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EVERYDAY PRAYER for congregations, groups and individuals Produced and published by the Commission on Worship of the Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA), North Adelaide with funding from the Lutheran Laypeople’s League Permission is given to reproduce material in this book for non-commercial prayer and worship use ISBN 0-646-46204-0 First published October 2006

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EVE

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rega

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,gr

oups

and

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on

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CA

), N

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ndin

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om th

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an L

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ople

’s Le

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3

HIN

TS F

OR

USI

NG

TH

IS B

OO

KT

hose

who

use

Eve

ryda

y Pra

yer t

o le

ad a

gro

up o

f peo

ple

in p

raye

r m

ay fi

nd th

e fo

llowi

ng p

oint

s hel

pful

.

• Lo

ok o

ver

the

orde

r of

pra

yer

befo

reha

nd. D

oes

this

ord

er s

uit y

our

need

s?

It m

ay b

e th

at a

diff

eren

t day

of t

he w

eek

or d

iffer

ent o

rder

sui

ts y

our

grou

p be

tter

. Are

ther

e pr

ayer

s in

the

‘Oth

er p

raye

rs’ s

ectio

n th

at y

ou w

ant t

o se

lect

be

fore

you

beg

in?

• D

ecid

e w

hich

Bib

le r

eadi

ng y

ou w

ant t

o us

e in

the

orde

r.•

Sinc

e th

e ‘W

e co

nfes

s ou

r fa

ith’ p

art r

equi

res

you

to s

elec

t a c

reed

, scr

iptu

ral

song

, or

hym

n/so

ng o

f you

r ch

oice

, mak

e th

ese

deci

sion

s be

fore

you

sta

rt.

• W

hile

man

y pe

ople

kno

w th

e Ap

ostle

s’ C

reed

and

Lor

d’s

Pra

yer

from

m

emor

y (a

nd th

is s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged)

, the

se a

re a

lso

prin

ted

on th

e in

side

fron

t cov

er o

f Eve

ryda

y P

raye

r.•

If so

me

of th

e pa

rtic

ipan

ts a

re u

nfam

iliar

with

Eve

ryda

y P

raye

r, it

hel

ps if

you

br

iefl y

exp

lain

that

the

part

s in

bol

d in

dica

te th

eir

resp

onse

, and

als

o th

at

ther

e m

ay b

e tim

es fo

r si

lent

refl

ect

ion

and

oppo

rtun

ities

for

free

pra

yer.

Just

be

fore

sta

rtin

g m

ay b

e a

good

tim

e to

fi nd

out

whe

ther

ther

e ar

e an

y fu

rthe

r re

ques

ts fo

r pr

ayer

.•

As le

ader

, you

can

con

trol

the

pace

of t

he p

rayi

ng, a

nd m

anag

e th

e un

help

ful

tend

ency

to r

ace

ahea

d. B

y pa

usin

g br

iefl y

bef

ore

sayi

ng th

e le

ader

’s p

arts

, an

d no

t rus

hing

thro

ugh

them

, you

can

con

trib

ute

to a

mor

e pr

ayer

ful a

nd

refl e

ctiv

e at

mos

pher

e.

• Th

is is

esp

ecia

lly s

o w

hen

lead

ing

the

inte

rces

sion

s; b

y pa

usin

g ju

st p

rior

to

the

com

mon

res

pons

e, y

ou g

ive

oppo

rtun

ity fo

r fu

rthe

r si

lent

pra

yer

afte

r ea

ch p

etiti

on. A

ltern

ativ

ely,

it m

ay s

uit t

he g

roup

that

eac

h pe

titio

n pr

ovid

es

the

cue

for

free

pra

yer.

• C

onsi

der

chan

ging

sin

gula

r fo

rm p

raye

rs to

plu

ral w

hen

usin

g in

gro

ups.

• In

fact

, you

are

enc

oura

ged

not t

o se

e an

y pa

rt o

f the

se p

raye

r or

ders

as

rest

rictiv

e or

‘fi x

ed’ –

you

can

use

them

in p

art o

r in

full

as fl

exib

ly a

s yo

u pl

ease

. •

It ca

n he

lp p

artic

ipan

ts fo

llow

the

pray

ers

if yo

u br

iefl y

ann

ounc

e th

e he

adin

gs o

f eac

h se

ctio

n, b

ut th

is is

not

alw

ays

nece

ssar

y, e

spec

ially

if th

e gr

oup

is fa

mili

ar w

ith E

very

day

Pra

yer.

• Yo

u m

ay fr

eely

cop

y th

e pr

ayer

s an

d or

ders

in th

is b

ook.

You

can

use

par

ts o

f Ev

eryd

ay P

raye

r w

ithin

you

r ow

n w

orsh

ip r

esou

rces

as

desi

red.

Apos

tles’

Cre

ed &

Lor

d’s

Pra

yer

insi

de fr

ont c

over

Hin

ts fo

r us

ing

this

boo

k 2

1 In

trod

uctio

n to

Eve

ryda

y Pr

ayer

5

2 M

orni

ng a

nd e

veni

ng p

raye

r (fo

r ea

ch d

ay o

f the

wee

k)

15Su

nday

mor

ning

16

Sund

ay e

veni

ng

18M

onda

y m

orni

ng

20M

onda

y ev

enin

g 22

Tues

day

mor

ning

24

Tues

day

even

ing

26W

edne

sday

mor

ning

28

Wed

nesd

ay e

veni

ng

30Th

ursd

ay m

orni

ng

32Th

ursd

ay e

veni

ng

34Fr

iday

mor

ning

36

Frid

ay e

veni

ng

38Sa

turd

ay m

orni

ng

40Sa

turd

ay e

veni

ng

42

3 P

raye

r at

oth

er ti

mes

45

Any

day

– m

orni

ng

46An

y da

y –

even

ing

47An

ytim

e pr

ayer

(1–4

) 48

Bed

time

pray

er (1

–2)

52

4 Sc

ript

ural

son

gs

55

5 O

ther

pra

yers

63

6 D

aily

Bib

le re

adin

g gu

ide

77

Ackn

owle

dgm

ents

12

0

Con

tent

s

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THE

PR

ACTI

CE

OF

DA

ILY

PR

AYE

RC

hris

tian

peop

le a

nd c

omm

uniti

es h

ave

alw

ays

ende

avou

red

to p

ract

ise

St P

aul’s

wor

ds to

the

Thes

salo

nian

s, ‘P

ray

with

out

ceas

ing’

(1 T

hess

alon

ians

5:1

7). S

uch

ongo

ing

pray

er c

an ta

ke

any

num

ber

of fo

rms

and

can

be e

xpre

ssed

in c

ount

less

way

s.

Nev

erth

eles

s, o

ver

the

cent

urie

s a

num

ber

of p

atte

rns,

or

cycl

es,

of p

raye

r ha

ve d

evel

oped

am

ong

Chr

istia

n co

mm

uniti

es.

The

mos

t pro

min

ent o

f the

se is

the

wee

kly

cycl

e, w

here

eve

ry

Sund

ay w

e ga

ther

aro

und

our

rise

n Lo

rd a

s he

mee

ts u

s in

his

di

vine

ser

vice

of w

ord

and

sacr

amen

t. It

is in

this

wee

kly

gath

erin

g th

at w

e al

so fo

llow

the

annu

al c

ycle

of p

raye

r. B

y ob

serv

ing

the

seas

ons

of A

dven

t, of

Chr

istm

as a

nd E

piph

any,

of L

ent a

nd H

oly

Wee

k, o

f Eas

ter

and

Pent

ecos

t, w

e ar

e dr

awn

mor

e fu

lly in

to o

ur

Lord

’s li

fe, d

eath

, and

resu

rrec

tion

for

us. W

hile

this

wee

kly

and

annu

al c

ycle

of p

raye

r sh

apes

the

chur

ch a

s a

who

le, p

raye

rs fo

r sp

ecifi

c st

ages

in o

ur li

fe c

ycle

acc

ompa

ny th

e ri

tes

of b

aptis

m,

confi

rm

atio

n, m

arri

age,

and

fune

rals

.

This

boo

k gr

ows

out o

f ano

ther

pat

tern

of p

raye

r –

the

daily

cyc

le.

It is

dur

ing

the

cour

se o

f eac

h da

y th

at w

e fi n

d th

e ne

ed a

nd

oppo

rtun

ity to

pra

y. W

heth

er w

e pr

ay a

t bed

time

or m

ealti

mes

, or

hol

d so

me

kind

of d

evot

ion

or ‘q

uiet

tim

e’ a

lone

or

with

our

fa

mili

es, d

aily

pra

yer

stem

s fr

om th

e ne

ed to

san

ctify

all

our

mom

ents

with

God

’s w

ord

and

pray

er (1

Tim

othy

4:5

), an

d to

‘giv

e th

anks

in a

ll ci

rcum

stan

ces’

(1 T

hess

alon

ians

5:1

8).

INTR

OD

UC

TIO

N T

OE

VER

YDAY

PR

AYE

R

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Whi

le d

aily

pra

yer

can

be a

s pe

rson

al o

r in

divi

dual

as

we

wis

h,

this

boo

k dr

aws

on a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of d

aily

pra

yer

as th

e pr

ayer

of t

he w

hole

chu

rch,

eve

n if

it is

pra

yed

alon

e or

at h

ome.

Th

eref

ore,

man

y of

the

pray

ers

and

devo

tions

you

will

fi nd

her

e ar

e gr

ound

ed in

the

com

mon

her

itage

of t

he c

hurc

h. T

he u

se o

f ps

alm

s, s

crip

ture

ver

ses,

scr

iptu

ral s

ongs

, the

Lor

d’s

Pra

yer,

and

fa

mou

s pr

ayer

s of

the

chur

ch h

elps

bri

ng o

ur d

aily

pra

yer

into

the

sacr

ifi ce

of t

hank

sgiv

ing

and

pray

er o

ffere

d by

the

entir

e ch

urch

.

Wha

t is

mor

e, J

esus

him

self

lead

s us

, the

who

le c

hurc

h, a

nd a

ll cr

eatio

n, in

pra

yer.

He

is th

e he

ad o

f the

chu

rch

and

the

one

who

le

ads

our

pray

ing.

As

our

grea

t hig

h pr

iest

, Jes

us ta

kes

up a

ll ou

r pr

ayer

s, p

rais

es a

nd th

anks

givi

ngs

in h

is n

ame

and

brin

gs th

em

to h

is h

eave

nly

Fath

er. T

he p

raye

r of

his

ent

ire c

hurc

h is

bun

dled

up

, so

to s

peak

, in

his

own

perf

ect a

nd u

ncea

sing

pra

yer

at h

is

Fath

er’s

rig

ht-h

and

side

. See

n in

this

ligh

t, da

ily p

raye

r in

clud

es

our

pers

onal

situ

atio

n an

d ne

eds,

but

als

o ex

tend

s w

ell b

eyon

d th

em. W

ith a

ll of

the

rede

emed

, we

pray

with

Jes

us fo

r th

e he

alin

g an

d re

stor

atio

n of

the

wor

ld. A

nd a

s a

new

cre

atio

n, w

e jo

in w

ith

Chr

ist i

n vo

icin

g th

e pr

aise

of a

ll cr

eatio

n an

d gi

ving

glo

ry to

God

.

For

this

reas

on, t

here

is re

ally

no

such

thin

g as

pur

ely

indi

vidu

al

pray

er –

eve

n if

we

are

by o

urse

lves

in o

ur ro

om. E

ven

whe

n w

e pr

ay a

lone

, we

are

neve

r re

ally

alo

ne! S

o th

e pr

ayer

s in

this

boo

k,

whi

le th

ey c

an b

e us

ed in

divi

dual

ly, a

re g

iven

bes

t exp

ress

ion

whe

n pr

ayed

with

oth

ers.

MO

RN

ING

AN

D E

VEN

ING

PR

AYE

R (F

OR

EAC

H D

AY O

F TH

E W

EE

K)

The

sect

ion

of m

orni

ng a

nd e

veni

ng p

raye

rs fo

r Su

nday

thro

ugh

to

Satu

rday

is th

e m

ain

sect

ion

of E

very

day

Pray

er.

Each

of t

he 1

4 or

ders

follo

ws

a ba

sic

patt

ern:

psa

lms

and

scri

ptur

e re

adin

gs a

re fo

llow

ed b

y th

anks

givi

ng, p

rais

e an

d pr

ayer

. Su

ch a

pat

tern

refl e

cts

the

spir

itual

dyn

amic

at w

ork

in C

hris

tian

pray

er. O

nly

beca

use

God

has

fi rs

t spo

ken

to u

s ca

n w

e sp

eak

to

him

in p

raye

r. Ju

st a

s ch

ildre

n le

arn

to s

peak

by

liste

ning

to th

eir

pare

nts,

so

it is

in p

raye

r. B

y lis

teni

ng to

the

lovi

ng v

oice

of o

ur

Fath

er, w

e le

arn

to re

turn

our

love

, gui

ded

by th

e pr

ayin

g ch

urch

, ou

r m

othe

r.

The

orde

rs a

lso

follo

w a

wee

kly

patt

ern,

as

cert

ain

aspe

cts

of

our

Lord

’s li

fe a

re h

ighl

ight

ed o

n pa

rtic

ular

day

s. O

n Su

nday

, fo

r ex

ampl

e, o

ur L

ord’

s re

surr

ectio

n an

d ou

r ne

w li

fe a

re

emph

asis

ed. O

n Fr

iday

we

are

draw

n in

to re

fl ect

ing

on h

is

suffe

ring

and

dea

th fo

r ou

r si

n.

Each

indi

vidu

al o

rder

follo

ws

thes

e pa

rts.

We

com

e to

God

in p

raye

rIn

this

ope

ning

par

t we

orie

nt o

urse

lves

for

pray

er w

ith a

ver

se o

f th

e ps

alm

s. S

uch

a ve

rse

eith

er in

vite

s us

to p

raye

r an

d pr

aise

, or

anno

unce

s ou

r in

tent

ion

to p

ray,

or

seek

s G

od’s

hel

p as

we

pray

. The

ps

alm

ver

se is

alw

ays

follo

wed

by

the

‘Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er’,

impr

essi

ng

upon

us

that

we

pray

in th

e na

me

of th

e Tr

iune

God

(jus

t as

we

do

whe

n w

e be

gin

‘In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

…’),

and

at t

he s

ame

time

givi

ng g

lory

to th

e on

e w

ho c

alls

us

to s

hare

in h

is d

ivin

e lif

e.

We

pray

the

psal

ms

The

psal

ms

com

pris

e a

cent

ral c

ompo

nent

of a

ll th

e or

ders

in

Ever

yday

Pra

yer

(eve

n th

ough

ofte

n on

ly a

por

tion

of a

psa

lm h

as b

een

used

), an

d so

it is

wor

th c

omm

entin

g on

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f psa

lms

in

the

pray

er li

fe o

f the

chu

rch.

From

bib

lical

tim

es, G

od’s

peo

ple

have

use

d th

e ps

alm

s as

the

basi

s of

pra

yer,

and

hav

e re

cogn

ised

that

in th

e ps

alm

s w

e ar

e pr

ovid

ed

with

a tr

ue s

choo

l of p

raye

r. Th

is is

bec

ause

the

psal

ms

are

very

cl

earl

y bo

th th

e w

ord

of G

od a

nd a

hum

an w

ord.

On

one

hand

the

psal

ms

are

the

divi

ne w

ord

of G

od. T

hey

proc

laim

God

’s w

orks

and

w

ays,

his

law

and

gos

pel,

and

Chr

ist h

imse

lf. O

n th

e ot

her,

the

psal

ms

are

the

mos

t hum

an a

nd h

ones

t exp

ress

ions

of p

raye

r on

e ca

n fi n

d. In

th

em G

od’s

peo

ple

can

give

exp

ress

ion

to p

rais

e an

d th

anks

, joy

and

co

nfi d

ence

, hur

t, an

ger,

fear

and

dis

tres

s. In

the

psal

ms

are

foun

d th

e fu

ll ra

nge

of h

uman

exp

erie

nces

, em

otio

ns, f

ears

and

long

ings

.

Furt

herm

ore,

bec

ause

the

psal

ms

have

bee

n us

ed b

y G

od’s

peo

ple

in e

very

age

, in

them

one

pra

ys w

ith th

e sa

ints

of a

ll tim

e. C

ount

less

ge

nera

tions

of C

hris

tians

, tog

ethe

r w

ith th

e fa

ithfu

l peo

ple

of Is

rael

, ha

ve p

raye

d th

e ve

ry s

ame

psal

ms.

Sai

nts

and

sinn

ers,

the

fam

ous

and

the

forg

otte

n, h

ave

take

n up

the

psal

ms

in th

eir

life

of p

raye

r an

d w

orsh

ip.

But

mos

t pro

foun

dly,

in th

e ps

alm

s on

e pr

ays

with

Chr

ist,

the

grea

test

sa

int o

f all,

the

holy

one

of G

od. A

s Je

sus

him

self

says

in L

uke

24:4

4,

they

are

fulfi

lled

in h

im, a

nd o

ften

the

psal

ms

only

‘mak

e se

nse’

whe

n

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he is

see

n as

thei

r su

bjec

t. C

hris

t him

self

lead

s hi

s bo

dy, t

he c

hurc

h,

in ta

king

up

the

wor

ds o

f the

psa

lms.

Thr

ough

the

psal

ms

we

are

draw

n in

to o

ur L

ord’

s pr

aise

of h

is F

athe

r, o

r in

to h

is p

assi

on, o

r in

to

his

holy

zea

l and

per

fect

obe

dien

ce; y

et a

t the

sam

e tim

e he

dra

ws

alon

gsid

e us

and

pra

ys w

ith u

s in

our

wea

knes

s, in

our

nee

d, a

nd

even

in o

ur s

in. W

e pr

ay th

e ps

alm

s ‘in

Chr

ist’.

And

to e

mph

asis

e th

is,

the

com

mon

resp

onse

whi

ch a

ppea

rs b

etw

een

the

vers

es w

ill o

ften

be a

ddre

ssed

to C

hris

t him

self,

or

mak

e so

me

refe

renc

e to

his

wor

k fo

r us

.

God

spe

aks

to u

s Al

thou

gh w

e ha

ve a

lrea

dy e

ncou

nter

ed G

od’s

wor

d in

the

psal

ms,

he

re w

e st

op, l

iste

n, a

nd m

edita

te o

n G

od’s

wor

d fr

om th

e w

ider

die

t of

the

Old

and

New

Tes

tam

ents

. Any

sec

tion

of S

crip

ture

can

be

read

he

re: e

ither

a fe

w v

erse

s, a

cha

pter

, or

wha

teve

r su

its th

e ne

eds

of

the

user

s. F

or e

xam

ple,

if c

hild

ren

are

pres

ent a

chi

ldre

n’s

Bib

le c

ould

be

use

d. O

n th

e ot

her

hand

, the

dai

ly B

ible

read

ing

guid

e at

the

end

of th

is b

ook

prov

ides

a re

gula

r an

d or

gani

sed

way

of r

eadi

ng th

roug

h m

uch

of th

e B

ible

ove

r a

thre

e-ye

ar p

erio

d. F

urth

er n

otes

abo

ut th

e gu

ide

are

give

n be

low

.

Afte

r w

e ha

ve re

ad a

nd li

sten

ed to

God

’s w

ord,

a p

salm

ver

se (u

sual

ly

from

Psa

lm 1

19) a

sks

that

we

wou

ld li

ve b

y th

e w

ord

we

have

just

he

ard,

and

that

it w

ould

gro

w in

our

live

s an

d di

rect

us.

We

conf

ess

our

faith

The

life-

givi

ng w

ords

of G

od w

hich

we

have

hea

rd o

r re

ad in

the

Scri

ptur

es n

ow g

ive

rise

to o

ur re

spon

se –

our

con

fess

ion

of fa

ith.

By

conf

essi

ng o

ur fa

ith w

e de

clar

e al

oud

wha

t we

belie

ve a

bout

the

God

who

has

spo

ken

to u

s, a

nd w

e pr

aise

him

for

it.

In k

eepi

ng w

ith th

e in

tent

to p

ray

and

prai

se w

ith th

e w

hole

bod

y of

Chr

ist,

the

oppo

rtun

ity is

giv

en fo

r re

spon

ding

with

the

grea

t ba

ptis

mal

cre

ed o

f the

chu

rch,

the

Apos

tles’

Cre

ed, w

hich

is p

rint

ed

on th

e in

side

fron

t cov

er o

f Eve

ryda

y Pr

ayer

for

thos

e w

ho w

ish

to

follo

w th

e w

ords

.

Alte

rnat

ively

, our

con

fess

ion

of fa

ith c

an b

e m

ade

usin

g on

e of

the

man

y so

ngs

(can

ticle

s) o

f Scr

iptu

re, a

num

ber

of w

hich

app

ear

on p

ages

56

–60.

Can

ticle

s ar

e hy

mn-

like

pass

ages

of t

he B

ible

, or

com

posi

tions

of

the

chur

ch b

ased

on

the

Bib

le. T

hey

are

sim

ilar

in fo

rm a

nd fe

el to

th

e ps

alm

s, b

y w

hich

we

lift o

ur h

eart

s an

d vo

ices

to G

od in

resp

onse

to

his

gra

ciou

s w

ord

to u

s. T

hey

have

bee

n us

ed in

the

chur

ch fr

om

earl

iest

tim

es a

s co

nfes

sion

s of

faith

and

exp

ress

ions

of p

rais

e.

This

is a

lso

a go

od p

oint

in th

e or

der

for

sing

ing

a so

ng o

r hy

mn

of

choi

ce, u

sing

wha

teve

r re

sour

ces

are

at h

and.

We

pray

for

ours

elve

s an

d th

e w

orld

Th

is s

ectio

n co

mpr

ises

the

seco

nd m

ain

part

of E

very

day

Pray

er

– pr

ayer

and

inte

rces

sion

. Sev

eral

impo

rtan

t rea

sons

mot

ivat

e ou

r pr

ayer

s he

re. W

e gi

ve th

anks

to G

od fo

r hi

s m

any

bles

sing

s, w

e se

ek

God

’s h

elp

for

our

daily

nee

ds, a

nd w

e pr

ay fo

r th

e ne

eds

of th

ose

arou

nd u

s in

our

com

mun

ity a

nd th

e w

orld

.

The

pray

ers

begi

n w

ith a

ver

se o

f Scr

iptu

re, o

ften

a pr

omis

e of

Je

sus,

that

rem

inds

us

that

we

can

pray

con

fi den

tly to

God

in J

esus

’ na

me.

God

com

man

ds u

s to

pra

y, h

e pr

omis

es to

hea

r us

, and

we

have

the

priv

ilege

of b

eing

em

brac

ed w

ithin

Jes

us’ o

wn

ceas

eles

s pr

ayer

(pra

ying

‘in

his

nam

e’),

and

so w

e ha

ve c

onfi d

ence

to b

ring

our

re

ques

ts a

nd n

eeds

to o

ur h

eave

nly

Fath

er.

The

arra

ngem

ent o

f the

four

pet

ition

s fo

llow

s a

patt

ern

thro

ugh

the

seve

n da

ys. I

n th

e m

orni

ng o

rder

s th

e fi r

st p

etiti

on is

a re

ques

t bas

ed

on o

ne o

f the

pet

ition

s of

the

Lord

’s P

raye

r. Th

e se

cond

pet

ition

is a

pr

ayer

for

the

chur

ch, a

nd th

e th

ird fo

r th

e w

orld

. The

fi na

l mor

ning

pe

titio

n se

eks

one

of th

e fr

uits

of t

he S

piri

t men

tione

d in

Gal

atia

ns 5

.

In th

e ev

enin

g or

ders

, tha

nksg

ivin

g an

d co

nfes

sion

of s

in d

raw

n fr

om

the

Ten

Com

man

dmen

ts fo

rm th

e fi r

st p

etiti

on. T

he s

econ

d an

d th

ird

petit

ions

are

, as

in th

e m

orni

ng, i

nter

cess

ions

for

chur

ch a

nd w

orld

. An

d th

e fi n

al e

veni

ng p

etiti

on s

eeks

God

’s p

rote

ctio

n fo

r th

e ni

ght

ahea

d, a

nd o

ur d

eliv

eran

ce in

the

hour

of d

eath

.

Bet

wee

n th

e pe

titio

ns a

repe

ated

com

mon

resp

onse

giv

es a

ll w

ho

are

gath

ered

the

chan

ce to

giv

e th

eir

asse

nt to

the

pray

ers.

How

ever

, be

fore

say

ing

the

fi rst

par

t of t

he c

omm

on re

spon

se, t

he le

ader

m

ay fu

rthe

r de

velo

p th

e pe

titio

n, o

r br

iefl y

pau

se, a

llow

ing

for

sile

nt

refl e

ctio

n an

d pr

ayer

. Onc

e al

l the

pet

ition

s ar

e pr

ayed

, the

re is

an

othe

r op

port

unity

for

furt

her

petit

ions

or

free

pra

yer,

afte

r w

hich

th

e co

mm

on re

spon

se m

ay a

gain

be

said

.

The

fi nal

pra

yer

in th

is p

art i

s a

‘col

lect

’, a

brie

f pra

yer

draw

n fr

om

the

chur

ch’s

larg

e tr

easu

re-s

tore

of p

raye

r an

d lit

urgy

. Som

e oc

cur

seve

ral t

imes

ove

r the

wee

k. (N

ote

that

you

can

fi nd

the

mor

e m

oder

nve

rsio

n of

Lut

her’s

mor

ning

and

eve

ning

pra

yers

at t

he e

nd o

f ‘Pr

ayer

sfo

r God

’s p

rese

nce

and

bles

sing

’ in

the

sect

ion

‘Oth

er p

raye

rs’.)

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We

pray

the

Lord

’s P

raye

rW

e no

w c

oncl

ude

with

the

pray

er o

f all

pray

ers

– th

e Lo

rd’s

ow

n pr

ayer

. In

this

pra

yer

we

are

espe

cial

ly a

war

e th

at J

esus

, our

bro

ther

, le

ads

us in

pra

yer

to o

ur h

eave

nly

Fath

er. A

ll th

e pr

ayer

s w

e ha

ve

mad

e so

far

fi nd

thei

r pl

ace

with

in th

is p

raye

r, a

nd a

nyth

ing

we

have

fa

iled

to s

ay o

r ha

ve fo

rgot

ten

to m

entio

n is

now

voi

ced.

God

ble

sses

us

We

have

sto

pped

for

pray

er, b

ut in

a fe

w m

omen

ts w

e w

ill r

ise,

eith

er

to c

ontin

ue th

e da

y, o

r to

mak

e ou

r w

ay to

bed

. In

doin

g th

at, w

e se

ek

God

’s b

less

ing.

Ble

ssin

gs n

ot o

nly

talk

abo

ut G

od, b

ut ta

ke w

hat i

s sa

id a

nd p

erso

nally

app

ly it

to u

s. B

less

ings

are

God

’s w

ord

‘cut

and

pa

sted

’ int

o ou

r ow

n liv

es. T

he b

less

ings

in th

ese

pray

ers

are

usua

lly

prec

eded

by

a pr

omis

e or

‘bea

titud

e’ o

f Chr

ist,

the

subs

tanc

e of

whi

ch

beco

mes

our

ow

n as

we

rece

ive

the

bles

sing

in fa

ith.

We

glor

ify G

odSo

me

of th

e or

ders

con

clud

e w

ith a

‘dox

olog

y’ –

an

outb

urst

of

prai

se a

nd g

lory

giv

en to

our

Tri

une

God

. Som

etim

es th

is is

kno

wn

as ‘b

less

ing’

God

. By

doin

g so

we

are

fulfi

lling

our

hea

venl

y ca

lling

to

give

glo

ry to

the

one

who

has

cal

led

us to

sha

re in

his

ow

n gl

ory,

life

an

d jo

y.

PR

AYE

R A

T O

THE

R T

IME

SIn

add

ition

to th

e pr

ayer

s fo

r ea

ch d

ay o

f the

wee

k, th

is b

ook

prov

ides

furt

her

pray

ers

whi

ch a

re n

ot c

onne

cted

to a

day

of t

he

wee

k or

a ti

me

or th

e da

y. M

uch

of w

hat i

s sa

id a

bove

als

o ap

plie

s to

thes

e ot

her

form

s of

pra

yer.

‘Any

day

– m

orni

ng’ a

nd ‘A

ny d

ay –

eve

ning

’ are

slig

htly

sim

plifi

ed

vers

ions

of M

orni

ng a

nd E

veni

ng R

espo

nsiv

e P

raye

r as

foun

d in

th

e Lu

ther

an H

ymna

l with

Sup

plem

ent.

The

four

cho

ices

of ‘

Anyt

ime

pray

er’ o

ffer

a ve

ry s

hort

ord

er o

f pr

ayer

that

can

be

used

, as

the

nam

e su

gges

ts, a

t any

tim

e of

the

day.

Follo

win

g th

e pa

tter

n of

ver

se, p

salm

, rea

ding

and

pra

yer,

th

ey fo

cus

on G

od’s

hel

p du

ring

the

day

and

our

need

to tr

ust h

im.

‘Bed

time

pray

er’ f

ollo

ws

a si

mila

r pa

tter

n to

‘Any

time

pray

er’,

with

th

e op

tion

of m

akin

g a

conf

essi

on o

f sin

.

SCR

IPTU

RA

L SO

NG

SIn

this

sec

tion,

six

scr

iptu

ral s

ongs

are

giv

en, t

hree

for

the

mor

ning

and

thre

e fo

r th

e ev

enin

g, a

lthou

gh m

ost c

an b

e us

ed a

t an

y tim

e of

the

day.

Whi

le th

e na

me

‘son

g’ s

ugge

sts

that

they

are

se

t to

mus

ic, h

ere

they

are

sim

ply

spok

en.

The

Song

of Z

echa

riah

(Luk

e 1:

68–7

9) is

one

of t

he th

ree

‘gos

pel

cant

icle

s’ w

hich

com

mem

orat

e ou

r Lo

rd’s

inca

rnat

ion

(the

Song

of

Mar

y an

d So

ng o

f Sim

eon

are

the

othe

r tw

o). I

t is

Zech

aria

h’s

than

ksgi

ving

at t

he b

irth

of J

ohn

the

Bap

tist,

and

an a

ntic

ipat

ion

of

the

com

ing

Mes

siah

, who

se d

awni

ng u

pon

the

wor

ld e

nabl

es u

s to

w

orsh

ip G

od in

rig

hteo

usne

ss a

nd h

olin

ess.

Whi

le n

ot a

ctua

lly in

the

Bib

le, t

he T

e D

eum

is o

ne o

f the

gre

ates

t an

d m

ost e

ndur

ing

of a

ll th

e hy

mns

of t

he c

hurc

h. T

he n

ame

is

form

ed fr

om th

e fi r

st tw

o La

tin w

ords

of t

he p

hras

e ‘W

e pr

aise

yo

u, G

od’.

In it

, the

chu

rch

join

s w

ith th

e ap

ostle

s, p

roph

ets

and

mar

tyrs

to e

xalt

God

’s g

lory

, pra

ise

Chr

ist’s

sav

ing

wor

k, a

nd s

eek

his

deliv

eran

ce. L

uthe

r re

gard

ed it

as

the

four

th g

reat

cre

ed a

fter

the

Apos

tles’

, Nic

ene

and

Atha

nasi

an C

reed

s.

