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Wednesday after the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

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    The Collect of the Day

    Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

    O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing: Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you. Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    119

    Qoph

    Clamavi in toto corde meoBCP p. 775

    145I call with my whole heart; *answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes.

    146I call to you; oh, that you would save me! *I will keep your decrees.

    147Early in the morning I cry out to you, *for in your word is my trust.

    148My eyes are open in the night watches, *that I may meditate upon your promise.

    149Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your loving-kindness; *according to your judgments, give me life.

    150They draw near who in malice persecute me; *they are very far from your law.

    151You, O Lord, are near at hand, *and all your commandments are true.

    152Long have I known from your decrees *that you have established them for ever.

    Resh

    Vide humilitatem

    153Behold my affliction and deliver me, *for I do not forget your law.

    154Plead my cause and redeem me; *according to your promise, give me life.

    155Deliverance is far from the wicked, *for they do not study your statutes.

    156Great is your compassion, O Lord; *preserve my life, according to your judgments.

    157There are many who persecute and oppress me, *yet I have not swerved from your decrees.

    158I look with loathing at the faithless, *for they have not kept your word.

    159See how I love your commandments! *O Lord, in your mercy, preserve me.

    160The heart of your word is truth; *all your righteous judgments endure for evermore.

    Shin

    Principes persecuti sunt

    161Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, *but my heart stands in awe of your word.

    162I am as glad because of your promise *as one who finds great spoils.

    163As for lies, I hate and abhor them, *but your law is my love.

    164Seven times a day do I praise you, *because of your righteous judgments.

    165Great peace have they who love your law; *for them there is no stumbling block.

    166I have hoped for your salvation, O Lord, *and have fulfilled your commandments.

    167I have kept your decrees *and I have loved them deeply.

    168I have kept your commandments and decrees, *for all my ways are before you.

    Taw

    Appropinquet deprecatio

    169Let my cry come before you, O Lord; *give me understanding, according to your word.

    170Let my supplication come before you; *deliver me, according to your promise.

    171My lips shall pour forth your praise, *when you teach me your statutes.

    172My tongue shall sing of your promise, *for all your commandments are righteous.

    173Let your hand be ready to help me, *for I have chosen your commandments.

    174I long for your salvation, O Lord, *and your law is my delight.

    175Let me live, and I will praise you, *and let your judgments help me.

    176I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; *search for your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Matt. 5:21-26

    21 “You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire. 23 So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift. 25 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court with him, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. 26 Truly I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

    2 Cor. 1:23-2:17

    23 But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth. 24 I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in the faith. 1 So I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. 2 For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice; for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you. 4 For I wrote you out of much distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain, but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. 5 But if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but to some extent—not to exaggerate it—to all of you. 6 This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person; 7 so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 So I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. 9 I wrote for this reason: to test you and to know whether you are obedient in everything. 10 Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ. 11 And we do this so that we may not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs. 12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord; 13 but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said farewell to them and went on to Macedonia. 14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing him. 15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 to the one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.

    Ruth 2:1-13

    1 Now Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, a prominent rich man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.” 3 So she went. She came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers. As it happened, she came to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4 Just then Boaz came from Bethlehem. He said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you.” They answered, “The Lord bless you.” 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, “To whom does this young woman belong?” 6 The servant who was in charge of the reapers answered, “She is the Moabite who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. 7 She said, ‘Please, let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the reapers.’ So she came, and she has been on her feet from early this morning until now, without resting even for a moment.” 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Now listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. 9 Keep your eyes on the field that is being reaped, and follow behind them. I have ordered the young men not to bother you. If you get thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.” 10 Then she fell prostrate, with her face to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take notice of me, when I am a foreigner?” 11 But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before. 12 May the Lord reward you for your deeds, and may you have a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge!” 13 Then she said, “May I continue to find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, even though I am not one of your servants.”