Friday 14 April 2023 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Friday 14 April 2023  
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Daniel 12:1-4,13

‘At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your
people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has
never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that
time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in
the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth* shall
awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting
contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the
sky,* and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for
ever and ever. But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and the book
sealed until the time of the end. Many shall be running back and
forth, and evil* shall increase.’ But you, go your way,* and rest;
you shall rise for your reward at the end of the days.’
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Acts 4:1-12

While Peter and John* were speaking to the people, the priests, the
captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, much annoyed
because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus
there is the resurrection of the dead. So they arrested them and put
them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. But
many of those who heard the word believed; and they numbered about
five thousand.

 The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in
Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John,* and Alexander,
and all who were of the high-priestly family. When they had made the
prisoners* stand in their midst, they inquired, ‘By what power or by
what name did you do this?’ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,
said to them, ‘Rulers of the people and elders, if we are questioned
today because of a good deed done to someone who was sick and are
asked how this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you, and
to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in
good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,* whom you
crucified, whom God raised from the dead. This Jesus* is
“the stone that was rejected by you, the builders;
   it has become the cornerstone.”* 
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under
heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.’
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John 16:1-15
 
‘I have said these things to you to keep you from stumbling. They
will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when
those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering
worship to God. And they will do this because they have not known the
Father or me. But I have said these things to you so that when their
hour comes you may remember that I told you about them.

‘I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was
with you. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks
me, “Where are you going?” But because I have said these things to
you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless, I tell you the
truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go
away, the Advocate* will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him
to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about* sin
and righteousness and judgement: about sin, because they do not
believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father
and you will see me no longer; about judgement, because the ruler of
this world has been condemned.

 ‘I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them
now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the
truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he
hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will
glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will
take what is mine and declare it to you.
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Morning Psalms: Psalm 136

Psalm 136

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever. 
O give thanks to the God of gods,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever. 
O give thanks to the Lord of lords,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 

who alone does great wonders,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
who by understanding made the heavens,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
who spread out the earth on the waters,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
who made the great lights,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
the sun to rule over the day,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
the moon and stars to rule over the night,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 

who struck Egypt through their firstborn,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
and brought Israel out from among them,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
who divided the Red Sea* in two,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
and made Israel pass through the midst of it,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,*
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
who led his people through the wilderness,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
who struck down great kings,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
and killed famous kings,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
and Og, king of Bashan,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
and gave their land as a heritage,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
a heritage to his servant Israel,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever. 

It is he who remembered us in our low estate,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
and rescued us from our foes,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever; 
who gives food to all flesh,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever. 

O give thanks to the God of heaven,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever.
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 118

Psalm 118

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
   his steadfast love endures for ever! 

Let Israel say,
   ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ 
Let the house of Aaron say,
   ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ 
Let those who fear the Lord say,
   ‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’ 

Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
   the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. 
With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
   What can mortals do to me? 
The Lord is on my side to help me;
   I shall look in triumph on those who hate me. 
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
   than to put confidence in mortals. 
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
   than to put confidence in princes. 

All nations surrounded me;
   in the name of the Lord I cut them off! 
They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
   in the name of the Lord I cut them off! 
They surrounded me like bees;
   they blazed* like a fire of thorns;
   in the name of the Lord I cut them off! 
I was pushed hard,* so that I was falling,
   but the Lord helped me. 
The Lord is my strength and my might;
   he has become my salvation. 

There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:
‘The right hand of the Lord does valiantly; 
   the right hand of the Lord is exalted;
   the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.’ 
I shall not die, but I shall live,
   and recount the deeds of the Lord. 
The Lord has punished me severely,
   but he did not give me over to death. 

Open to me the gates of righteousness,
   that I may enter through them
   and give thanks to the Lord. 

This is the gate of the Lord;
   the righteous shall enter through it. 

I thank you that you have answered me
   and have become my salvation. 
The stone that the builders rejected
   has become the chief cornerstone. 
This is the Lord’s doing;
   it is marvellous in our eyes. 
This is the day that the Lord has made;
   let us rejoice and be glad in it.* 
Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
   O Lord, we beseech you, give us success! 

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.*
   We bless you from the house of the Lord. 
The Lord is God,
   and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
   up to the horns of the altar.* 

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
   you are my God, I will extol you. 

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
   for his steadfast love endures for ever.
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