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Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer Saturday in Holy Week If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | 1 John 1:8, 9 | BCP p. 76 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Saturday| 15 April 2017 Ps. 95, 88; Ps. 27; Job 19:21–27a; Heb. 4:1–16 or Rom. 8:1–11 Psalm 88 | Individual Lament | Background Hear my crying my God, and prayer; I feel lost; Will the dead hear you? I feel lost; Are you mad at me? I am lonely and the dark is now my companion ... Hebrews 4 It is the good news to enter into the rest of God to the eternity; Some enter and some not; A Sabbath rest also is among us as a practice; God is everywhere who does not judge us because of Jesus; Romans 8 The law of the spirit has sent u...

Holy Saturday

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Jesus is laid in a tomb By Photo: Andreas Praefcke (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Daily Office Readings and Brief Reflections Opening Sentence Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Click here Today's Readings Saturday | 19 March 2016 | Holy Saturday/Vigil of Easter Ps. 95 88; Ps. 27; Lam. 3:37–58; Heb. 4:1–16; Rom. 8:1–11 Psalm 88 I am lost among the dead and not remembered; I regard your anger; I have called to you; do not let me die; who will praise you?  I pray each morning; I am a sinner and your judgement; I am alone in the dark. Lamentations 3 How can it happen if not given by God?; We have  transgressed  and we deserve your punishment because of our lack of faith; my enemies are after me; I called to you in the abyss; You have heard me and taken up my cause and redeemed me! Hebrews 4 We can all receive eternal rest ...