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April 5 – Easter Day – Mark 16:6a BRIEF LESSONS Do not be alarmed… of , who was crucified, has been raised. For Prayers at Mid-Morning, Noon, and Mid-Afternoon April 12 – Easter 2 – :29b Advent 2014 through Pentecost 2015 (Year B) Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.

Division of Psalm 119 by verses April 19 – Easter 3 – :46 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Thus it is written, that the Christ is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the 1-8 25-32 49-56 81-88 105-112 129-136 153-160 third day. 9-16 33-40 57-64 89-96 113-120 137-144 161-168

17-24 41-48 65-72 97-104 121-128 145-152 169-176 April 26 – Easter 4 – John 10:14f.

I am the good Shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the These verses from the Sunday are used all week. Father knows me and I know the Father. These verses may also be used as antiphons for the Benedictus at Matins

and the at Vespers. May 3 – Easter 5 – John 15:5

I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them November 30 – Advent 1 – :31 bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

May 10 – Easter 6 – John 15:16 December 7 – Advent 2 – :7a, 8b You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear The one who is coming after me…will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. fruit, fruit that will last.

December 14 – Advent 3 – :7 May 14 – The Ascension of our Lord – Mark 16:15 (use this day only) John came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. through him.

May 17 – Easter 7 – John 17:17 December 21 – Advent 4 – Lake 1:35 Holy Father, sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. The Holy Spirit will come upon you, Mary… Therefore the child to be

born of you will be holy; he will be called Son of . May 24 – The Day of Pentecost – John 16:13a

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. December 24 – Christmas Eve – :15b

To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Readings for Compline Lord. Saturday – Romans 8:38-39 (LBW)

Sunday – Revelation 22:3c-5 (LH) December 25 – Christmas Day – John 1:14 Monday – 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 (LH) The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, Tuesday – 1 Peter 5:6-9a (LBW, LH, BCP) the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth. Wednesday – Matthew 11:28-30 (LBW, BCP)

Thursday – John 14:27 (LBW) December 28 – Christmas 1 – Luke 2:40 Friday – Jeremiah 14:9. 22 (LBW, LH, BCP) The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of

God was upon him.

January 1 – The Name of Jesus – Luke 2:21 Jesus was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan…and the The child was called Jesus, the name given by the before he was waited on him. conceived in the womb. March 1 – Lent 2 – :31 January 4 – Christmas 2 – John 1:18 The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected, and be No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s killed, and after three days rise again. heart has made him known. March 8 – Lent 3 – John 2:22 January 6 – The Epiphany of our Lord – Matthew 2:2b (used the rest of the After Jesus was raised from the dead, …his disciples believed the week) scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. We have observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage. March 15 – Lent 4 – John 3:14f. January 11 – The of our Lord – Mark 1:11 Jesus as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased. Man be lifted up, that whoever in him may have eternal life.

January 18 – Epiphany 2 – John 1:51 March 22 – Lent 5 – John 12:32 You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to myself. upon the Son of Man. March 25 – The to the Blessed Virgin Mary – :28, January 25 – Epiphany 3 – Mark 1:15 42 (use only on this day) The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent and Hail, Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among believe the good news. women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, [Jesus].

February 1 – Epiphany 4 – Mark 1:27b March 29 – Sunday of the Passion – :39 Jesus commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him. When the centurion saw that Jesus cried out and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!” February 2 – The Presentation of our Lord – Luke 2:34b, 35a (used only on this day) April 2 – Maundy Thursday – John 13:31 (use this day only) This child is destined to be a sign that will be opposed so that the thoughts of Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in many will be revealed. him.

February 8 – Epiphany 5 – Mark 1:39 April 3 – Good Friday – John 18:36 (use this day only) Jesus went throughout proclaiming he message in their synagogues These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled. and casting out demons. April 4 – Holy Saturday – John 18:42 (use this day only) February 15 – The Transfiguration of our Lord – :7b Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, This is my beloved Son; listen to him! they laid Jesus there.

February 18 – Ash Wednesday – Matthew 6:21 (used the rest of the week) Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. February 22 – Lent 1 – Mark 1:13