Thursday 27 March 2008 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Thursday 27 March 2008  
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Exodus 13:3-10

Moses said to the people, 'Remember this day on which you came out of
Egypt, out of the house of slavery, because the Lord brought you out
from there by strength of hand; no leavened bread shall be eaten. Today,
in the month of Abib, you are going out. When the Lord brings you into
the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and
the Jebusites, which he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land
flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this observance in this
month. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh
day there shall be a festival to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be
eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen in your
possession, and no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory.
You shall tell your child on that day, "It is because of what the Lord
did for me when I came out of Egypt." It shall serve for you as a sign
on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the teaching of
the Lord may be on your lips; for with a strong hand the Lord brought
you out of Egypt. You shall keep this ordinance at its proper time from
year to year.
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1 Corinthians 15:41-50

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and
another glory of the stars; indeed, star differs from star in glory.

 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable,
what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in
glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a
physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical
body, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written, 'The first
man, Adam, became a living being'; the last Adam became a life-giving
spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and
then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the
second man is* from heaven. As was the man of dust, so are those who are
of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of
heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will*
also bear the image of the man of heaven.

 What I am saying, brothers and sisters,* is this: flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the
imperishable.
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Matthew 28:16-20

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus
had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some
doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have
commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the
age.'*
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Morning Psalms:  Psalm 146, 147

Psalm 146

Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul! 
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
   I will sing praises to my God all my life long. 


Do not put your trust in princes,
   in mortals, in whom there is no help. 
When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
   on that very day their plans perish. 


Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
   whose hope is in the Lord their God, 
who made heaven and earth,
   the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith for ever; 
   who executes justice for the oppressed;
   who gives food to the hungry. 


The Lord sets the prisoners free; 
   the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
   the Lord loves the righteous. 
The Lord watches over the strangers;
   he upholds the orphan and the widow,
   but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. 


The Lord will reign for ever,
   your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!


Psalm 147

Praise the Lord!
How good it is to sing praises to our God;
   for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting. 
The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
   he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 
He heals the broken-hearted,
   and binds up their wounds. 
He determines the number of the stars;
   he gives to all of them their names. 
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
   his understanding is beyond measure. 
The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;
   he casts the wicked to the ground. 


Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
   make melody to our God on the lyre. 
He covers the heavens with clouds,
   prepares rain for the earth,
   makes grass grow on the hills. 
He gives to the animals their food,
   and to the young ravens when they cry. 
His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
   nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;* 
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
   in those who hope in his steadfast love. 


Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
   Praise your God, O Zion! 
For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
   he blesses your children within you. 
He grants peace* within your borders;
   he fills you with the finest of wheat. 
He sends out his command to the earth;
   his word runs swiftly. 
He gives snow like wool;
   he scatters frost like ashes. 
He hurls down hail like crumbs-
   who can stand before his cold? 
He sends out his word, and melts them;
   he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow. 
He declares his word to Jacob,
   his statutes and ordinances to Israel. 
He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
   they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the Lord!
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Evening Psalms:  Psalm 148, 149

Psalm 148

Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
   praise him in the heights! 
Praise him, all his angels;
   praise him, all his host! 


Praise him, sun and moon;
   praise him, all you shining stars! 
Praise him, you highest heavens,
   and you waters above the heavens! 


Let them praise the name of the Lord,
   for he commanded and they were created. 
He established them for ever and ever;
   he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.* 


Praise the Lord from the earth,
   you sea monsters and all deeps, 
fire and hail, snow and frost,
   stormy wind fulfilling his command! 


Mountains and all hills,
   fruit trees and all cedars! 
Wild animals and all cattle,
   creeping things and flying birds! 


Kings of the earth and all peoples,
   princes and all rulers of the earth! 
Young men and women alike,
   old and young together! 


Let them praise the name of the Lord,
   for his name alone is exalted;
   his glory is above earth and heaven. 
He has raised up a horn for his people,
   praise for all his faithful,
   for the people of Israel who are close to him.
Praise the Lord!


Psalm 149

Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
   his praise in the assembly of the faithful. 
Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
   let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. 
Let them praise his name with dancing,
   making melody to him with tambourine and lyre. 
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
   he adorns the humble with victory. 
Let the faithful exult in glory;
   let them sing for joy on their couches. 
Let the high praises of God be in their throats
   and two-edged swords in their hands, 
to execute vengeance on the nations
   and punishment on the peoples, 
to bind their kings with fetters
   and their nobles with chains of iron, 
to execute on them the judgement decreed.
   This is glory for all his faithful ones.
Praise the Lord!
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