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    The Collect of the Day

    Friday in Easter Week

    Almighty Father, who gave your only Son to die for our sins and to rise for our justification: Give us grace so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

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    1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    2Give thanks to the God of gods, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    3Give thanks to the Lord of lords, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    4Who only does great wonders, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    5Who by wisdom made the heavens, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    6Who spread out the earth upon the waters, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    7Who created great lights, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    8The sun to rule the day, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    9The moon and the stars to govern the night, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    10Who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    11And brought out Israel from among them, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    12With a mighty hand and a stretched-out arm, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    13Who divided the Red Sea in two, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    15But swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    16Who led his people through the wilderness, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    17Who struck down great kings, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    18And slew mighty kings, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    19Sihon, king of the Amorites, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    20And Og, the king of Bashan, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    21And gave away their lands for an inheritance, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    22An inheritance for Israel his servant, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    23Who remembered us in our low estate, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    24And delivered us from our enemies, *for his mercy endures for ever;

    25Who gives food to all creatures, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    26Give thanks to the God of heaven, *for his mercy endures for ever.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Exod. 13:1-2,11-16

    1 The Lord said to Moses: 2 Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine. 11 “When the Lord has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and has given it to you, 12 you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your livestock that are males shall be the Lord’s. 13 But every firstborn donkey you shall redeem with a sheep; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. Every firstborn male among your children you shall redeem. 14 When in the future your child asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall answer, ‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborn to the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord every male that first opens the womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16 It shall serve as a sign on your hand and as an emblem on your forehead that by strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”

    1 Cor. 15:51-58

    51 Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

    Luke 24:1-12

    1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5 The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” 8 Then they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.