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Tuesday June 6 - Morning
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Tuesday June 6 - Morning

Ini Kopuria

Recommended liturgies
ANZPB pp69-71 or pp114-116

The readings are those set for Morning Prayer for June 6.

Psalm 5
2 Chronicles 28
Romans 4:1-13
Collect

Psalm 5

¹ Listen to my words, Lord,
 consider my lament.
² Hear my cry for help,
 my King and my God,
 for to you I pray.

³ In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
 in the morning I lay my requests before you
 and wait expectantly.
⁴ For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;
 with you, evil people are not welcome.
⁵ The arrogant cannot stand
 in your presence.
You hate all who do wrong;
 ⁶ you destroy those who tell lies.
The bloodthirsty and deceitful
 you, Lord, detest.
⁷ But I, by your great love,
 can come into your house;
in reverence I bow down
 toward your holy temple.

⁸ Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness
 because of my enemies —
 make your way straight before me.
⁹ Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
 their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;
 with their tongues they tell lies.
¹⁰ Declare them guilty, O God!
 Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,
 for they have rebelled against you.
¹¹ But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
 let them ever sing for joy.
Spread your protection over them,
 that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

¹² Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;
 you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be for ever. Amen.

2 Chronicles 28

¹ Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord. ² He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols for worshiping the Baals. ³ He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his children in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. ⁴ He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.

⁵ Therefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus.

He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him. ⁶ In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah—because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors. ⁷ Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king. ⁸ The men of Israel took captive from their fellow Israelites who were from Judah two hundred thousand wives, sons and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.

⁹ But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because the Lord, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven. ¹⁰ And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the Lord your God? ¹¹ Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the Lord’s fierce anger rests on you.”

¹² Then some of the leaders in Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—confronted those who were arriving from the war. ¹³ “You must not bring those prisoners here,” they said, “or we will be guilty before the Lord. Do you intend to add to our sin and guilt? For our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger rests on Israel.”

¹⁴ So the soldiers gave up the prisoners and plunder in the presence of the officials and all the assembly. ¹⁵ The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow Israelites at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria.

¹⁶ At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria for help. ¹⁷ The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners, ¹⁸ while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages. ¹⁹ The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the Lord. ²⁰ Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. ²¹ Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.

²² In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord. ²³ He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel.

²⁴ Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and cut them in pieces. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem. ²⁵ In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of his ancestors.

²⁶ The other events of his reign and all his ways, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. ²⁷ Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.

Romans 4:1-13

¹³ It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. ¹⁴ For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, ¹⁵ because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

¹⁶ Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. ¹⁷ As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

¹⁸ Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” ¹⁹ Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. ²⁰ Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, ²¹ being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. ²² This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” ²³ The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, ²⁴ but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. ²⁵ He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Collect

God of all tribes, islands and nations,
you called your servant, Ini Kopuria,
to take the light of Christ to those who lived in darkness:
inspire our hearts with the same love of you,
so that we may become faithful messengers of your gospel,
and in word and action
share the good news of salvation with all people;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Tuesday June 6 - Evening

Ini Kopuria

Recommended liturgies
ANZPB pp72-74 or pp116-118

The readings are those set for Evening Prayer for June 6.

Psalm 9
Joshua 7:16-end
Luke 10:38-end
Collect

Psalm 9

¹ I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
 I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
² I will be glad and rejoice in you;
 I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

³ My enemies turn back;
 they stumble and perish before you.
⁴ For you have upheld my right and my cause,
 sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
⁵ You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
 you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.
⁶ Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
 you have uprooted their cities;
 even the memory of them has perished.

⁷ The Lord reigns forever;
 he has established his throne for judgment.
⁸ He rules the world in righteousness
 and judges the peoples with equity.
⁹ The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
 a stronghold in times of trouble.
¹⁰ Those who know your name trust in you,
 for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹ Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;
 proclaim among the nations what he has done.
¹² For he who avenges blood remembers;
 he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

¹³ Lord, see how my enemies persecute me!
 Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ that I may declare your praises
 in the gates of Daughter Zion,
 and there rejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵ The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
 their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
¹⁶ The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
 the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
¹⁷ The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,
 all the nations that forget God.
¹⁸ But God will never forget the needy;
 the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

¹⁹ Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph;
 let the nations be judged in your presence.
²⁰ Strike them with terror, Lord;
 let the nations know they are only mortal.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be for ever. Amen.

OT

¹⁶ Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen. ¹⁷ The clans of Judah came forward, and the Zerahites were chosen. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was chosen. ¹⁸ Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.

¹⁹ Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

²⁰ Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: ²¹ When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. ²³ They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.

²⁴ Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor. ²⁵ Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”

Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. ²⁶ Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since.

Luke 10:38-end

³⁸ As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

⁴¹ “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, ⁴² but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Collect

God of all tribes, islands and nations,
you called your servant, Ini Kopuria,
to take the light of Christ to those who lived in darkness:
inspire our hearts with the same love of you,
so that we may become faithful messengers of your gospel,
and in word and action
share the good news of salvation with all people;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.