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The Confession of St. Peter the Apostle

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    Confession of Saint Peter

    January 18

    Almighty Father, who inspired Simon Peter, first among the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the living God: Keep your Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith, so that in unity and peace we may proclaim the one truth and follow the one Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    66

    Jubilate DeoBCP p. 673

    1Be joyful in God, all you lands; *sing the glory of his Name; sing the glory of his praise.

    2Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! *because of your great strength your enemies cringe before you.

    3All the earth bows down before you, *sings to you, sings out your Name.”

    4Come now and see the works of God, *how wonderful he is in his doing toward all people.

    5He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the water on foot, *and there we rejoiced in him.

    6In his might he rules for ever; his eyes keep watch over the nations; *let no rebel rise up against him.

    7Bless our God, you peoples; *make the voice of his praise to be heard;

    8Who holds our souls in life, *and will not allow our feet to slip.

    9For you, O God, have proved us; *you have tried us just as silver is tried.

    10You brought us into the snare; *you laid heavy burdens upon our backs.

    11You let enemies ride over our heads; we went through fire and water; *but you brought us out into a place of refreshment.

    12I will enter your house with burnt-offerings and will pay you my vows, *which I promised with my lips and spoke with my mouth when I was in trouble.

    13I will offer you sacrifices of fat beasts with the smoke of rams; *I will give you oxen and goats.

    14Come and listen, all you who fear God, *and I will tell you what he has done for me.

    15I called out to him with my mouth, *and his praise was on my tongue.

    16If I had found evil in my heart, *the Lord would not have heard me;

    17But in truth God has heard me; *he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

    18Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer, *nor withheld his love from me.

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    Deus misereaturBCP p. 675

    1May God be merciful to us and bless us, *show us the light of his countenance and come to us.

    2Let your ways be known upon earth, *your saving health among all nations.

    3Let the peoples praise you, O God; *let all the peoples praise you.

    4Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, *for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.

    5Let the peoples praise you, O God; *let all the peoples praise you.

    6The earth has brought forth her increase; *may God, our own God, give us his blessing.

    7May God give us his blessing, *and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

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    Ezek. 3:4-11

    4 He said to me: Mortal, go to the house of Israel and speak my very words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of obscure speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel— 6 not to many peoples of obscure speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me; because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. 8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. 9 Like the hardest stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not fear them or be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. 10 He said to me: Mortal, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart and hear with your ears; 11 then go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them. Say to them, “Thus says the Lord God”; whether they hear or refuse to hear.

    Acts 10:34-44

    34 Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. 37 That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39 We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; 40 but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, 41 not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” 44 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.