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<p class="MsoNormal">DAILY LECTIONARY</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deuteronomy 34:1-12<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar. The Lord said to him, ‘This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, “I will give it to your descendants”; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.’ Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord’s command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigour had not abated. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the Lord had commanded Moses.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. He was unequalled for all the signs and wonders that the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Romans 10:14-21</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? And how are they to proclaim him unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’ But not all have obeyed the good news;* for Isaiah says, ‘Lord, who has believed our message?’ So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.*</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘Their voice has gone out to all the earth,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and their words to the ends of the world.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>with a foolish nation I will make you angry.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘I have been found by those who did not seek me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.’</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But of Israel he says, ‘All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matthew 24:32-51</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">‘From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he* is near, at the very gates. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son,* but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day* your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves* their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions. But if that wicked slave says to himself, “My master is delayed”, and he begins to beat his fellow-slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know. He will cut him in pieces* and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morning Psalms: Psalm 20, 21</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 20</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord answer you in the day of trouble!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The name of the God of Jacob protect you!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May he send you help from the sanctuary,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and give you support from Zion.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May he remember all your offerings,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and regard with favour your burnt sacrifices.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Selah</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">May he grant you your heart’s desire,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and fulfil all your plans.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May we shout for joy over your victory,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and in the name of our God set up our banners.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May the Lord fulfil all your petitions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now I know that the Lord will help his anointed;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he will answer him from his holy heaven</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>with mighty victories by his right hand.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They will collapse and fall,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>but we shall rise and stand upright.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Give victory to the king, O Lord;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>answer us when we call.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 21</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In your strength the king rejoices, O Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and in your help how greatly he exults!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You have given him his heart’s desire,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and have not withheld the request of his lips.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Selah</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For you meet him with rich blessings;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you set a crown of fine gold on his head.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He asked you for life; you gave it to him—</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>length of days for ever and ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His glory is great through your help;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>splendour and majesty you bestow on him.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You bestow on him blessings for ever;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you make him glad with the joy of your presence.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the king trusts in the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your hand will find out all your enemies;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>your right hand will find out those who hate you.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You will make them like a fiery furnace</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>when you appear.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and fire will consume them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You will destroy their offspring from the earth,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and their children from among humankind.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If they plan evil against you,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For you will put them to flight;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>you will aim at their faces with your bows.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We will sing and praise your power.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Evening Psalms: Psalm 110, 116, 117</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 110</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord says to my lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘Sit at my right hand</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">until I make your enemies your footstool.’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord sends out from Zion</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>your mighty sceptre.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rule in the midst of your foes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Your people will offer themselves willingly</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>on the day you lead your forces</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>on the holy mountains.*</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the womb of the morning,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>like dew, your youth* will come to you.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘You are a priest for ever according to the order of Melchizedek.’*</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord is at your right hand;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He will execute judgement among the nations,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>filling them with corpses;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">he will shatter heads</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>over the wide earth.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He will drink from the stream by the path;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>therefore he will lift up his head.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 116</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I love the Lord, because he has heard</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>my voice and my supplications.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Because he inclined his ear to me,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>therefore I will call on him as long as I live.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The snares of death encompassed me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I suffered distress and anguish.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then I called on the name of the Lord:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘O Lord, I pray, save my life!’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>our God is merciful.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Lord protects the simple;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>when I was brought low, he saved me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Return, O my soul, to your rest,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For you have delivered my soul from death,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>my eyes from tears,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>my feet from stumbling.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I walk before the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the land of the living.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I kept my faith, even when I said,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘I am greatly afflicted’;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I said in my consternation,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>‘Everyone is a liar.’</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What shall I return to the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>for all his bounty to me?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will lift up the cup of salvation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and call on the name of the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will pay my vows to the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the presence of all his people.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Precious in the sight of the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>is the death of his faithful ones.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">O Lord, I am your servant;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I am your servant, the child of your serving-maid.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You have loosed my bonds.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and call on the name of the Lord.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will pay my vows to the Lord</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in the presence of all his people,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">in the courts of the house of the Lord,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in your midst, O Jerusalem.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Psalm 117</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord, all you nations!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Extol him, all you peoples!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For great is his steadfast love towards us,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Praise the Lord!</p>
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