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Friday 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.

Thomas Ken

Almighty God, you gave your servant Thomas Ken grace and courage to bear witness to the truth before rulers and kings: Give us strength also that we may constantly defend what is right, boldly reprove what is evil, and patiently suffer for the truth’s sake; 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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1Save me, O God, *for the waters have risen up to my neck.

2I am sinking in deep mire, *and there is no firm ground for my feet.

3I have come into deep waters, *and the torrent washes over me.

4I have grown weary with my crying; my throat is inflamed; *my eyes have failed from looking for my God.

5Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty. *Must I then give back what I never stole?

6O God, you know my foolishness, *and my faults are not hidden from you.

7Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, Lord God of hosts; *let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.

8Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *and shame has covered my face.

9I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *an alien to my mother’s children.

10Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.

11I humbled myself with fasting, *but that was turned to my reproach.

12I put on sack-cloth also, *and became a byword among them.

13Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, *and the drunkards make songs about me.

14But as for me, this is my prayer to you, *at the time you have set, O Lord:

15“In your great mercy, O God, *answer me with your unfailing help.

16Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *let me be rescued from those who hate me and out of the deep waters.

17Let not the torrent of waters wash over me, neither let the deep swallow me up; *do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.

18Answer me, O Lord, for your love is kind; *in your great compassion, turn to me.”

19“Hide not your face from your servant; *be swift and answer me, for I am in distress.

20Draw near to me and redeem me; *because of my enemies deliver me.

21You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; *my adversaries are all in your sight.”

22Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; *I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I could find no one.

23They gave me gall to eat, *and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

24Let the table before them be a trap *and their sacred feasts a snare.

25Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, *and give them continual trembling in their loins.

26Pour out your indignation upon them, *and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

27Let their camp be desolate, *and let there be none to dwell in their tents.

28For they persecute him whom you have stricken *and add to the pain of those whom you have pierced.

29Lay to their charge guilt upon guilt, *and let them not receive your vindication.

30Let them be wiped out of the book of the living *and not be written among the righteous.

31As for me, I am afflicted and in pain; *your help, O God, will lift me up on high.

32I will praise the Name of God in song; *I will proclaim his greatness with thanksgiving.

33This will please the Lord more than an offering of oxen, *more than bullocks with horns and hoofs.

34The afflicted shall see and be glad; *you who seek God, your heart shall live.

35For the Lord listens to the needy, *and his prisoners he does not despise.

36Let the heavens and the earth praise him, *the seas and all that moves in them;

37For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; *they shall live there and have it in possession.

38The children of his servants will inherit it, *and those who love his Name will dwell therein.

Daily Office Readings

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Jeremiah 5:1-9

1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem. 2 Although they say, “As the Lord lives,” yet they swear falsely. 3 O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back. 4 Then I said, “These are only the poor, they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the law of their God. 5 Let me go to the rich and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke, they had burst the bonds. 6 Therefore a lion from the forest shall kill them, a wolf from the desert shall destroy them. A leopard is watching against their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces— because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great. 7 How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of prostitutes. 8 They were well-fed lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife. 9 Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord; and shall I not bring retribution on a nation such as this?

John 5:30-47

30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. 33 You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. 34 Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But I have a testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form, 38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent. 39 “You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. 40 Yet you refuse to come to me to have life. 41 I do not accept glory from human beings. 42 But I know that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

Rom. 2:25-3:18

25 Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 So, if those who are uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, will not their uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the law will condemn you that have the written code and circumcision but break the law. 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something external and physical. 29 Rather, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly, and real circumcision is a matter of the heart—it is spiritual and not literal. Such a person receives praise not from others but from God. 1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2 Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4 By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words, and prevail in your judging.” 5 But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved! 9 What then? Are we any better off? No, not at all; for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin, 10 as it is written: “There is no one who is righteous, not even one; 11 there is no one who has understanding, there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, there is not even one.” 13 “Their throats are opened graves; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of vipers is under their lips.” 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 ruin and misery are in their paths, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”