Good Friday

Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen(From the Gregorian Sacramentary, SBH, LBW)

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

   Why are you so far from saving me,

   from the words of my groaning?

2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,

   and by night, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are holy,

   enthroned on the praises of Israel.

4 In you our fathers trusted;

   they trusted, and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried and were rescued;

   in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worm and not a man,

   scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock me;

   they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

8 “He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;

   let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

                         

Psalm 22 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Wisdom 1:16-2:1,2:12-22  – 1 Peter 1:10-20 - John 19:38-42

Maundy Thursday

Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,

    for in you my soul takes refuge;

   in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,

    till the storms of destruction pass by.

2 I cry out to God Most High,

    to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

3 He will send from heaven and save me;

    he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah

   God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

4 My soul is in the midst of lions;

    I lie down amid fiery beasts—

    the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows,

    whose tongues are sharp swords.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

    Let your glory be over all the earth!

6 They set a net for my steps;

    my soul was bowed down.

    They dug a pit in my way,

    but they have fallen into it themselves.

                         

Psalm 57 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 20:7-11 – 1 Corinthians 10:14-17,11:27-32 - John 17:1-26

Wednesday of Holy Week

For our sake, O God, you willed that your Son should climb the scaffold of the cross to lift from our shoulders the dark yoke of Satan. Grant that we may come to share the grace and power of Christ’s resurrection. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.  Amen

1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;

    preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,

    from the throng of evildoers,

3 who whet their tongues like swords,

    who aim bitter words like arrows,

4 shooting from ambush at the blameless,

    shooting at him suddenly and without fear.

5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;

    they talk of laying snares secretly,

   thinking, “Who can see them?”

6  They search out injustice,

    saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”

    For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

7 But God shoots his arrow at them;

    they are wounded suddenly.

10 Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord

    and take refuge in him!

   Let all the upright in heart exult!

                         

Psalm 64 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 17:5-10,14-17 – Philippians 4:1-13 - John 12:27-36

Tuesday of Holy Week

All-powerful and ever-living God, enable us to celebrate worthily the mysteries of the Lord’s passion and death and so experience the grace of your tender pardon. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen

1 The Mighty One, God the Lord,

    speaks and summons the earth

    from the rising of the sun to its setting.

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

    God shines forth.

3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence;

    before him is a devouring fire,

    around him a mighty tempest.

4 He calls to the heavens above

    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

5 “Gather to me my faithful ones,

    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

6 The heavens declare his righteousness,

    for God himself is judge!

                         

Psalm 50 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 15:10-21 – Philippians 3:15-21 - John 12:20-26

Monday of Holy Week

All-powerful God, as often as we grow faint through human weakness, grant us new life and breath through the passion and death of your beloved Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen

1 I waited patiently for the Lord;

    he inclined to me and heard my cry.

2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,

    out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock,

    making my steps secure.

3 He put a new song in my mouth,

    a song of praise to our God.

   Many will see and fear,

    and put their trust in the Lord.

4 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust,

   who does not turn to the proud,

   to those who go astray after a lie!

5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,

    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;

    none can compare with you!

   I will proclaim and tell of them,

    yet they are more than can be told.

6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,

    but you have given me an open ear.

   Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;

    in the scroll of the book it is written of me:

8 I delight to do your will, O my God;

    your law is within my heart.”

                         

Psalm 40 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 12:1-16  – Philippians 3:1-14 - John 12:9-19

Thomas Ken

Almighty God, who gave to your servant Thomas Ken grace and courage to bear witness to the truth before rulers and kings: Give us strength also that, following his example, we may constantly defend what is right, boldly reprove what is evil, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and ever. Amen

8 The Lord is gracious and merciful,

    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9 The Lord is good to all,

    and his mercy is over all that he has made.

10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,

    and all your saints shall bless you!

