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    The Collect of the Day

    Saturday in Easter Week

    We thank you, heavenly Father, that you have delivered us from the dominion of sin and death and brought us into the kingdom of your Son; and we pray that, as by his death he has recalled us to life, so by his love he may raise us to eternal joys; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

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    Exaltabo te, DeusBCP p. 801

    1I will exalt you, O God my King, *and bless your Name for ever and ever.

    2Every day will I bless you *and praise your Name for ever and ever.

    3Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; *there is no end to his greatness.

    4One generation shall praise your works to another *and shall declare your power.

    5I will ponder the glorious splendor of your majesty *and all your marvelous works.

    6They shall speak of the might of your wondrous acts, *and I will tell of your greatness.

    7They shall publish the remembrance of your great goodness; *they shall sing of your righteous deeds.

    8The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, *slow to anger and of great kindness.

    9The Lord is loving to everyone *and his compassion is over all his works.

    10All your works praise you, O Lord, *and your faithful servants bless you.

    11They make known the glory of your kingdom *and speak of your power;

    12That the peoples may know of your power *and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

    13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; *your dominion endures throughout all ages.

    14The Lord is faithful in all his words *and merciful in all his deeds.

    15The Lord upholds all those who fall; *he lifts up those who are bowed down.

    16The eyes of all wait upon you, O Lord, *and you give them their food in due season.

    17You open wide your hand *and satisfy the needs of every living creature.

    18The Lord is righteous in all his ways *and loving in all his works.

    19The Lord is near to those who call upon him, *to all who call upon him faithfully.

    20He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; *he hears their cry and helps them.

    21The Lord preserves all those who love him, *but he destroys all the wicked.

    22My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; *let all flesh bless his holy Name for ever and ever.

    Daily Office Readings

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    2 Cor. 4:16-5:10

    16 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, 18 because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling— 3 if indeed, when we have taken it off we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan under our burden, because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6 So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord— 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil.

    Exod. 13:17-14:4

    17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, “If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people by the roundabout way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt prepared for battle. 19 And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph who had required a solemn oath of the Israelites, saying, “God will surely take notice of you, and then you must carry my bones with you from here.” 20 They set out from Succoth, and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. 21 The Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day, to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, so that they might travel by day and by night. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people. 1 Then the Lord said to Moses: 2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall camp opposite it, by the sea. 3 Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has closed in on them.’ 4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, so that I will gain glory for myself over Pharaoh and all his army; and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

    Mark 12:18-27

    18 Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ‘if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.’ 20 There were seven brothers; the first married and, when he died, left no children; 21 and the second married her and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise; 22 none of the seven left children. Last of all the woman herself died. 23 In the resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had married her.” 24 Jesus said to them, “Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 He is God not of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong.”