Year: C(I). Psalm week: 3. Liturgical Colour: Violet or Black.
| Mid-morning reading | Romans 8:15-16 |
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The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’ The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God.
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| Noon reading | Romans 8:22-23 |
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From the beginning until now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait for our bodies to be set free.
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| Afternoon reading | 2 Timothy 1:9 |
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God has saved us and called us to be holy, not because of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time.
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