The

Bea

titud

es (M

atth

ew 5

:3–1

0) fo

rm th

e be

st k

now

n co

llect

ion

of J

esus

’ ‘B

less

ed a

re …

’ say

ings

. With

them

Jes

us b

egin

s hi

s Se

rmon

on

the

Mou

nt in

whi

ch w

e ar

e ca

lled

to d

isci

ples

hip.

In

spea

king

or

sing

ing

the

Bea

titud

es w

e se

ek th

e bl

esse

dnes

s th

at

they

des

crib

e.

The

Song

of M

ary,

or

Mag

nifi c

at (L

uke

1:46

–55)

, is

occa

sion

ed b

y th

e gr

eetin

g gi

ven

to M

ary

by E

lizab

eth:

‘Ble

ssed

are

you

am

ong

wom

en, a

nd b

less

ed is

the

child

you

will

bea

r!’ T

he c

hurc

h no

w

take

s up

Mar

y’s s

ong

and

sing

s w

ith h

er, p

rais

ing

God

for

the

inca

rnat

e G

od in

our

mid

st, a

nd th

anki

ng h

im fo

r hi

s m

ercy

that

ex

tend

s th

roug

h ev

ery

gene

ratio

n.

The

third

gos

pel c

antic

le is

the

Song

of S

imeo

n (L

uke

2:29

–32)

. It

reco

rds

Sim

eon’

s pa

rtin

g w

ords

as

he to

ok th

e ne

wbo

rn S

avio

ur

in h

is a

rms

and

prai

sed

God

for

his

prom

ised

rede

mpt

ion.

We,

w

ho b

y fa

ith ta

ke J

esus

into

our

arm

s, a

lso

pray

for

a pe

acef

ul

depa

rtur

e an

d th

e ex

tens

ion

of G

od’s

reve

alin

g lig

ht to

the

natio

ns.

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The

‘Sav

iour

of t

he W

orld

’, lik

e th

e Te

Deu

m, i

s an

ext

ra-b

iblic

al

cant

icle

com

pose

d by

the

chur

ch. I

t rec

alls

Chr

ist’s

pro

tect

ion

and

deliv

eran

ce o

f his

dis

cipl

es, a

nd e

xpre

sses

our

hop

e in

his

gl

orio

us re

turn

.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

A fi n

al p

raye

r se

ctio

n, ‘O

ther

pra

yers

’, pr

ovid

es m

any

indi

vidu

al

pray

ers

that

can

be

used

alo

ne o

r to

sup

plem

ent t

he o

rder

s.

A nu

mbe

r of

thes

e ar

e ‘c

lass

ic’ p

raye

rs, w

hich

hav

e be

en u

sed

thro

ugho

ut th

e ce

ntur

ies

and

acro

ss d

iffer

ing

Chr

istia

n tr

aditi

ons.

Yo

u w

ill fi

nd h

ere

the

pray

ers

of c

onfe

ssio

n, w

hich

are

refe

rred

to

in ‘B

edtim

e pr

ayer

’.

DA

ILY

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G G

UID

ETh

e B

ible

read

ing

guid

e at

the

back

of t

he b

ook

give

s re

fere

nces

fo

r Su

nday

read

ings

plu

s ad

ditio

nal r

eadi

ngs

for

the

days

th

roug

h th

e w

eek

follo

win

g ea

ch S

unda

y. Yo

u w

ill fi

nd th

e B

ible

re

adin

gs fo

r Ye

ars

A, B

, and

C o

f the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry

(RC

L); a

nd y

ou w

ill a

lso

fi nd

refe

renc

es fo

r a

read

ing

for

each

w

eekd

ay. T

he re

adin

gs p

rovi

ded

for

Mon

days

to F

rida

ys ta

ke y

ou

in s

eque

ntia

l por

tions

thro

ugh

man

y bo

oks

of th

e B

ible

. Ove

r th

e th

ree

year

s of

the

cycl

e vi

rtua

lly a

ll of

the

New

Tes

tam

ent i

s co

vere

d an

d m

uch

of th

e O

ld T

esta

men

t. O

n Sa

turd

ay th

e ps

alm

(o

r on

e of

them

) of t

he n

ext d

ay’s

RC

L is

list

ed.

Whi

le th

e se

quen

tial d

aily

read

ings

are

inde

pend

ent o

f the

R

CL

Sund

ay re

adin

gs, t

hey

are

ofte

n lin

ked

in a

gen

eral

way

to

impo

rtan

t sea

sons

of t

he c

hurc

h ye

ar. F

or e

xam

ple,

in Y

ear

A th

e re

adin

gs a

re fr

om Is

aiah

dur

ing

Adve

nt, C

hris

tmas

and

Ep

ipha

ny, a

nd fr

om H

ebre

ws

duri

ng th

e Ea

ster

sea

son.

Por

tions

of

Old

Tes

tam

ent b

ooks

are

inte

rspe

rsed

am

ong

sele

ctio

ns fr

om

the

New

Tes

tam

ent.

You

will

fi nd

if y

ou fo

llow

thes

e co

ntin

uous

re

adin

gs th

at y

ou e

ncou

nter

Bib

le p

assa

ges

with

in th

eir

scri

ptur

al

cont

exts

and

that

you

bec

ome

bett

er a

cqua

inte

d w

ith b

ooks

of

the

Bib

le.

The

chur

ch y

ear

and

the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry (R

CL)

The

Bib

le re

adin

gs p

rovi

ded

here

are

tied

in w

ith th

e ch

urch

yea

r ra

ther

than

the

cale

ndar

yea

r. Th

e ch

urch

yea

r be

gins

with

Adv

ent,

goes

thro

ugh

Chr

istm

as, E

piph

any,

the

time

afte

r Ep

ipha

ny, L

ent,

Hol

y W

eek,

Eas

ter,

Pen

teco

st, a

nd th

e tim

e af

ter

Pent

ecos

t unt

il th

e la

st S

unda

y of

the

chur

ch y

ear.

Som

e da

tes

(Chr

istm

as d

ay,

25 D

ecem

ber;

Epi

phan

y, 6

Jan

uary

) are

fi xe

d, w

hile

oth

ers

such

as

East

er v

ary

from

yea

r to

yea

r. Th

is m

eans

that

the

leng

ths

of th

e tim

es

afte

r Ep

ipha

ny a

nd a

fter

Pent

ecos

t als

o va

ry.

To h

elp

you

fi t th

e ch

urch

yea

r in

the

curr

ent c

alen

dar

year

, key

dat

es

up to

201

9 ar

e gi

ven

in th

e B

ible

read

ing

guid

e.

The

follo

win

g is

a s

umm

ary

of h

ow it

wor

ks.

Adve

nt a

lway

s ha

s fo

ur S

unda

ys, t

he S

unda

ys im

med

iate

ly b

efor

e C

hris

tmas

. Dur

ing

this

tim

e w

e lo

ok fo

rwar

d to

the

com

ing

of o

ur

Lord

. The

fi rs

t Sun

day

of A

dven

t (Ad

vent

1) f

alls

on

one

of th

e la

st fo

ur

days

of N

ovem

ber

or th

e fi r

st th

ree

days

of D

ecem

ber.

The

num

ber

of

wee

kday

s af

ter

Adve

nt 4

and

bef

ore

Chr

istm

as v

arie

s; s

omet

imes

in

fact

Chr

istm

as d

ay is

the

next

day

.

Chr

istm

as c

eleb

rate

s th

e co

min

g of

our

Lor

d as

a h

uman

bei

ng.

The

Chr

istm

as s

easo

n la

sts

12 d

ays,

fi ni

shin

g w

ith 5

Jan

uary

, bef

ore

Epip

hany

. The

re a

re e

ither

one

or

two

Sund

ays

afte

r C

hris

tmas

.

The

day

of E

piph

any

is 6

Jan

uary

, whi

ch m

ay b

e a

Sund

ay o

r a

wee

kday

; Epi

phan

y co

mm

emor

ates

the

show

ing

of o

ur L

ord

to th

e w

ise

men

and

to th

e w

hole

wor

ld. E

piph

any

1 ce

lebr

ates

the

bapt

ism

of

Jes

us. T

he n

umbe

r of

Sun

days

afte

r Ep

ipha

ny v

arie

s fr

om th

ree

to

nine

, the

last

one

alw

ays

bein

g Tr

ansfi

gur

atio

n. If

Eas

ter

is e

arly

in a

pa

rtic

ular

yea

r, th

en th

e tim

e af

ter

Epip

hany

is s

hort

.

The

Wed

nesd

ay a

fter

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion

Sund

ay is

Ash

Wed

nesd

ay,

the

begi

nnin

g of

Len

t, a

time

for

repe

ntan

ce, r

enew

al a

nd w

alki

ng

the

way

of t

he c

ross

. Len

t has

six

Sun

days

in it

, the

last

one

bei

ng

Palm

/Pas

sion

Sun

day,

lead

ing

into

Hol

y W

eek,

a s

peci

al ti

me

of

rem

embe

ring

our

Lor

d’s

suffe

ring

and

dea

th. H

oly

Wee

k co

ntai

ns

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

and

Goo

d Fr

iday

, and

end

s at

the

Satu

rday

eve

ning

be

fore

Eas

ter.

East

er c

eleb

rate

s th

e re

surr

ectio

n of

our

Lor

d an

d th

e ne

w v

icto

riou

s lif

e he

bri

ngs

us. T

here

are

sev

en S

unda

ys (i

nclu

ding

Eas

ter

day)

of

the

East

er s

easo

n. O

n th

e Th

ursd

ay o

f the

six

th w

eek

of E

aste

r w

e ce

lebr

ate

the

Asce

nsio

n of

our

Lor

d, a

nd th

e se

ason

end

s 50

day

s af

ter

East

er d

ay w

ith P

ente

cost

(cel

ebra

ting

the

com

ing

of th

e H

oly

Spiri

t).

The

fi rst

Sun

day

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost i

s Tr

inity

Sun

day.

Ther

e ar

e be

twee

n 23

and

28

Sund

ays

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost.

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The

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry (R

CL)

giv

es B

ible

rea

ding

s fo

r ea

ch S

unda

y an

d ch

urch

fest

ival

in a

thre

e-ye

ar c

ycle

. The

set

s of

re

adin

gs fo

r a

part

icul

ar S

unda

y af

ter

Pen

teco

st v

ary

from

yea

r to

ye

ar, d

epen

ding

on

how

man

y Su

nday

s th

ere

are

afte

r P

ente

cost

for

that

yea

r. E

ach

set o

f Sun

day

read

ings

(som

etim

es c

alle

d P

rope

rs) i

s gi

ven

an in

clus

ive

date

ran

ge, e

g ‘S

unda

y be

twee

n 26

Jun

e &

2 J

uly

(Pro

per

8)’.

The

last

Sun

day

of th

e ch

urch

yea

r is

alw

ays

betw

een

20 &

26

Nov

embe

r (P

rope

r 29

).

Year

A o

f the

thre

e-ye

ar c

ycle

beg

ins

in N

ovem

ber/

Dec

embe

r of

200

7,

2010

, 201

3, 2

016,

201

9… If

you

hav

e di

ffi cu

lty fi

ndin

g w

hich

wee

k of

the

chur

ch y

ear

we

are

in, p

leas

e ch

eck

with

you

r co

ngre

gatio

n.

MO

RN

ING

AN

D E

VEN

ING

PR

AYE

Rfo

r ea

ch d

ay o

f the

wee

k

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RSh

out f

or jo

y to

the

Lord

, all

the

eart

h.

Wor

ship

the

Lord

with

gla

dnes

s.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

118

Giv

e th

anks

to th

e Lo

rd, f

or h

e is

goo

d;

his

love

end

ures

fore

ver.

Let t

hose

who

fear

the

Lord

say

:

‘His

love

end

ures

fore

ver’

.Je

sus

says

: I a

m a

live

fore

ver

and

ever

.

The

Lord

is m

y st

reng

th a

nd m

y de

fenc

e;

he h

as b

ecom

e m

y sa

lvat

ion.

I will

not

die

but

live

,

and

will

pro

clai

m w

hat t

he L

ord

has

done

.Th

e Lo

rd h

as c

hast

ened

me

seve

rely

,

but h

e ha

s no

t giv

en m

e ov

er to

dea

th.

Jesu

s sa

ys: I

am

aliv

e fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

Ope

n fo

r m

e th

e ga

tes

of th

e ri

ghte

ous;

I w

ill e

nter

and

giv

e th

anks

to th

e Lo

rd.

The

ston

e th

e bu

ilder

s re

ject

ed

has

beco

me

the

corn

erst

one;

the

Lord

has

don

e th

is,

an

d it

is m

arve

llous

in o

ur e

yes.

Jesu

s sa

ys: I

am

aliv

e fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Pla

nt y

our

wor

d in

us,

th

at w

e be

ar m

uch

frui

t to

your

glo

ry.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

lives

to in

terc

ede

for

us. L

et u

s pr

ay to

God

our

Fat

her

in

his

nam

e.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

We

prai

se y

ou, G

od a

nd F

athe

r, fo

r yo

ur h

oly

nam

e: re

min

d us

al

way

s to

cal

l on

you

in p

raye

r, p

rais

e an

d th

anks

givi

ng.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

Your

wor

d is

our

ligh

t and

our

life

: enl

ight

en y

our

chur

ch w

ith

faith

ful p

reac

hing

and

true

hea

ring

of y

our

wor

d to

day.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

You

desi

re a

ll pe

ople

to b

e sa

ved

and

com

e to

kno

w th

e tr

uth:

cal

l th

ose

who

do

not k

now

you

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

Than

k yo

u th

at n

othi

ng c

an s

epar

ate

us fr

om y

our

love

thro

ugh

Chr

ist:

fi ll o

ur th

ough

ts, w

ords

and

act

ions

with

you

r lo

ve to

day.

God

our

Fat

her:

h

ear

our

pray

er.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

We

give

than

ks to

you

, hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, for

giv

ing

us n

ew li

fe b

y ra

isin

g yo

ur S

on fr

om d

eath

and

fi lli

ng u

s w

ith a

livi

ng h

ope.

May

w

e fi n

ally

com

e to

pos

sess

the

rich

ble

ssin

gs th

at y

ou k

eep

for

your

peo

ple

in h

eave

n, w

here

they

can

not d

ecay

or

spoi

l or

fade

aw

ay; t

hrou

gh J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

are

invi

ted

to th

e w

eddi

ng

supp

er o

f the

Lam

b!

The

Lord

ble

ss u

s an

d ke

ep u

s. T

he L

ord

mak

e hi

s fa

ce s

hine

on

us a

nd b

e gr

acio

us to

us.

The

Lor

d lo

ok u

pon

us w

ith fa

vour

and

gi

ve u

s pe

ace.

Amen

.

Sund

ay m

orni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RI c

all t

o yo

u, L

ord,

com

e qu

ickl

y to

me.

H

ear

me

whe

n I c

all t

o yo

u.M

ay m

y pr

ayer

be

set b

efor

e yo

u lik

e in

cens

e;

may

the

liftin

g up

of m

y ha

nds

be li

ke th

e ev

enin

g sa

crifi

ce.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

146

Do

not p

ut y

our

trus

t in

prin

ces,

in

hum

an b

eing

s, w

ho c

anno

t sav

e.W

hen

thei

r sp

irit

depa

rts,

they

retu

rn to

the

grou

nd;

on

that

ver

y da

y th

eir

plan

s co

me

to n

othi

ng.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

.

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

hose

hel

p is

the

God

of J

acob

,

who

se h

ope

is in

the

Lord

thei

r G

od.

He

is th

e M

aker

of h

eave

n an

d ea

rth,

the

sea,

and

eve

ryth

ing

in th

em –

he

rem

ains

faith

ful f

orev

er.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

.

He

upho

lds

the

caus

e of

the

oppr

esse

d

and

give

s fo

od to

the

hung

ry.

The

Lord

set

s pr

ison

ers

free

,

the

Lord

giv

es s

ight

to th

e bl

ind,

the

Lord

lifts

up

thos

e w

ho a

re b

owed

dow

n,

the

Lord

love

s th

e ri

ghte

ous.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Pla

nt y

our

wor

d in

us,

th

at w

e be

ar m

uch

frui

t to

your

glo

ry.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDW

e ha

ve c

onfi d

ence

to e

nter

the

Mos

t Hol

y P

lace

by

the

bloo

d of

Je

sus.

Let

us

draw

nea

r to

God

in p

raye

r.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

We

prai

se y

ou, h

oly

God

, tha

t you

hav

e w

atch

ed o

ver

us to

day:

fo

rgiv

e us

whe

n w

e ha

ve n

ot fe

ared

, lov

ed o

r tr

uste

d yo

u as

we

ough

t.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

All c

reat

ion

righ

tly p

rais

es y

ou: k

eep

your

chu

rch

in tr

ue fa

ith, i

n go

dly

wor

ship

, and

in th

e jo

y of

you

r So

n’s

resu

rrec

tion.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r th

e pe

ace

that

pas

ses

all u

nder

stan

ding

: bri

ng y

our

peac

e to

thos

e w

ho li

ve in

con

fl ict

and

hel

p us

to fo

rgiv

e ea

ch

othe

r.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

You

are

the

God

of a

ll co

mfo

rt: c

onso

le th

ose

who

wee

p or

gri

eve

this

nig

ht a

nd s

how

them

you

r co

mpa

ssio

n in

the

face

of C

hris

t.

Hol

y G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Alm

ight

y G

od, g

rant

that

the

wor

ds w

hich

we

have

hea

rd th

is d

ay

with

our

ear

s m

ay, t

hrou

gh y

our

grac

e, b

e so

gra

fted

in o

ur h

eart

s th

at th

ey p

rodu

ce in

us

the

frui

t of g

ood

lives

, to

the

hono

ur a

nd

prai

se o

f you

r na

me;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

The

grac

e of

God

that

offe

rs s

alva

tion

to a

ll pe

ople

has

app

eare

d.

The

grac

e of

the

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, an

d th

e lo

ve o

f God

, and

the

fello

wsh

ip o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Sund

ay e

veni

ng

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21

WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RC

ome,

let u

s si

ng fo

r jo

y to

the

Lord

;

let u

s sh

out a

loud

to th

e R

ock

of o

ur s

alva

tion.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

5Li

sten

to m

y w

ords

, Lor

d,

cons

ider

my

lam

ent.

Hea

r m

y cr

y fo

r he

lp,

m

y K

ing

and

my

God

, for

to y

ou I

pray

.In

the

mor

ning

, Lor

d,

you

hear

my

voic

e;in

the

mor

ning

I la

y m

y re

ques

ts b

efor

e yo

u

and

wai

t exp

ecta

ntly.

In th

e m

orni

ng, O

Lor

d, y

ou h

ear

my

voic

e.

You

are

not a

God

who

is p

leas

ed w

ith w

icke

dnes

s;

with

you

, evi

l peo

ple

are

not w

elco

me.

The

arro

gant

can

not s

tand

in y

our

pres

ence

.

You

hate

all

who

do

wro

ng.

In th

e m

orni

ng, O

Lor

d, y

ou h

ear

my

voic

e.

But

let a

ll w

ho ta

ke re

fuge

in y

ou b

e gl

ad;

le

t the

m e

ver

sing

for

joy.

Spre

ad y

our

prot

ectio

n ov

er th

em

that

thos

e w

ho lo

ve y

our

nam

e m

ay re

joic

e in

you

.Su

rely

, Lor

d, y

ou b

less

the

righ

teou

s;

you

surr

ound

them

with

you

r fa

vour

as

with

a s

hiel

d.

In th

e m

orni

ng, O

Lor

d, y

ou h

ear

my

voic

e.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Teac

h m

e yo

ur w

ay, O

Lor

d,

that

I m

ay w

alk

in y

our

trut

h.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDTh

e Ap

ostle

Pau

l say

s: ‘I

n ev

ery

situ

atio

n, b

y pr

ayer

and

pet

ition

, w

ith th

anks

givi

ng, p

rese

nt y

our

requ

ests

to G

od’.

Let u

s pr

ay.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

We

than

k yo

u, g

raci

ous

Fath

er, f

or c

allin

g us

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m:

give

us

grac

e to

bel

ieve

you

r hol

y w

ord

and

live

as y

our p

eopl

e to

day.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

Than

k yo

u fo

r re

new

ing

us in

our

bap

tism

; ena

ble

all C

hris

tians

to

die

to s

in a

nd r

ise

to n

ew li

fe th

roug

h fa

ith in

you

.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

For

this

goo

d an

d pr

ospe

rous

land

we

give

you

than

ks: d

irect

th

ose

who

gov

ern

and

adm

inis

ter

our

soci

ety,

and

ble

ss o

ur

coun

try

with

pea

ce.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

Than

k yo

u fo

r le

ttin

g us

sha

re in

you

r So

n’s

joy:

ove

rcom

e ou

r tir

edne

ss, s

tres

s an

d w

orry

, and

fi ll

us w

ith th

e jo

y of

livi

ng a

s yo

ur

child

ren.

Gra

ciou

s Fa

ther

: h

ear

our

pray

er.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

I tha

nk y

ou, h

eave

nly

Fath

er, t

hrou

gh y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, th

at y

ou h

ave

prot

ecte

d m

e th

roug

h th

e ni

ght f

rom

all

harm

and

da

nger

. I a

sk y

ou to

kee

p m

e th

is d

ay, t

oo, f

rom

all

sin

and

evil,

so

that

in a

ll m

y th

ough

ts, w

ords

, and

dee

ds I

may

ple

ase

you.

In y

our

hand

s I p

lace

my

body

and

sou

l and

all

that

is m

ine.

Let

you

r ho

ly

ange

l be

with

me,

so

that

the

evil

one

may

hav

e no

pow

er o

ver

me.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

G

od w

ill m

eet a

ll ou

r ne

eds

acco

rdin

g to

the

rich

es o

f his

glo

ry in

C

hris

t Jes

us –

to o

ur G

od a

nd F

athe

r be

glo

ry fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Mon

day m

orni

ng

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RI w

ill p

rais

e th

e Lo

rd, w

ho c

ouns

els

me;

ev

en a

t nig

ht m

y he

art i

nstr

ucts

me.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

139

You

have

sea

rche

d m

e, L

ord,

and

you

kno

w m

e.

You

know

whe

n I s

it an

d w

hen

I ris

e.Yo

u di

scer

n m

y go

ing

out a

nd m

y ly

ing

dow

n;

you

are

fam

iliar

with

all

my

way

s.

Lord

Jes

us, S

on o

f God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me.

Whe

re c

an I

go fr

om y

our

Spir

it?

W

here

can

I fl e

e fr

om y

our

pres

ence

? If

I go

up to

the

heav

ens,

you

are

ther

e;

if I m

ake

my

bed

in th

e de

pths

, you

are

ther

e.If

I say

, ‘Su

rely

the

dark

ness

will

hid

e m

e

and

the

light

bec

ome

nigh

t aro

und

me’

,ev

en th

e da

rkne

ss w

ill n

ot b

e da

rk to

you

;

the

nigh

t will

shi

ne li

ke th

e da

y, fo

r da

rkne

ss is

as

light

to y

ou.

Lord

Jes

us, S

on o

f God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me.

Sear

ch m

e, G

od, a

nd k

now

my

hear

t;

test

me

and

know

my

anxi

ous

thou

ghts

. Se

e if

ther

e is

any

offe

nsiv

e w

ay in

me,

and

lead

me

in th

e w

ay e

verl

astin

g.

Lord

Jes

us, S

on o

f God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Teac

h m

e yo

ur w

ay, O

Lor

d,

that

I m

ay w

alk

in y

our

trut

h.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Mon

day e

veni

ng

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: ‘C

ome

to m

e, a

ll yo

u w

ho a

re w

eary

and

bur

dene

d,

and

I will

giv

e yo

u re

st’.

Let u

s pr

ay to

him

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u, L

ord

Jesu

s, fo

r ca

lling

us

to re

st w

ith y

ou: f

orgi

ve u

s w

hen

we

turn

our

wor

k in

to a

n id

ol.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

You

have

mad

e us

you

r lig

ht a

nd s

alt i

n th

e w

orld

: enc

oura

ge y

our

peop

le to

sha

re th

eir

hope

and

bea

r w

itnes

s to

you

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r he

alin

g us

in b

ody,

min

d, a

nd s

oul:

com

fort

and

re

stor

e th

ose

who

are

sic

k, a

nd a

ssis

t all

doct

ors,

nur

ses,

and

m

edic

al s

ervi

ces.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Whi

le w

e sl

eep

othe

rs w

ill la

bour

: wat

ch o

ver

all w

ho w

ork

thro

ugho

ut th

e ni

ght,

and

keep

them

from

isol

atio

n an

d lo

nelin

ess.

Lord

Jes

us:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us, c

ome

to u

s th

at y

ou m

ay c

lean

se u

s. C

ome

to u

s th

at

you

may

hea

l us.

Com

e to

us

that

you

may

str

engt

hen

us. C

ome

to

us th

at y

ou m

ay u

se u

s to

do

your

will

. But

hav

ing

rece

ived

you

, let

us

not

forg

et y

ou, o

r run

aw

ay fr

om y

ou, o

r fal

l int

o te

mpt

atio

n an

d si

n; b

ut le

t us

be y

ours

toda

y, to

mor

row

, and

alw

ays;

for y

ou li

ve a

nd

reig

n w

ith th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

The

Lord

wat

ches

ove

r yo

u –

the

Lord

is y

our

shad

e at

you

r ri

ght

hand

; the

sun

will

not

har

m y

ou b

y da

y, n

or th

e m

oon

by n

ight

.

May

the

Lord

ble

ss u

s, a

nd k

eep

us fr

om a

ll ev

il, a

nd b

ring

us

to

eter

nal l

ife.

Am

en.

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIt

is g

ood

to p

rais

e th

e Lo

rd,

an

d m

ake

mus

ic to

you

r na

me,

O M

ost H

igh,

proc

laim

ing

your

love

in th

e m

orni

ng,

an

d yo

ur fa

ithfu

lnes

s at

nig

ht.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

119

Te

ach

me,

Lor

d, th

e w

ay o

f you

r de

cree

s,

that

I m

ay fo

llow

it to

the

end.

Giv

e m

e un

ders

tand

ing,

so

that

I m

ay k

eep

your

law

an

d ob

ey it

with

all

my

hear

t.D

irect

me

in th

e pa

th o

f you

r co

mm

ands

,

for

ther

e I fi

nd

delig

ht.

Jesu

s, y

ou h

ave

the

wor

ds o

f ete

rnal

life

.

Turn

my

hear

t tow

ard

your

sta

tute

s

and

not t

owar

d se

lfi sh

gai

n.Tu

rn m

y ey

es a

way

from

wor

thle

ss th

ings

;

pres

erve

my

life

acco

rdin

g to

you

r w

ord.

Jesu

s, y

ou h

ave

the

wor

ds o

f ete

rnal

life

.

Fulfi

l you

r pr

omis

e to

you

r se

rvan

t,

so th

at y

ou m

ay b

e fe

ared

.H

ow I

long

for

your

pre

cept

s!

In y

our

righ

teou

snes

s pr

eser

ve m

y lif

e.

Jesu

s, y

ou h

ave

the

wor

ds o

f ete

rnal

life

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

I del

ight

in y

our

decr

ees;

I w

ill n

ot n

egle

ct y

our

wor

d.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

Tues

day m

orni

ng

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDLe

t us

cast

our

anx

ietie

s on

God

, bec

ause

he

care

s fo

r us

.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Lovi

ng G

od a

nd F

athe

r, th

ank

you

that

you

r go

od a

nd g

raci

ous

will

is a

lway

s do

ne: d

efea

t the

pow

er o

f the

dev

il in

our

live

s an

d st

reng

then

our

faith

in y

ou.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

The

lips

of c

hild

ren

decl

are

your

pra

ise:

pro

tect

and

nur

ture

the

child

ren

and

yout

h of

the

chur

ch s

o th

at th

ey g

row

str

ong

in y

ou.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r su

pply

ing

us w

ith th

e fr

uits

of t

he e

arth

: ble

ss a

ll w

ho p

rodu

ce fo

od, a

nd p

rovi

de fo

r th

e po

or a

nd h

ungr

y.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Your

Son

giv

es p

eace

as

the

wor

ld c

anno

t giv

e: le

ad u

s to

put

asi

de

rese

ntm

ent,

fear

and

pri

de, a

nd li

ve a

t pea

ce w

ith o

ur n

eigh

bour

.

Lovi

ng G

od:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

, our

hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, alm

ight

y an

d et

erna

l God

, you

hav

e br

ough

t us

safe

ly to

the

begi

nnin

g of

this

day

. Pro

tect

us

toda

y w

ith y

our

mig

hty

pow

er; l

et u

s fa

ll in

to n

o si

n, n

or r

un in

to a

ny

kind

of d

ange

r. B

ut g

uide

us

in a

ll th

ings

, so

that

we

may

alw

ays

do w

hat i

s ri

ght.

We

ask

this

thou

gh y

our

Son,

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lo

rd, w

ho li

ves

and

reig

ns w

ith y

ou a

nd th

e H

oly

Spir

it, o

ne G

od,

now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: P

eace

I le

ave

with

you

; my

peac

e I g

ive

you.

May

the

alm

ight

y Lo

rd g

uide

us,

and

all

we

do th

is d

ay, i

n hi

s pe

ace.

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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27

WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIn

pea

ce I

will

lie

dow

n an

d sl

eep,

fo

r yo

u al

one,

Lor

d, m

ake

me

dwel

l in

safe

ty.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

103

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

, and

forg

et n

ot a

ll hi

s be

nefi t

s –

w

ho fo

rgiv

es a

ll yo

ur s

ins

and

heal

s al

l you

r di

seas

es,

who

rede

ems

your

life

from

the

pit

an

d cr

owns

you

with

love

and

com

pass

ion,

w

ho s

atis

fi es

your

des

ires

with

goo

d th

ings

so

that

you

r yo

uth

is re

new

ed li

ke th

e ea

gle’

s.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

;al

l my

inm

ost b

eing

, pra

ise

his

holy

nam

e.

The

Lord

is c

ompa

ssio

nate

and

gra

ciou

s,

slow

to a

nger

, abo

undi

ng in

love

. H

e do

es n

ot tr

eat u

s as

our

sin

s de

serv

e

or re

pay

us a

ccor

ding

to o

ur in

iqui

ties.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

;al

l my

inm

ost b

eing

, pra

ise

his

holy

nam

e.

For

as h

igh

as th

e he

aven

s ar

e ab

ove

the

eart

h,

so

gre

at is

his

love

for

thos

e w

ho fe

ar h

im;

as fa

r as

the

east

is fr

om th

e w

est,

s

o fa

r ha

s he

rem

oved

our

tran

sgre

ssio

ns fr

om u

s.

