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Monday - Lent 4

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Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Book of Common Praye r | Daily Office Reading Lent Opening Sentence- Jesus said,” If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34 | BCP p. 76 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings | Biblegateway.com Today |  Monday | 12 March 2018 Ps. 89:1-18 & 89:19-52 Gen. 49:1-28 1 Cor. 10:14––11:1 Mark 7:24-37 Psalm 89 I will sing about the Lord forever; The Lord promised David to be a royal line forever; Your faithfulness is all around us. You have a mighty arm; love and truth go before You; 1 Corinthians 10 Flee from idols; share the communion; Live in the liberty of God; be conscience of others; Be imitators of Christ Mark 7 Jesus went to Tyre and a woman who was a Gentile asked for her daughter to be healed; others were healed; and his fame went throughout the region as a healer. Do the...

Thursday - Pentecost 7 - Proper 11

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The healing of a man from Gerasene © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, via Wikimedia Commons Highlights & Mini-Bible Study | Daily Office Readings Book of Common Praye r Days of Pentecost Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. | Isaiah 45:8, NRSV| Enriching Our Worship 1, p.18 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Thursday | 27 July 2017 Ps. 50; Ps. [59 60] or 66 67; 1 Samuel 28:3–20; Acts 15:1–11; Mark 5:1–20 Psalm 50 | Liturgy | Background God has spoken and revealed God; Let the heavens declare the righteousness of God; Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Acts 15 | Certain individuals wanted new Christians to follow Jewish customs; Paul and Peter testified, “God gave the Gentiles the Holy Spirit. Why do we give them more burden?” Mark 5 | They came to...

Thursday - Pentecost 6 - Proper 10

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http://cn.wahooart.com/ Highlights & Mini-Bible Study | Daily Office Readings Book of Common Praye r, Days of Pentecost Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be always acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14| BCP p. 40 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Thursday | 20 July 2017 Ps. 37:1–18; Ps. 37:19–42; 1 Samuel 20:24–42; Acts 13:1–12; Mark 2:23—3:6 Psalm 37 | Wisdom | Background Don’t fret because of what others do but trust in the Lord; The wicked will be done and struck down; Acts 13 | In Antioch there were prophets and teachers; the Holy Spirit called for Barnabas and Saul to go to on a missionary tour; they went before a proconsul and the proconsul believed. Mark 2 | Background Jesus and his disciples grabbed grain and heal in violation of religious law; the Pharisees and the Herodians conspired against Jesus. S:...

Wednesday - Pentecost 19 - Proper 21

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Highlights Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 19th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 21 Pray Today | Ps. 101 109:1–4 (5–19) 20–30; Ps. 119:121–144; Hosea 4:11–19; Acts 21:15–26; Luke 5:27–39 Psalm 101 I will love mercy and justice, O Lord, as I seek you; I hate those that do evil; I will destroy them. Acts 21 Paul and his entourage arrived in Cypress and then Jerusalem; he met with the brothers who advised him to be viable in the Temple in observing the Jewish tradition; Paul took his group and went through purification and sacrificial observance in the Temple. Luke 5 Jesus calls Levi as a disciple; Levi throws a party in celebration: Religious leaders ask why Jesus hangs with sinners; Jesus - the sick are in need of a physician, not the well; He tells stories of new wine and wineskins? What is the “new wine” in you? Tomorrow | Ps. 8 148; Job 38:1–7; Hebrews 1:1–14; Ps. 34 150 or Ps. ...

Thursday - Pentecost 4 - Proper 6

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Jesus in Jeans Peter Royle [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Daily Office Reading from the Book of Common Prayer Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Philippians 1:2 Daily Office &  Pray  -  Click here Today |  Thursday | 16 June 2016 Ps. 88; Ps. 91  92; Num. 13:1–3  21–30; Rom. 2:25—3:8; Matt. 18:21–35 Psalm 88 NOAB - the prayer of the near hopeless individual; bleakest petition in the Psalms; the individual cries for help and feels abandon | I cry to you, where are you?; my enemies gather around me, have you abandoned me?; you put me into the pit, can you get me out?; I pray to you in the morning, where are you?... Numbers 13 The Lord tells Moses to send out spies to Canaan land Romans 2/3 Paul call for the circumcision of the heart not just a mark on the body; a sign of righteousness; not following rules but being transform...

Tuesday after the Third Sunday after Epiphany

Opening Sentence Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. + Isaiah 60:3 Read | Tuesday | 26 January 2016 | Ps. 45; Ps. 47 48; Gen. 15:1–11 17–21; Heb. 9:1–14; John 5:1–18 Reflection | (Sound Bites) Psalm 45  -  Literary type | Royal  |  click here . God rules; God rules Genesis 15 - God to Abraham - My promise will be with you. Hebrews 9 - the old sacrificial system is gone and replace by the perfect sacrifice ... the blood of Jesus. John 5 - Jesus heals to help someone walk despite what the established religious laws said. Today: Jesus make worship of God new. Sources |   Morning Office in Audio |   Click here Biblegateway.com |   Click here New Oxford Annotated Bible |  Click here Background | Paul | Introducing the New Testament |  Click here Next |  Wednesday | 27 January 2016 | Ps. 119:49–72; Ps. 49 [53]; Gen. 16:1–14; Heb. 9:15–28; ...