O God, you have restored our human nature and raised us to a dignity higher than we had at the beginning: Look with favor upon the wonderful mystery of love, and preserve for ever the gifts of your grace and heavenly benediction in those who in Holy Baptism have been reborn through Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
(From the Gelasian Sacramentary)

7 O God, when you went out before your people,
   when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
8 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
   before God, the One of Sinai,
   before God, the God of Israel.
9 Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;
   you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 your flock[a] found a dwelling in it;
   in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy
19 Blessed be the Lord,
   who daily bears us up;
   God is our salvation.
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
   and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
Psalm 68 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary
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Exodus 34:1-17 - 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 - Matthew 5:21-26