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<p class="MsoNormal">DAILY LECTIONARY</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Daniel 12:1-4,13<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">‘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.’<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Acts 4:1-12</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>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</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“the stone that was rejected by you, the builders;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>it has become the cornerstone.”*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John 16:1-15</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">‘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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">‘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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘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.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morning Psalms: Psalm 136</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 136</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the God of gods,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the Lord of lords,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">who alone does great wonders,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who by understanding made the heavens,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who spread out the earth on the waters,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who made the great lights,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the sun to rule over the day,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the moon and stars to rule over the night,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">who struck Egypt through their firstborn,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and brought Israel out from among them,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who divided the Red Sea* in two,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and made Israel pass through the midst of it,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who led his people through the wilderness,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who struck down great kings,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and killed famous kings,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sihon, king of the Amorites,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and Og, king of Bashan,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and gave their land as a heritage,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a heritage to his servant Israel,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is he who remembered us in our low estate,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and rescued us from our foes,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">who gives food to all flesh,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the God of heaven,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Evening Psalms: Psalm 118</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 118</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>his steadfast love endures for ever!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let Israel say,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let the house of Aaron say,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let those who fear the Lord say,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘His steadfast love endures for ever.’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Out of my distress I called on the Lord;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With the Lord on my side I do not fear.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What can mortals do to me?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord is on my side to help me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is better to take refuge in the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>than to put confidence in mortals.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is better to take refuge in the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>than to put confidence in princes.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All nations surrounded me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the name of the Lord I cut them off!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the name of the Lord I cut them off!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They surrounded me like bees;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>they blazed* like a fire of thorns;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the name of the Lord I cut them off!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was pushed hard,* so that I was falling,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but the Lord helped me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord is my strength and my might;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he has become my salvation.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the right hand of the Lord is exalted;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I shall not die, but I shall live,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and recount the deeds of the Lord.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord has punished me severely,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but he did not give me over to death.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Open to me the gates of righteousness,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>that I may enter through them</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and give thanks to the Lord.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is the gate of the Lord;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the righteous shall enter through it.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thank you that you have answered me</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and have become my salvation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The stone that the builders rejected</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>has become the chief cornerstone.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is the Lord’s doing;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>it is marvellous in our eyes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is the day that the Lord has made;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>let us rejoice and be glad in it.*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We bless you from the house of the Lord.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord is God,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and he has given us light.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bind the festal procession with branches,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>up to the horns of the altar.*</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you are my God, I will extol you.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for his steadfast love endures for ever.</p>
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