Direct the course of this world, Lord God, and order it in your peace, that your Church may serve you in serenity and quiet joy. 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 As a deer pants for flowing streams,

    so pants my soul for you, O God.

2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

   When shall I come and appear before God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night,

   while they say to me all the day long,

    “Where is your God?”

4 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul:

    how I would go with the throng

    and lead them in procession to the house of God

   with glad shouts and songs of praise,

    a multitude keeping festival.

5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,

    and why are you in turmoil within me?

   Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,

    my salvation  6 and my God.

Psalm 42 – English Standard Version

Readings for today from the Daily Lectionary

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Isaiah 40:25-31 – Ephesians 1:15-23 - Mark 1:14-28