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Septuagesima
70 days before Easter
by: Rev. Andrew Richard
Collect of the Day:
O Lord, graciously hear the prayers of Your people that we who justly suffer the consequence of our sin may be mercifully delivered by Your goodness to the glory of Your name; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Introit:
Psalm 18:1–2a, 27, 32, 49 (antiphon: Psalm 18:5–6a) — In my distress I called upon the Lord
Psalm:
Psalm 95:1–9 (antiphon: v. 6) — A reflection on the Old Testament reading
Old Testament Reading:
Exodus 17:1–7 — God’s people grumble against Him and despise His salvation
Gradual:
Psalm 9:9–10, 18–19a — Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail
Epistle:
1 Corinthians 9:24—10:5 — The Rock in the wilderness is Christ
Tract:
Psalm 130:1–4 — 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared
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