Pra

ise

the

Lord

, my

soul

;al

l my

inm

ost b

eing

, pra

ise

his

holy

nam

e.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

I del

ight

in y

our

decr

ees;

I w

ill n

ot n

egle

ct y

our

wor

d.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

took

up

our

infi r

miti

es a

nd b

ore

our

dise

ases

. Let

us

pray

to

him

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

We

than

k yo

u, L

ord

Jesu

s, fo

r th

ose

who

exe

rcis

e ri

ghtfu

l au

thor

ity o

ver

us: p

ardo

n ou

r re

sent

men

t of t

hose

in a

utho

rity

and

m

ake

us h

umbl

e lik

e yo

u.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

You

rem

embe

r al

l wor

k do

ne in

you

r na

me:

rew

ard

the

effo

rts

of

elde

rly C

hris

tians

and

do

not l

et th

em ti

re o

f goo

d w

orks

and

pra

yer.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

You

proc

laim

ed fr

eedo

m fo

r th

e ca

ptiv

es: b

e w

ith a

ll w

ho a

re

oppr

esse

d, a

ddic

ted,

or

suffe

ring

, and

rele

ase

them

from

thei

r ch

ains

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r th

e ni

ght a

nd y

our

gift

of re

st: c

alm

thos

e w

ho a

re

trou

bled

, tho

se w

ho a

re s

tres

sed,

and

thos

e w

ho c

anno

t sle

ep.

Lord

Jes

us:

hel

p us

, we

pray

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Wat

ch, d

ear

Lord

, with

thos

e w

ho w

ake,

or

wat

ch, o

r w

eep

toni

ght,

and

give

you

r an

gels

cha

rge

over

thos

e w

ho s

leep

. Ten

d yo

ur s

ick

ones

, Lor

d C

hris

t. R

est y

our

wea

ry o

nes.

Ble

ss y

our

dyin

g on

es.

Soot

he y

our

suffe

ring

one

s. P

ity y

our

affl i

cted

one

s. S

hiel

d yo

ur

joyo

us o

nes.

We

ask

this

all

for

your

love

’s s

ake.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

To

him

who

love

s us

and

has

free

d us

from

our

sin

s by

his

blo

od,

and

mad

e us

to b

e a

king

dom

and

pri

ests

to s

erve

his

God

and

Fa

ther

– to

him

be

glor

y an

d po

wer

fore

ver

and

ever

!

Amen

.

Tues

day e

veni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RTh

is is

the

day

the

Lord

has

mad

e;

let u

s re

joic

e an

d be

gla

d in

it.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

33

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

;

it is

fi tt

ing

for

the

upri

ght t

o pr

aise

him

.Si

ng to

him

a n

ew s

ong;

pl

ay s

kilfu

lly, a

nd s

hout

for

joy.

For

the

wor

d of

the

Lord

is r

ight

and

true

;

he is

faith

ful i

n al

l he

does

.

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

.

The

Lord

love

s ri

ghte

ousn

ess

and

just

ice;

th

e ea

rth

is fu

ll of

his

unf

ailin

g lo

ve.

Let a

ll th

e ea

rth

fear

the

Lord

;

let a

ll th

e pe

ople

of t

he w

orld

reve

re h

im.

For

he s

poke

, and

it c

ame

to b

e;

he c

omm

ande

d, a

nd it

sto

od fi

rm.

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

.

We

wai

t in

hope

for

the

Lord

;

he is

our

hel

p an

d ou

r sh

ield

.In

him

our

hea

rts

rejo

ice,

fo

r w

e tr

ust i

n hi

s ho

ly n

ame.

May

you

r un

faili

ng lo

ve b

e w

ith u

s, L

ord,

ev

en a

s w

e pu

t our

hop

e in

you

.

Sing

joyf

ully

to th

e Lo

rd, y

ou r

ight

eous

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

e in

the

path

of y

our

com

man

ds,

fo

r th

ere

I fi n

d de

light

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: ‘Yo

ur F

athe

r in

hea

ven

will

giv

e go

od g

ifts

to th

ose

who

ask

him

’. Le

t us

pray

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

We

bles

s yo

u, g

raci

ous

Fath

er, f

or g

ivin

g us

our

dai

ly b

read

: giv

e us

than

kful

hea

rts

and

mov

e us

to s

hare

wha

t we

have

w

ith o

ther

s.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

Than

k yo

u fo

r th

e gi

ft of

you

r ho

ly w

ord:

giv

e pa

rent

s th

e sk

ill a

nd

confi

den

ce to

teac

h th

is w

ord

to th

eir

fam

ilies

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

Than

k yo

u fo

r cl

othi

ng th

is p

lane

t with

an

abun

danc

e of

life

: hel

p us

to c

are

for

the

envi

ronm

ent a

nd r

ule

your

cre

atio

n w

isel

y.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

You

are

slow

to a

nger

and

abo

undi

ng in

love

: giv

e us

a p

atie

nt

spir

it so

that

we

may

be

quic

k to

list

en a

nd s

low

to b

ecom

e an

gry.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

w

e se

ek y

our

gift

s.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Gra

ciou

s G

od, r

emem

ber

us to

day

in th

e w

ork

you

have

giv

en

us to

do.

Let

us

fi nd

satis

fact

ion

in o

ur c

allin

g, a

nd g

lori

fy y

ou b

y ho

nest

wor

k, fo

r th

e sa

ke o

f him

who

com

plet

ed h

is w

ork

for

us,

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

e pe

acem

aker

s, fo

r th

ey w

ill b

e ca

lled

child

ren

of G

od.

May

the

alm

ight

y Lo

rd g

uide

us,

and

all

we

do th

is d

ay, i

n hi

s pe

ace.

Am

en.

Wed

nesd

ay m

orni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIn

to y

our

hand

s I c

omm

it m

y sp

irit;

re

deem

me,

Lor

d, m

y fa

ithfu

l God

.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

130

Out

of t

he d

epth

s I c

ry to

you

, Lor

d;

Lord

, hea

r m

y vo

ice.

Let y

our

ears

be

atte

ntiv

e

to m

y cr

y fo

r m

ercy

.

Jesu

s, r

emem

ber

me

whe

n yo

u co

me

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

If yo

u, L

ord,

kep

t a re

cord

of s

ins,

Lo

rd, w

ho c

ould

sta

nd?

But

with

you

ther

e is

forg

iven

ess,

so

that

we

can,

with

reve

renc

e, s

erve

you

.

Jesu

s, r

emem

ber

me

whe

n yo

u co

me

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

I wai

t for

the

Lord

, my

who

le b

eing

wai

ts,

an

d in

his

wor

d I p

ut m

y ho

pe.

I wai

t for

the

Lord

mor

e th

an w

atch

men

wai

t for

the

mor

ning

,

mor

e th

an w

atch

men

wai

t for

the

mor

ning

.Is

rael

, put

you

r ho

pe in

the

Lord

,

for

with

the

Lord

is u

nfai

ling

love

and

with

him

is fu

ll re

dem

ptio

n.H

e hi

mse

lf w

ill re

deem

Isra

el

from

all

thei

r si

ns.

Jesu

s, r

emem

ber

me

whe

n yo

u co

me

into

you

r ki

ngdo

m.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

e in

the

path

of y

our

com

man

ds,

fo

r th

ere

I fi n

d de

light

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

has

been

mad

e lik

e us

, his

bro

ther

s an

d si

ster

s, in

eve

ry

way

. Let

us

pray

to h

im.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

We

prai

se y

ou, L

ord

Jesu

s, fo

r pr

eser

ving

and

rede

emin

g ou

r bo

dies

: for

give

us

for

negl

ectin

g th

e ph

ysic

al n

eeds

of o

ther

s or

hu

rtin

g th

em in

any

way

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

You

inst

ruct

us

to b

e w

ise

with

unb

elie

vers

: mak

e th

e ch

urch

’s

publ

ic w

itnes

s w

ise

and

attr

activ

e so

that

peo

ple

are

draw

n to

you

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

You

are

the

head

of t

he h

uman

fam

ily: s

tren

gthe

n al

l mar

riag

es

and

fam

ilies

with

you

r lo

ve, a

nd d

raw

the

lone

ly a

nd n

egle

cted

into

go

od c

ompa

ny.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

Than

k yo

u th

at y

ou n

ever

slu

mbe

r or

sle

ep: p

rote

ct u

s w

hen

we

are

vuln

erab

le in

the

nigh

t hou

rs a

nd s

ave

us fr

om e

tern

al d

eath

.

Lord

Jes

us:

hav

e m

ercy

on

us.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Than

ks b

e to

you

, my

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, fo

r al

l the

ben

efi ts

you

ha

ve w

on fo

r m

e, fo

r al

l the

pai

ns a

nd in

sults

you

hav

e bo

rne

for

me.

Mos

t mer

cifu

l Red

eem

er, F

rien

d, a

nd B

roth

er, m

ay I

know

yo

u m

ore

clea

rly,

love

you

mor

e de

arly

, and

follo

w y

ou m

ore

near

ly; f

or y

ou li

ve a

nd re

ign

with

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

hea

r G

od’s

wor

d an

d ke

ep it

.

May

the

bles

sing

of a

lmig

hty

God

, Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

be

with

us

alw

ays.

Am

en.

Wed

nesd

ay e

veni

ng

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RC

ome,

let u

s bo

w d

own

in w

orsh

ip,

le

t us

knee

l bef

ore

the

Lord

our

Mak

er;

for

he is

our

God

an

d w

e ar

e th

e pe

ople

of h

is p

astu

re.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

25

Show

me

your

way

s, L

ord,

te

ach

me

your

pat

hs.

Gui

de m

e in

you

r tr

uth

and

teac

h m

e,

for

you

are

God

my

Savi

our,

and

my

hope

is in

you

all

day

long

.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

and

the

life.

Rem

embe

r, L

ord,

you

r gr

eat m

ercy

and

love

,

for

they

are

from

of o

ld.

Do

not r

emem

ber

the

sins

of m

y yo

uth

an

d m

y re

belli

ous

way

s;

acco

rdin

g to

you

r lo

ve re

mem

ber

me,

for

you,

Lor

d, a

re g

ood.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

and

the

life.

Goo

d an

d up

righ

t is

the

Lord

;

ther

efor

e he

inst

ruct

s si

nner

s in

his

way

s.H

e gu

ides

the

hum

ble

in w

hat i

s ri

ght

an

d te

ache

s th

em h

is w

ay.

All t

he w

ays

of th

e Lo

rd a

re lo

ving

and

faith

ful

to

war

d th

ose

who

kee

p th

e de

man

ds o

f his

cov

enan

t.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

and

the

life.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

You

wor

d is

a la

mp

to m

y fe

et

and

a lig

ht to

my

path

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDG

od d

id n

ot s

end

his

Son

into

the

wor

ld to

con

dem

n th

e w

orld

, but

to

sav

e th

e w

orld

thro

ugh

him

. Let

us

pray

.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

We

prai

se y

ou, S

on o

f God

, for

sav

ing

us fr

om c

onde

mna

tion:

m

ove

us to

forg

ive

thos

e w

ho s

in a

gain

st u

s.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r ca

lling

wor

kers

into

you

r vi

neya

rd: s

tren

gthe

n al

l pa

stor

s w

ith tr

ue fa

ith a

nd a

god

ly li

fe to

equ

ip y

our

peop

le fo

r se

rvic

e.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

All w

isdo

m a

nd in

sigh

t com

es fr

om y

ou: s

uppo

rt a

ll pl

aces

of

lear

ning

and

illu

min

e al

l tea

cher

s an

d st

uden

ts w

ith w

hat i

s go

od

and

true

.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

You

are

low

ly a

nd g

entle

: mak

e us

gen

tle a

nd k

ind

so th

at w

e do

no

t giv

e of

fenc

e to

any

one

or d

amag

e ou

r w

itnes

s to

you

.

Son

of G

od:

sav

e us

, we

pray

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us, m

y he

aven

ly fr

iend

and

hel

per,

teac

h m

e to

do

your

w

ill. T

each

me

to li

ve h

umbl

y an

d w

orth

ily b

efor

e yo

u, fo

r yo

u ar

e m

y w

isdo

m; y

ou k

now

me

utte

rly,

and

you

hav

e kn

own

me

befo

re

the

wor

ld w

as m

ade

and

befo

re I

was

bor

n.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

hun

ger

and

thirs

t for

ri

ghte

ousn

ess,

for

they

will

be

fi lle

d.

May

the

alm

ight

y an

d m

erci

ful L

ord,

Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

bl

ess

and

keep

us.

Am

en.

Thu

rsda

y mor

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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35

WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RIt

is g

ood

to p

rais

e th

e Lo

rd

and

mak

e m

usic

to y

our

nam

e, O

Mos

t Hig

h,pr

ocla

imin

g yo

ur lo

ve in

the

mor

ning

an

d yo

ur fa

ithfu

lnes

s at

nig

ht.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

116

I lov

e th

e Lo

rd, f

or h

e he

ard

my

voic

e;

he h

eard

my

cry

for

mer

cy.

Bec

ause

he

turn

ed h

is e

ar to

me,

I w

ill c

all o

n hi

m a

s lo

ng a

s I l

ive.

Ret

urn

to y

our

rest

, my

soul

,

for

the

Lord

has

bee

n go

od to

you

.

For

you,

Lor

d, h

ave

deliv

ered

me

from

dea

th,

m

y ey

es fr

om te

ars,

my

feet

from

stu

mbl

ing,

th

at I

may

wal

k be

fore

the

Lord

in th

e la

nd o

f the

livi

ng.

Ret

urn

to y

our

rest

, my

soul

,

for

the

Lord

has

bee

n go

od to

you

.

Wha

t sha

ll I r

etur

n to

the

Lord

for

all h

is g

oodn

ess

to m

e?

I w

ill li

ft up

the

cup

of s

alva

tion

and

call

on th

e na

me

of th

e Lo

rd.

I will

fulfi

l my

vow

s to

the

Lord

in

the

pres

ence

of a

ll hi

s pe

ople

.

Ret

urn

to y

our

rest

, my

soul

,

for

the

Lord

has

bee

n go

od to

you

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Your

wor

d is

a la

mp

to m

y fe

et

and

a lig

ht to

my

path

.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: If y

ou re

mai

n in

me

and

my

wor

ds re

mai

n in

you

, ask

w

hate

ver

you

wis

h, a

nd it

will

be

done

for

you.

Let

us

pray

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

We

than

k yo

u, F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

for

the

gift

of m

arri

age

and

fam

ilies

: lea

d us

to li

ve h

onou

rabl

y in

rega

rd to

sex

, and

cle

anse

us

from

all

impu

rity

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

Than

k yo

u fo

r pl

acin

g ov

erse

ers

to g

over

n yo

ur h

oly

chur

ch: w

atch

ov

er th

e le

ader

s of

you

r ch

urch

so

that

they

gua

rd th

e he

rita

ge o

f th

e ap

ostle

s.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

Than

k yo

u fo

r pr

otec

ting

us in

tim

es o

f tro

uble

: def

end

our

polic

e,

fi re

depa

rtm

ent,

arm

ed s

ervi

ces,

and

all

who

ser

ve to

pro

tect

our

so

ciet

y fr

om d

ange

r.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

The

nigh

t hol

ds n

o te

rror

if y

ou a

re n

ear:

shi

eld

us fr

om fe

arfu

l dr

eam

s an

d al

l act

iviti

es o

f the

evi

l one

.

Fath

er in

hea

ven:

g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

I tha

nk y

ou, h

eave

nly

Fath

er, t

hrou

gh y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, th

at y

ou h

ave

grac

ious

ly p

rote

cted

me

toda

y. I a

sk y

ou to

forg

ive

all m

y si

ns a

nd th

e w

rong

whi

ch I

have

don

e. A

nd g

raci

ousl

y ke

ep

me

this

nig

ht. I

n yo

ur h

ands

I pl

ace

my

body

and

sou

l and

all

that

is

min

e. L

et y

our

holy

ang

el b

e w

ith m

e, s

o th

at th

e ev

il on

e m

ay

have

no

pow

er o

ver

me.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

N

ow to

him

who

is a

ble

to d

o im

mea

sura

bly

mor

e th

an a

ll w

e as

k or

im

agin

e, a

ccor

ding

to h

is p

ower

that

is a

t wor

k w

ithin

us

– to

him

be

glor

y in

the

chur

ch a

nd in

Chr

ist J

esus

thro

ugho

ut a

ll ge

nera

tions

, fo

reve

r and

eve

r.

Amen

.

Thu

rsda

y eve

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RH

aste

n, O

God

, to

save

me;

co

me

quic

kly,

Lor

d, to

hel

p m

e.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

86

Gua

rd m

y lif

e, fo

r I a

m fa

ithfu

l to

you.

You

are

my

God

; sav

e yo

ur s

erva

nt w

ho tr

usts

in y

ou.

Hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

Lor

d, fo

r I c

all t

o yo

u al

l day

long

.

Bri

ng jo

y to

you

r se

rvan

t, Lo

rd, f

or I

put m

y tr

ust i

n yo

u.

Hea

r m

e, L

ord,

and

ans

wer

me,

for

I am

poo

r an

d ne

edy.

You,

Lor

d, a

re fo

rgiv

ing

and

good

,

abou

ndin

g in

love

to a

ll w

ho c

all t

o yo

u.H

ear

my

pray

er, L

ord;

list

en to

my

cry

for

mer

cy.

W

hen

I am

in d

istr

ess

I cal

l to

you,

bec

ause

you

ans

wer

me.

Hea

r m

e, L

ord,

and

ans

wer

me,

for

I am

poo

r an

d ne

edy.

Teac

h m

e yo

ur w

ay, L

ord,

that

I m

ay re

ly o

n yo

ur fa

ithfu

lnes

s;

give

me

an u

ndiv

ided

hea

rt, t

hat I

may

fear

you

r na

me.

I will

pra

ise

you,

Lor

d m

y G

od, w

ith a

ll m

y he

art;

I w

ill g

lori

fy y

our

nam

e fo

reve

r. Fo

r gr

eat i

s yo

ur lo

ve to

war

d m

e;

yo

u ha

ve d

eliv

ered

me

from

the

dept

hs,

fr

om th

e re

alm

of t

he d

ead.

Hea

r m

e, L

ord,

and

ans

wer

me,

for

I am

poo

r an

d ne

edy.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

y fo

otst

eps

acco

rdin

g to

you

r w

ord;

le

t no

sin

rule

ove

r m

e.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

was

tem

pted

in e

very

way

, jus

t as

we

are

– ye

t he

did

not

sin.

Let

us

pray

to h

im.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

We

than

k yo

u, L

ord,

for

over

com

ing

the

tem

ptat

ion

of th

e ev

il on

e:

keep

us

safe

this

day

from

the

wor

ld, t

he d

evil,

and

the

desi

res

of

our

sinf

ul n

atur

e.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

You

prom

ise

not t

o te

st u

s be

yond

our

abi

lity:

str

engt

hen

thos

e w

ho s

trug

gle

with

tem

ptat

ion

to re

sist

evi

l and

to d

o w

hat i

s ri

ght.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

You

have

sen

t us

into

the

wor

ld to

ser

ve o

ne a

noth

er: s

ave

our p

lace

s of

wor

k fr

om c

orru

ptio

n so

that

they

ser

ve th

e co

mm

on g

ood.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

For

your

faith

fuln

ess

whi

ch e

ndur

es th

roug

h al

l gen

erat

ions

, we

than

k yo

u: m

ake

us fa

ithfu

l to

our

neig

hbou

r, to

our

fam

ilies

, and

to

you

.

Hol

y Je

sus:

h

elp

us, w

e pr

ay.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, as

you

hav

e gi

ven

your

life

to re

deem

me,

yo

urse

lf fo

r m

y ex

ampl

e, y

our

wor

d fo

r m

y ru

le, y

our

grac

e fo

r m

y gu

ide,

you

r bo

dy o

n th

e cr

oss

for

my

sin:

Ent

er in

and

take

po

sses

sion

of m

y he

art,

and

live

with

me

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

WE

GLO

RIF

Y G

OD

To

him

who

is a

ble

to k

eep

us fr

om s

tum

blin

g an

d to

pre

sent

us

bef

ore

his

glor

ious

pre

senc

e w

ithou

t fau

lt an

d w

ith g

reat

jo

y –

to th

e on

ly G

od o

ur S

avio

ur b

e gl

ory,

maj

esty

, pow

er a

nd

auth

ority

, thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d, b

efor

e al

l age

s, n

ow a

nd

fore

verm

ore!

Am

en.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

Frid

ay m

orni

ng

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RAn

swer

me

quic

kly,

Lor

d;

my

spir

it fa

ils.

Do

not h

ide

your

face

from

me,

or

I w

ill b

e lik

e th

ose

who

go

dow

n to

the

pit.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

51

Hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

O G

od,

ac

cord

ing

to y

our

unfa

iling

love

;ac

cord

ing

to y

our

grea

t com

pass

ion

bl

ot o

ut m

y tr

ansg

ress

ions

.W

ash

away

all

my

iniq

uity

an

d cl

eans

e m

e fr

om m

y si

n.

Lord

Jes

us, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

Cre

ate

in m

e a

pure

hea

rt, O

God

,

and

rene

w a

ste

adfa

st s

piri

t with

in m

e.D

o no

t cas

t me

from

you

r pr

esen

ce

or ta

ke y

our

Hol

y Sp

irit

from

me.

Res

tore

to m

e th

e jo

y of

you

r sa

lvat

ion

an

d gr

ant m

e a

will

ing

spir

it, to

sus

tain

me.

Lord

Jes

us, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

Then

I w

ill te

ach

tran

sgre

ssor

s yo

ur w

ays,

an

d si

nner

s w

ill tu

rn b

ack

to y

ou.

Ope

n m

y lip

s, L

ord,

an

d m

y m

outh

will

dec

lare

you

r pr

aise

.

Lord

Jes

us, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Dire

ct m

y fo

otst

eps

acco

rdin

g to

you

r w

ord;

le

t no

sin

rule

ove

r m

e.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDTh

roug

h Je

sus

we

can

appr

oach

God

’s th

rone

with

con

fi den

ce. L

et

us p

ray

for

grac

e an

d m

ercy

.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

Than

k yo

u, g

raci

ous

God

, for

spe

ech

and

conv

ersa

tion:

forg

ive

us

for

goss

ippi

ng a

nd c

ompl

aini

ng a

bout

our

nei

ghbo

ur.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

Your

Son

has

cal

led

peac

emak

ers

bles

sed:

ena

ble

cong

rega

tions

ev

eryw

here

to o

verc

ome

confl

ict,

bear

eac

h ot

her’s

bur

dens

, and

liv

e in

har

mon

y.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

For

good

com

pany

and

a s

uppo

rtiv

e co

mm

unity

, we

give

you

th

anks

: ble

ss o

ur n

eigh

bour

s, o

ur fr

iend

s, a

nd th

ose

we

wor

k w

ith.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r br

ingi

ng u

s to

the

clos

e of

this

day

: ref

resh

our

bo

dies

, min

ds, a

nd s

piri

ts s

o th

at w

e ca

n aw

ake

rest

ed to

ser

ve

you

tom

orro

w.

God

of g

race

: h

ave

mer

cy o

n us

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

God

, fro

m w

hom

all

holy

des

ires,

all

good

pur

pose

s, a

nd a

ll ri

ght w

orks

pro

ceed

: Giv

e to

you

r se

rvan

ts th

at p

eace

whi

ch th

e w

orld

can

not g

ive.

Def

end

us fr

om th

e fe

ar o

f our

ene

mie

s, a

nd

set o

ur h

eart

s to

obe

y yo

ur c

omm

andm

ents

, so

that

we

may

live

on

ear

th in

rest

and

qui

etne

ss. W

e as

k th

is th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist

our

Savi

our,

who

live

s an

d re

igns

with

you

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

G

od, n

ow a

nd fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

hose

tran

sgre

ssio

ns a

re fo

rgiv

en, w

hose

sin

s ar

e co

vere

d.

May

the

Lord

ble

ss u

s, a

nd k

eep

us fr

om a

ll ev

il, a

nd b

ring

us

to

eter

nal l

ife.

Am

en.

Frid

ay e

veni

ng

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RM

ay G

od b

e gr

acio

us to

us

and

bles

s us

an

d m

ake

his

face

shi

ne o

n us

,so

that

you

r w

ays

may

be

know

n on

ear

th,

yo

ur s

alva

tion

amon

g al

l nat

ions

.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

95

Com

e, le

t us

sing

for

joy

to th

e Lo

rd;

le

t us

shou

t alo

ud to

the

Roc

k of

our

sal

vatio

n.Le

t us

com

e be

fore

him

with

than

ksgi

ving

an

d ex

tol h

im w

ith m

usic

and

son

g.Fo

r th

e Lo

rd is

the

grea

t God

,

the

grea

t Kin

g ab

ove

all g

ods.

Com

e, le

t us

wor

ship

the

Lord

, for

he

is o

ur m

aker

.

In h

is h

and

are

the

dept

hs o

f the

ear

th,

an

d th

e m

ount

ain

peak

s be

long

to h

im.

The

sea

is h

is, f

or h

e m

ade

it,

and

his

hand

s fo

rmed

the

dry

land

.

Com

e, le

t us

wor

ship

the

Lord

, for

he

is o

ur m

aker

.

Com

e, le

t us

bow

dow

n in

wor

ship

,

let u

s kn

eel b

efor

e th

e Lo

rd o

ur M

aker

;fo

r he

is o

ur G

od:

an

d w

e ar

e th

e pe

ople

of h

is p

astu

re, t

he fl

ock

unde

r hi

s ca

re.

Com

e, le

t us

wor

ship

the

Lord

, for

he

is o

ur m

aker

.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Mak

e yo

ur fa

ce s

hine

on

your

ser

vant

,

and

teac

h m

e yo

ur d

ecre

es.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDLe

t us

put o

n th

e fu

ll ar

mou

r of

God

and

pra

y to

him

in th

e po

wer

of

the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

We

prai

se y

ou, a

lmig

hty

God

, tha

t you

hav

e re

scue

d us

from

eve

ry

kind

of e

vil:

pres

erve

us

toda

y an

d in

our

last

day

.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

You

have

sen

t you

r ch

urch

into

all

the

wor

ld: b

less

the

chur

ch’s

m

issi

on s

o th

at p

eopl

e ev

eryw

here

may

repe

nt a

nd b

elie

ve.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

For

brin

ging

bea

uty

to o

ur li

ves

thro

ugh

your

cre

atio

n, w

e th

ank

you:

enr

ich

all a

rt a

nd c

ultu

re s

o th

at w

e m

ay lo

ve w

hat i

s go

od,

beau

tiful

, and

true

.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

Your

Son

pra

yed

and

fast

ed in

the

dese

rt: g

rant

us

cont

rol o

ver

our

desi

res

so th

at w

e ar

e op

en to

our

nei

ghbo

ur’s

nee

ds.

Alm

ight

y G

od:

rec

eive

our

pra

yer.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

I tha

nk y

ou, h

eave

nly

Fath

er, t

hrou

gh y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, th

at y

ou h

ave

prot

ecte

d m

e th

roug

h th

e ni

ght f

rom

all

harm

and

da

nger

. I a

sk y

ou to

kee

p m

e th

is d

ay, t

oo, f

rom

all

sin

and

evil,

so

that

in a

ll m

y th

ough

ts, w

ords

, and

dee

ds I

may

ple

ase

you.

In y

our

hand

s I p

lace

my

body

and

sou

l and

all

that

is m

ine.

Let

you

r ho

ly

ange

l be

with

me,

so

that

the

evil

one

may

hav

e no

pow

er o

ver

me.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

God

is a

ble

to m

ake

all g

race

abo

und

to y

ou, s

o th

at in

all

thin

gs

at a

ll tim

es, h

avin

g al

l tha

t you

nee

d, y

ou w

ill a

boun

d in

eve

ry

good

wor

k.

The

grac

e of

our

Lor

d Je

sus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it, b

e w

ith u

s al

l.

Amen

.

Satu

rday

mor

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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WE

CO

ME

TO

GO

D IN

PR

AYE

RO

ne th

ing

I ask

from

the

Lord

, thi

s on

ly d

o I s

eek,

th

at I

may

dw

ell i

n th

e ho

use

of th

e Lo

rd a

ll th

e da

ys o

f my

life.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

WE

PR

AY P

SALM

16

Kee

p m

e sa

fe, m

y G

od, f

or in

you

I ta

ke re

fuge

.

You

are

my

Lord

; apa

rt fr

om y

ou I

have

no

good

thin

g.Lo

rd, y

ou h

ave

assi

gned

me

my

port

ion

and

my

cup;

yo

u ha

ve m

ade

my

lot s

ecur

e.Th

e bo

unda

ry li

nes

have

falle

n fo

r m

e in

ple

asan

t pla

ces;

su

rely

I ha

ve a

del

ight

ful i

nher

itanc

e.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e re

surr

ectio

n an

d th

e lif

e.

I will

pra

ise

the

Lord

, who

cou

nsel

s m

e;

even

at n

ight

my

hear

t ins

truc

ts m

e.I k

eep

my

eyes

alw

ays

on th

e Lo

rd.

W

ith h

im a

t my

righ

t han

d, I

will

not

be

shak

en.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e re

surr

ectio

n an

d th

e lif

e.

Ther

efor

e m

y he

art i

s gl

ad a

nd m

y to

ngue

rejo

ices

;

my

body

als

o w

ill re

st s

ecur

e,be

caus

e yo

u w

ill n

ot a

band

on m

e to

the

real

m o

f the

dea

d,

no

r w

ill y

ou le

t you

r fa

ithfu

l one

see

dec

ay.

You

mak

e kn

own

to m

e th

e pa

th o

f life

;

you

will

fi ll

me

with

joy

in y

our

pres

ence

.

Jesu

s, y

ou a

re th

e re

surr

ectio

n an

d th

e lif

e.

GO

D S

PE

AK

S TO

US

(see

dai

ly B

ible

rea

ding

gui

de, o

r ot

her

Bib

le r

eadi

ng)

Mak

e yo

ur fa

ce s

hine

on

your

ser

vant

,

and

teac

h m

e yo

ur d

ecre

es.

WE

CO

NFE

SS O

UR

FAI

TH (A

post

les’

Cre

ed, s

crip

tura

l son

g, o

r ot

her

hym

n/so

ng)

WE

PR

AY F

OR

OU

RSE

LVE

S A

ND

TH

E W

OR

LDJe

sus

says

: ‘I a

m th

e go

od s

heph

erd;

I kn

ow m

y sh

eep

and

my

shee

p kn

ow m

e’. L

et u

s pr

ay.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

You

have

taug

ht u

s to

rece

ive

God

’s g

ifts

than

kful

ly a

nd to

sha

re

our

good

s w

ith o

ther

s: p

ardo

n ou

r in

grat

itude

and

lack

of

gene

rosi

ty.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r yo

ur g

uida

nce

and

corr

ectio

n: b

ring

bac

k to

you

rsel

f th

ose

who

hav

e w

ande

red

from

the

chur

ch a

nd fr

om y

ou.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Than

k yo

u fo

r no

t aba

ndon

ing

us in

the

valle

y of

the

shad

ow o

f de

ath:

reas

sure

thos

e w

ho a

re d

ying

of y

our

love

, and

rece

ive

them

into

you

r et

erna

l arm

s.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

Afte

r re

stin

g in

the

tom

b yo

u ro

se to

life

: kee

p us

saf

e no

w a

nd a

t ou

r la

st h

our,

so

that

we

may

wak

e fr

om d

eath

and

live

with

you

.

Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd:

hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

.

(Oth

er p

raye

rs m

ay fo

llow)

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, as

you

hav

e sa

id th

at y

ou a

re th

e w

ay, t

he tr

uth,

an

d th

e lif

e: L

et u

s ne

ver

stra

y fr

om y

ou, d

oubt

you

r pr

omis

es, n

or

rely

on

anyt

hing

els

e th

an y

ou; f

or w

ithou

t you

ther

e is

not

hing

to

be d

esire

d, in

hea

ven

or o

n ea

rth;

for

you

live

and

reig

n w

ith th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en.

