Daily Bible Readings

Taken from the Daily Lectionary of the Lutheran Hymnal

Ember Friday

Liturgical Color: Red

Introit

LET MY || mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day, Hal- | le- | lu- | jah:
    My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. Hal- | le- | lu- | jah.|| 
In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to con- | fu- | sion:
    Deliver me in Thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline Thine ear unto | me, | and | save | me.

Psalm Readings

Matins:

Vespers:

Collect

O merciful God, we beseech Thee that Thy church, which was gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may nowise be troubled by hostile attack, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

First Reading: Joel 2:23-27

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Gradual

In place of a Gradual, the Sequence hymn for Pentecost, Veni, Sancte Spiritus

Second Reading: Luke 5:17-26

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.