11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom

    and tell of your power,

12 to make known to the children of man

     your mighty deeds,

    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

    and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

                         

Psalm 1 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 26:1-16  – Romans 11:1-12 - John 10:19-42

Cuthbert Of Lindisfarne
Almighty God, who called Cuthbert from following the flock to Be a shepherd of your people: Mercifully grant that, as he sought in dangerous and remote places those who had erred and strayed from your ways, so we may seek the indifferent and the lost, and lead them back to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.  Amen(From Lesser Feasts and Fasts)

1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,

   or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers.

2 But they delight in the law of the LORD,

   meditating on it day and night.

3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,

   bearing fruit each season.

   Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.

4 But not the wicked!

   They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.

5 They will be condemned at the time of judgment.

   Sinners will have no place among the godly.

6 For the LORD watches over the path of the godly,

   but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.

                         

Psalm 1 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 25:30-38 – Romans 10:14-21 - John 10:1-18

St. Joseph, Guardian of Our Lord

O God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience to your commands; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen

1 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;

    with my mouth I will make known

   your faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;

    in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”

3 You have said,

   “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

    I have sworn to David my servant:

4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever,

    and build your throne for all generations.’”

5 Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,

    your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!

6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

    Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,

7 a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,

    and awesome above all who are around him?

                         

Psalm 89 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 25:8-17 – Romans 10:1-13 - John 9:18-41

In your wisdom, O God, you have provided remedies for our human weakness. Grant that we may joyfully accept your healing grace and show its effect in the holiness of our lives. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

19 But you, O Lord, do not be far off!

    O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

20 Deliver my soul from the sword,

    my precious life from the power of the dog!

21 Save me from the mouth of the lion!

    You have rescued[c] me from the horns of the wild oxen!

22 I will tell of your name to my brothers;

    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!

    All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,

    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!

24 For he has not despised or abhorred

    the affliction of the afflicted,

    and he has not hidden his face from him,

    but has heard, when he cried to him.

                         

Psalm 22 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 23:1-8 – Romans 8:28-39 - John 6:52-59

God of forgiveness, listen graciously to our prayers, so that, corrected by penance and formed by good works, we may faithfully observe your commandments and come without fault to the celebration of Easter. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever. Amen

1  O God, we have heard with our ears,

    our fathers have told us,

    what deeds you performed in their days,

    in the days of old:

2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,

    but them you planted;

    you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;

3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,

    nor did their own arm save them,

    but your right hand and your arm,

    and the light of your face,

    for you delighted in them.

4 You are my King, O God;

    ordain salvation for Jacob!

5 Through you we push down our foes;

    through your name we tread down

    those who rise up against us.

                         

Psalm 44 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 22:13-23 – Romans 8:12-27 - John 6:41-51

God of mercy, you reward the just for the good they do and forgive repentant sinners; take pity on us and answer our prayer, that as we confess our guilt we may hear the voice of your  pardon. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

1 By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept,

    when we remembered Zion.

2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres.

3 For there our captors required of us songs,

   and our tormentors, mirth, saying,

    “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How shall we sing the Lord's song

    in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

    let my right hand forget its skill!

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,

    if I do not remember you,

    if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!

                         

Psalm 137 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 18:1-11 – Romans 8:1-11 - John 6:27-40

Gregory the Great

Almighty and merciful God, guiding your people with kindness and governing with love, you raised up Gregory of Rome to be a servant of the servants of God: Give the Spirit of wisdom to those whom you call to be servants of your church and that your people, growing in holiness and fruitful in every good work, may receive the crown of glory that never fades away; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

(Philip H. Pfatteicher after Lesser Feasts and Fasts)

6 They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down.

   They dug a pit in my way,

    but they have fallen into it themselves.

7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast!

    I will sing and make melody!

8  Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre!

    I will awake the dawn!

9 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;

    I will sing praises to you among the nations.

10 For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,

    your faithfulness to the clouds.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

    Let your glory be over all the earth!

                         

Psalm 57 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 17:19-27 – Romans 7:13-25 - John 6:16-27

In the mystery of your saving plan, O God, you wonderfully renew the world; grant that your Church may be guided by your eternal decrees and never lack your help here on earth. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills.

