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Monday after the Second Sunday in Lent

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The Collect of the Day

Second Sunday in Lent

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Patrick of Ireland

Almighty God, in your providence you chose your servant Patrick to be the apostle to the Irish people, to bring those who were wandering in darkness and error to the true light and knowledge of you: Grant us so to walk in that way that we may come at last to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Ash Wednesday

Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

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Miserere mei, DeusBCP p. 662

1Have mercy on me, O God, for my enemies are hounding me; *all day long they assault and oppress me.

2They hound me all the day long; *truly there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

3Whenever I am afraid, *I will put my trust in you.

4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be afraid, *for what can flesh do to me?

5All day long they damage my cause; *their only thought is to do me evil.

6They band together; they lie in wait; *they spy upon my footsteps; because they seek my life.

7Shall they escape despite their wickedness? *O God, in your anger, cast down the peoples.

8You have noted my lamentation; put my tears into your bottle; *are they not recorded in your book?

9Whenever I call upon you, my enemies will be put to flight; *this I know, for God is on my side.

10In God the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be afraid, *for what can mortals do to me?

11I am bound by the vow I made to you, O God; *I will present to you thank-offerings;

12For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from stumbling, *that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

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Miserere mei, DeusBCP p. 663

1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, for I have taken refuge in you; *in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until this time of trouble has gone by.

2I will call upon the Most High God, *the God who maintains my cause.

3He will send from heaven and save me; he will confound those who trample upon me; *God will send forth his love and his faithfulness.

4I lie in the midst of lions that devour the people; *their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue a sharp sword.

5They have laid a net for my feet, and I am bowed low; *they have dug a pit before me, but have fallen into it themselves.

6Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *and your glory over all the earth.

7My heart is firmly fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; *I will sing and make melody.

8Wake up, my spirit; awake, lute and harp; *I myself will waken the dawn.

9I will confess you among the peoples, O Lord; *I will sing praise to you among the nations.

10For your loving-kindness is greater than the heavens, *and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

11Exalt yourself above the heavens, O God, *and your glory over all the earth.

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Si vere utiqueBCP p. 664

1Do you indeed decree righteousness, you rulers? *do you judge the peoples with equity?

2No; you devise evil in your hearts, *and your hands deal out violence in the land.

3The wicked are perverse from the womb; *liars go astray from their birth.

4They are as venomous as a serpent, *they are like the deaf adder which stops its ears,

5Which does not heed the voice of the charmer, *no matter how skillful his charming.

6O God, break their teeth in their mouths; *pull the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

7Let them vanish like water that runs off; *let them wither like trodden grass.

8Let them be like the snail that melts away, *like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.

9Before they bear fruit, let them be cut down like a brier; *like thorns and thistles let them be swept away.

10The righteous will be glad when they see the vengeance; *they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

11And they will say, “Surely, there is a reward for the righteous; *surely, there is a God who rules in the earth.”

Daily Office Readings

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Jeremiah 1:11-19

11 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.” 12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.” 13 The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, tilted away from the north.” 14 Then the Lord said to me: Out of the north disaster shall break out on all the inhabitants of the land. 15 For now I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they shall come and all of them shall set their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its surrounding walls and against all the cities of Judah. 16 And I will utter my judgments against them, for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have made offerings to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands. 17 But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them. 18 And I for my part have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall, against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you.

Rom. 1:1-15

1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures, 3 the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of his name, 6 including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world. 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers, 10 asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12 or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish 15 —hence my eagerness to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

John 4:27-42

27 Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” 28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, 29 “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” 30 They left the city and were on their way to him. 31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. 36 The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” 39 Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”