shape our actions to your will, that we may grow in all virtue and be diligent in prayer all the days of our lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be all honor and glory now and for ever. Amen.

Psalms

5

Verba mea auribusBCP p. 588

¹Give ear to my words, O Lord; *consider my meditation.

²Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God, *for I make my prayer to you.

³In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; *early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you.

⁴For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, *and evil cannot dwell with you.

⁵Braggarts cannot stand in your sight; *you hate all those who work wickedness.

⁶You destroy those who speak lies; *the bloodthirsty and deceitful, O Lord, you abhor.

⁷But as for me, through the greatness of your mercy I will go into your house; *I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.

⁸Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, because of those who lie in wait for me; *make your way straight before me.

⁹For there is no truth in their mouth; *there is destruction in their heart;

¹⁰Their throat is an open grave; *they flatter with their tongue.

¹¹Declare them guilty, O God; *let them fall, because of their schemes.

¹²Because of their many transgressions cast them out, *for they have rebelled against you.

¹³But all who take refuge in you will be glad; *they will sing out their joy for ever.

¹⁴You will shelter them, *so that those who love your Name may exult in you.

¹⁵For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; *you will defend them with your favor as with a shield.

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Domine, ne in furoreBCP p. 589

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

²Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked.

³My spirit shakes with terror; *how long, O Lord, how long?

⁴Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *save me for your mercy’s sake.

⁵For in death no one remembers you; *and who will give you thanks in the grave?

⁶I grow weary because of my groaning; *every night I drench my bed and flood my couch with tears.

⁷My eyes are wasted with grief *and worn away because of all my enemies.

⁸Depart from me, all evildoers, *for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

⁹The Lord has heard my supplication; *the Lord accepts my prayer.

¹⁰All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear; *they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

Daily Office Readings

¹Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. ²The Lord is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. ³The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name. ⁴“Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he cast into the sea; his picked officers were sunk in the Red Sea. ⁵The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. ⁶Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power— your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy. ⁷In the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries; you sent out your fury, it consumed them like stubble. ⁸At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. ⁹The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’ ¹⁰You blew with your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. ¹¹“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders? ¹²You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. ¹³“In your steadfast love you led the people whom you redeemed; you guided them by your strength to your holy abode. ¹⁴The peoples heard, they trembled; pangs seized the inhabitants of Philistia. ¹⁵Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; trembling seized the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away. ¹⁶Terror and dread fell upon them; by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone until your people, O Lord, passed by, until the people whom you acquired passed by. ¹⁷You brought them in and planted them on the mountain of your own possession, the place, O Lord, that you made your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established. ¹⁸The Lord will reign forever and ever.” ¹⁹When the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his chariot drivers went into the sea, the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. ²⁰Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. ²¹And Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.”