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Thursday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent

Daily Readings from Book of Common Prayer & Reflections Background - Click About listed on the right column Morning Office - Pray the Prayers - Click Sources listed on the right column Today's Readings Thursday | 10 March 2016 Ps. 69:1–23 (24–30) 31–38; Ps. 73; Exod. 1:6–22; 1 Cor. 12:12–26; Mark 8:27—9:1 Psalm 69 Help me, Lord, I am deep in trouble; please deliver me from them; Answer me because of your love and abundant mercy; punish them; I will praise you forever. Exodus 1 - Background - Click here The King trying to limit the population of slaves, commands every man child to be killed; the midwifes disobeyed the King for they loved God. 1 Corinthians 12 Paul continues his instruction to his congregation at Corinth; he uses the image of a body and all the parts as how the diversity in the Body of Christ comes together as one body functioning together. Mark 8 Peter declares Jesus as the Messiah; Jesus predicts his death and resurrection. Today - God deliv...

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

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Opening Sentence From the rising of the sun to its setting my Name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to my Name, and a pure offering; for my Name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.  + Malachi 1:11 Read | Sunday | 31 January 2016 | Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Ps. 24 29; Ps. 8 84; Gen. 18:16–33; Gal. 5:13–25; Mark 8:22–30 Reflection | Psalm 24  -  Literary type | Liturgy/Misc.  |  click here . The earth is the Lord's and all there in; who can be there? the pure in heart; The king of glory shall come in; Who? the Lord of Hosts. Genesis 18 - Abraham dickers with God over the fate of Sodom; 40, 30,20, 10 - for their sake I will save it. Galatians 5 - become slaves to one another in love; Love you neighbor as yourself; listing of the sins of the flesh in contrast to the fruits of the Spirit; if we live by the Spirit let us be guided by the Spiri...