WE

PR

AY T

HE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

GO

D B

LESS

ES

US

Jesu

s sa

ys: L

ook,

I am

com

ing

soon

! Ble

ssed

is th

e on

e w

ho

keep

s m

y w

ords

.

May

the

bles

sing

of a

lmig

hty

God

, Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

be

with

us

alw

ays.

Am

en.

Satu

rday

eve

ning

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

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PR

AYE

R A

T O

THE

R T

IME

SA

ny d

ay –

mor

ning

Any

day

– e

veni

ngA

nytim

e pr

ayer

(1–4

)B

edtim

e pr

ayer

(1–2

)

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In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

and

of t

he S

on a

nd o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Am

en.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

Chr

ist,

have

mer

cy.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

THE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

IS S

AID

THE

AP

OST

LES’

CR

EE

D M

AY B

E S

AID

A B

IBLE

RE

AD

ING

IS R

EA

D

Lord

, I c

all t

o yo

u fo

r he

lp.

In

the

mor

ning

I pr

ay to

you

.I a

m fi

lled

with

pra

ise

for

you,

an

d pr

ocla

im y

our

glor

y al

l day

long

. C

lose

you

r ey

es to

my

sins

,

and

wip

e aw

ay a

ll m

y ev

il.C

reat

e a

pure

hea

rt in

me,

God

,

and

put a

new

and

loya

l spi

rit i

n m

e.D

o no

t ban

ish

me

from

you

r pr

esen

ce;

do

not

take

you

r H

oly

Spir

it aw

ay fr

om m

e.G

ive

me

the

joy

that

com

es fr

om y

our

salv

atio

n,

and

mak

e m

e ea

ger

to p

leas

e yo

u.B

e gr

acio

us, L

ord,

this

day

,

and

keep

us

free

from

sin

.H

ave

mer

cy o

n us

, Lor

d;

have

mer

cy o

n us

.Li

sten

to m

y pr

ayer

, Lor

d,

and

hear

my

cry

for

help

.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

MAY

BE

SA

ID

Let u

s pr

aise

the

Lord

.

Than

ks b

e to

God

.

May

the

alm

ight

y Lo

rd g

uide

us,

and

all

we

do th

is d

ay,

in h

is p

eace

.

Amen

.

In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

and

of t

he S

on a

nd o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Am

en.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

Chr

ist,

have

mer

cy.

Lord

, hav

e m

ercy

.

THE

LO

RD

’S P

RAY

ER

IS S

AID

THE

AP

OST

LES’

CR

EE

D M

AY B

E S

AID

A B

IBLE

RE

AD

ING

IS R

EA

D

Pra

ise

to y

ou, L

ord

God

of o

ur a

nces

tors

;

prai

se a

nd g

lory

fore

ver.

Let u

s pr

aise

the

Fath

er, a

nd th

e So

n, a

nd th

e H

oly

Spir

it;

we

prai

se a

nd w

orsh

ip h

im fo

reve

r. P

rais

e to

you

, Lor

d, in

the

heig

hts

of h

eave

n;

prai

se, a

nd g

lory

, and

wor

ship

fore

ver.

The

alm

ight

y an

d m

erci

ful L

ord

bles

s an

d ke

ep u

s.

Amen

.B

e gr

acio

us, L

ord,

this

nig

ht,

an

d ke

ep u

s fr

ee fr

om s

in.

Hav

e m

ercy

on

us, L

ord;

ha

ve m

ercy

on

us.

Let y

our

good

ness

and

love

be

with

us,

as

we

put o

ur h

ope

in y

ou.

List

en to

my

pray

er, L

ord,

an

d he

ar m

y cr

y fo

r he

lp.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

MAY

BE

SA

ID

Let u

s pr

aise

the

Lord

.

Than

ks b

e to

God

.

May

the

Lord

ble

ss u

s, a

nd k

eep

us fr

om a

ll ev

il, a

nd b

ring

us

to

eter

nal l

ife.

Am

en.

Any

day

– m

orni

ng

Any

day

– e

veni

ng

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

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I will

ext

ol th

e Lo

rd a

t all

times

;

his

prai

se w

ill a

lway

s be

on

my

lips.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 3

4:4,

8–1

0I s

ough

t the

Lor

d, a

nd h

e an

swer

ed m

e;

he d

eliv

ered

me

from

all

my

fear

s.

Tast

e an

d se

e th

at th

e Lo

rd is

goo

d;

bles

sed

are

thos

e w

ho ta

ke re

fuge

in h

im.

Fear

the

Lord

, you

his

hol

y pe

ople

;

for

thos

e w

ho fe

ar h

im la

ck n

othi

ng.

The

lions

may

gro

w w

eak

and

hung

ry;

bu

t tho

se w

ho s

eek

the

Lord

lack

no

good

thin

g.

I sou

ght t

he L

ord,

and

he

answ

ered

me;

he

del

iver

ed m

e fr

om a

ll m

y fe

ars.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RLo

rd G

od, o

ur h

eave

nly

Fath

er, w

e th

ank

you

for

all y

our

gifts

of

body

and

min

d, fo

r he

alth

and

str

engt

h to

wor

k, fo

r su

nshi

ne a

nd

rain

, for

life

itse

lf, a

nd fo

r al

l tha

t exi

sts

to y

our

prai

se. O

pen

our

eyes

to re

cogn

ise

your

und

eser

ved

good

ness

, and

fi ll

our

hear

ts

with

joyf

ul o

bedi

ence

, so

that

we

than

k an

d pr

aise

you

in w

ord

and

deed

; thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

Bri

ng jo

y to

you

r se

rvan

t, Lo

rd,

fo

r I p

ut m

y tr

ust i

n yo

u.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 3

7:7,

3–6

Be

still

bef

ore

the

Lord

an

d w

ait p

atie

ntly

for

him

.

Trus

t in

the

Lord

and

do

good

;

dwel

l in

the

land

and

enj

oy s

afe

past

ure.

Take

del

ight

in th

e Lo

rd

and

he w

ill g

ive

you

the

desi

res

of y

our

hear

t.C

omm

it yo

ur w

ay to

the

Lord

;

trus

t in

him

and

he

will

do

this

:H

e w

ill m

ake

your

rig

hteo

us re

war

d sh

ine

like

the

daw

n,

your

vin

dica

tion

like

the

noon

day

sun.

Be

still

bef

ore

the

Lord

an

d w

ait p

atie

ntly

for

him

.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RO

God

, ren

ew o

ur s

piri

ts b

y yo

ur H

oly

Spir

it, a

nd d

raw

our

hea

rts

to y

ours

elf,

so th

at o

ur w

ork

may

not

be

a bu

rden

, but

a d

elig

ht.

Let u

s no

t ser

ve a

s sl

aves

with

the

spir

it of

bon

dage

, but

with

fr

eedo

m a

nd g

ladn

ess

as y

our

child

ren,

rejo

icin

g in

you

r w

ill a

nd

your

wor

k; fo

r Je

sus

Chr

ist’s

sak

e.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

Any

time

pray

er (1

)A

nytim

e pr

ayer

(2)

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Look

to th

e Lo

rd a

nd h

is s

tren

gth;

se

ek h

is fa

ce a

lway

s.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 8

5:7,

8–9

Show

us

your

unf

ailin

g lo

ve, L

ord,

an

d gr

ant u

s yo

ur s

alva

tion.

I will

list

en to

wha

t God

the

Lord

say

s;

he p

rom

ises

pea

ce to

his

peo

ple,

his

faith

ful s

erva

nts

but l

et th

em n

ot tu

rn to

folly

.Su

rely

his

sal

vatio

n is

nea

r th

ose

who

fear

him

,

that

his

glo

ry m

ay d

wel

l in

our

land

.

Show

us

your

unf

ailin

g lo

ve, L

ord,

an

d gr

ant u

s yo

ur s

alva

tion.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RLo

rd G

od, t

ake

our

min

ds a

nd th

ink

thro

ugh

them

. Tak

e ou

r lip

s an

d sp

eak

with

them

. Tak

e ou

r he

arts

and

set

them

afl a

me

with

th

e de

sire

to d

o yo

ur h

oly

will

; thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

Wai

t for

the

Lord

;

be s

tron

g an

d ta

ke h

eart

and

wai

t for

the

Lord

.

Glo

ry to

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n an

d th

e H

oly

Spir

it,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r.

Amen

.

PSA

LM 1

45:8

, 17–

20Th

e Lo

rd is

gra

ciou

s an

d co

mpa

ssio

nate

,

slow

to a

nger

and

ric

h in

love

.

The

Lord

is r

ight

eous

in a

ll hi

s w

ays

an

d fa

ithfu

l in

all h

e do

es.

The

Lord

is n

ear

to a

ll w

ho c

all o

n hi

m,

to

all

who

cal

l on

him

in tr

uth.

He

fulfi

ls th

e de

sire

of t

hose

who

fear

him

;

he h

ears

thei

r cr

y an

d sa

ves

them

.Th

e Lo

rd w

atch

es o

ver

all w

ho lo

ve h

im,

bu

t all

the

wic

ked

he w

ill d

estr

oy.

The

Lord

is g

raci

ous

and

com

pass

iona

te,

sl

ow to

ang

er a

nd r

ich

in lo

ve.

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G

PR

AYE

RG

rant

me,

Lor

d, to

kno

w w

hat I

oug

ht to

kno

w, t

o lo

ve w

hat I

oug

ht

to lo

ve, t

o pr

aise

wha

t del

ight

s yo

u m

ost,

to v

alue

wha

t is

prec

ious

in

you

r si

ght,

and

to h

ate

wha

t is

offe

nsiv

e to

you

.

Amen

.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e gr

ace

of th

e Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

and

the

love

of G

od, a

nd th

e fe

llow

ship

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it be

with

us

all.

Am

en.

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

Any

time

pray

er (3

)A

nytim

e pr

ayer

(4)

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PR

EPA

RAT

ION

AN

D P

SALM

143

:1, 8

The

Lord

alm

ight

y gi

ve u

s a

quie

t nig

ht a

nd p

eace

at t

he e

nd.

Am

en.

Lord

, hea

r m

y pr

ayer

,

liste

n to

my

cry

for

mer

cy;

in y

our

faith

fuln

ess

and

righ

teou

snes

s

com

e to

my

relie

f.Le

t the

mor

ning

bri

ng m

e w

ord

of y

our

unfa

iling

love

,

for

I hav

e pu

t my

trus

t in

you.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

CO

NFE

SSIO

N O

F SI

N M

AY B

E M

AD

E (P

AGE

S 68

–69)

BIB

LE V

ER

SE –

JO

HN

14:

27Je

sus

says

: Pea

ce I

leav

e w

ith y

ou; m

y pe

ace

I giv

e yo

u. I

do n

ot

give

to y

ou a

s th

e w

orld

giv

es. D

o no

t let

you

r he

arts

be

trou

bled

an

d do

not

be

afra

id.

Am

en.

PR

AYE

RO

Lor

d, m

y G

od, I

than

k yo

u fo

r th

e en

ding

of t

his

day.

I tha

nk

you

for

the

rest

of b

ody

and

min

d. Y

our

hand

has

bee

n ov

er m

e,

guar

ding

and

pre

serv

ing

me.

Let

me

slee

p in

pea

ce u

nder

you

r ca

re, a

nd k

eep

me

from

the

tem

ptat

ions

of d

arkn

ess.

I co

mm

it to

yo

u al

l who

m I

love

, all

in th

is h

ouse

, and

mys

elf,

both

bod

y an

d so

ul. O

God

, pra

ise

be to

you

r ho

ly n

ame.

Am

en.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e Lo

rd b

less

us,

and

kee

p us

from

all

evil,

and

bri

ng u

s to

et

erna

l life

.

Amen

.

PR

EPA

RAT

ION

AN

D P

SALM

4:6

-8Th

e Lo

rd a

lmig

hty

give

us

a qu

iet n

ight

and

pea

ce a

t the

end

.

Amen

.

Man

y, L

ord,

are

ask

ing,

‘Who

will

bri

ng u

s pr

ospe

rity

?’

Le

t the

ligh

t of y

our

face

shi

ne u

pon

us.

Fill

my

hear

t with

joy

w

hen

thei

r gr

ain

and

new

win

e ab

ound

. In

pea

ce I

will

lie

dow

n an

d sl

eep,

for

you

alon

e, L

ord,

mak

e m

e dw

ell i

n sa

fety

.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

CO

NFE

SSIO

N O

F SI

N M

AY B

E M

AD

E (P

AGE

S 68

–69)

BIB

LE V

ER

SES

– M

ATTH

EW

11:

28–3

0Je

sus

says

: Com

e to

me,

all

you

who

are

wea

ry a

nd b

urde

ned,

an

d I w

ill g

ive

you

rest

. Tak

e m

y yo

ke u

pon

you

and

lear

n fr

om m

e,

for

I am

gen

tle a

nd h

umbl

e in

hea

rt, a

nd y

ou w

ill fi

nd re

st fo

r yo

ur

soul

s. F

or m

y yo

ke is

eas

y an

d m

y bu

rden

is li

ght.

PR

AYE

RTa

ke u

s, O

Lor

d of

our

life

, int

o yo

ur k

eepi

ng th

is n

ight

and

fore

ver.

O L

ight

of l

ight

s, k

eep

us fr

om in

ner

dark

ness

. Gra

nt u

s to

sle

ep

in p

eace

, so

that

we

may

ari

se to

wor

k ac

cord

ing

to y

our

will

; th

roug

h yo

ur S

on, J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Am

en.

LOR

D’S

PR

AYE

R

BLE

SSIN

GTh

e Lo

rd b

less

us,

and

kee

p us

from

all

evil,

and

bri

ng u

s to

et

erna

l life

.

Amen

.

Bed

time

pray

er (1

)B

edtim

e pr

ayer

(2)

PRAYER AT OTHER TIMES

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SCR

IPTU

RA

L SO

NG

SC

antic

les f

or m

orni

ng a

nd e

veni

ngan

d do

xolo

gies

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THE

SO

NG

OF

ZEC

HA

RIA

HB

less

ed b

e th

e Lo

rd, t

he G

od o

f Isr

ael,

who

has

com

e to

his

peo

ple

and

set t

hem

free

.Th

e Lo

rd h

as r

aise

d up

for

us a

mig

hty

Savi

our,

born

of t

he h

ouse

of h

is s

erva

nt D

avid

.Th

roug

h th

e ho

ly p

roph

ets,

God

pro

mis

ed o

f old

to

sav

e us

from

our

ene

mie

s,

from

the

hand

s of

all

who

hat

e us

,

to s

how

mer

cy to

our

fore

bear

s,

and

to re

mem

ber

his

holy

cov

enan

t.Th

is w

as th

e oa

th G

od s

wor

e to

our

fath

er A

brah

am:

to

set

us

free

from

the

hand

s of

our

ene

mie

s,

free

to w

orsh

ip h

im w

ithou

t fea

r,

ho

ly a

nd r

ight

eous

bef

ore

him

,

all t

he d

ays

of o

ur li

fe.

And

you,

chi

ld, s

hall

be c

alle

d th

e pr

ophe

t of t

he M

ost H

igh,

for

you

will

go

befo

re th

e Lo

rd to

pre

pare

his

way

,to

giv

e hi

s pe

ople

kno

wle

dge

of s

alva

tion

by th

e fo

rgiv

enes

s of

thei

r si

ns.

In th

e te

nder

com

pass

ion

of o

ur G

odth

e da

wn

from

on

high

sha

ll br

eak

upon

us,

to s

hine

on

thos

e w

ho d

wel

l in

dark

ness

and

the

shad

ow o

f dea

th,

and

to g

uide

our

feet

into

the

way

of p

eace

.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

THE

TE

DE

UM

W

e pr

aise

you

, O G

od,

we

accl

aim

you

as

Lord

;al

l cre

atio

n w

orsh

ips

you,

the

Fath

er e

verl

astin

g.To

you

all

ange

ls, a

ll th

e po

wer

s of

hea

ven,

the

cher

ubim

and

ser

aphi

m, s

ing

in e

ndle

ss p

rais

e:

Hol

y, h

oly,

hol

y Lo

rd, G

od o

f pow

er a

nd m

ight

,

heav

en a

nd e

arth

are

full

of y

our

glor

y.Th

e gl

orio

us c

ompa

ny o

f apo

stle

s pr

aise

you

.Th

e no

ble

fello

wsh

ip o

f pro

phet

s pr

aise

you

.Th

e w

hite

-rob

ed a

rmy

of m

arty

rs p

rais

e yo

u.Th

roug

hout

the

wor

ld th

e ho

ly C

hurc

h ac

clai

ms

you:

Fa

ther

, of m

ajes

ty u

nbou

nded

,

your

true

and

onl

y So

n, w

orth

y of

all

prai

se,

th

e H

oly

Spir

it, a

dvoc

ate

and

guid

e.Yo

u, C

hris

t, ar

e th

e ki

ng o

f glo

ry,

the

eter

nal S

on o

f the

Fat

her.

Whe

n yo

u to

ok o

ur fl

esh

to s

et u

s fr

eeyo

u hu

mbl

y ch

ose

the

Virg

in’s

wom

b.Yo

u ov

erca

me

the

stin

g of

dea

than

d op

ened

the

king

dom

of h

eave

n to

all

belie

vers

.Yo

u ar

e se

ated

at G

od’s

rig

ht h

and

in g

lory

.W

e be

lieve

that

you

will

com

e to

be

our

judg

e.

Com

e th

en, L

ord,

and

hel

p yo

ur p

eopl

e,

boug

ht w

ith th

e pr

ice

of y

our

own

bloo

d,

and

brin

g us

with

you

r sa

ints

to

glo

ry e

verl

astin

g.

SCRIPTURAL SONGS

Can

ticle

s for

the

mor

ning

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THE

BE

ATIT

UD

ES

Ble

ssed

are

the

poor

in s

piri

t,

for

thei

rs is

the

king

dom

of h

eave

n.B

less

ed a

re th

ose

who

mou

rn,

fo

r th

ey w

ill b

e co

mfo

rted

.B

less

ed a

re th

e m

eek,

fo

r th

ey w

ill in

heri

t the

ear

th.

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

ho h

unge

r an

d th

irst f

or r

ight

eous

ness

,

for

they

will

be

fi lle

d.B

less

ed a

re th

e m

erci

ful,

fo

r th

ey w

ill re

ceiv

e m

ercy

.B

less

ed a

re th

e pu

re in

hea

rt,

fo

r th

ey w

ill s

ee G

od.

Ble

ssed

are

the

peac

emak

ers,

fo

r th

ey w

ill b

e ca

lled

child

ren

of G

od.

Ble

ssed

are

thos

e w

ho a

re p

erse

cute

d fo

r ri

ghte

ousn

ess’

sak

e,

for

thei

rs is

the

king

dom

of h

eave

n.

THE

SO

NG

OF

SIM

EO

NN

ow, L

ord,

you

let y

our

serv

ant g

o in

pea

ce:

your

wor

d ha

s be

en fu

lfi lle

d.M

y ow

n ey

es h

ave

seen

the

salv

atio

n w

hich

you

hav

e pr

epar

ed in

the

sigh

t of e

very

peo

ple:

a lig

ht to

reve

al y

ou to

the

natio

nsan

d th

e gl

ory

of y

our

peop

le Is

rael

.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as

it w

as in

the

begi

nnin

g, is

now

, and

will

be

fore

ver.

Amen

.

THE

SO

NG

OF

MA

RY

My

soul

pro

clai

ms

the

grea

tnes

s of

the

Lord

,m

y sp

irit

rejo

ices

in G

od m

y Sa

viou

r,w

ho h

as lo

oked

with

favo

ur o

n hi

s lo

wly

ser

vant

.Fr

om th

is d

ay a

ll ge

nera

tions

will

cal

l me

bles

sed:

th

e Al

mig

hty

has

done

gre

at th

ings

for

me

an

d ho

ly is

his

nam

e.

God

has

mer

cy o

n th

ose

who

fear

him

,

from

gen

erat

ion

to g

ener

atio

n.Th

e Lo

rd h

as s

how

n st

reng

th w

ith h

is a

rman

d sc

atte

red

the

prou

d in

thei

r co

ncei

t,ca

stin

g do

wn

the

mig

hty

from

thei

r th

rone

san

d lif

ting

up th

e lo

wly.

God

has

fi lle

d th

e hu

ngry

with

goo

d th

ings

and

sent

the

rich

aw

ay e

mpt

y.H

e ha

s co

me

to th

e ai

d of

his

ser

vant

Isra

el,

to re

mem

ber

the

prom

ise

of m

ercy

,th

e pr

omis

e m

ade

to o

ur fo

rebe

ars,

to A

brah

am a

nd h

is c

hild

ren

fore

ver.

G

lory

to th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

as it

was

in th

e be

ginn

ing,

is n

ow, a

nd w

ill b

e fo

reve

r. Am

en.

Can

ticle

s for

the

even

ing

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SAVI

OU

R O

F TH

E W

OR

LDSa

viou

r of

the

wor

ld,

by y

our

cros

s an

d bl

ood

you

have

set

us

free

;

Lord

, sav

e us

and

hel

p us

.Yo

u sa

ved

your

dis

cipl

esw

hen

they

wer

e ab

out t

o di

e;

hear

us

and

save

us.

In y

our

grea

t pity

and

mer

cy,

fr

ee u

s fr

om o

ur s

ins.

Show

you

rsel

f as

our

Savi

our

and

mig

hty

deliv

erer

;

save

us,

so

that

we

can

prai

se y

ou.

As y

ou h

ave

prom

ised

, dr

aw n

ear

to u

s fr

om y

our

thro

ne o

f glo

ry;

lo

ok d

own

and

hear

us

as w

e cr

y fo

r he

lp.

Com

e an

d liv

e w

ith u

s, L

ord

Jesu

s C

hris

t;

stay

with

us

fore

ver.

And

whe

n yo

u ap

pear

in p

ower

and

gre

at g

lory

,

mak

e us

one

with

you

in y

our

king

dom

.P

rais

e to

you

, our

Lor

d,

king

of e

tern

al g

lory

.

Ble

ssin

g an

d ho

nour

and

than

ksgi

ving

and

pra

ise

mor

e th

an w

e ca

n ut

ter,

mor

e th

an w

e ca

n co

ncei

ve,

be to

you

, O h

oly

and

glor

ious

Tri

nity

, Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y Sp

irit,

by

all

ange

ls, a

ll pe

ople

, all

crea

ture

s, fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

Glo

ry b

e to

God

the

Fath

er,

glor

y be

to G

od th

e So

n,gl

ory

be to

God

the

Spir

it:ev

erla

stin

g th

ree

in o

ne.

Let a

ll he

aven

and

ear

th a

dore

you,

our

God

, for

ever

mor

e.

Now

to h

im w

ho lo

ved

us, g

ave

usev

ery

pled

ge th

at lo

ve c

ould

giv

e,fr

eely

she

d hi

s bl

ood

to s

ave

us,

gave

his

life

that

we

mig

ht li

ve,

be th

e ki

ngdo

man

d do

min

ion

and

the

glor

y ev

erm

ore.

Now

to th

e K

ing

of h

eave

nyo

ur c

heer

ful v

oice

s ra

ise;

to h

im b

e gl

ory

give

n,po

wer

, maj

esty

, pra

ise;

from

sho

re to

sho

rehi

s na

me

be s

ung

by e

very

tong

uefo

r ev

erm

ore.

Oh,

ble

ss th

e Lo

rd, m

y so

ul!

Let a

ll in

me

com

bine

to a

id m

y to

ngue

to b

less

his

nam

ew

hose

favo

ur is

div

ine.

Dox

olog

ies

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Pra

ise

God

, fro

m w

hom

all

bles

sing

s fl o

w;

prai

se G

od, a

ll cr

eatu

res,

her

e be

low

,pr

aise

God

abo

ve, y

ou h

eave

nly

host

,pr

aise

Fat

her,

Son

, and

Hol

y G

host

.

Pra

ise,

my

soul

, the

Kin

g of

hea

ven;

to h

is fe

et y

our

trib

ute

brin

g;ra

nsom

ed, h

eale

d, re

stor

ed, f

orgi

ven,

who

like

me

his

prai

se s

houl

d si

ng?

Alle

luia

, alle

luia

!pr

aise

the

ever

last

ing

Kin

g!

To G

od, t

he b

less

ed a

nd o

nly

Sove

reig

n, th

e K

ing

of k

ings

and

Lor

dof

lord

s, w

ho a

lone

is im

mor

tal a

nd w

ho li

ves

in u

napp

roac

habl

e lig

ht, w

hom

no

one

has

seen

or

can

see

– to

him

be

hono

ur a

nd

mig

ht fo

reve

r.

To G

od, t

he F

athe

r, S

on,

and

Spir

it, th

ree

in o

ne,

all p

rais

e be

giv

en:

Ble

ss h

im in

eve

ry s

ong,

to h

im o

ur h

eart

s be

long

;le

t all

his

prai

se p

rolo

ngon

ear

th, i

n he

aven

.

To h

im w

ho s

its o

n th

e th

rone

and

to th

e La

mb

be p

rais

e an

dho

nour

and

glo

ry a

nd p

ower

, for

ever

and

eve

r.

Wor

ship

, hon

our,

glo

ry, b

less

ing,

Lord

, we

offe

r to

you

r na

me;

youn

g an

d ol

d, th

eir

prai

se e

xpre

ssin

g,jo

in y

our

good

ness

to p

rocl

aim

.As

the

sain

ts in

hea

ven

ador

e yo

u,w

e w

ould

bow

bef

ore

your

thro

ne;

as y

our

ange

ls s

erve

bef

ore

you,

so o

n ea

rth

your

will

be

done

.

OTH

ER

PR

AYE

RS

Pray

ers a

t mea

ltim

ePr

ayer

s at b

edtim

eR

epen

tanc

e an

d co

nfes

sion

of si

nPr

ayer

s for

God

’s pr

esen

ce a

nd b

less

ing

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All c

reat

ures

dep

end

on y

ou, O

Lor

d,

to g

ive

them

food

whe

n th

ey n

eed

it.Yo

u gi

ve it

to th

em a

nd th

ey a

re s

atis

fi ed.

Be

pres

ent a

t our

tabl

e, L

ord,

be h

ere

and

ever

ywhe

re a

dore

d;bl

ess

thes

e yo

ur g

ifts,

and

gra

nt th

at w

em

ay fe

ast w

ith y

ou e

tern

ally.

Ble

ss th

is fo

od, O

Lor

d, a

nd le

t it n

ouri

sh o

ur b

ody;

give

us

also

gra

ce to

str

engt

hen

our s

pirit

, and

love

to e

nric

h ou

r life

; th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Com

e, L

ord

Jesu

s, b

e ou

r gu

est,

and

let t

his

food

to u

s be

ble

st.

God

is g

reat

and

God

is g

ood,

now

we

than

k hi

m fo

r ou

r fo

od.

By

his

hand

we

all a

re fe

d;gi

ve u

s, L

ord,

our

dai

ly b

read

.

Lord

God

, hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, ble

ss u

s an

d th

ese

gifts

w

hich

fl ow

from

you

r go

odne

ss; t

hrou

gh J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Lord

, hel

p m

e sh

are

with

oth

ers

that

whi

ch I

rece

ive,

and

glad

ly g

ive

with

hap

py h

eart

to h

elp

in e

very

nee

d.

O g

ive

than

ks to

the

Lord

, for

he

is g

ood;

hi

s st

eadf

ast l

ove

endu

res

fore

ver.

Pray

ers a

t mea

ltim

e

Be

near

me,

Lor

d Je

sus;

I ask

you

to s

tay

clos

e by

me

fore

ver,

and

love

me,

I pr

ay.

Ble

ss a

ll th

e de

ar c

hild

ren

in y

our

tend

er c

are,

and

fi t u

s fo

r he

aven

, to

live

with

you

ther

e.

Be

with

us,

mer

cifu

l God

, an

d pr

otec

t us

thro

ugh

the

sile

nt h

ours

of t

his

nigh

t, so

that

we

who

are

wea

ried

by

the

chan

ges

and

chan

ces

of th

is fl

eetin

g w

orld

m

ay re

st o

n yo

ur e

tern

al c

hang

eles

snes

s;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Eter

nal G

od, t

he h

ours

of b

oth

the

day

and

nigh

t are

you

rs,

and

to y

ou th

e da

rkne

ss is

no

thre

at.

Stay

by

my

beds

ide

and

give

me,

I pr

ay,

a re

stfu

l and

unt

roub

led

slee

p.

Gra

nt th

at I

may

wak

e in

the

mor

ning

refr

eshe

d an

d ha

ppy,

re

ady

to p

rais

e yo

u an

d to

ser

ve m

y ne

ighb

our;

th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Gui

de u

s w

hile

we

are

awak

e, L

ord,

an

d gu

ard

us w

hile

we

are

asle

ep,

so th

at a

wak

e w

e m

ay w

atch

with

Chr

ist,

and

asle

ep w

e m

ay re

st w

ith h

im in

pea

ce.

Hea

r ou

r pr

ayer

, O h

eave

nly

Fath

er,

as w

e la

y us

dow

n to

sle

ep:

May

you

r an

gels

, pur

e an

d ho

ly,

roun

d ou

r be

d th

eir

vigi

l kee

p.

Pard

on a

ll ou

r pa

st tr

ansg

ress

ions

,gi

ve u

s st

reng

th fo

r da

ys to

com

e;gu

ide

and

guar

d us

with

you

r bl

essi

ngtil

l you

r an

gels

bea

r us

hom

e.

Pray

ers a

t bed

time

OTHER PRAYERS

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Jesu

s, te

nder

she

pher

d, h

ear

me,

bles

s yo

ur li

ttle

lam

b to

nigh

t;th

roug

h th

e da

rkne

ss, L

ord,

be

near

me,

keep

me

safe

till

mor

ning

ligh

t.

Thro

ugh

this

day

you

r ha

nd h

as le

d m

e,an

d I t

hank

you

for

your

car

e;yo

u ha

ve w

arm

ed m

e, c

loth

ed a

nd fe

d m

e;lis

ten

to m

y ev

enin

g pr

ayer

.

Let m

y si

ns b

e al

l for

give

n;bl

ess

the

frie

nds

I lov

e so

wel

l;ta

ke m

e, w

hen

I die

, to

heav

en,

happ

y th

ere

with

you

to d

wel

l.

Ligh

ten

our

dark

ness

, Lor

d, a

nd in

you

r gr

eat m

ercy

def

end

us

from

all

peri

ls a

nd d

ange

rs o

f thi

s ni

ght;

for

the

love

of y

our

only

Son

, our

Sav

iour

Jes

us C

hris

t.

Lord

, be

with

thos

e w

ho li

ve in

this

hou

se;

driv

e aw

ay th

e de

vil a

nd re

mov

e ev

ery

trap

he

sets

; le

t you

r ho

ly a

ngel

s st

ay in

this

pla

ce to

kee

p it

in p

eace

; an

d le

t you

r bl

essi

ng b

e al

way

s in

it;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Now

I la

y m

e do

wn

to s

leep

, I p

ray

you,

Lor

d, m

y so

ul to

kee

p.W

atch

ove

r m

e th

roug

h al

l the

nig

ht,

and

keep

me

safe

till

mor

ning

’s li

ght.

O L

ord,

sup

port

us

all t

he d

ay lo

ng o

f thi

s tr

oubl

ed li

fe,

until

the

shad

ows

leng

then

and

the

even

ing

com

es,

the

busy

wor

ld is

hus

hed,

the

feve

r of

life

is o

ver,

an

d ou

r w

ork

is d

one.

