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Wednesday after the Third Sunday in Lent

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    The Collect of the Day

    Third Sunday in Lent

    Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; 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

    119

    Mem

    Quomodo dilexi!BCP p. 771

    97Oh, how I love your law! *all the day long it is in my mind.

    98Your commandment has made me wiser than my enemies, *and it is always with me.

    99I have more understanding than all my teachers, *for your decrees are my study.

    100I am wiser than the elders, *because I observe your commandments.

    101I restrain my feet from every evil way, *that I may keep your word.

    102I do not shrink from your judgments, *because you yourself have taught me.

    103How sweet are your words to my taste! *they are sweeter than honey to my mouth.

    104Through your commandments I gain understanding; *therefore I hate every lying way.

    Nun

    Lucerna pedibus meis

    105Your word is a lantern to my feet *and a light upon my path.

    106I have sworn and am determined *to keep your righteous judgments.

    107I am deeply troubled; *preserve my life, O Lord, according to your word.

    108Accept, O Lord, the willing tribute of my lips, *and teach me your judgments.

    109My life is always in my hand, *yet I do not forget your law.

    110The wicked have set a trap for me, *but I have not strayed from your commandments.

    111Your decrees are my inheritance for ever; *truly, they are the joy of my heart.

    112I have applied my heart to fulfill your statutes *for ever and to the end.

    Samekh

    Iniquos odio habui

    113I hate those who have a divided heart, *but your law do I love.

    114You are my refuge and shield; *my hope is in your word.

    115Away from me, you wicked! *I will keep the commandments of my God.

    116Sustain me according to your promise, that I may live, *and let me not be disappointed in my hope.

    117Hold me up, and I shall be safe, *and my delight shall be ever in your statutes.

    118You spurn all who stray from your statutes; *their deceitfulness is in vain.

    119In your sight all the wicked of the earth are but dross; *therefore I love your decrees.

    120My flesh trembles with dread of you; *I am afraid of your judgments.

    Daily Office Readings

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    John 8:12-20

    12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” 13 Then the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid.” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I have come from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge by human standards; I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is valid; for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. 17 In your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid. 18 I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf.” 19 Then they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 He spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury of the temple, but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

    Rom. 5:1-11

    1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. 8 But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. 9 Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. 11 But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

    Jeremiah 8:18-9:6

    18 My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my heart is sick. 19 Hark, the cry of my poor people from far and wide in the land: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” (“Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their foreign idols?”) 20 “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” 21 For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored? 1 O that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor people! 2 O that I had in the desert a traveler’s lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a band of traitors. 3 They bend their tongues like bows; they have grown strong in the land for falsehood, and not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the Lord. 4 Beware of your neighbors, and put no trust in any of your kin; for all your kin are supplanters, and every neighbor goes around like a slanderer. 5 They all deceive their neighbors, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongues to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent. 6 Oppression upon oppression, deceit upon deceit! They refuse to know me, says the Lord.