Daily Readings: April 7, 2024

The Second Sunday of Easter

Morning	Evening
Psalm 146 Psalm 147	Psalm 111 Psalm 112 Psalm 113
John 14:1-7 Exod. 14:5-22 1 John 1:1-7

The Collect of the Day

Second Sunday of Easter

Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

146

Lauda, anima meaBCP p. 803

¹Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul! *I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

²Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *for there is no help in them.

³When they breathe their last, they return to earth, *and in that day their thoughts perish.

⁴Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! *whose hope is in the Lord their God;

⁵Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *who keeps his promise for ever;

⁶Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, *and food to those who hunger.

⁷The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind; *the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

⁸The Lord loves the righteous; the Lord cares for the stranger; *he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.

⁹The Lord shall reign for ever, *your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah!

147

Laudate DominumBCP p. 804

¹Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God! *how pleasant it is to honor him with praise!

²The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; *he gathers the exiles of Israel.

³He heals the brokenhearted *and binds up their wounds.

⁴He counts the number of the stars *and calls them all by their names.

⁵Great is our Lord and mighty in power; *there is no limit to his wisdom.

⁶The Lord lifts up the lowly, *but casts the wicked to the ground.

⁷Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; *make music to our God upon the harp.

⁸He covers the heavens with clouds *and prepares rain for the earth;

⁹He makes grass to grow upon the mountains *and green plants to serve mankind.

¹⁰He provides food for flocks and herds *and for the young ravens when they cry.

¹¹He is not impressed by the might of a horse; *he has no pleasure in the strength of a man;

¹²But the Lord has pleasure in those who fear him, *in those who await his gracious favor.

¹³Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem; *praise your God, O Zion;

¹⁴For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; *he has blessed your children within you.

¹⁵He has established peace on your borders; *he satisfies you with the finest wheat.

¹⁶He sends out his command to the earth, *and his word runs very swiftly.

¹⁷He gives snow like wool; *he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

¹⁸He scatters his hail like bread crumbs; *who can stand against his cold?

¹⁹He sends forth his word and melts them; *he blows with his wind, and the waters flow.

²⁰He declares his word to Jacob, *his statutes and his judgments to Israel.

²¹He has not done so to any other nation; *to them he has not revealed his judgments. Hallelujah!

Daily Office Readings

⁵When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the minds of Pharaoh and his officials were changed toward the people, and they said, “What have we done, letting Israel leave our service?” ⁶So he had his chariot made ready, and took his army with him; ⁷he took six hundred picked chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. ⁸The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out boldly. ⁹The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his chariot drivers and his army; they overtook them camped by the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. ¹⁰As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord. ¹¹They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? ¹²Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone and let us serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” ¹³But Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. ¹⁴The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.” ¹⁵Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. ¹⁶But you lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the Israelites may go into the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷Then I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and so I will gain glory for myself over Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots, and his chariot drivers. ¹⁸And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gained glory for myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his chariot drivers.” ¹⁹The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them. ²⁰It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel. And so the cloud was there with the darkness, and it lit up the night; one did not come near the other all night. ²¹Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land; and the waters were divided. ²²The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.