Th

en, L

ord,

in y

our

mer

cy,

gran

t us

a sa

fe lo

dgin

g, a

hol

y re

st, a

nd p

eace

at l

ast;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Wat

ch, d

ear

Lord

, with

thos

e w

ho w

ake,

or

wat

ch, o

r w

eep

toni

ght,

and

give

you

r an

gels

cha

rge

over

thos

e w

ho s

leep

.Te

nd y

our

sick

one

s, L

ord

Chr

ist.

Res

t you

r w

eary

one

s. B

less

you

r dy

ing

ones

.So

othe

you

r su

fferi

ng o

nes.

Pity

you

r af

fl ict

ed o

nes.

Sh

ield

you

r jo

yous

one

s.W

e as

k th

is a

ll, fo

r yo

ur lo

ve’s

sak

e.

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Alm

ight

y an

d et

erna

l God

, si

nce

you

hate

not

hing

that

you

hav

e m

ade,

bu

t for

give

the

sins

of a

ll w

ho re

pent

: C

reat

e in

us

new

and

con

trite

hea

rts,

th

at w

e, w

ho la

men

t our

sin

s an

d ac

know

ledg

e ou

r w

retc

hedn

ess,

m

ay o

btai

n fr

om y

ou p

erfe

ct fo

rgiv

enes

s;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Alm

ight

y G

od, m

erci

ful F

athe

r, I,

a p

oor

help

less

sin

ner,

co

nfes

s to

you

all

my

sins

, and

repe

nt o

f all

the

evil

I hav

e do

ne.

I hav

e de

eply

dis

plea

sed

you

and

dese

rve

your

pun

ishm

ent

in ti

me

and

in e

tern

ity.

But

I am

sor

ry fo

r m

y si

ns, a

nd I

ask

you,

fo

r th

e sa

ke o

f the

hol

y in

noce

nt s

uffe

ring

s an

d de

ath

of y

our

dear

Son

Jes

us C

hris

t, to

be

grac

ious

and

mer

cifu

l to

me.

Lord

God

, our

hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, I c

onfe

ss th

at I

have

sin

ned

agai

nst y

ou,

not o

nly

in m

y w

ords

and

act

ions

, bu

t als

o in

my

secr

et th

ough

ts a

nd d

esire

s w

hich

I ca

nnot

fully

kno

w o

r un

ders

tand

, bu

t whi

ch y

ou k

now

com

plet

ely.

I am

sor

ry th

at I

have

dis

plea

sed

you,

an

d re

pent

of t

he e

vil I

hav

e do

ne.

For

the

sake

of y

our

dear

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d,

have

mer

cy o

n m

e, fo

rgiv

e m

y si

ns,

and

grac

ious

ly h

elp

me

in m

y w

eakn

ess.

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, So

n of

God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

a s

inne

r!Lo

rd J

esus

Chr

ist,

Son

of G

od, h

ave

mer

cy o

n m

e, a

sin

ner!

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, So

n of

God

, hav

e m

ercy

on

me,

a s

inne

r!

Mos

t mer

cifu

l God

, you

hav

e gi

ven

your

onl

y So

n to

die

for

us:

Hav

e m

ercy

on

us,

and

for

his

sake

gra

nt u

s fo

rgiv

enes

s of

all

our

sins

. B

y yo

ur H

oly

Spir

it in

crea

se o

ur k

now

ledg

e of

you

and

you

r w

ill,

and

mak

e us

obe

dien

t to

your

wor

d,

so th

at b

y yo

ur g

race

we

may

com

e to

ete

rnal

life

; th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

O L

ord,

free

you

r pe

ople

from

thei

r of

fenc

es,

that

thro

ugh

your

bou

ntifu

l goo

dnes

s w

e m

ay a

ll be

rele

ased

from

the

net o

f our

sin

s w

hich

bec

ause

of o

ur fr

ailty

has

ent

angl

ed u

s;

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d,

who

live

s an

d re

igns

with

you

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

on

e G

od, n

ow a

nd fo

reve

r.

God

, our

Fat

her,

we

conf

ess

that

we

are

born

in b

onda

ge to

sin

an

d ca

nnot

free

our

selv

es.

We

have

sin

ned

agai

nst y

ou in

thou

ght,

wor

d, a

nd d

eed,

by

wha

t we

have

don

e an

d by

wha

t we

have

faile

d to

do.

W

e ha

ve n

ot lo

ved

you

with

our

who

le h

eart

, an

d w

e ha

ve n

ot lo

ved

our

neig

hbou

r as

our

selv

es.

We

dese

rve

your

ete

rnal

pun

ishm

ent.

For

the

sake

of y

our

Son,

Jes

us C

hris

t, ha

ve m

ercy

on

us.

Forg

ive u

s, re

new

us,

and

lead

us,

so

that

we

may

del

ight

in yo

ur w

ill

and

wal

k in

you

r w

ays,

to th

e gl

ory

of y

our

holy

nam

e.

We

conf

ess

to y

ou, a

lmig

hty

God

,be

fore

the

who

le c

ompa

ny o

f hea

ven,

and

to e

ach

othe

r,th

at w

e ha

ve s

inne

d in

thou

ght,

wor

d, a

nd d

eed,

by

our

own

faul

t.H

ave

mer

cy o

n us

, for

Jes

us’ s

ake,

forg

ive

us a

ll ou

r si

ns, a

nd b

ring

us

to e

tern

al li

fe.

Rep

enta

nce

and

conf

essio

n of

sin

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Be

pres

ent w

ith u

s, O

Lor

d, in

our

dai

ly d

utie

s,

and

gran

t to

thos

e w

ho li

ve in

this

hou

se

the

stre

ngth

and

pro

tect

ion

of y

our

cont

inua

l hel

p,

so th

at y

ou m

ay b

e kn

own

as th

e m

aste

r of

the

fam

ily

and

the

defe

nder

of t

his

hom

e; th

roug

h Je

sus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Eter

nal G

od,

as y

ou h

ave

mad

e al

l thi

ngs

for

our

serv

ice

and

have

mad

e us

for

your

glo

ry:

Mak

e ho

ly o

ur s

ouls

and

bod

ies,

ou

r th

ough

ts a

nd in

tent

ions

, our

wor

ds a

nd a

ctio

ns,

so th

at w

hate

ver

we

thin

k or

spe

ak o

r do

m

ay b

e do

ne fo

r th

e gl

ory

of y

our

nam

e.

Let n

o pr

ide

or s

elf-

seek

ing,

no

cove

tous

ness

or

reve

nge,

no

mea

n am

bitio

ns o

r lo

w im

agin

atio

ns

dese

crat

e w

hat y

ou h

ave

mad

e ho

ly;

but l

et o

ur b

ody

be th

e se

rvan

t of o

ur s

piri

t, an

d bo

th b

ody

and

spir

it be

ser

vant

s of

Jes

us;

so th

at, d

oing

all

thin

gs fo

r yo

ur g

lory

now

, w

e m

ay e

njoy

you

r gl

ory

fore

ver;

thro

ugh

Jesu

s C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

God

of m

ercy

, God

of g

race

,sh

ow th

e br

ight

ness

of y

our

face

;sh

ine

upon

us,

Sav

iour

, shi

ne,

fi ll y

our

chur

ch w

ith li

ght d

ivin

e;an

d yo

ur s

avin

g he

alth

ext

end

to th

e ea

rth’

s re

mot

est e

nd.

Gra

ciou

s an

d ho

ly F

athe

r, g

ive

us w

isdo

m to

reco

gnis

e yo

u,

inte

llige

nce

to u

nder

stan

d yo

u, d

ilige

nce

to s

eek

you,

pa

tienc

e to

wai

t for

you

, eye

s to

see

you

, a h

eart

to m

edita

te o

n yo

u,an

d a

life

to p

rocl

aim

you

; th

roug

h th

e po

wer

of t

he S

piri

t of J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Hea

venl

y Fa

ther

, in

who

m w

e liv

e an

d m

ove

and

have

our

bei

ng:

So r

ule

and

guid

e us

by

your

Hol

y Sp

irit

that

in a

ll th

e co

ncer

ns a

nd o

ccup

atio

ns o

f our

dai

ly li

fe

we

may

nev

er fo

rget

you

, bu

t rem

embe

r th

at w

e ar

e al

way

s w

alki

ng in

you

r si

ght;

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Hel

p us

, Lor

d G

od, t

o cl

ing

to y

ou w

ithou

t par

ting,

w

orsh

ip y

ou w

ithou

t wea

ryin

g, s

erve

you

with

out f

ailin

g,

faith

fully

see

k yo

u, h

appi

ly fi

nd y

ou, a

nd fo

reve

r po

sses

s yo

u,

the

only

God

; thr

ough

Jes

us C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

I bin

d un

to m

ysel

f tod

ay

the

pow

er o

f God

to h

old

and

lead

:hi

s ey

e to

wat

ch, h

is m

ight

to s

tay,

his

ear

to h

eark

en to

my

need

; th

e w

isdo

m o

f my

God

to te

ach,

his

hand

to g

uide

, his

shi

eld

to w

ard,

the

wor

d of

God

to g

ive

me

spee

ch,

his

heav

enly

hos

t to

be m

y gu

ide.

Chr

ist b

e w

ith m

e, C

hris

t with

in m

e,C

hris

t beh

ind

me,

Chr

ist b

efor

e m

e,C

hris

t bes

ide

me,

Chr

ist t

o w

in m

e,C

hris

t to

com

fort

and

rest

ore

me,

Chr

ist b

enea

th m

e, C

hris

t abo

ve m

e,C

hris

t in

quie

t, C

hris

t in

dang

er,

Chr

ist i

n he

arts

of a

ll th

at lo

ve m

e,C

hris

t in

mou

th o

f fri

end

and

stra

nger

.C

hris

t be

with

me.

Chr

ist b

e w

ith m

e.

I bin

d m

ysel

f unt

o th

e na

me,

the

stro

ng n

ame

of th

e Tr

inity

;by

invo

catio

n of

the

sam

e,th

e Th

ree-

in-O

ne, a

nd O

ne-i

n-Th

ree;

by h

im a

ll na

ture

has

cre

atio

n;et

erna

l Fat

her,

Spi

rit,

Wor

d.P

rais

e to

the

Lord

of m

y sa

lvat

ion;

salv

atio

n is

thro

ugh

Chr

ist t

he L

ord.

Pray

ers f

or G

od’s

pres

ence

and

bles

sing

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I hea

rd th

e vo

ice

of J

esus

say

,‘C

ome

unto

me

and

rest

;la

y do

wn,

O w

eary

one

, lay

dow

nyo

ur h

ead

upon

my

brea

st.’

I cam

e to

Jes

us a

s I w

as,

wea

ry a

nd w

orn

and

sad;

I fou

nd in

him

a re

stin

g-pl

ace,

and

he h

as m

ade

me

glad

.

Lord

God

, giv

e us

gra

ce to

be

at re

st

from

all

sinf

ul d

eeds

and

thou

ghts

, to

sur

rend

er o

urse

lves

com

plet

ely

to y

ou,

and

to b

e ca

lm b

efor

e yo

u lik

e a

still

lake

; so

that

the

beam

s of

you

r gr

ace

may

be

refl e

cted

ther

e,

and

may

kin

dle

in o

ur h

eart

s th

e gl

ow o

f fai

th, a

nd lo

ve, a

nd p

raye

r.M

ay w

e, in

suc

h st

illne

ss a

nd h

ope,

fi n

d st

reng

th a

nd g

ladn

ess

in y

ou, n

ow a

nd fo

reve

rmor

e.

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, ac

know

ledg

e w

hat i

s yo

urs

in u

s,

and

take

aw

ay fr

om u

s al

l tha

t is

not y

ours

; for

your

hon

our a

nd g

lory

.

Lord

Jes

us C

hris

t, gi

ve u

s gr

ace

to b

e m

eek

and

patie

nt a

s yo

u w

ere,

so

that

we

may

gen

tly b

ear

with

the

faul

ts o

f oth

ers,

an

d st

rive

alw

ays

to ro

ot o

ut o

ur o

wn;

for

your

sak

e.

Lord

Jes

us, g

ive

your

self

to m

e, a

nd I

shal

l be

cont

ent,

for

noth

ing

else

than

you

can

real

ly c

omfo

rt m

e.

I can

not e

xist

with

out y

ou.

With

out y

our

pres

ence

I ha

ve n

o st

reng

th to

live

. So

I m

ust c

ome

to y

ou o

ften

and

rece

ive

you

for

my

heal

ing

and

salv

atio

n.

Oth

erw

ise

I sha

ll gr

ow fa

int o

n m

y jo

urne

y if

I mis

s m

y he

aven

ly fo

od;

as y

ou o

nce

said

, mos

t mer

cifu

l Jes

us,

whe

n yo

u w

ere

prea

chin

g to

the

peop

le

and

heal

ing

all k

inds

of d

isea

ses:

‘I

do n

ot w

ant t

o se

nd th

em a

way

hun

gry,

or

they

may

col

laps

e on

the

way

’. Fe

ed m

e no

w a

s yo

u fe

d th

ose

peop

le th

en,

sinc

e yo

u gi

ve y

ours

elf t

o co

mfo

rt th

ose

who

trus

t you

. Yo

u ar

e th

e sw

eet r

efre

shm

ent o

f the

sou

l, an

d th

ose

who

take

you

as

they

sho

uld

will

inhe

rit a

sha

re in

you

r et

erna

l glo

ry.

Lord

Jes

us, o

ur g

ood

shep

herd

: R

emem

ber

thos

e w

ho p

ass

thro

ugh

the

valle

y of

the

shad

ow o

f dea

th.

Be

with

them

in th

eir

lone

lines

s, a

nd c

omfo

rt th

em in

thei

r so

rrow

.H

eal t

heir

hur

t and

rest

ore

thei

r ha

ppin

ess.

G

uide

them

on

your

way

, ref

resh

them

with

you

r go

odne

ss,

and

brin

g th

em a

t las

t int

o yo

ur e

tern

al h

ome,

w

here

they

will

feas

t at y

our

tabl

e an

d liv

e w

ith y

ou fo

reve

r.

Lord

, as

you

awak

en u

s to

del

ight

in y

our

prai

se,

gran

t tha

t we

may

kno

w y

ou, c

all o

n yo

u, a

nd p

rais

e yo

u;

for

you

have

mad

e us

for

your

self,

an

d ou

r he

arts

are

rest

less

unt

il th

ey re

st in

you

.

OTHER PRAYERS

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Lord

, be

in m

e to

str

engt

hen

me,

out

side

me

to p

rese

rve

me,

ov

er m

e to

she

lter

me,

ben

eath

me

to s

uppo

rt m

e,

befo

re m

e to

div

ert m

e, b

ehin

d m

e to

bri

ng m

e ba

ck,

and

arou

nd m

e to

pro

tect

me.

Lord

, fi ll

our

min

ds w

ith th

ose

thin

gs

that

are

goo

d an

d w

orth

y of

pra

ise:

th

ings

that

are

true

, nob

le, r

ight

, pur

e, lo

vely

, and

hon

oura

ble.

Lord

, mak

e m

e an

inst

rum

ent o

f you

r pe

ace;

w

here

ther

e is

hat

red,

let m

e so

w lo

ve;

whe

re th

ere

is in

jury

, par

don;

whe

re th

ere

is d

isco

rd, u

nion

; w

here

ther

e is

dou

bt, f

aith

; whe

re th

ere

is d

espa

ir, h

ope;

w

here

ther

e is

dar

knes

s, li

ght;

whe

re th

ere

is s

adne

ss, j

oy;

for

your

mer

cy a

nd tr

uth’

s sa

ke.

O D

ivin

e M

aste

r,

gran

t tha

t I m

ay n

ot s

o m

uch

seek

to b

e co

nsol

ed a

s to

con

sole

, to

be

unde

rsto

od a

s to

und

erst

and,

to b

e lo

ved

as to

love

; fo

r it

is in

giv

ing

that

we

rece

ive,

it

is in

par

doni

ng th

at w

e ar

e pa

rdon

ed,

it is

in d

ying

that

we

are

born

to e

tern

al li

fe.

Lord

, you

r w

ay is

per

fect

. Hel

p us

alw

ays

to tr

ust i

n yo

ur g

oodn

ess,

so th

at, w

alki

ng w

ith y

ou a

nd fo

llow

ing

you

in a

ll si

mpl

icity

, w

e m

ay p

osse

ss q

uiet

and

con

tent

ed m

inds

, an

d m

ay c

ast a

ll ou

r ca

re o

n yo

u, fo

r yo

u ca

re fo

r us

. G

rant

this

, Lor

d, fo

r yo

ur d

ear

Son’

s sa

ke, J

esus

Chr

ist.

Love

div

ine,

all

love

s ex

celli

ng,

joy

of h

eave

n, to

ear

th c

ome

dow

n,fi x

in u

s th

y hu

mbl

e dw

ellin

g,al

l thy

faith

ful m

erci

es c

row

n.Je

sus,

thou

art

all

com

pass

ion,

pure

unb

ound

ed lo

ve th

ou a

rt;

visi

t us

with

thy

salv

atio

n,en

ter

ever

y tr

embl

ing

hear

t.

Mer

cifu

l Jes

us, w

hen

you

unde

rtoo

k to

set

us

free

, yo

u di

d no

t spu

rn th

e Vi

rgin

’s w

omb.

Li

ve fo

reve

r in

our

hea

rts.

In

spire

us

with

you

r pu

rity

. St

reng

then

us

with

you

r po

wer

. M

ake

us p

erfe

ct in

you

r w

ays.

G

uide

us

into

you

r tr

uth.

U

nite

us

to y

ours

elf a

nd to

you

r ch

urch

by

your

hol

y m

yste

ries

, so

that

we

may

con

quer

eve

ry e

vil p

ower

, an

d be

who

lly d

evot

ed to

you

r se

rvic

e an

d co

nfor

med

to y

our

will

; to

the

glor

y of

God

the

Fath

er.

O L

ord

Jesu

s C

hris

t, as

you

took

chi

ldre

n in

to y

our

arm

s an

d bl

esse

d th

em,

keep

our

chi

ldre

n fo

reve

r en

fold

ed b

y yo

ur lo

ve.

Hel

p th

em to

gro

w in

to lo

ve fo

r yo

u; s

ave

them

from

evi

l; st

reng

then

them

aga

inst

the

impu

lses

of s

elf-

will

; in

spire

in th

em a

love

for

trut

h an

d th

e de

sire

to s

erve

oth

ers;

an

d gi

ve th

em g

race

to fo

llow

day

by

day

in th

e st

eps

of y

our

mos

t hol

y lif

e; fo

r yo

ur n

ame’

s sa

ke.

O L

ord,

ope

n ou

r ey

es s

o th

at w

e m

ay s

ee c

lear

ly

all t

he w

onde

rful

thin

gs y

ou h

ave

done

for

us.

Let u

s no

t liv

e as

if w

e w

ere

stra

nger

s to

you

r co

mm

andm

ents

. Fi

ll ou

r he

arts

with

suc

h aw

e an

d lo

ve fo

r yo

u th

at n

othi

ng m

ay p

ersu

ade

us to

dis

obey

you

. G

rant

this

, hea

venl

y Fat

her,

for t

he s

ake

of C

hris

t Jes

us o

ur S

avio

ur.

O S

avio

ur o

f the

wor

ld, a

s yo

u ha

ve re

deem

ed u

s by

you

r su

fferi

ng a

nd d

eath

on

the

cros

s,

save

us

and

help

us,

we

pray

, O L

ord.

OTHER PRAYERS

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Soul

of C

hris

t, sa

nctif

y m

e. B

ody

of C

hris

t, sa

ve m

e.

Blo

od o

f Chr

ist,

refr

esh

me.

Wat

er fr

om th

e si

de o

f Chr

ist,

was

h m

e.Su

fferi

ng o

f Chr

ist,

stre

ngth

en m

e. O

goo

d Je

sus,

hea

r m

e.

With

in y

our

wou

nds

hide

me,

an

d ne

ver

let m

e be

sep

arat

ed fr

om y

ou.

From

the

wic

ked

enem

y de

fend

me.

In

the

hour

of d

eath

, cal

l me

to y

ou,

so th

at w

ith a

ll yo

ur s

aint

s I m

ay p

rais

e yo

u fo

reve

r an

d ev

er.

We

com

men

d to

you

, O L

ord,

our

sou

ls a

nd o

ur b

odie

s,

our

min

ds a

nd o

ur th

ough

ts, o

ur p

raye

rs a

nd o

ur h

opes

, ou

r he

alth

and

our

wor

k, o

ur li

fe a

nd o

ur d

eath

; ou

r re

lativ

es a

nd o

ur fr

iend

s, o

ur n

eigh

bour

s, o

ur fe

llow

citi

zens

, an

d al

l Chr

istia

ns, t

his

day

and

alw

ays.

Than

k yo

u, F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, fo

r pr

otec

ting

me

all n

ight

from

har

m a

nd d

ange

r. P

rote

ct m

e to

day

from

all

sin

and

evil,

so

that

eve

ryth

ing

I do

will

ple

ase

you.

I p

ut m

ysel

f and

all

I hav

e in

to y

our

hand

s.

Send

you

r ho

ly a

ngel

to b

e w

ith m

e,

so th

at th

e de

vil w

ill h

ave

no p

ower

ove

r m

e.

Than

k yo

u, F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

thro

ugh

your

Son

, Jes

us C

hris

t, fo

r be

ing

good

to m

e an

d pr

otec

ting

me

toda

y. Fo

rgiv

e m

e al

l the

wro

ng th

ings

I ha

ve d

one.

P

rote

ct m

e to

nigh

t. I p

ut m

ysel

f and

all

I hav

e in

to y

our

hand

s.

Send

you

r ho

ly a

ngel

to b

e w

ith m

e,

so th

at th

e de

vil w

ill h

ave

no p

ower

ove

r m

e.

DA

ILY

BIB

LE R

EA

DIN

G G

UID

ER

evise

d C

omm

on L

ectio

nary

plu

s re

adin

gs th

roug

h th

e B

ible

in th

ree

year

s

Bel

ow a

re li

sted

Bib

le re

adin

g re

fere

nces

for

each

Sun

day,

plu

s a

read

ing

for

each

day

of t

he w

eek

follo

win

g. T

he S

unda

y an

d m

ajor

ch

urch

fest

ival

read

ings

are

from

the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry

(RC

L), u

sed

in w

orsh

ip s

ervi

ces.

You

cou

ld s

elec

t one

or

mor

e of

thes

e to

read

in y

our

own

pray

er ti

me,

eg

the

gosp

el. T

he

Mon

day

to F

rida

y re

adin

gs fo

llow

a c

ontin

uous

pla

n, ta

king

you

th

roug

h su

bsta

ntia

l sec

tions

of b

ooks

of t

he B

ible

. The

Sat

urda

y re

adin

g is

the

RC

L ps

alm

(or

one

of th

em) a

ssig

ned

for

the

next

da

y. Fo

r m

ore

abou

t the

read

ings

and

the

chur

ch y

ear,

see

the

Intr

oduc

tion.

Not

e:Fo

r Su

nday

s aft

er P

ente

cost

, onl

y th

e fi

rst o

f the

RC

L O

ld

Test

amen

t rea

ding

s (th

e se

mi-

cont

inuo

us o

nes)

are

giv

en h

ere.

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YEAR

79

AD

VEN

T 1

2 D

ec 0

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ov 10

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ec 13

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16, 1

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19 …

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ah 2

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m 1

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aiah

9:2

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m 9

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(15–

20)

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aiah

62:

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alm

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tus

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Luke

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Isai

ah 5

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the

Sund

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ah 4

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aiah

40:

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128

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aiah

41:

1-16

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ah 4

1:17

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ec

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ah 4

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9Sa

t bef

ore

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istm

as 1

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m 1

48

CH

RIS

TMA

S 1

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ah 6

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9

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alm

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atth

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23

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m 8

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t bef

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9, 2

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2

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aiah

42:

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73

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Is

aiah

42:

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54

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aiah

43:

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5 Ja

n

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ah 4

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ah 6

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6

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alm

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10

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hesi

ans

3:1–

12

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atth

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2N

ote:

Fol

low

as m

any

of th

e da

ted

days

bel

ow a

s com

e be

fore

the

next

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day.

7 Ja

n

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ah 4

4:6-

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8 Ja

n

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ah 4

4:9-

209

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aiah

44:

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ord)

13

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17 …

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ah 4

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4-9

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YEAR

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– 6:

10

M

atth

ew 6

:1–6

,

16–2

1Th

ur

Isai

ah 6

0:1-

22Fr

i

Isai

ah 6

1:1-

9Sa

t

Psal

m 3

2

LEN

T 1

10 F

eb 0

8, 13

Mar

11, 9

Mar

14,

5 M

ar 17

…Su

n G

enes

is 2

:15–

17;

3:

1–7

Psal

m 3

2

Rom

ans

5:12

–19

M

atth

ew 4

:1–1

1M

on

Isai

ah 6

1:10

- 6

2:5

Tues

Is

aiah

62:

6-12

Wed

Is

aiah

63:

1-6

Thur

Is

aiah

63:

7-14

Fri

Is

aiah

63:

15 -

64:

9Sa

t

Psal

m 1

21

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YEAR

83

LEN

T 2

17 F

eb 0

8, 2

0 M

ar 11

, 16

Mar

14,

12 M

ar 17

…Su

n G

enes

is 1

2:1–

4a

Psal

m 1

21

Rom

ans

4:1–

5,

13

–17

Jo

hn 3

:1–1

7M

on

Isai

ah 6

5:1-

16Tu

es

Isai

ah 6

5:17

-25

Wed

Is

aiah

66:

1-6

Thur

Is

aiah

66:

7-14

Fri

Jo

hn 5

:1-1

8Sa

t

Psal

m 9

5

LEN

T 3

24 F

eb 0

8, 2

7 M

ar 11

, 23

Mar

14,

19 M

ar 17

…Su

n Ex

odus

17:

1–7

Psal

m 9

5

Rom

ans

5:1–

11

Jo

hn 4

:5–4

2M

on

John

5:1

9-29

Tues

Jo

hn 5

:30-

47W

ed

John

6:1

-15

Thur

Jo

hn 6

:16-

27Fr

i

John

6:2

7-40

Sat

Ps

alm

23

LEN

T 4

2 M

ar 0

8, 3

Apr

11, 3

0 M

ar 14

, 26

Mar

17 …

Sun

1 Sa

mue

l 16:

1–13

Ps

alm

23

Ep

hesi

ans

5:8–

14

Jo

hn 9

:1–4

1M

on

John

6:4

1-59

Tues

Jo

hn 6

:60-

71W

ed

John

7:1

-13

Thur

Jo

hn 7

:14-

36Fr

i

John

7:3

7-52

Sat

Ps

alm

130

LEN

T 5

9 M

ar 0

8, 10

Apr

11, 6

Apr

14,

2 A

pr 17

…Su

n Ez

ekie

l 37:

1–14

Ps

alm

130

R

oman

s 8:

6–11

John

11:

1–45

Mon

Jo

hn 8

:1-2

0Tu

es

John

8:2

1-38

Wed

Jo

hn 8

:39-

59Th

ur

John

9:1

-23

Fri

Jo

hn 9

:24-

41Sa

t

Psal

m 1

18:1

,2,1

9-29

PALM

/PA

SSIO

N S

UN

DAY

AN

D

HO

LY W

EE

K16

Mar

08,

17 A

pr 11

, 13

Apr

14,

9 A

pr 17

…Pa

lm

Mat

thew

21:

1–11

Ps

alm

118

:1, 2

,

19

–29

Pass

ion

Is

aiah

50:

4–9a

Ps

alm

31:

9–16

P

hilip

pian

s 2:

5–11

Mat

thew

26:

14

27:6

6 or

Mat

thew

27:

11–5

4 M

on

Isai

ah 4

2:1–

9

Ps

alm

36:

5–11

H

ebre

ws

9:11

–15

Jo

hn 1

2:1–

11

Tues

Is

aiah

49:

1–7

Psal

m 7

1:1–

14

1 C

orin

thia

ns

1:

18–3

1

John

12:

20–3

6 W

ed

Isai

ah 5

0:4–

9a

Psal

m 7

0

Heb

rew

s 12

:1–3

John

13:

21–3

2

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

Ex

odus

12:

1–4

(5

–10)

11–

14

Psal

m 1

16:1

, 2,

12–1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

11

:23–

26

Jo

hn 1

3:1–

17,

31

b–35

G

ood

Frid

ay

Isai

ah 5

2:13

– 5

3:12

Ps

alm

22

H

ebre

ws

10:1

6–25

or H

ebre

ws

4:14

–16;

5:7–

9

John

18:

1 –

19:4

2 H

oly

Satu

rday

Jo

b 14

:1–1

4

or L

amen

tatio

ns

3:

1–9,

19–

24

Psal

m 3

1:1–

4,

15, 1

6

1 Pe

ter

4:1–

8

Mat

thew

27:

57–6

6

or J

ohn

19:3

8–42

EA

STE

R D

AY23

Mar

08,

24

Apr

11, 2

0 A

pr 14

, 16

Apr

17 …

Sun

Acts

10:

34–4

3

or J

erem

iah

31:1

–6

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

14–2

4

Col

ossi

ans

3:1–

4

or A

cts

10:3

4–43

John

20:

1–18

or M

atth

ew 2

8:1–

10M

on

Heb

rew

s 1:

1-14

Tues

H

ebre

ws

2:1-

10W

ed

Heb

rew

s 2:

11-1

8Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 3:

1-11

Fri

H

ebre

ws

3:12

-19

Sat

Ps

alm

16

EA

STE

R 2

30 M

ar 0

8, 1

May

11, 2

7 A

pr 14

, 23

Apr

17 …

Sun

Acts

2:1

4a, 2

2–32

Ps

alm

16

1

Pete

r 1:

3–9

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–31

Mon

H

ebre

ws

4:1-

13Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 4:

14 -

5:6

Wed

H

ebre

ws

5:7-

14Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 6:

1-12

Fri

H

ebre

ws

6:13

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

116

:1-4

,12-

19

EA

STE

R 3

6 A

pr 0

8, 8

May

11, 4

May

14, 3

0 A

pr 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:14a

, 36–

41

Psal

m 1

16:1

–4,

12–1

9

1 Pe

ter

1:17

–23

Lu

ke 2

4:13

–35

Mon

H

ebre

ws

7:1-

17Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 7:

18-2

8W

ed

Heb

rew

s 8:

1-13

Thur

H

ebre

ws

9:1-

14Fr

i

Heb

rew

s 9:

15-2

8Sa

t

Psal

m 2

3

EA

STE

R 4

(Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd)

13 A

pr 0

8, 15

May

11, 1

1 May

14,

7 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:42–

47

Psal

m 2

3

1 Pe

ter

2:19

–25

Jo

hn 1

0:1–

10M

on

Heb

rew

s 10

:1-1

0Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 10

:11-

25W

ed

Heb

rew

s 10

:26-

39Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 11

:1-1

2Fr

i

Heb

rew

s 11

:13-

22Sa

t

Psal

m 3

1:1-

5,15

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YEAR

85

EA

STE

R 5

20 A

pr 0

8, 2

2 M

ay 11

, 18

May

14,

14 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 7

:55–

60

Psal

m 3

1:1–

5,

15, 1

6

1 Pe

ter

2:2–

10

Jo

hn 1

4:1–

14M

on

Heb

rew

s 11

:23-

31Tu

es

Heb

rew

s 11

:32

- 12:

2W

ed

Heb

rew

s 12

:3-1

1Th

ur

Heb

rew

s 12

:12-

29Fr

i

Heb

rew

s 13

:1-1

6Sa

t

Psal

m 6

6:8-

20

EA

STE

R 6

27 A

pr 0

8, 2

9 M

ay 11

, 25

May

14,

21 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

7:22

–31

Psal

m 6

6:8–

20

1 Pe

ter

3:13

–22

Jo

hn 1

4:15

–21

Mon

H

ebre

ws

13:1

7-25

Tues

P

hile

mon

1-2

5W

ed

Psal

m 4

7A

scen

sion

Thur

Ac

ts 1

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

47

or

Psal

m 9

3

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Luke

24:

44–5

3Fr

i

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

1:

1-10

Sat

Ps

alm

68:

1-10

,

32-3

5

EA

STE

R 7

4 M

ay 0

8, 5

Jun

11, 1

Jun

14,

28 M

ay 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

:6–1

4

Ps

alm

68:

1–10

,

32–3

5

1 Pe

ter

4:12

–14;

5:6–

11

Jo

hn 1

7:1–

11M

on

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

2:1-

12Tu

es

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

2:13

-20

Wed

1

Thes

salo

nian

s 3:

1-13

Thur

1

Thes

salo

nian

s 4:

1-12

Fri

1

Thes

salo

nian

s 4:

13-1

8Sa

t

Psal

m 1

04:2

4-34

,35b

PE

NTE

CO

ST

11 M

ay 0

8, 12

Jun

11, 8

Jun

14,

4 Ju

n 17

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:1–2

1

or N

umbe

rs 1

1:24

–30

Psal

m 1

04:2

4–34

, 35b

1

Cor

inth

ians

12:

3b–1

3

or A

cts

2:1–

21

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–23

or

Joh

n 7:

37–3

9M

on

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:1-

11Tu

es

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:12

-28

Wed

1

Tim

othy

1:1

-17

Thur

1

Tim

othy

1:1

8 -

2:15

Fri

1

Tim

othy

3:1

-16

Sat

Ps

alm

8

TRIN

ITY

(Fir

st S

un a

fter

Pen

teco

st)

18 M

ay 0

8, 19

Jun

11, 1

5 Ju

n 14

, 11

Jun

17 …

Sun

Gen

esis

1:1

– 2

:4a

Psal

m 8

2

Cor

inth

ians

13:1

1–13

(14)

Mat

thew

28:

16–2

0M

on

1 Ti

mot

hy 4

:1-1

6Tu

es

1 Ti

mot

hy 5

:1-1

6W

ed

1 Ti

mot

hy 5

:17-

25Th

ur

1 Ti

mot

hy 6

:1-1

0Fr

i

1 Ti

mot

hy 6

:11-

21Sa

t

Psal

m fo

r th

e

Prop

er S

unda

y

tom

orro

w (s

ee b

elow

) N

ote:

The

num

ber

of S

unda

ys

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost v

arie

s fro

m

year

to y

ear;

the

set o

f rea

ding

s (P

rope

r) fo

r th

e Se

cond

Sun

day

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost i

s cho

sen

so th

at

the

last

Sun

day

of th

e ch

urch

ye

ar is

alw

ays t

he sa

me.

