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Friday after the Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 28

    The Sunday closest to November 16

    Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    102

    Domine, exaudiBCP p. 731

    1Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you; *hide not your face from me in the day of my trouble.

    2Incline your ear to me; *when I call, make haste to answer me,

    3For my days drift away like smoke, *and my bones are hot as burning coals.

    4My heart is smitten like grass and withered, *so that I forget to eat my bread.

    5Because of the voice of my groaning *I am but skin and bones.

    6I have become like a vulture in the wilderness, *like an owl among the ruins.

    7I lie awake and groan; *I am like a sparrow, lonely on a house-top.

    8My enemies revile me all day long, *and those who scoff at me have taken an oath against me.

    9For I have eaten ashes for bread *and mingled my drink with weeping.

    10Because of your indignation and wrath *you have lifted me up and thrown me away.

    11My days pass away like a shadow, *and I wither like the grass.

    12But you, O Lord, endure for ever, *and your Name from age to age.

    13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; *indeed, the appointed time has come.

    14For your servants love her very rubble, *and are moved to pity even for her dust.

    15The nations shall fear your Name, O Lord, *and all the kings of the earth your glory.

    16For the Lord will build up Zion, *and his glory will appear.

    17He will look with favor on the prayer of the homeless; *he will not despise their plea.

    18Let this be written for a future generation, *so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord.

    19For the Lord looked down from his holy place on high; *from the heavens he beheld the earth;

    20That he might hear the groan of the captive *and set free those condemned to die;

    21That they may declare in Zion the Name of the Lord, *and his praise in Jerusalem;

    22When the peoples are gathered together, *and the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord.

    23He has brought down my strength before my time; *he has shortened the number of my days;

    24And I said, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days; *your years endure throughout all generations.

    25In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, *and the heavens are the work of your hands;

    26They shall perish, but you will endure; they all shall wear out like a garment; *as clothing you will change them, and they shall be changed;

    27But you are always the same, *and your years will never end.

    28The children of your servants shall continue, *and their offspring shall stand fast in your sight.”

    Daily Office Readings

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    Mal. 3:1-12

    1 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; 3 he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years. 5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts. 6 For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, have not perished. 7 Ever since the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, “How shall we return?” 8 Will anyone rob God? Yet you are robbing me! But you say, “How are we robbing you?” In your tithes and offerings! 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me—the whole nation of you! 10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing. 11 I will rebuke the locust for you, so that it will not destroy the produce of your soil; and your vine in the field shall not be barren, says the Lord of hosts. 12 Then all nations will count you happy, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

    James 5:7-12

    7 Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. 8 You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors! 10 As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Indeed we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. 12 Above all, my beloved, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

    Luke 18:1-8

    1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’ 4 For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”