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Day 24 - Saturday after the Second Sunday of the Epiphany

Day 24 | January 24 | Job 19:1 – 21:34 Dates |2200 BC - 1800 BC | Could have occurred as late as the Exile (600 BC - 582 BC with the deportations) Reading | Job to his friends = how long will you torment me?; have pity on me for the hand of God has touched me; Zophar = doom of the wicked; Job answers = denies that only wicked suffer. Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 |  click here  | pp. 744 - 746 Next |  Day 25|January 25|Job 22:1 – 25:6 +++ A Prayer of Self-Dedication Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you; and then use us, we pray you, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. A Collect for Saturdays Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rest...

Day 22 - Thursday after the Second Sunday of the Epiphany

Read | Day 22|January 22|Job 12:1 – 14:22 Background | See previous posts on Job Reading | Job answers Zophar's first speech: I am a laughstock to my friends, I am not inferior to you, you are all worthless in helping me; let me have silence; God - why do you hide your face from me?; mortals die; God prevails forever. Next | Day 23|January 23|Job 15:1 – 18:21 +++ A  Collect for the Renewal of Life O God, the King eternal,  who divides the day from the night  and turns the shadow of death into the morning:  Drive far from us all wrong desires,  incline our hearts to keep your law,  and guide our feet into the way of peace;  that, having done your will with cheerfulness while it was day,  we may, when night comes,  rejoice to give you thanks;  through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Source | Morning Prayer | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer | Click here for today