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JEREMIAH
23:1-6
CANTICLE
19 (LUKE 1:68-79)
COLOSSIANS
1:11-20
LUKE
23:33-43
COLLECT
Almighty and
everlasting God,
whose will it is to restore all things
in your well-beloved Son, our Lord and King,
grant that the peoples of the earth,
now divided and enslaved by sin,
may be freed and brought together
under his gentle and loving rule;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.\
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A
READING FROM THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH
Woe to the shepherds
who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord.
Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the
shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my
flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to
them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord.
Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the
lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to
their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise
up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not
fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says
the Lord. The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will
raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king
and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in
the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in
safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: "The
Lord is our righteousness."
JEREMIAH 23:1-6
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CANTICLE
REFRAIN The dawn from
on high shall break upon us.
Blessed
be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people and set
them free.
He
has raised up for us a mighty Saviour, born of the house of his
servant David. R
Through
his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from
our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us.
He
promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy
covenant. R
This
was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, to set us free from
the hands of our enemies, free to worship him without fear, holy
and righteous in his sight all the days of our life. R
You,
my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you
will go before the Lord to prepare his way, to give his people
knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins.
In
the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break
upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of
death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. R
Glory
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was
in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. R
CANTICLE 19, BAS (LUKE 1:68-79)
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A
READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS
May you be made strong
with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may
you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully
giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the
inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the
power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his
beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all
creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were
created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or rulers or powers - all things have been created
through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in
him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the
church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that
he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all
the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was
pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in
heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
COLOSSIANS 1:11-20
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO LUKE
When they came to the
place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with
the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus
said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they
are doing." And they cast lots to divide his clothing. And
the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him,
saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the
Messiah of God, his chosen one!" The soldiers also mocked
him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, "If
you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also
an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."
One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and
saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"
But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God,
since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we
indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we
deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your
kingdom." He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will
be with me in Paradise."
LUKE 23:33-43
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