    From where does my help come?

2 My help comes from the Lord,

    who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot be moved;

    he who keeps you will not slumber.

4 Behold, he who keeps Israel

    will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord is your keeper;

    the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

6 The sun shall not strike you by day,

    nor the moon by night.

7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;

    he will keep your life.

8 The Lord will keep

    your going out and your coming in

    from this time forth and forevermore.

    O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

                         

Psalm 121 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 16:10-21 – Romans 7:1-12 - John 6:1-15

Merciful Lord, pour forth your grace into our hearts, that its power may restrain our unruly desires and keep us true to your words of eternal life. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

14 I am poured out like water,

    and all my bones are out of joint;

    my heart is like wax;

    it is melted within my breast;

15 my strength is dried up like a potsherd,

    and my tongue sticks to my jaws;

    you lay me in the dust of death.

16 For dogs encompass me;

    a company of evildoers encircles me;

    they have pierced my hands and feet—

17 I can count all my bones—

    they stare and gloat over me;

18 they divide my garments among them,

    and for my clothing they cast lots.

19 But you, O Lord, do not be far off!

    O you my help, come quickly to my aid!

                         

Psalm 22 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 11:1-8, 14-20 – Romans 6:1-11 - John 8:33-47

Please note that Sunday worship this week will include the rite of healing. The option to receive an anointing for healing will also be available.

Perpetua and Her Companions

O God the King of saints, who strengthened your servants Perpetua and Felicitas and their companions to make a good confession, staunchly resisting, for the cause of Christ, the claims of human affection, and encouraging one another in their time of trial: Grant that we who cherish their blessed memory may share their pure and steadfast faith, and win with them the palm of victory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen

1 I will bless the Lord at all times;

    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;

    let the humble hear and be glad.

3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,

    and let us exalt his name together!

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me

    and delivered me from all my fears.

5 Those who look to him are radiant,

    and their faces shall never be ashamed.

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him

    and saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord encamps

    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

                         

Psalm 34 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 10:11-24 – Romans 5:12-21 - John 8:12-20

God of wisdom, throughout these forty days you instruct your people and nourish them with your word of life. Teach us through self-denial to bind our hearts to your service and make us one through constant prayer. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

8 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness

    because of my enemies;

    make your way straight before me.

9 For there is no truth in their mouth;

    their inmost self is destruction;

    their throat is an open grave;

    they flatter with their tongue.

10 Make them bear their guilt, O God;

    let them fall by their own counsels;

    because of the abundance of their transgressions

    cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;

    let them ever sing for joy,

   and spread your protection over them,

    that those who love your name may exult in you.

12 For you bless the righteous, O Lord;

    you cover him with favor as with a shield.

                         

Psalm 5 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 8:18-9:6 – Romans 5:1-11 - John 8:12-20

Do not forsake us, Lord, in this time of penance, but by your grace confirm your power within us and renew our dedication to your holy service. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!

    Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,

    for those who fear him have no lack!

10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;

    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

11 Come, O children, listen to me;

    I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12 What man is there who desires life

    and loves many days, that he may see good?

13 Keep your tongue from evil

    and your lips from speaking deceit.

14 Turn away from evil and do good;

    seek peace and pursue it.

                         

Psalm 34 – English Standard Version

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Jeremiah 7:21-34  – Romans 4:13-25 - John 7:37-52

Lord God, we pray that your endless mercy may cleanse and protect your Church; and, since it cannot stand firm without you, guide and govern it always by your grace. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen

1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

    you who lead Joseph like a flock.

   You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

2  Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,

   stir up your might and come to save us!

3 Restore us, O God;

    let your face shine, that we may be saved!

4 O Lord God of hosts,

    how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears

    and given them tears to drink in full measure.

6 You make us an object of contention for our neighbors,

    and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 Restore us, O God of hosts;

    let your face shine, that we may be saved!

                         

Psalm 16 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Jeremiah 7:1-15 – Romans 4:1-12 - John 7:14-36