Nex

t Sun

day

(Sec

ond

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost)

…fo

r 20

08, 2

5 M

ay, i

s P

rope

r 3;

for

2011

, 26

June

, is

Pro

per

8;fo

r 20

14, 2

2 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 7;

for

2017

, 18

June

, is

Pro

per

6 …

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 2

8 M

AY(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

3)25

May

08

…Su

n Is

aiah

49:

8–16

a

Ps

alm

131

1

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

–5

Mat

thew

6:2

4–34

M

on

Job

7:1-

21Tu

es

Job

14:1

-22

Wed

Jo

b 19

:1-2

7Th

ur

Job

38:1

-21

Fri

Jo

b 42

:1-1

7Sa

t

Psal

m 3

1:1-

5,19

-24

Not

e: T

wo se

ts of

fi rs

t rea

ding

s (w

ith a

ccom

pany

ing

psal

ms)

ar

e pr

ovid

ed in

the

Rev

ised

C

omm

on L

ectio

nary

for t

he

follo

wing

Sun

days

afte

r Pen

teco

st:

(a) a

sem

i-co

ntin

uous

set,

and

(b)

a se

t rel

ated

them

atic

ally

to th

e go

spel

s. O

nly

the

fi rs

t set

(a) i

s gi

ven

here

, as b

eing

mor

e su

ited

to th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

ext

ende

d le

ctio

nary

.

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

29

MAY

&

4 JU

NE

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 4)

1 Jun

08

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

6:9

–22;

7:24

; 8:1

4–19

Ps

alm

46

R

oman

s 1:

16, 1

7;

3:

22b–

28 (2

9–31

)

Mat

thew

7:2

1–29

Mon

2

Thes

salo

nian

s 1:

1-12

Tues

2

Thes

salo

nian

s 2:

1-12

Wed

2

Thes

salo

nian

s

2:13

- 3

:5Th

ur

2 Th

essa

loni

ans

3:6-

18Fr

i

2 Ti

mot

hy 1

:1-1

4Sa

t

Psal

m 5

0:7-

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SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

5 &

11

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 5)

8 Ju

n 08

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

12:

1–9

Psal

m 3

3:1–

12

Rom

ans

4:13

–25

M

atth

ew 9

:9–1

3,

18

–26

Mon

2

Tim

othy

1:1

5

- 2:

13Tu

es

2 Ti

mot

hy 2

:14-

26W

ed

2 Ti

mot

hy 3

:1-1

7Th

ur

2 Ti

mot

hy 4

:1-8

Fri

2

Tim

othy

4:9

-22

Sat

Ps

alm

100

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

12

& 1

8 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

6)15

Jun

08, 1

8 Ju

n 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

18:

1–15

(21:

1–7)

Psal

m 1

16: 1

, 2,

12–1

9

Rom

ans

5:1–

8

Mat

thew

9:3

5 –

10:8

(9–2

3)M

on

John

10:

1-18

Tues

Jo

hn 1

0:19

-42

Wed

Jo

hn 1

1:1-

27Th

ur

John

11:

28-4

4Fr

i

John

11:

45-5

7Sa

t

Psal

m 6

9:7-

10

(11-

15)1

6-18

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

19

& 2

5 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

7)22

Jun

08, 2

2 Ju

n 14

, 25

Jun

17 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

1:8–

21

Ps

alm

86:

1–10

,

16

, 17

R

oman

s 6:

1b–1

1

Mat

thew

10:

24–3

9M

on

John

12:

1-11

Tues

Jo

hn 1

2:12

-19

Wed

Jo

hn 1

2:20

-26

Thur

Jo

hn 1

2:27

-36

Fri

Jo

hn 1

2:37

-50

Sat

Ps

alm

89:

1-4,

15-1

8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

26

JUN

E &

2

JULY

(Pro

per

8)29

Jun

08, 2

6 Ju

n 11

, 29

Jun

14,

2 Ju

l 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

22:

1–14

Psal

m 1

3

Rom

ans

6:12

–23

M

atth

ew 1

0:40

–42

Mon

Jo

hn 1

3:1-

17Tu

es

John

13:

18-3

0W

ed

John

13:

31-3

8Th

ur

John

14:

1-14

Fri

Jo

hn 1

4:15

-31

Sat

Ps

alm

145

:8-1

4

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

3 &

9 J

ULY

(P

rope

r 9)

6 Ju

l 08,

3 Ju

l 11,

6 Ju

l 14,

9

Jul 1

7 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

4:34

–38,

42–4

9, 5

8–67

Psal

m 4

5:10

–17

or S

ong

of S

ol

2:8–

13

Rom

ans

7:15

–25a

Mat

thew

11:

16–1

9,

25

–30

Mon

Jo

hn 1

5:1-

11Tu

es

John

15:

12-2

7W

ed

John

16:

1-15

Thur

Jo

hn 1

6:16

-33

Fri

Jo

hn 1

7:1-

11Sa

t

Psal

m 6

5:(1

-8)9

-13

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

10

& 1

6 JU

LY

(Pro

per

10)

13 Ju

l 08,

10 Ju

l 11,

13 Ju

l 14,

16

Jul 1

7 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

5:19

–34

Psal

m 1

19:1

05–1

12

Rom

ans

8:1–

11

M

atth

ew 1

3:1–

9,

18

–23

Mon

Jo

hn 1

7:12

-19

Tues

Jo

hn 1

7:20

-26

Wed

Jo

hn 2

0:1-

18Th

ur

John

20:

19-3

1Fr

i

John

21:

1-14

Sat

Ps

alm

86:

11-1

7

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

17

& 2

3 JU

LY

(Pro

per

11)

20 Ju

l 08,

17 Ju

l 11,

20

Jul 1

4,

23 Ju

l 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

28:

10–1

9a

Ps

alm

139

:1–1

2,

23, 2

4

Rom

ans

8:12

–25

M

atth

ew 1

3:24

–30,

36–4

3M

on

John

21:

15-2

5Tu

es

2 Jo

hn 1

-13

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:1

-19

Thur

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

:20-

31Fr

i

1 C

orin

thia

ns 2

:1-1

3Sa

t

Psal

m 1

19:1

29-1

36

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 3

0 JU

LY

(Pro

per

12)

27 Ju

l 08,

24

Jul 1

1, 2

7 Ju

l 14,

30

Jul 1

7 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 2

9:15

–28

Psal

m 1

05:1

–11

or P

s 12

8

Rom

ans

8:26

–39

M

atth

ew 1

3:31

–33,

44–5

2M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 2

:14

-

3:15

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

3:1

6-23

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

-7Th

ur

1 C

orin

thia

ns 4

:8-2

1Fr

i

1 C

orin

thia

ns 5

:1-8

Sat

Ps

alm

145

:8,9

,14-

21

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YEAR

89

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

31

JULY

&

6 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

13)

3 A

ug 0

8, 3

1 Jul

11, 3

Aug

14,

6 A

ug 17

…Su

n a.

Gen

esis

32:

22–3

1

Ps

alm

17:

1–7,

15

R

oman

s 9:

1–5

M

atth

ew 1

4:13

–21

Mon

1

Corin

thia

ns 5

:9 -

6:11

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

6:1

2-20

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

7:1

-9Th

ur

1 C

orin

thia

ns 7

:10-

24Fr

i

1 C

orin

thia

ns 7

:25-

31Sa

t

Psal

m 8

5:8-

13

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

7 &

13

AU

GU

ST

(Pro

per

14)

10 A

ug 0

8, 7

Aug

11, 1

0 A

ug 14

, 13

Aug

17 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 3

7:1–

4,

12

–28

Psal

m 1

05:1

–6,

16–2

2, 4

5b

Rom

ans

10:5

–15

M

atth

ew 1

4:22

–33

Mon

1

Cor

inth

ians

7:3

2-40

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

8:1

-13

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

9:1

-15

Thur

1

Cor

inth

ians

9:1

6-27

Fri

1

Cor

inth

ians

10:

1-13

Sat

Ps

alm

67

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

14

&

20 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

15)

17 A

ug 0

8, 14

Aug

11, 1

7 A

ug 14

, 20

Aug

17 …

Sun

a. G

enes

is 4

5:1–

15

Ps

alm

133

R

oman

s 11

:1, 2

a,

29

–32

M

atth

ew 1

5:(1

0–20

)

21–2

8M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

0:14

- 11

:1Tu

es

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

1:2-

22W

ed

1 Co

rinth

ians

11:

23-3

4Th

ur

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

2:1-

11Fr

i

1 Co

rinth

ians

12:

12-2

6Sa

t

Psal

m 1

38

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

21

&

27 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

16)

24 A

ug 0

8, 2

1 Aug

11, 2

4 A

ug 14

, 27

Aug

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 1:

8 –

2:10

Psal

m 1

24

Rom

ans

12:1

–8

M

atth

ew 1

6:13

–20

Mon

1

Cor

inth

ians

12:

27

-

13:3

Tues

1

Cor

inth

ians

13:

4-13

Wed

1

Cor

inth

ians

14:

1-12

Thur

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

4:13

-25

Fri

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

4:26

-40

Sat

Ps

alm

26:

1-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

28

AU

GU

ST &

3

SEP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 17

)31

Aug

08,

28

Aug

11, 3

1 Aug

14, 3

Se

p 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

3:1–

15

Ps

alm

105

:1–6

,

23

–26,

45c

R

oman

s 12

:9–2

1

Mat

thew

16:

21–2

8M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

5:1-

11Tu

es

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

12-2

8W

ed

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

29-4

1Th

ur

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

42-5

0Fr

i

1 Co

rinth

ians

15:

51-5

8Sa

t

Psal

m 1

19:3

3-40

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

4 &

10

SE

PTE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

18)

7 Se

p 08

, 4 S

ep 11

, 7 S

ep 14

, 10

Sep

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 12

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

149

R

oman

s13:

8–14

Mat

thew

18:

15–2

0M

on

1 C

orin

thia

ns 1

6:1-

9Tu

es

1 Co

rinth

ians

16:

10-2

4W

ed

Mar

k 1:

1-13

Thur

M

ark

1:14

-28

Fri

M

ark

1:29

-45

Sat

Ps

alm

103

:(1-7

)8-1

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

11

&

17 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 19

)14

Sep

08,

11 S

ep 11

, 14

Sep

14,

17 S

ep 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

14:1

9–31

Psal

m 1

14 o

r

Ex

od 1

5:1b

–11,

20

, 21

R

oman

s 14

:1–1

2

Mat

thew

18:

21–3

5M

on

Mar

k 2:

1-12

Tues

M

ark

2:13

-22

Wed

M

ark

2:23

- 3

:6Th

ur

Mar

k 3:

7-19

Fri

M

ark

3:20

-35

Sat

Ps

alm

145

:1-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

18

&

24 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 20

)21

Sep

08,

18 S

ep 11

, 21 S

ep 14

, 24

Sep

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 16

:2–1

5

Ps

alm

105

:1–6

,

37

–45

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

21–3

0

Mat

thew

20:

1–16

Mon

M

ark

4:1-

20Tu

es

Mar

k 4:

21-3

4W

ed

Mar

k 4:

35-4

1Th

ur

Mar

k 5:

1-20

Fri

M

ark

5:21

-43

Sat

Ps

alm

25:

1-9

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YEAR

91

SUN

DAY

BET

WEE

N 2

5 SE

PTE

MB

ER

& 1

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

21)

28 S

ep 0

8, 2

5 Se

p 11

, 28

Sep

14,

1 Oct

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 17

:1–7

Psal

m 7

8:1–

4,

12–1

6

Phi

lippi

ans

2:1–

13

M

atth

ew 2

1:23

–32

Mon

M

ark

6:1-

13Tu

es

Mar

k 6:

14-2

9W

ed

Mar

k 6:

30-4

6Th

ur

Mar

k 6:

47-5

6Fr

i

Mar

k 7:

1-23

Sat

Ps

alm

80:

7-15

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

2 &

8

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

22)

5 O

ct 0

8, 2

Oct

11, 5

Oct

14,

8 O

ct 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

20:1

–4, 7

–9,

12

–20

Psal

m 1

9

Phi

lippi

ans

3:4b

–14

M

atth

ew 2

1:33

–46

Mon

M

ark

7:24

-37

Tues

M

ark

8:1-

10W

ed

Mar

k 8:

11-2

6Th

ur

Mar

k 8:

27 -

9:1

Fri

M

ark

9:2-

13Sa

t

Psal

m 2

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

9 &

15

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

23)

12 O

ct 0

8, 9

Oct

11, 1

2 O

ct 14

, 15

Oct

17 …

Sun

a. E

xodu

s 32

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

106

:1–6

,

19

–23

P

hilip

pian

s 4:

1–9

M

atth

ew 2

2:1–

14M

on

Mar

k 9:

14-2

9Tu

es

Mar

k 9:

30-4

1

Wed

M

ark

9:42

-50

Thur

M

ark

10:1

-16

Fri

M

ark

10:1

7-31

Sat

Ps

alm

96:

1-9(

10-1

3)

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

16

&

22 O

CTO

BE

R (P

rope

r 24

)19

Oct

08,

16 O

ct 11

, 19

Oct

14,

22 O

ct 17

…Su

n a.

Exo

dus

33:1

2–23

Psal

m 9

9

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

1:

1–10

Mat

thew

22:

15–2

2M

on

Mar

k 10

:32-

45Tu

es

Mar

k 10

:46-

52W

ed

Mar

k 11

:1-1

1Th

ur

Mar

k 11

:12-

26Fr

i

Mar

k 11

:27-

33Sa

t

Psal

m 1

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

23

&

29 O

CTO

BE

R (P

rope

r 25

)26

Oct

08,

23

Oct

11, 2

6 O

ct 14

, 29

Oct

17 …

Sun

a. D

eute

rono

my

34

:1–1

2

Ps

alm

90:

1–6,

13

–17

1

Thes

salo

nian

s

2:1–

8

Mat

thew

22:

34–4

6M

on

Mar

k 12

:1-1

2Tu

es

Mar

k 12

:13-

27W

ed

Mar

k 12

:28-

34Th

ur

Mar

k 12

:35-

44Fr

i

Mar

k 13

:1-1

3Sa

t

Psal

m 4

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

30

OC

TOB

ER

&

5 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

26)

2 N

ov 0

8, 3

0 O

ct 11

, 2 N

ov 14

, 5

Nov

17 …

Sun

a. J

oshu

a 3:

7–17

Psal

m 1

07:1

–7,

33–3

7

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

2:

9–13

Mat

thew

23:

1–12

Mon

M

ark

13:1

4-27

Tues

M

ark

13:2

8-37

Wed

M

ark

14:1

-11

Thur

M

ark

14:1

2-26

Fri

M

ark

14:2

7-42

Sat

Ps

alm

70

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

6 &

12

NO

VEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 27

)9

Nov

08,

6 N

ov 11

, 9 N

ov 14

, 12

Nov

17 …

Sun

a. J

oshu

a 24

:1–3

a,

14

–25

Psal

m 7

8:1–

7

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

4:

13–1

8

Mat

thew

25:

1–13

Mon

M

ark

14:4

3-52

Tues

M

ark

14:5

3-65

Wed

M

ark

14:6

6-72

Thur

M

ark

15:1

-11

Fri

M

ark

15:1

2-21

Sat

Ps

alm

90:

1-8

(9

-11)

12

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

13

&

19 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

28)

16 N

ov 0

8, 13

Nov

11, 1

6 N

ov 14

, 19

Nov

17 …

Sun

a. J

udge

s 4:

1–7

Psal

m 1

23

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:

1–11

Mat

thew

25:

14–3

0M

on

Mar

k 15

:22-

32Tu

es

Mar

k 15

:33-

39W

ed

Mar

k 15

:40-

47Th

ur

Mar

k 16

:1-8

Fri

M

ark

16:9

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

95:

1-7a

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

20

&

26 N

OVE

MB

ER

, LA

ST S

UN

OF

CH

UR

CH

YE

AR

(Pro

per

29)

23 N

ov 0

8, 2

0 N

ov 11

, 23

Nov

14, 2

6 N

ov 17

…Su

n a.

Eze

kiel

34:

11–1

6,

20

–24

Psal

m 1

00

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Mat

thew

25:

31–4

6M

on

3 Jo

hn 1

-14

Tues

Ju

de 1

-16

Wed

Ju

de 1

7-25

Th

ur

Mic

ah 7

:11-

20

Fri

M

alac

hi 4

:1-6

Sa

t

Psal

m 8

0:1-

7, 1

7-19

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93

AD

VEN

T 1

30 N

ov 0

8, 2

7 N

ov 11

, 30

Nov

14, 3

Dec

17 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

4:1–

9

Ps

alm

80:

1–7,

17

–19

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:3

–9

M

ark

13:2

4–37

Mon

G

alat

ians

1:1

-17

Tues

G

alat

ians

1:1

8 -

2:10

Wed

G

alat

ians

2:1

1-21

Thur

G

alat

ians

3:1

-14

Fri

G

alat

ians

3:1

5-22

Sat

Ps

alm

85:

1,2,

8-13

AD

VEN

T 2

7 D

ec 0

8, 4

Dec

11, 7

Dec

14,

10 D

ec 17

…Su

n Is

aiah

40:

1–11

Ps

alm

85:

1, 2

,

8–

13

2 Pe

ter

3:8–

15a

M

ark

1:1–

8 M

on

Gal

atia

ns 3

:23

- 4:

11Tu

es

Gal

atia

ns 4

:12-

20W

ed

Gal

atia

ns 4

:21-

31Th

ur

Gal

atia

ns 5

:1-1

5Fr

i

Gal

atia

ns 5

:16-

24Sa

t

Psal

m 1

26

AD

VEN

T 3

14 D

ec 0

8, 11

Dec

11, 1

4 D

ec 14

, 17

Dec

17 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

1:1–

4, 8

–11

Psal

m 1

26 o

r

Lu

ke 1

:(46b

)47–

55

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

5:

16–2

4

John

1:6

–8, 1

9–28

Mon

G

alat

ians

5:2

5 -

6:10

Tues

G

alat

ians

6:1

1-18

Wed

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

1-11

Thur

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

12-3

0Fr

i

Phi

lippi

ans

2:1-

11Sa

t

Luke

1:(4

6b)4

7-55

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VEN

T 4

21 D

ec 0

8, 18

Dec

11, 2

1 Dec

14,

24 D

ec 17

…Su

n 2

Sam

uel 7

:1–1

1, 1

6

Lu

ke 1

:(46b

)47–

55

or P

salm

89:

1–4,

19

–26

R

oman

s 16

:25–

27

Lu

ke 1

:26–

38N

ote:

Fol

low

as m

any

of th

e da

ys b

elow

as c

ome

befo

re

Chr

istm

as E

ve.

Mon

P

hilip

pian

s 2:

12-3

0Tu

es

Phi

lippi

ans

3:1-

16W

ed

Phili

ppia

ns 3

:17

- 4:7

Thur

P

hilip

pian

s 4:

8-23

Fri

Ps

alm

97

CH

RIS

TMA

S E

VE/D

AY

24/2

5 D

ec

Rea

ding

s fr

om a

ny o

f the

follo

win

g 3

Pro

pers

may

be

used

.

Pro

per

I Is

aiah

9:2

–7

Psal

m 9

6

Titu

s 2:

11–1

4

Luke

2:1

–14

(15–

20)

Pro

per

II Is

aiah

62:

6–12

Ps

alm

97

Ti

tus

3:4–

7

Luke

2:(1

–7) 8

–20

Pro

per

III

Isai

ah 5

2:7–

10

Psal

m 9

8

Heb

rew

s 1:

1–4

(5–1

2)

John

1:1

–14

Not

e: F

ollo

w th

e da

ted

days

be

low,

fi tti

ng in

the

Sund

ay(s

) wh

en th

ey c

ome.

26 D

ec

Col

ossi

ans

1:1-

1427

Dec

C

olos

sian

s 1:

15-2

328

Dec

Co

loss

ians

1:2

4 - 2

:729

Dec

C

olos

sian

s 2:

8-23

30 D

ec

Col

ossi

ans

3:1-

11

Sat b

efor

e C

hris

tmas

1

Ps

alm

148

CH

RIS

TMA

S 1

Sun

Isai

ah 6

1:10

– 6

2:3

Psal

m 1

48

Gal

atia

ns 4

:4–7

Luke

2:2

2–40

31

Dec

Ps

alm

8N

ame

of J

esus

1 Ja

n Lu

ke 2

:15-

21Sa

t bef

ore

Chr

istm

as 2

Psal

m 1

47: 1

2-15

(16-

18)1

9,20

CH

RIS

TMA

S 2

Sun

Jere

mia

h 31

:7–1

4

Ps

alm

147

:12–

15

(16–

18) 1

9, 2

0

Ephe

sian

s 1:

3–14

John

1:(1

–9) 1

0–18

2

Jan

C

olos

sian

s 3:

12-1

73

Jan

Co

loss

ians

3:1

8 - 4

:18

4 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 3:

11-2

05

Jan

P

rove

rbs

4:1-

27

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

Jan

Isai

ah 6

0:1–

6

Ps

alm

72:

1–7,

10

–14

Ep

hesi

ans

3:1–

12

M

atth

ew 2

:1–1

2N

ote:

Fol

low

as m

any

of th

e da

ted

days

bel

ow a

s com

e be

fore

the

next

Sun

day.

7 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 6:

1-19

8 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 7:

1-27

9 Ja

n

Pro

verb

s 8:

1-21

10 J

an

Pro

verb

s 8:

22-3

611

Jan

P

rove

rbs

9:1-

12Sa

t bef

ore

Epip

hany

1

Ps

alm

29

EP

IPH

AN

Y 1

(Bap

tism

of o

ur L

ord)

11

Jan

09, 8

Jan

12, 1

1 Jan

15,

7 Ja

n 18

…Su

n G

enes

is 1

:1–5

Ps

alm

29

Ac

ts 1

9:1–

7

Mar

k 1:

4–11

Mon

P

rove

rbs

10:1

-12

Tues

P

rove

rbs

15:1

6-33

Wed

P

rove

rbs

17:1

-20

Thur

Pr

over

bs 2

1:30

- 22

:6Fr

i

Pro

verb

s 25

:15-

28Sa

t

Psal

m 1

39:1

-6,

13

-18

EP

IPH

AN

Y 2

18 Ja

n 09

, 15

Jan

12, 1

8 Ja

n 15

, 14

Jan

18 …

Sun

1 Sa

mue

l 3:1

–10

(1

1–20

)

Ps

alm

139

:1–6

,

13

–18

1

Corin

thia

ns 6

:12–

20

John

1:4

3–51

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 1:

1-8

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 1:

9-16

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 1:

17 -

2:7

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 2:

8-17

Fri

R

evel

atio

n 2:

18-2

9Sa

t

Psal

m 6

2:5-

12

EP

IPH

AN

Y 3

25 Ja

n 09

, 22

Jan

12, 2

5 Ja

n 15

, 21

Jan

18 …

Sun

Jona

h 3:

1–5,

10

Psal

m 6

2:5–

12

1 Co

rinth

ians

7:2

9–31

M

ark

1:14

–20

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 3:

1-6

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 3:

7-13

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 3:

14-2

2Th

ur

Rev

elat

ion

4:1-

8Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

4:9

- 5:

5Sa

t

Psal

m 1

11

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PIP

HA

NY

41 F

eb 0

9, 2

9 Ja

n 12

, 1 F

eb 15

, 28

Jan

18 …

Sun

Deu

tero

nom

y

18:1

5–20

Ps

alm

111

1

Cor

inth

ians

8:1

–13

M

ark

1:21

–28

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 5:

6-14

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 6:

1-17

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 7:

1-8

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 7:

9-17

Fri

R

evel

atio

n 8:

1-13

Sat

Ps

alm

147

:1-1

1,20

c

EP

IPH

AN

Y 5

8 Fe

b 09

, 5 F

eb 12

, 8 F

eb 15

, 4

Feb

18 …

Sun

Isai

ah 4

0:21

–31

Psal

m 1

47:1

–11,

20

c

1 Co

rinth

ians

9:1

6–23

M

ark

1:29

–39

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 9:

1-12

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 9:

13-2

1W

ed

Rev

elat

ion

10:1

-11

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 11

:1-1

4Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

11:1

4-19

Sat

Ps

alm

30

(But

in

2015

& 2

018

, rea

d Ps

2;

tom

orro

w (1

5 Fe

b 15

, 11

Feb

18)

is la

st S

unda

y af

ter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

(Pro

per

1)15

Feb

09,

12 F

eb 12

…Su

n 2

Kin

gs 5

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

30

1

Cor

inth

ians

9:24

–27

M

ark

1:40

–45

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 12

:1-6

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 12

:7-1

7W

ed

Rev

elat

ion

13:1

-10

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 13

:11-

18Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

14:1

-13

Sat

Ps

alm

41

(But

in

200

9 &

20

12, r

ead

Ps 2

; to

mor

row

(22

Feb

09,

19

Feb

12) i

s las

t Sun

day

afte

r E

piph

any,

Tra

nsfi

gura

tion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 7

(Pro

per

2)Su

n Is

aiah

43:

18–2

5

Ps

alm

41

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

:18–

22

Mar

k 2:

1–12

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 14

:14

-

15:8

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 16

:1-1

1W

ed

Rev

elat

ion

16:1

2-21

Thur

R

evel

atio

n 17

:1-1

8Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

18:1

-14

Sat

Ps

alm

103

:1-1

3,22

EP

IPH

AN

Y 8

(Pro

per

3)Su

n H

osea

2:1

4–20

Ps

alm

103

:1–1

3, 2

2

2 C

orin

thia

ns 3

:1–6

M

ark

2:13

–22

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 18

:15-

24Tu

es

Rev

elat

ion

19:1

-10

Wed

R

evel

atio

n 19

:11-

21Th

ur

Rev

elat

ion

20:1

-6Fr

i

Rev

elat

ion

20:7

-15

Sat

Ps

alm

50:

1-6

TRA

NSF

IGU

RAT

ION

(L

ast S

un a

fter

Epi

phan

y)

22 F

eb 0

9, 19

Feb

12, 1

5 Fe

b 15

, 11

Feb

18 …

Sun

2 K

ings

2:1

–12

Psal

m 5

0:1–

6

2 C

orin

thia

ns 4

:3–6

Mar

k 9:

2–9

Mon

R

evel

atio

n 21

:1-8

Tues

R

evel

atio

n 21

:9-2

7A

sh W

edne

sday

Jo

el 2

:1, 2

, 12–

17

or Is

aiah

58:

1–12

Ps

alm

51:

1–17

2

Cor

inth

ians

5:2

0b

6:10

M

atth

ew 6

:1–6

,

16–2

1Th

ur

Rev

elat

ion

22:1

-11

Fri

R

evel

atio

n 22

:12-

21Sa

t

Psal

m 2

5:1-

10

LEN

T 1

1 Mar

09,

26

Feb

12, 2

2 Fe

b 15

, 18

Feb

18 …

Sun

Gen

esis

9:8

–17

Psal

m 2

5:1–

10

1 Pe

ter

3:18

–22

M

ark

1:9–

15M

on

Luke

2:2

2-40

Tues

Lu

ke 2

:41-

52W

ed

Luke

3:1

-14

Thur

Lu

ke 3

:15-

22Fr

i L

uke

4:1-

13Sa

t

Psal

m 2

2:23

-31

LEN

T 2

8 M

ar 0

9, 4

Mar

12, 1

Mar

15,

25 F

eb 18

…Su

n Ge

nesi

s 17

:1–7

, 15,

16

Psal

m 2

2:23

–31

R

oman

s 4:

13–2

5

Mar

k 8:

31–3

8M

on

Luke

4:1

4-30

Tues

Lu

ke 4

:31-

37W

ed

Luke

4:3

8-44

Thur

Lu

ke 5

:1-1

1Fr

i

Luke

5:1

2-26

Sat

Ps

alm

19

LEN

T 3

15 M

ar 0

9, 11

Mar

12, 8

Mar

15,

4 M

ar 18

…Su

n Ex

odus

20:

1–17

Ps

alm

19

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:18

–25

Jo

hn 2

:13–

22M

on

Luke

5:2

7-39

Tues

Lu

ke 6

:1-1

1W

ed

Luke

6:1

2-26

Thur

Lu

ke 6

:27-

38Fr

i

Luke

6:3

9-49

Sat

Ps

alm

107

:1-3

,

17-2

2

LEN

T 4

22 M

ar 0

9, 18

Mar

12, 1

5 M

ar 15

, 11

Mar

18 …

Sun

Num

bers

21:

4–9

Psal

m 1

07:1

–3,

17–2

2

Ephe

sian

s 2:

1–10

John

3:1

4–21

Mon

Lu

ke 7

:1-1

7Tu

es

Luke

7:1

8-35

Wed

Lu

ke 7

:36-

50Th

ur

Luke

8:1

-15

Fri

Lu

ke 8

:16-

25Sa

t

Psal

m 5

1:1-

12

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Mar

09,

25

Mar

12,

22 M

ar 15

, 18

Mar

18 …

Sun

Jere

mia

h 31

:31–

34

Psal

m 5

1:1–

12 o

r

Ps

119

:9–1

6

Heb

rew

s 5:

5–10

John

12:

20–3

3M

on

Luke

8:2

6-39

Tues

Lu

ke 8

:40-

56W

ed

Luke

9:1

-20

Thur

Lu

ke 9

:21–

43a

Fri

Lu

ke 9

:43b

–62

Sat

Ps

alm

118

:1,2

,19-

29

PALM

/PA

SSIO

N S

UN

DAY

A

ND

HO

LY W

EE

K5

Apr

09,

1 A

pr 12

, 29

Mar

15,

25 M

ar 18

…Pa

lm

Mar

k 11

:1–1

1 or

John

12:

12–1

6

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

19–2

9Pa

ssio

n

Isai

ah 5

0:4–

9a

Psal

m 3

1:9–

16

Phi

lippi

ans

2:5–

11

M

ark

14:1

– 1

5:47

or

M

ark

15:1

–39

(40–

47)

Mon

Is

aiah

42:

1–9

Psal

m 3

6:5–

11

Heb

rew

s 9:

11–1

5

John

12:

1–11

Tu

esda

y Is

aiah

49:

1–7

Psal

m 7

1:1–

14

1 C

orin

thia

ns

1:

18–3

1

John

12:

20–3

6 W

ed

Isai

ah 5

0:4–

9a

Psal

m 7

0

Heb

rew

s 12

:1–3

John

13:

21–3

2

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

Ex

odus

12:

1–4

(5

–10)

11–

14

Psal

m 1

16:1

, 2,

12–1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

11

:23–

26

Jo

hn 1

3:1–

17,

31

b–35

G

ood

Frid

ay

Isai

ah 5

2:13

– 5

3:12

Ps

alm

22

H

ebre

ws

10:1

6–25

or H

ebre

ws

4:14

–16;

5:7–

9

John

18:

1 –

19:4

2 H

oly

Satu

rday

Jo

b 14

:1–1

4

or L

amen

tatio

ns

3:

1–9,

19–

24

Psal

m 3

1:1–

4, 1

5, 1

6

1 Pe

ter

4:1–

8

Mat

thew

27:

57–6

6

or J

ohn

19:3

8–42

EA

STE

R D

AY

12 A

pr 0

9, 8

Apr

12, 5

Apr

15,

1 Apr

18 …

Sun

Acts

10:

34–4

3

or Is

aiah

25:

6–9

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

14–2

4

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:1–1

1

or A

cts

10:3

4–43

John

20:

1–18

or M

ark

16:1

–8M

on

Luke

24:

13-4

9Tu

es

Luke

10:

1-17

Wed

Lu

ke 1

0:17

-24

Thur

Lu

ke 1

0:25

-37

Fri

Lu

ke 1

0:38

-42

Sat

Ps

alm

133

EA

STE

R 2

19 A

pr 0

9, 15

Apr

12, 1

2 A

pr 15

, 8

Apr

18 …

Sun

Acts

4:3

2–35

Ps

alm

133

1

John

1:1

– 2

:2

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–31

Mon

Lu

ke 1

1:1-

13Tu

es

Luke

11:

14-2

3W

ed

Luke

11:

24-3

6Th

ur

Luke

11:

37-5

2Fr

i

Luke

11:

53 -

12:

12Sa

t

Psal

m 4

EA

STE

R 3

26 A

pr 0

9, 2

2 A

pr 12

, 19

Apr

15,

15 A

pr 18

…Su

n Ac

ts 3

:12–

19

Psal

m 4

1

John

3:1

–7

Luke

24:

36b–

48M

on

Luke

12:

13-3

1Tu

es

Luke

12:

32-4

8W

ed

Luke

12:

49-5

9Th

ur

Luke

13:

1-9

Fri

Lu

ke 1

3:10

-17

Sat

Ps

alm

23

EA

STE

R 4

(Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd)

3 M

ay 0

9, 2

9 A

pr 12

, 26

Apr

15,

22 A

pr 18

…Su

n Ac

ts 4

:5–1

2

Ps

alm

23

1

John

3:1

6–24

John

10:

11–1

8M

on

Luke

13:

18-3

0Tu

es

Luke

13:

31-3

5W

ed

Luke

14:

1-11

Thur

Lu

ke 1

4:12

-24

Fri

Lu

ke 1

4:25

-35

Sat

Ps

alm

22:

25-3

1

EA

STE

R 5

10 M

ay 0

9, 6

May

12, 3

May

15,

29 A

pr 18

Sun

Acts

8:2

6–40

Ps

alm

22:

25–3

1

1 Jo

hn 4

:7–2

1

John

15:

1–8

Mon

Lu

ke 1

5:1-

10Tu

es

Luke

15:

11-3

2W

ed

Luke

16:

1-9

Thur

Lu

ke 1

6:10

-18

Fri

Lu

ke 1

6:19

-31

Sat

Ps

alm

98

EA

STE

R 6

17 M

ay 0

9, 13

May

12, 1

0 M

ay 15

, 6

May

18 …

Su

n Ac

ts 1

0:44

–48

Psal

m 9

8

1 Jo

hn 5

:1–6

John

15:

9–17

Mon

Lu

ke 1

7:1-

10Tu

es

Luke

17:

11-1

9W

ed

Psal

m 9

3A

scen

sion

Thur

Ac

ts 1

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

47

or

Psal

m 9

3

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Luke

24:

44–5

3Fr

i

Luke

17:

20-3

7Sa

t

Psal

m 1

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May

09,

20

May

12,

17 M

ay 15

, 13

May

18 …

Sun

Acts

1:1

5–17

, 21–

26

Psal

m 1

1

John

5:9

–13

Jo

hn 1

7:6–

19M

on

Luke

18:

1-14

Tues

Lu

ke 1

8:15

-30

Wed

Lu

ke 1

8:31

-43

Thur

Lu

ke 1

9:1-

10Fr

i

Luke

19:

11-2

7Sa

t

Psal

m 1

04:2

4-34

,35b

PE

NTE

CO

ST

31 M

ay 0

9, 2

7 M

ay 12

, 24

May

15,

20 M

ay 18

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:1–2

1

or E

zeki

el 3

7:1–

14

Psal

m 1

04:2

4–34

,

35

b

Rom

ans

8:22

–27

or

Act

s 2:

1–21

John

15:

26, 2

7;

16

:4b–

15M

on

Luke

19:

28-4

0Tu

es

Luke

19:

41-4

8W

ed

Luke

20:

1-8

Thur

Lu

ke 2

0:9-

19Fr

i

Luke

20:

19-2

6Sa

t

Psal

m 2

9

TRIN

ITY

(Fir

st S

un a

fter

Pen

teco

st)

7 Ju

n 09

, 3 Ju

n 12

, 31 M

ay 15

, 27

May

18 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

:1–8

Ps

alm

29

R

oman

s 8:

12–1

7

John

3:1

–17

Mon

Lu

ke 2

0:27

-40

Tues

Lu

ke 2

0:41

- 2

1:4

Wed

Lu

ke 2

1:5-

19Th

ur

Luke

21:

20-2

8Fr

i

Luke

21:

29-3

8Sa

t Ps

alm

for

the

P

rope

r Su

nday

to

mor

row

(see

bel

ow)

Not

e: T

he n

umbe

r of

Sun

days

af

ter

Pent

ecos

t var

ies f

rom

year

to

yea

r; th

e se

t of r

eadi

ngs

(Pro

per)

for

the

Seco

nd S

unda

y af

ter

Pent

ecos

t is c

hose

n so

that

th

e la

st S

unda

y of

the

chur

ch

year

is a

lway

s the

sam

e.N

ext S

unda

y (S

econ

d af

ter

Pent

ecos

t) …

for

2009

, 14

June

, is

Pro

per

6;fo

r 20

12, 1

0 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 5;

for

2015

, 7 J

une,

is P

rope

r 5;

fo

r 20

18, 3

Jun

e, is

Pro

per

4 …

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 2

8 M

AY

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 3)

Sun

Hos

ea 2

:14–

20

Psal

m 1

03:1

–13,

22

2

Cor

inth

ians

3:1

–6

Mar

k 2:

13–2

2M

on

Luke

22:

1-13

Tues

Lu

ke 2

2:14

-23

Wed

Lu

ke 2

2:24

-30

Thur

Lu

ke 2

2:31

-38

Fri

Lu

ke 2

2:39

-51

Sat

Ps

alm

81:

1-10

Not

e: T

wo se

ts o

f fi r

st r

eadi

ngs

(with

acc

ompa

nyin

g ps

alm

s)

are

prov

ided

in th

e R

evis

ed

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry fo

r th

e fo

llowi

ng S

unda

ys af

ter P

ente

cost:

(a) a

sem

i-co

ntin

uous

set,

and

(b

) a se

t rel

ated

them

atic

ally

to

the

gosp

els.

Onl

y th

e fi

rst s

et

(a) i

s giv

en h

ere,

as b

eing

mor

e su

ited

to th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

ex

tend

ed le

ctio

nary

.

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

29

MAY

&

4 JU

NE

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 4)

3 Ju

n 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 3:1

–10

(1

1–20

)

Ps

alm

139

:1–6

,

13

–18

2

Cor

inth

ians

4:5

–12

M

ark

2:23

– 3

:6M

on

Luke

22:

52-6

2Tu

es

Luke

22:

63-7

1W

ed

Luke

23:

1-12

Thur

Lu

ke 2

3:13

-25

Fri

Lu

ke 2

3:26

-31

Sat

Ps

alm

130

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

5 &

11

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 5)

10 Ju

n 12

, 7 Ju

n 15

, 10

Jun

18 …

Sun

a. 1

Sam

uel 8

:4–1

1

(12–

15) 1

6–20

(11:

14, 1

5)

Psal

m 1

38

2 C

orin

thia

ns

4:

13 –

5:1

M

ark

3:20

–35

Mon

Lu

ke 2

3:32

-43

Tues

Lu

ke 2

3:44

-56a

Wed

Lu

ke 2

3:56

b -

24:1

2Th

ur

Luke

24:

13-3

5Fr

i

Luke

24:

36-5

3Sa

t

Psal

m 9

2:1-

4,12

-15

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

12

& 1

8 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

6)14

Jun

09, 1

7 Ju

n 12

, 14

Jun

15,

17 Ju

n 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 15:

34

16:1

3

Ps

alm

20

2

Cor

inth

ians

5:6

–10

(1

1–13

) 14–

17

M

ark

4:26

–34

Mon

Ac

ts 1

:1-1

4Tu

es

Acts

1:1

5-26

Wed

Ac

ts 2

:1-2

1Th

ur

Acts

2:2

2-36

Fri

Ac

ts 2

:37-

47Sa

t

Psal

m 1

07:1

-3,2

3-32

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ETW

EE

N 1

9 &

25

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 7)

21 Ju

n 09

, 24

Jun

12, 2

1 Jun

15,

24 Ju

n 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 17:

(1

a, 4

–11,

19–

23)

32

–49

Psal

m 9

:9–2

0

2 C

orin

thia

ns 6

:1–1

3

Mar

k 4:

35–4

1M

on

Acts

3:1

-10

Tues

Ac

ts 3

:11-

26W

ed

Acts

4:1

-12

Thur

Ac

ts 4

:13-

22Fr

i

Acts

4:2

3-31

Sat

Ps

alm

30

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

26

JUN

E &

2

JULY

(Pro

per

8)28

Jun

09, 1

Jul 1

2, 2

8 Ju

n 15

, 1 J

ul 18

…Su

n a.

2 S

amue

l 1:1

,

17–2

7

Ps

alm

130

2

Cor

inth

ians

8:7

–15

M

ark

5:21

–43

Mon

Ac

ts 4

:32

- 5:

11Tu

es

Acts

5:1

2-26

Wed

Ac

ts 5

:27-

42Th

ur

Acts

6:1

-15

Fri

Ac

ts 6

:15

- 7:

16Sa

t

Psal

m 1

23

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

3 &

9 J

ULY

(P

rope

r 9)

5 Ju

l 09,

8 Ju

l 12,

5 Ju

l 15,

8

Jul 1

8 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 5

:1–5

,

9, 1

0

Ps

alm

48

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

2:2–

10

M

ark

6:1–

13M

on

Acts

7:1

7-29

Tues

Ac

ts 7

:30-

43W

ed

Acts

7:4

4 -

8:1a

Thur

Ac

ts 8

:1b-

13Fr

i

Acts

8:1

4-25

Sat

Ps

alm

85:

8-13

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

10

& 1

6 JU

LY

(Pro

per

10)

12 Ju

l 09,

15 Ju

l 12,

12 Ju

l 15,

15

Jul 1

8 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 6

:1–5

,

12b–

19

Ps

alm

24

Ep

hesi

ans

1:3–

14

M

ark

6:14

–29

Mon

Ac

ts 8

:26-

40Tu

es

Acts

9:1

-9W

ed

Acts

9:1

0-19

aTh

ur

Acts

9:1

9b-3

1Fr

i

Acts

9:3

2-43

Sat

Ps

alm

23

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

17

& 2

3 JU

LY

(Pro

per

11)

19 Ju

l 09,

22

Jul 1

2, 19

Jul 1

5,

22 Ju

l 18

…Su

n a.

2 S

amue

l 7:1

–14a

Psal

m 8

9:20

–37

Ep

hesi

ans

2:11

–22

M

ark

6:30

–34,

53–

56M

on

Acts

10:

1-16

Tues

Ac

ts 1

0:17

-33

Wed

Ac

ts 1

0:34

-48

Thur

Ac

ts 1

1:1-

18Fr

i

Acts

11:

19-3

0Sa

t

Psal

m 1

45:1

0-18

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 3

0 JU

LY

(Pro

per

12)

26 Ju

l 09,

29

Jul 1

2, 2

6 Ju

l 15,

29

Jul 1

8 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 1

1:1–

15

Ps

alm

14

Ep

hesi

ans

3:14

–21

Jo

hn 6

:1–2

1M

on

Acts

12:

1-17

Tues

Ac

ts 1

2:18

-25

Wed

Ac

ts 1

3:1-

12Th

ur

Acts

13:

13-2

5Fr

i

Acts

13:

26-4

3Sa

t

Psal

m 7

8:23

-29

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

31

JULY

&

6 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

13)

2 A

ug 0

9, 5

Aug

12, 2

Aug

15,

5 A

ug 18

…Su

n a.

2 S

amue

l 11:

26

12:1

3a

Ps

alm

51:

1–12

Ep

hesi

ans

4:1–

16

John

6:2

4–35

Mon

Ac

ts 1

3:44

-52

Tues

Ac

ts 1

4:1-

18W

ed

Acts

14:

19-2

8Th

ur

Acts

15:

1-11

Fri

Ac

ts 1

5:12

-21

Sat

Ps

alm

34:

1-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

7 &

13

AU

GU

ST (P

rope

r 14

)9

Aug

09,

12 A

ug 12

, 9 A

ug 15

, 12

Aug

18 …

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 1

8:5–

9,

15

, 31–

33

Ps

alm

130

Ep

hesi

ans

4:25

– 5

:2

Jo

hn 6

:35,

41–

51M

on

Acts

15:

22-3

5Tu

es

Acts

15:

36 -

16:

5W

ed

Acts

16:

6-15

Thur

Ac

ts 1

6:16

-24

Fri

Ac

ts 1

6:25

-40

Sat

Ps

alm

34:

9-14

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

14

&

20 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

15)

20 A

ug 0

6, 16

Aug

09,

19

Aug

12, 1

6 A

ug 15

, 19

Aug

18 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 2

:10–

12;

3:

3–14

Psal

m 1

11

Ephe

sian

s 5:

15–2

0

John

6:5

1–58

M

on

Acts

17:

1-15

Tues

Ac

ts 1

7:16

-34

Wed

Ac

ts 1

8:1-

11Th

ur

Acts

18:

12-2

8Fr

i

Acts

19:

1-10

Sat

Ps

alm

34:

15-2

0

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27

AU

GU

ST (P

rope

r 16

)27

Aug

06,

23

Aug

09,

26

Aug

12, 2

3 Au

g 15,

26

Aug 1

8 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 8

:(1, 6

,

10, 1

1) 2

2–30

, 41–

43

Ps

alm

84

Ep

hesi

ans

6:10

–20

Jo

hn 6

:56–

69M

on

Acts

19:

11-2

0Tu

es

Acts

19:

21-4

1W

ed

Acts

20:

1-16

Thur

Ac

ts 2

0:17

-38

Fri

Ac

ts 2

1:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 1

5

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

28

AU

GU

ST &

3

SEP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 17

)3

Sep

06, 3

0 A

ug 0

9, 2

Sep

12,

30 A

ug 15

, 2 S

ep 18

…Su

n a.

Son

g of

Sol

omon

2:8–

13

Ps

alm

45:

1, 2

, 6–9

Ja

mes

1:1

7–27

Mar

k 7:

1–8,

14,

15,

21–2

3M

on

Acts

21:

15-2

6Tu

es

Acts

21:

27-3

6W

ed

Acts

21:

37 -

22:

16Th

ur

Acts

22:

17-2

9Fr

i

Acts

22:

30 -

23:

11Sa

t

Psal

m 1

46

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

4 &

10

SEP

-TE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

18)

10 S

ep 0

6, 6

Sep

09,

9 S

ep 12

, 6

Sep

15, 9

Sep

18 …

Sun

a. P

rove

rbs

22:1

, 2,

8,

9, 2

2, 2

3

Ps

alm

125

Ja

mes

2:1

–10

(1

1–13

) 14–

17

Mar

k 7:

24–3

7M

on

Acts

23:

12-2

4Tu

es

Acts

23:

23-3

5W

ed

Acts

24:

1-23

Thur

Ac

ts 2

4:24

- 2

5:12

Fri

Ac

ts 2

5:13

-27

Sat

Ps

alm

116

:1-9

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

11

&

17 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 19

)17

Sep

06,

13 S

ep 0

9, 16

Sep

12,

13 S

ep 15

, 16

Sep

18 …

Sun

a. P

rove

rbs

1:20

–33

Psal

m 1

9

Jam

es 3

:1–1

2

Mar

k 8:

27–3

8M

on

Acts

26:

1-23

Tues

Ac

ts 2

6:24

- 2

7:8

Wed

Ac

ts 2

7:9-

26Th

ur

Acts

27:

27-4

4Fr

i

Acts

28:

1-16

Sat

Ps

alm

54

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

18

&

24 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 20

)24

Sep

06,

20

Sep

09, 2

3 Se

p 12

, 20

Sep

15, 2

3 Se

p 18

…Su

n a.

Pro

verb

s 31

:10–

31

Ps

alm

1

Jam

es 3

:13

– 4:

3, 7

, 8a

M

ark

9:30

–37

Mon

Ac

ts 2

8:17

-31

Tues

G

enes

is 1

:1 -

2:3

Wed

G

enes

is 2

:4-2

5Th

ur

Gen

esis

3:1

-24

Fri

G

enes

is 4

:1-1

6Sa

t

Psal

m 1

9:7-

14

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

25

SEP

TEM

-B

ER

& 1

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

21)

1 Oct

06,

27

Sep

09, 3

0 Se

p 12

, 27

Sep

15, 3

0 Se

p 18

…Su

n a.

Est

her 7

:1–6

, 9, 1

0;

9:

20–2

2

Ps

alm

124

Ja

mes

5:1

3–20

Mar

k 9:

38–5

0M

on

Gen

esis

6:5

-22

Tues

G

enes

is 7

:1-1

0,17

-23

Wed

G

enes

is 8

:6-2

2 Th

ur

Gen

esis

9:1

-17

Fri

G

enes

is 1

1:1-

9 Sa

t

Psal

m 8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

2 &

8

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

22)

8 O

ct 0

6, 4

Oct

09,

7 O

ct 12

, 4

Oct

15, 7

Oct

18 …

Sun

a. J

ob 1

:1; 2

:1–1

0

Ps

alm

26

H

ebre

ws

1:1–

4;

2:

5–12

Mar

k 10

:2–1

6M

on

Gen

esis

11:

27 -

12:

8Tu

es

Gen

esis

13:

1-18

W

ed

Gene

sis

15:1

-11,

17-2

1Th

ur

Gen

esis

17:

1-14

Fri

G

enes

is 1

7:15

-27

Sat

Ps

alm

90:

12-1

7

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

9 &

15

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

23)

15 O

ct 0

6, 11

Oct

09,

14 O

ct 12

, 11

Oct

15, 1

4 O

ct 18

…Su

n a.

Job

23:

1–9,

16,

17

Psal

m 2

2:1–

15

Heb

rew

s 4:

12–1

6

Mar

k 10

:17–

31M

on

Gen

esis

18:

1-16

Tues

G

enes

is 1

8:16

-33

Wed

Ge

nesi

s 19

:1-1

7,24

-29

Thur

G

enes

is 2

1:1-

7;

22:1

-18

Fri

G

enes

is 2

3:1-

20Sa

t

Psal

m 9

1:9-

16

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EE

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22

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

24)

22 O

ct 0

6, 18

Oct

09,

21 O

ct 12

, 18

Oct

15, 2

1 Oct

18 …

Sun

a. J

ob 3

8:1–

7 (3

4–41

)

Ps

alm

104

:1–9

,

24

, 35c

H

ebre

ws

5:1–

10

M

ark

10:3

5–45

Mon

G

enes

is 2

4:1-

27Tu

es

Gen

esis

24:

28-

38

,49-

51W

ed

Gen

esis

24:

50-6

7Th

ur

Gen

esis

25:

19-3

4Fr

i

Gen

esis

27:

1-29

Sat

Ps

alm

126

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

23

&

29 O

CTO

BE

R (P

rope

r 25

)29

Oct

06,

25

Oct

09,

28

Oct

12,

25 O

ct 15

, 28

Oct

18 …

Sun

a. J

ob 4

2:1–

6, 1

0–17

Psal

m 3

4:1–

8

(1

9–22

)

Heb

rew

s 7:

23–2

8

Mar

k 10

:46–

52M

on

Gen

esis

27:

30-4

5Tu

es

Gen

esis

27:

46 -

28:4

,10-

22W

ed

Gen

esis

29:

1-20

Thur

G

enes

is 2

9:20

-35

Fri

G

enes

is 3

0:1-

24Sa

t

Psal

m 1

19:1

-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

30

OC

TOB

ER

&

5 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

26)

5 N

ov 0

6, 1

Nov

09,

4 N

ov 12

, 1 N

ov 15

, 4 N

ov 18

…Su

n a.

Rut

h 1:

1–18

Psal

m 1

46

Heb

rew

s 9:

11–1

4

Mar

k 12

:28–

34M

on

Gen

esis

31:

1-21

Tues

G

enes

is 3

2:3-

21W

ed

Gen

esis

32:

22 -

33:1

7Th

ur

Gen

esis

37:

3-22

Fri

G

enes

is 3

7:23

-36

Sat

Ps

alm

146

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

6 &

12

NO

VEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 27

)12

Nov

06,

8 N

ov 0

9, 11

Nov

12,

8 N

ov 15

, 11 N

ov 18

…Su

n a.

Rut

h 3:

1–5;

4:1

3–17

Psal

m 1

27

Heb

rew

s 9:

24–2

8

Mar

k 12

:38–

44

Mon

G

enes

is 4

2:1-

23Tu

es

Gen

esis

43:

1-15

Wed

G

enes

is 4

3:16

-34

Thur

G

enes

is 4

4:1-

17Fr

i

Gen

esis

44:

18-3

4 Sa

t

Psal

m 1

6

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

13

&

19 N

OVE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

28)

19 N

ov 0

6, 15

Nov

09,

18 N

ov 12

, 15

Nov

15, 1

8 N

ov 18

…Su

n a.

1 S

amue

l 1:4

–20

1 Sa

mue

l 2:1

–10

H

ebre

ws

10:1

1–14

(15–

18) 1

9–25

Mar

k 13

:1–8

Mon

G

enes

is 4

5:1-

15

Tues

G

enes

is 4

5:16

-28

Wed

G

enes

is 4

6:1-

7,28

-34

Thur

G

enes

is 4

7:1-

21Fr

i

Jere

mia

h 31

:10-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 9

3

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

20

&

26 N

OVE

MB

ER

, LA

ST S

UN

OF

CH

UR

CH

YE

AR

(Pro

per

29)

26 N

ov 0

6, 2

2 N

ov 0

9, 2

5 N

ov 12

, 22

Nov

15, 2

5 N

ov 18

Sun

a. 2

Sam

uel 2

3:1–

7

Ps

alm

132

:1–1

2

(1

3–18

)

Rev

elat

ion

1:4b

–8

John

5:2

1–29

or J

ohn

18:3

3–37

Mon

Ec

cles

iast

es 1

:1-1

1Tu

es

Eccl

esia

stes

2:1

-16

Wed

Ec

cles

iast

es 3

:1-1

5Th

ur

Eccl

esia

stes

8:1

4

- 9:

10Fr

i

Eccl

esia

stes

11:

9

- 12

:14

Sat

Ps

alm

25:

1-10

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1 3

Dec

06,

29

Nov

09,

2 D

ec 12

, 29

Nov

15, 2

Dec

18 …

Sun

Jere

mia

h 33

:14–

16

Psal

m 2

5:1–

10

1 Th

essa

loni

ans

3:

9–13

Luke

21:

25–3

6M

on

Jam

es 1

:1-1

5Tu

es

Jam

es 1

:16-

27W

ed

Jam

es 2

:1-1

3Th

ur

Jam

es 2

:14-

26Fr

i

Jam

es 3

:1-1

2Sa

t

Luke

1:6

8-79

AD

VEN

T 2

10 D

ec 0

6, 6

Dec

09,

9 D

ec 12

, 6

Dec

15, 9

Dec

18 …

Sun

Mal

achi

3:1

–4

Luke

1:6

8–79

P

hilip

pian

s 1:

3–11

Lu

ke 3

:1–6

Mon

Ja

mes

3:1

3 -

4:12

Tues

Ja

mes

4:1

3 -

5:6

Wed

Ja

mes

5:7

-12

Thur

Ja

mes

5:1

3-20

Fri

Ep

hesi

ans

1:1-

14Sa

t

Isai

ah 1

2:2-

6

AD

VEN

T 3

17 D

ec 0

6, 13

Dec

09,

16 D

ec 12

, 13

Dec

15, 1

6 D

ec 18

…Su

n Ze

phan

iah

3:14

–20

Isai

ah 1

2:2–

6

Phi

lippi

ans

4:4–

7

Luke

3:7

–18

Mon

Ep

hesi

ans

1:15

- 2

:7Tu

es

Ephe

sian

s 2:

8-22

Wed

Ep

hesi

ans

3:1-

13Th

ur

Ephe

sian

s 3:

14-2

1Fr

i

Ephe

sian

s 4:

1-16

Sat

Lu

ke 1

:(46b

)47-

55

AD

VEN

T 4

24 D

ec 0

6, 2

0 D

ec 0

9, 2

3 D

ec 12

, 20

Dec

15, 2

3 D

ec 18

…Su

n M

icah

5:2

–5a

Luke

1:(4

6b)4

7–55

or

Psa

lm 8

0:1–

7

Heb

rew

s 10

:5–1

0

Luke

1:3

9–45

(46–

55)

Not

e: F

ollo

w as

man

y of

the

days

bel

ow a

s com

e be

fore

C

hris

tmas

Eve

.M

on

Ephe

sian

s 4:

17-3

2Tu

es

Ephe

sian

s 5:

1-20

Wed

Ep

hesi

ans

5:21

- 6

:9Th

ur

Ephe

sian

s 6:

10-2

4Fr

i Ps

alm

98

CH

RIS

TMA

S E

VE/D

AY24

/25

Dec

R

eadi

ngs

from

any

of t

he

follo

win

g 3

Pro

pers

may

be

used

.

Pro

per

I Is

aiah

9:2

–7

Psal

m 9

6

Titu

s 2:

11–1

4

Luke

2:1

–14

(15–

20)

Pro

per

II Is

aiah

62:

6–12

Ps

alm

97

Ti

tus

3:4–

7

Luke

2:(1

–7) 8

–20

Pro

per

III

Isai

ah 5

2:7–

10

Psal

m 9

8

Heb

rew

s 1:

1–4

(5–1

2)

John

1:1

–14

Not

e: F

ollo

w th

e da

ted

days

be

low,

fi tti

ng in

the

Sund

ay(s

) wh

en th

ey c

ome.

