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Source | Mission St Clare Highlights from the Daily Office Lectionary Readings of 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  Sunday, June 5, 2016 Ps. 24  29; Ps. 8  84; Eccles. 6:1–12; Acts 10:9–23; Luke 12:32–40 Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord's and everything connected to it; pure people will receive a blessing from the God of Jacob; Who is the King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts - God is the King of Glory! Acts 10 Peter went to the roof and prayed and saw a vision about unclean; what God has made is clean. Peter goes off with Cornelius a Roman leader saw a vision to go get Peter and take him to his house. Luke 12 Jesus tells us not be afraid; God will provide all; be ready for action; be prepared; Jesus will come again at an unexpected hour. Tomorrow Monday, June 6, 2016 Ps. 56  57  [58]; ...

Opening Sentence | In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah 40:3 Read | Wednesday | 9 December 2015 Ps. 38; Ps. 119:25–48; Amos 8:1–14; Rev. 1:17—2:7; Matt. 23:1–12 Reading | Adriaan van Stalbemt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Psalm 38 -  Lord, heal me; don't strike me down; plots abound but I listen to you O Lord for you will answer me; I am in pain; I will confess my sin; I watch for slanders but they slander me because I follow you. literary type -  Individual lament ( click here ) Amos 8 - Amos sees a basket of fruit; the Lord says that I will not listen to them for they trample the needy, they will fall and thirst for they abandon me and my teachings. Revelation 1 & 2 -  John sees a vision of Jesus; Keys of the Kingdom; stars & lampstands = churches; enduring patiently but have forgotten love so repent; Remember the knowledge of God Matthew 23 - Listen to religious ...

Read |  Day 250 | Monday | September 7  Daniel 7: 1-14, 15-28  Daniel 8: 1-14, 15-27  Daniel 5: 1-12, 13-31  Dates| 559 -556 BC Reading | Daniel - dreams and sees four beasts; vision explained; vision of ram and goat and also explained; Gabriel comes and explains further; the Babylonian king sees writing, Daniel explains the writing, king is slain that night. Next |  Day 251 | Tuesday | September 8   Daniel 6: 1-28 Daniel 9: 1-19, 20-27 2   Chronicles 36: 22-23 Ezra 1: 1-11 1   Chronicles 3: 17-19a  +++ Philippians 1:1-11 (NRSV) … Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. It is right f...

Read | Day 249 | Sunday | September 6  Ezekiel 47: 1-12, 13-23  Ezekiel 48: 1-29, 30-35  Ezekiel 29: 17-21  Ezekiel 30: 1-19  2   Kings 25: 27-30  Jeremiah 52: 31-34  Reading | Ezekiel sees the river of healing coming from a new Temple; the 12 tribes land is divided; gates of the new city; Egypt is invaded by Babylon and conquered; Jehoiachin, king of Judah, is released from prison. Next | Day 250 |Monday | September 7  Daniel 7: 1-14, 15-28  Daniel 8: 1-14, 15-27  Daniel 5: 1-12, 13-31  +++ Collect of the Day: Pentecost, proper 18 Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen . For Mission O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and s...

Read |    Day 230 | Tuesday | August 18 |   Ezekiel 10: 1-22  Ezekiel 11: 1-13, 14-21, 22-25  Ezekiel 12: 1-20, 21-28  Ezekiel 13: 1-16, 17-23  Date | September 592 BC Ezekiel , as depicted by   Michelangelo  on the  Sistine Chapel ceiling wikipedia Reading | Ezekiel - vision of cherubim and glory of Lord leaving the Temple; sees the evil men who plot; God will bring the exiles back; sign of packing to leave to exile; false prophets bad - both men and women.  Source | Tyndale | The One Year Chronological Bible NIV | ISBN 978-1-4143-5993-9 | kindle edition Next |  Day 231 | Wednesday | August 19 | Ezekiel 14: 1-11, 12-23  Ezekiel 15: 1-8  Ezekiel 16: 1-34, 35-63 +++ Collect of the Day: Proper 15 Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily ...

Read |  Day 227 | Saturday | August 15 | Jeremiah 37: 11-21 Jeremiah 38: 1-13, 14-28a Ezekiel 1: 1-28 Ezekiel 2: 1– 3: 15 Background | Ezekiel |  ...  When the spirit of the prophecy came upon Ezekiel, he was standing by the river Chebar, a tributary of the Euphrates in Babylon. It was in the fifth year of the First Captivity, which had taken place during the reign of King   Jehoiachin ( Jechoniah ). Ezekiel was born in  Jerusalem  in a priestly family. His father's name was Buzi. When  Nebuchadnezzar , king of Babylon, carried off King Jehoiachim and the "flower" of  Judah  into exile in Babylon, Ezekiel was among this "First Captivity." In Jerusalem Nebuchadnezzar set up the deposed king's uncle  Zedekiah  on the throne, and made him swear allegiance to Babylon. This was in the year 3317, eleven years before the destruction of Jerusalem. (The Prophet  Habakkuk  flourished at that time in the Holy Land. The third cha...