Readings

Monday after the Seventh Sunday of Easter

    The Collect of the Day

    Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day

    O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

    Psalms

    89

    Part I

    Misericordias DominiBCP p. 713

    1Your love, O Lord, for ever will I sing; *from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness.

    2For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; *you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens.

    3“I have made a covenant with my chosen one; *I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

    4‘I will establish your line for ever, *and preserve your throne for all generations.’”

    5The heavens bear witness to your wonders, O Lord, *and to your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones;

    6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? *who is like the Lord among the gods?

    7God is much to be feared in the council of the holy ones, *great and terrible to all those round about him.

    8Who is like you, Lord God of hosts? *O mighty Lord, your faithfulness is all around you.

    9You rule the raging of the sea *and still the surging of its waves.

    10You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a deadly wound; *you have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

    11Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; *you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it.

    12You have made the north and the south; *Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name.

    13You have a mighty arm; *strong is your hand and high is your right hand.

    14Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; *love and truth go before your face.

    15Happy are the people who know the festal shout! *they walk, O Lord, in the light of your presence.

    16They rejoice daily in your Name; *they are jubilant in your righteousness.

    17For you are the glory of their strength, *and by your favor our might is exalted.

    18Truly, the Lord is our ruler; *The Holy One of Israel is our King.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Joshua 1:1-9

    1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, 2 “My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Israelites. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, as I promised to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and the Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, to the Great Sea in the west shall be your territory. 5 No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous; for you shall put this people in possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. 9 I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

    Matt. 8:5-17

    5 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him 6 and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress.” 7 And he said to him, “I will come and cure him.” 8 The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.” 10 When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “Truly I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. 11 I tell you, many will come from east and west and will eat with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12 while the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you according to your faith.” And the servant was healed in that hour. 14 When Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever; 15 he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him. 16 That evening they brought to him many who were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all who were sick. 17 This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”

    Eph. 3:1-13

    1 This is the reason that I Paul am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— 2 for surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you, 3 and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words, 4 a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ. 5 In former generations this mystery was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: 6 that is, the Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 7 Of this gospel I have become a servant according to the gift of God’s grace that was given me by the working of his power. 8 Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the Gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ, 9 and to make everyone see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; 10 so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. 11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have access to God in boldness and confidence through faith in him. 13 I pray therefore that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.