26 D

ec

1 Jo

hn 1

:1-1

027

Dec

1

John

2:1

-11

28 D

ec

1 Jo

hn 2

:12-

1729

Dec

1

John

2:1

8-29

30 D

ec

1 Jo

hn 3

:1-1

0Sa

t bef

ore

Chr

istm

as 1

Psal

m 1

48

CH

RIS

TMA

S 1

Sun

1 Sa

mue

l 2:1

8–20

, 26

Psal

m 1

48

Col

ossi

ans

3:12

–17

Lu

ke 2

:41–

52

31 D

ec

Psal

m 8

Nam

e of

Jes

us

1 Ja

n Lu

ke 2

:15-

21Sa

t bef

ore

Chr

istm

as 2

Psal

m 1

47: 1

2-15

(16-

18)1

9,20

CH

RIS

TMA

S 2

Sun

Jere

mia

h 31

:7–1

4

Ps

alm

147

:12–

15

(16–

18) 1

9, 2

0

Ephe

sian

s 1:

3–14

John

1:(1

–9) 1

0–18

2

Jan

1

John

3:1

1-18

3 Ja

n

1 Jo

hn 3

:18

- 4:

64

Jan

1

John

4:7

-21

5 Ja

n

Psal

m 7

2:1-

7,10

-14

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

Jan

Isai

ah 6

0:1–

6

Ps

alm

72:

1–7,

10–

14

Ephe

sian

s 3:

1–12

Mat

thew

2:1

–12

Not

e: F

ollo

w as

man

y of

the

date

d da

ys b

elow

as c

ome

befo

re th

e ne

xt S

unda

y.7

Jan

1

John

5:1

-12

8 Ja

n

1 Jo

hn 5

:13-

219

Jan

Ps

alm

96

10 J

an

Psal

m 9

711

Jan

Ps

alm

111

Sat b

efor

e Ep

ipha

ny 1

Psal

m 2

9

EP

IPH

AN

Y 1

(Bap

tism

of o

ur L

ord)

7

Jan

07, 1

0 Ja

n 10

, 13

Jan

13,

10 Ja

n 16

, 13

Jan

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 4

3:1–

7

Ps

alm

29

Ac

ts 8

:14–

17

Lu

ke 3

:15–

17, 2

1, 2

2M

on

Mat

thew

1:1

-17

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

:18-

25W

ed

Mat

thew

2:1

-12

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

:13-

23Fr

i

Mat

thew

3:1

-12

Sat

Ps

alm

36:

5-10

EP

IPH

AN

Y 2

14 Ja

n 07

, 17

Jan

10, 2

0 Ja

n 13

, 17

Jan

16, 2

0 Ja

n 19

…Su

n Is

aiah

62:

1–5

Psal

m 3

6:5–

10

1 Co

rinth

ians

12:

1–11

Jo

hn 2

:1–1

1M

on

Mat

thew

3:1

3-17

Tues

M

atth

ew 4

:1-1

1W

ed

Mat

thew

4:1

2-17

Thur

M

atth

ew 4

:18-

25Fr

i

Mat

thew

5:1

-10

Sat

Ps

alm

19

EP

IPH

AN

Y 3

21 Ja

n 07

, 24

Jan

10, 2

7 Ja

n 13

, 24

Jan

16, 2

7 Ja

n 19

…Su

n N

ehem

iah

8:1–

3, 5

,

6, 8

–10

Psal

m 1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

12

:12–

31a

Lu

ke 4

:14–

21M

on

Mat

thew

5:1

1-16

Tues

M

atth

ew 5

:17-

20W

ed

Mat

thew

5:2

1-26

Thur

M

atth

ew 5

:27-

37Fr

i

Mat

thew

5:3

8-48

Sat

Ps

alm

71:

1-6

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EP

IPH

AN

Y 4

28 Ja

n 07

, 31 J

an 10

, 3 F

eb 13

, 31

Jan

16, 3

Feb

19 …

Je

rem

iah

1:4–

10

Psal

m 7

1:1–

6

1 C

orin

thia

ns

13

:1–1

3

Luke

4:2

1–30

Mon

M

atth

ew 6

:1-6

,16-

18Tu

es

Mat

thew

6:7

-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 6

:19-

24Th

ur

Mat

thew

6:2

5-34

Fri

M

atth

ew 7

:1-1

2Sa

t

Psal

m 1

38 (B

ut in

20

13 &

20

16, r

ead

Ps 2

; to

mor

row

(10

Feb

13,

7 F

eb 1

6)

is la

st S

unda

y af

ter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 5

4 Fe

b 07

, 7 F

eb 10

, 10

Feb

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 6

:1–8

(9–1

3)

Psal

m 1

38

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:1–1

1

Luke

5:1

–11

Mon

M

atth

ew 7

:13-

21Tu

es

Mat

thew

7:2

2-27

Wed

M

atth

ew 7

:28

- 8:

4Th

ur

Mat

thew

8:5

-17

Fri

M

atth

ew 8

:18-

27Sa

t

Psal

m 1

(But

in

2010

, rea

d Ps

2; t

omor

row

(14

Feb)

is la

st S

unda

y af

ter

Epi

phan

y, T

rans

fi gu

ratio

n)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 6

(Pro

per

1)11

Feb

07,

17 F

eb 19

…Su

n Je

rem

iah

17:5

–10

Psal

m 1

1

Cor

inth

ians

15:1

2–20

Luke

6:1

7–26

Mon

M

atth

ew 8

:28-

34Tu

es

Mat

thew

9:1

-8W

ed

Mat

thew

9:9

-17

Thur

M

atth

ew 9

:18-

26Fr

i

Mat

thew

9:2

7-34

Sat

Ps

alm

37:

1-11

,39,

40

(But

in 2

00

7, r

ead

Ps 2

; to

mor

row

(18

Feb)

is la

st

Sund

ay a

fter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 7

(Pro

per

2)24

Feb

19 …

Sun

Gen

esis

45:

3–11

, 15

Psal

m 3

7:1–

11,

39,4

0

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:33–

38, 4

2–50

Lu

ke 6

:27–

38M

on

Mat

thew

9:3

5 -

10:4

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

0:5-

15W

ed

Mat

thew

10:

16-2

3Th

ur

Mat

thew

10:

24-3

3Fr

i

Mat

thew

10:

34-4

2Sa

t

Psal

m 9

2:1-

4,12

-15

(But

in 2

019

, rea

d Ps

2;

tom

orro

w (3

Mar

) is l

ast

Sund

ay a

fter

Epi

phan

y,

Tran

sfi g

urat

ion)

EP

IPH

AN

Y 8

(Pro

per

3)Su

n Is

aiah

55:

10–1

3

Ps

alm

92:

1–4,

12

–15

1

Cor

inth

ians

15:5

1–58

Luke

6:3

9–49

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

1:1-

6Tu

es

Mat

thew

11:

7-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

1:16

-24

Thur

M

atth

ew 1

1:25

-30

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

2:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 9

9

TRA

NSF

IGU

RAT

ION

(L

ast S

un a

fter

Epi

phan

y)

18 F

eb 0

7, 14

Feb

10, 1

0 Fe

b 13

, 7

Feb

16, 3

Mar

19 …

Sun

Exod

us 3

4:29

–35

Psal

m 9

9

2 C

orin

thia

ns

3:

12 –

4:2

Luke

9:2

8–36

(37–

43)

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

2:15

-21

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

2:22

-32

Ash

Wed

nesd

ay

Joel

2:1

, 2, 1

2–17

or Is

aiah

58:

1–12

Psal

m 5

1:1–

17

2 C

orin

thia

ns 5

:20b

– 6:

10

Mat

thew

6:1

–6, 1

6–21

Thur

M

atth

ew 1

2:33

-42

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

2:43

-50

Sat

Ps

alm

91:

1,2,

9-16

LEN

T 1

25 F

eb 0

7, 2

1 Feb

10, 1

7 Fe

b 13

, 14

Feb

16, 1

0 M

ar 19

…Su

n D

eute

rono

my

26

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

91:

1, 2

,

9–

16

Rom

ans

10:8

b–13

Luke

4:1

–13

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

3:1-

17Tu

es

Mat

thew

13:

18-2

3W

ed

Mat

thew

13:

24-3

0Th

ur

Mat

thew

13:

31-3

5Fr

i

Mat

thew

13:

36-4

3Sa

t

Psal

m 2

7

LEN

T 2

4 M

ar 0

7, 2

8 Fe

b 10

, 24

Feb

13,

21 F

eb 16

, 17

Mar

19 …

Sun

Gene

sis 1

5:1–

12, 1

7, 1

8

Ps

alm

27

Ph

ilipp

ians

3:1

7 –

4:1

Lu

ke 1

3:31

–35

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

3:44

-52

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

3:53

-58

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

4:1-

12Th

ur

Mat

thew

14:

13-2

1Fr

i

Mat

thew

14:

22-3

6Sa

t

Psal

m 6

3:1-

8

LEN

T 3

11 M

ar 0

7, 7

Mar

10, 3

Mar

13,

28 F

eb 16

, 24

Mar

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 5

5:1–

9

Ps

alm

63:

1–8

1

Corin

thia

ns 1

0:1–

13

Luke

13:

1–9

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

5:1-

20Tu

es

Mat

thew

15:

21-2

8W

ed

Mat

thew

15:

29-3

9Th

ur

Mat

thew

16:

1-12

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

6:13

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

32

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T 4

18 M

ar 0

7, 14

Mar

10, 1

0 M

ar 13

, 6

Mar

16, 3

1 Mar

19 …

Sun

Josh

ua 5

:9–1

2

Ps

alm

32

2

Corin

thia

ns 5

:16–

21

Luke

15:

1–3,

11b

–32

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

6:21

-28

Tues

M

atth

ew 1

7:1-

13W

ed

Mat

thew

17:

14-2

7Th

u

Mat

thew

18:

1-9

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

8:10

-20

Sat

Ps

alm

126

LEN

T 5

25 M

ar 0

7, 2

1 Mar

10, 1

7 M

ar 13

, 13

Mar

16, 7

Apr

19 …

Sun

Isai

ah 4

3:16

–21

Psal

m 1

26

Phi

lippi

ans

3:4b

–14

Jo

hn 1

2:1–

8M

on

Mat

thew

18:

21-3

5Tu

es

Mat

thew

19:

1-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

9:16

-30

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

0:1-

16Fr

i

Mat

thew

20:

17-3

4Sa

t

Psal

m 1

18:1

,2,1

9-29

PALM

/PA

SSIO

N S

UN

DAY

AN

D H

OLY

WE

EK

1 Apr

07,

28

Mar

10, 2

4 M

ar 13

, 20

Mar

16, 1

4 A

pr 19

…Pa

lm

Luke

19:

28–4

0

Ps

alm

118

:1, 2

,

19

–29

Pass

ion

Is

aiah

50:

4–9a

Ps

alm

31:

9–16

P

hilip

pian

s 2:

5–11

Luke

22:

14 –

23:

56

or

Luk

e 23

:1–4

9

Mon

Is

aiah

42:

1–9

Psal

m 3

6:5–

11

Heb

rew

s 9:

11–1

5

John

12:

1–11

Tu

es

Isai

ah 4

9:1–

7

Ps

alm

71:

1–14

1

Cor

inth

ians

1:18

–31

Jo

hn 1

2:20

–36

Wed

Is

aiah

50:

4–9a

Ps

alm

70

H

ebre

ws

12:1

–3

Jo

hn 1

3:21

–32

Mau

ndy

Thur

sday

Ex

odus

12:

1–4

(5

–10)

11–

14

Psal

m 1

16:1

, 2,

12–1

9

1 C

orin

thia

ns

11

:23–

26

John

13:

1–17

, 31b

–35

Goo

d Fr

iday

Is

aiah

52:

13 –

53:

12

Psal

m 2

2

Heb

rew

s 10

:16–

25

or

Heb

rew

s 4:

14–1

6;

5:

7–9

Jo

hn 1

8:1

– 19

:42

Hol

y Sa

turd

ay

Job

14:1

–14

or

Lam

enta

tions

3:1–

9, 1

9–24

Ps

alm

31:

1–4,

15,

16

1

Pete

r 4:

1–8

M

atth

ew 2

7:57

–66

or

Joh

n 19

:38–

42

EA

STE

R D

AY

8 A

pr 0

7, 4

Apr

10, 3

1 Mar

13,

27 M

ar 16

, 21 A

pr 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

0:34

–43

or

Isai

ah 6

5:17

–25

Psal

m 1

18:1

, 2,

14–2

4

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:19–

26

or A

cts

10:3

4–43

John

20:

1–18

or L

uke

24:1

–12

Mon

Lu

ke 2

4:13

-49

Tues

1

Pete

r 1:

1-12

Wed

1

Pete

r 1:

13-2

5Th

ur

1 Pe

ter

2:1-

10Fr

i

1 Pe

ter

2:11

-25

Sat

Ps

alm

118

:14-

29

EA

STE

R 2

15 A

pr 0

7, 11

Apr

10, 7

Apr

13,

3 A

pr 16

, 28

Apr

19 …

Sun

Acts

5:2

7–32

Psal

m 1

18:1

4–29

or

Ps

150

R

evel

atio

n 1:

4–8

Jo

hn 2

0:19

–31

Mon

1

Pete

r 3:

1-12

Tues

1

Pete

r 3:

13 -

4:6

Wed

1

Pete

r 4:

7-19

Thur

1

Pete

r 5:

1-14

Fri

Ti

tus

1:1-

16Sa

t

Psal

m 3

0

EA

STE

R 3

22 A

pr 0

7, 18

Apr

10, 1

4 A

pr 13

, 10

Apr

16, 5

May

19 …

Sun

Acts

9:1

–6 (7

–20)

Ps

alm

30

R

evel

atio

n 5:

11–1

4

John

21:

1–19

Mon

Ti

tus

2:1-

15Tu

es

Titu

s 3:

1-15

Wed

2

Cor

inth

ians

1:1

-11

Thur

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

:12-

22Fr

i

2 C

orin

thia

ns 1

:23

-

2:17

Sat

Ps

alm

23

EA

STE

R 4

(Goo

d Sh

ephe

rd)

29 A

pr 0

7, 2

5 A

pr 10

, 21 A

pr 13

, 17

Apr

16, 1

2 M

ay 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 9

:36–

43

Psal

m 2

3

Rev

elat

ion

7:9–

17

Jo

hn 1

0:22

–30

Mon

2

Cor

inth

ians

3:1

-18

Tues

2

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

-12

Wed

2

Cor

inth

ians

4:1

3

- 5:

10Th

ur

2 C

orin

thia

ns 5

:11

-

6:2

Fri

2

Corin

thia

ns 6

:3 -

7:1

Sat

Ps

alm

148

EA

STE

R 5

6 M

ay 0

7, 2

May

10, 2

8 A

pr 13

, 24

Apr

16, 1

9 M

ay 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

1:1–

18

Psal

m 1

48

Rev

elat

ion

21:1

–6

John

13:

31–3

5M

on

2 C

orin

thia

ns 7

:2-1

6Tu

es

2 C

orin

thia

ns 8

:1-1

5W

ed

2 Co

rinth

ians

8:1

6-24

Thur

2

Cor

inth

ians

9:1

-15

Fri

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

0:1-

18Sa

t

Psal

m 6

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EA

STE

R 6

13 M

ay 0

7, 9

May

10, 5

May

13,

1 May

16, 2

6 M

ay 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 1

6:9–

15

Psal

m 6

7

Rev

elat

ion

21:1

0, 2

2

– 22

:5

Jo

hn 1

4:23

–29

or

Joh

n 5:

1–9

Mon

2

Cor

inth

ians

11:

1-

21a

Tues

2

Cor

inth

ians

11:2

1b-3

3W

ed

Psal

m 1

10A

scen

sion

Thur

Ac

ts 1

:1–1

1

Ps

alm

47

or

Psal

m 1

10

Ephe

sian

s 1:

15–2

3

Luke

24:

44–5

3 Fr

i

2 Co

rinth

ians

12:

1-10

Sat

Ps

alm

97

EA

STE

R 7

20 M

ay 0

7, 16

May

10, 1

2 M

ay 13

, 8

May

16, 2

Jun

19 …

Sun

Acts

16:

16–3

4

Ps

alm

97

R

evel

atio

n 22

:12–

14,

16

, 17,

20,

21

Jo

hn 1

7:20

–26

Mon

2

Cor

inth

ians

12:

11

-21

Tues

2

Corin

thia

ns 1

3:1-

14W

ed

Exod

us 1

:6-2

2 Th

ur

Exod

us 2

:1-2

2Fr

i

Exod

us 2

:23

- 3:

15Sa

t

Psal

m 1

04:2

4-34

,35b

PE

NTE

CO

ST

27 M

ay 0

7, 2

3 M

ay 10

, 19

May

13,

15 M

ay 16

, 9 Ju

n 19

…Su

n Ac

ts 2

:1–2

1

or G

enes

is 1

1:1–

9

Ps

alm

104

:24–

34,

35b

R

oman

s 8:

14–1

7

or A

cts

2:1–

21

John

14:

8–17

(25–

27)

Mon

Ex

odus

3:1

6 -

4:12

Tues

Ex

odus

4:1

4-31

Wed

Ex

odus

5:1

- 6

:1

Thur

Ex

odus

7:8

-24

Fri

Ex

odus

7:2

5 -

8:19

Sat

Ps

alm

8

TRIN

ITY

(Fir

st S

un a

fter

Pen

teco

st)

3 Ju

n 07

, 30

May

10, 2

6 M

ay 13

, 22

May

16, 1

6 Ju

n 19

…Su

n Pr

over

bs 8

:1–4

, 22–

31

Ps

alm

8

Rom

ans

5:1–

5

John

16:

12–1

5M

on

Exod

us 1

0:21

- 1

1:10

Tues

Ex

odus

12:

1-14

W

ed

Exod

us 1

2:29

-39

Thur

Ex

odus

13:

3-16

Fri

Exod

us 1

3:17

- 1

4:4

Sat

Psal

m fo

r the

Pro

per

Su

nday

tom

orro

w

(s

ee b

elow

)N

ote:

The

num

ber

of S

unda

ys

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost v

arie

s fro

m

year

to y

ear;

the

set o

f rea

ding

s (P

rope

r) fo

r th

e Se

cond

Sun

day

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost i

s cho

sen

so th

at

the

last

Sun

day

of th

e ch

urch

ye

ar is

alw

ays t

he sa

me.

Nex

t Sun

day

(Sec

ond

afte

r Pe

ntec

ost)

…fo

r 20

07, 1

0 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 5;

for

2010

, 6 J

une,

is P

rope

r 5;

for

2013

, 2 J

une,

is P

rope

r 4;

for

2016

, 29

May

, is

Pro

per

4fo

r 20

19, 2

3 Ju

ne, i

s P

rope

r 7

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 2

8 M

AY

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 3)

Sun

Isai

ah 5

5:10

–13

Psal

m 9

2:1–

4,

12–1

5

1 C

orin

thia

ns

15

:51–

58

Luke

6:3

9–49

Mon

M

atth

ew 1

0:40

- 11

:6Tu

es

Mat

thew

11:

7-15

Wed

M

atth

ew 1

1:16

-24

Thur

M

atth

ew 1

1:25

-30

Fri

M

atth

ew 1

2:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 9

6:1-

9N

ote:

Two

sets

of fi

rst

re

adin

gs (w

ith a

ccom

pany

ing

psal

ms)

are

pro

vide

d in

the

Rev

ised

Com

mon

Lec

tiona

ry

for

the

follo

wing

Sun

days

af

ter

Pent

ecos

t: (a

) a se

mi-

cont

inuo

us se

t, a

nd (b

) a se

t re

late

d th

emat

ical

ly to

the

gosp

els.

Onl

y th

e fi

rst s

et (a

) is

giv

en h

ere,

as b

eing

mor

e su

ited

to th

e pu

rpos

e of

this

ex

tend

ed le

ctio

nary

.

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

29

MAY

&

4 JU

NE

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 4)

2 Ju

n 13

, 29

May

16 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 1

8:20

, 21

(2

2–29

) 30–

39

Psal

m 9

6

Gal

atia

ns 1

:1–1

2

Luke

7:1

–10

Mon

Ex

odus

14:

5-22

Tu

es

Exod

us 1

4:23

-31

Wed

Ex

odus

15:

1-21

Th

ur

Exod

us 1

6:2-

22

Fri

Ex

odus

16:

23-3

6 Sa

t

Psal

m 3

0

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

5 &

11

JUN

E

(if a

fter

Tri

nity

) (P

rope

r 5)

10 Ju

n 07

, 6 Ju

n 10

, 9 Ju

n 13

, 5

Jun

16 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 1

7:8–

16

(1

7–24

)

Ps

alm

146

G

alat

ians

1:1

1–24

Luke

7:1

1–17

Mon

Ex

odus

17:

1-16

Tu

es

Exod

us 1

9:1-

16

Wed

Ex

odus

19:

16-2

5 Th

ur

Exod

us 2

0:1-

21Fr

i

Exod

us 3

2:1-

20

Sat

Ps

alm

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DAY

BE

TWE

EN

12

& 1

8 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

6)17

Jun

07, 1

3 Ju

n 10

, 16

Jun

13,

12 Ju

n 16

…Su

n a.

1 K

ings

21:

1–10

(11–

14) 1

5–21

a

Ps

alm

5:1

–8

Gal

atia

ns 2

:15–

21

Luke

7:3

6 –

8:3

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

1:10

-22

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

1:23

-32

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

1:33

-46

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

2:1-

14Fr

i

Mat

thew

22:

15-2

2Sa

t

Psal

m 2

2:19

-28

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

19

& 2

5 JU

NE

(if

aft

er T

rini

ty) (

Pro

per

7)24

Jun

07, 2

0 Ju

n 10

, 23

Jun

13,

19 Ju

n 16

, 23

Jun

19 …

Sun

a. 1

Kin

gs 1

9:1–

4

(5–7

) 8–1

5a

Ps

alm

42

and

43

G

alat

ians

3:2

3–29

Luke

8:2

6–39

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

2:23

-40

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

2:41

- 23

:12

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

3:13

-26

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

3:27

-39

Fri

M

atth

ew 2

4:1-

14Sa

t

Psal

m 1

6

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

26

JUN

E

& 2

JU

LY (P

rope

r 8)

1 Jul

07,

27

Jun

10, 3

0 Ju

n 13

, 26

Jun

16, 3

0 Ju

n 19

…Su

n a.

2 K

ings

2:1

, 2,

6–

14

Ps

alm

77:

1, 2

,

11

–20

G

alat

ians

5:1

, 13–

25

Lu

ke 9

:51–

62M

on

Mat

thew

24:

15-3

1Tu

es

Mat

thew

24:

32-5

1W

ed

Mat

thew

25:

1-13

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

5:14

-30

Fri

M

atth

ew 2

5:31

-46

Sat

Ps

alm

66:

1-9

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

3 &

9 J

ULY

(P

rope

r 9)

8 Ju

l 07,

4 Ju

l 10,

7 Ju

l 13,

3

Jul 1

6, 7

Jul 1

9 …

Sun

a. 2

Kin

gs 5

:1–1

4

Ps

alm

30

Ga

latia

ns 6

:(1–6

) 7–1

6

Luke

10:

1–11

, 16–

20M

on

Mat

thew

26:

1-16

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

6:17

-25

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

6:26

-35

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

6:36

-46

Fri

M

atth

ew 2

6:47

-56

Sat

Ps

alm

25:

1-10

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

10

& 1

6 JU

LY

(Pro

per

10)

15 Ju

l 07,

11 Ju

l 10,

14 Ju

l 13,

10

Jul 1

6, 14

Jul 1

9 …

Sun

a. A

mos

7:7

–17

Psal

m 8

2

Col

ossi

ans

1:1–

14

Lu

ke 1

0:25

–37

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

6:57

-68

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

6:69

-75

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

7:1-

10Th

ur

Mat

thew

27:

11-2

3Fr

i

Mat

thew

27:

24-3

1Sa

t

Psal

m 1

5

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

17

& 2

3 JU

LY

(Pro

per

11)

22 Ju

l 07,

18 Ju

l 10,

21 J

ul 13

, 17

Jul 1

6, 2

1 Jul

19 …

Sun

a. A

mos

8:1

–12

Psal

m 5

2

Col

ossi

ans

1:15

–28

Lu

ke 1

0:38

–42

Mon

M

atth

ew 2

7:32

-44

Tues

M

atth

ew 2

7:45

-54

Wed

M

atth

ew 2

7:55

-66

Thur

M

atth

ew 2

8:1-

10Fr

i

Mat

thew

28:

11-2

0Sa

t

Psal

m 1

38

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

24

& 3

0 JU

LY

(Pro

per

12)

29 Ju

l 07,

25

Jul 1

0, 2

8 Ju

l 13,

24

Jul 1

6, 2

8 Ju

l 19

…Su

n a.

Hos

ea 1

:2–1

0

Ps

alm

85

C

olos

sian

s 2:

6–15

(16–

19)

Lu

ke 1

1:1–

13M

on

Rom

ans

1:1-

15Tu

es

Rom

ans

1:16

-27

Wed

R

oman

s 1:

28 -

2:1

1Th

ur

Rom

ans

2:12

-24

Fri

R

oman

s 2:

25 -

3:8

Sat

Ps

alm

49:

1-12

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

31

JULY

&

6 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

13)

5 A

ug 0

7, 1

Aug

10, 4

Aug

13,

31 Ju

l 16,

4 A

ug 19

…Su

n a.

Hos

ea 1

1:1–

11

Ps

alm

107

:1–9

, 43

C

olos

sian

s 3:

1–11

Luke

12:

13–2

1M

on

Rom

ans

3:9-

20Tu

es

Rom

ans

3:21

-31

Wed

R

oman

s 4:

1-12

Thur

R

oman

s 4:

13-2

5Fr

i

Rom

ans

5:1-

11Sa

t

Psal

m 3

3:12

-22

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SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

7 &

13

AU

GU

ST (P

rope

r 14

)12

Aug

07,

8 A

ug 10

, 11 A

ug 13

, 7

Aug

16, 1

1 Aug

19 …

Sun

a. Is

aiah

1:1

, 10–

12

Ps

alm

50:

1–8,

22

, 23

H

ebre

ws

11:1

–3, 8

–16

Lu

ke 1

2:32

–40

Mon

R

oman

s 5:

12-2

1Tu

es

Rom

ans

6:1-

11W

ed

Rom

ans

6:12

-23

Thur

R

oman

s 7:

1-12

Fri

R

oman

s 7:

13-2

5Sa

t

Psal

m 8

2

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

14

&

20 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

15)

19 A

ug 0

7, 15

Aug

10, 1

8 A

ug 13

, 14

Aug

16, 1

8 A

ug 19

…Su

n a.

Isai

ah 5

:1–7

Psal

m 8

0:1,

2,

8–19

Heb

rew

s 11

:29

– 12

:2

Luke

12:

49–5

6M

on

Rom

ans

8:1-

11Tu

es

Rom

ans

8:12

-17

Wed

R

oman

s 8:

18-2

5Th

ur

Rom

ans

8:26

-30

Fri

R

oman

s 8:

31-3

9Sa

t

Psal

m 1

03:1

-8

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

21

&

27 A

UG

UST

(Pro

per

16)

26 A

ug 0

7, 2

2 A

ug 10

, 25

Aug

13

, 21 A

ug 16

, 25

Aug

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

1:4–

10

Ps

alm

71:

1–6

H

ebre

ws

12:1

8–29

Lu

ke 1

3:10

–17

Mon

R

oman

s 9:

1-18

Tues

R

oman

s 9:

19-3

3W

ed

Rom

ans

10:1

-13

Thur

R

oman

s 10

:14-

21Fr

i

Rom

ans

11:1

-12

Sat

Ps

alm

112

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

28

AU

GU

ST

& 3

SE

PTE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

17)

2 Se

p 07

, 29

Aug

10, 1

Sep

13,

28 A

ug 16

, 1 S

ep 19

…Su

n a.

Jer

emia

h 2:

4–13

Psal

m 8

1:1,

10–

16

Heb

rew

s 13

:1–8

,

15, 1

6

Luke

14:

1, 7

–14

Mon

R

oman

s 11

:13-

24Tu

es

Rom

ans

11:2

5-36

Wed

R

oman

s 12

:1-8

Thur

R

oman

s 12

:9-2

1Fr

i

Rom

ans

13:1

-7Sa

t

Psal

m 1

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

4 &

10

SE

PTE

MB

ER

(Pro

per

18)

9 Se

p 07

, 5 S

ep 10

, 8 S

ep 13

, 4

Sep

16, 8

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

18:1

–11

Psal

m 1

39:1

–6,

13–1

8

Phi

lem

on 1

–21

Lu

ke 1

4:25

–33

Mon

R

oman

s 1

3:8-

14Tu

es

Rom

ans

14:1

-12

Wed

R

oman

s 14

:13-

23Th

ur

Rom

ans

15:1

-13

Fri

R

oman

s 15

:14-

24Sa

t

Psal

m 5

1:1-

10

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

11

&

17 S

EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 19

)16

Sep

07,

12 S

ep 10

, 15

Sep

13,

11 S

ep 16

, 15

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

4:11

,

12, 2

2–28

Psal

m 1

4

1 Ti

mot

hy 1

:12–

17

Luke

15:

1–10

Mon

R

oman

s 15

:25-

33Tu

es

Rom

ans

16:1

-16

Wed

R

oman

s 16

:17-

27Th

ur

1 Sa

mue

l 1:1

-20

Fri

1

Sam

uel 1

:21

- 2:

11

Sat

Ps

alm

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EP

TEM

BE

R (P

rope

r 20

)23

Sep

07,

19 S

ep 10

, 22

Sep

13,

18 S

ep 16

, 22

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

8:18

– 9

:1

Ps

alm

79:

1–9

1

Tim

othy

2:1

–7

Lu

ke 1

6:1–

13M

on

1 Sa

mue

l 2:1

2-26

Tues

1

Sam

uel 3

:1-2

1W

ed

1 Sa

mue

l 4:1

-11

Thur

1

Sam

uel 4

:12-

22

Fri

1

Sam

uel 7

:2-1

7 Sa

t

Psal

m 1

46

SUN

DAY

BET

WEE

N 2

5 SE

PTE

MB

ER

& 1

OC

TOB

ER

(Pro

per

21)

30 S

ep 0

7, 2

6 Se

p 10

, 29

Sep

13,

25 S

ep 16

, 29

Sep

19 …

Sun

a. J

erem

iah

32:1

–3a,

6–

15

Ps

alm

91:

1–6,

14–

16

1 Ti

mot

hy 6

:6–1

9

Luke

16:

19–3

1M

on

1 Sa

mue

l 8:1

-22

Tues

1

Sam

uel 9

:1-1

4W

ed

1 Sa

mue

l 9:1

5 -

10:1

Thur

1

Sam

uel 1

0:1-

16

Fri

1

Sam

uel 1

0:17

-27

Sat

Ps

alm

37:

1-9

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YEAR

119

SUN

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2 &

8

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TOB

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per

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ct 16

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ct 19

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n a.

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enta

tions

1:1–

6

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m 3

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alm

137

2

Tim

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ke 1

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on

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l 11:

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l 13:

5-14

Th

ur

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l 15:

1-3,

7-23

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1

Sam

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5:24

-35

Sat

Ps

alm

111

SUN

DAY

BE

TWE

EN

9 &

15

OC

TOB

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(Pro

per

23)

14 O

ct 0

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Oct

10, 1

3 O

ct 13

, 9

Oct

16, 1

3 O

ct 19

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n a.

Jer

emia

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:1,

4–

7

Ps

alm

66:

1–12

2

Tim

othy

2:8

–15

Lu

ke 1

7:11

–19

Mon

1

Sam

uel 1

6:1-

13Tu

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1 Sa

mue

l 16:

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mue

l 17:

17-3

0 Th

ur

1 Sa

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l 17:

31-4

9 Fr

i

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l 17:

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18:4

Sat

Ps

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121

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22

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per

24)

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0 O

ct 13

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16, 2

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n a.

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34

Ps

alm

119

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104

2

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18

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1

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23

Thur

1

Sam

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22

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Ps

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SUN

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23

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n a.

Joe

l 2:2

3–32

Psal

m 6

5

2 Ti

mot

hy 4

:6–8

,

16–1

8

Luke

18:

9–14

Mon

1

Sam

uel 2

8:3-

20

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1

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uel 3

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13

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:1-1

6 Th

ur

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mue

l 2:1

-11

Fri

2

Sam

uel 5

:1-1

2Sa

t

Psal

m 3

2:1-

7

DAILY BIBLE READING GUIDE

SUN

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30

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&

5 N

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MB

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per

26)

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n a.

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2:1–

4

Ps

alm

119

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2

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salo

nian

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2

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19:

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2

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uel 1

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i

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t

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9

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per

27)

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0 N

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n a.

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17

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s 98

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per

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n a.

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ah 6

5:17

–25

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2

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essa

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ans

3:

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Luke

21:

5–19

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1

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gs 1

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es

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ings

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1

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ur

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i

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Sat

Ps

alm

46

SUN

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, LA

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CH

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AR

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per

29)

25 N

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ov 13

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n a.

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:1–6

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1:6

8–79

C

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0

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19:

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7

or L

uke

23:3

3–43

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2

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ter

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ter

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t

Psal

m 1

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end

of t

his w

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retu

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to th

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ginn

ing

of Y

ear A

.

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cont

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con

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1988

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tabl

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