Lent

Friday in Lent

Friday, March 19, 2027

FIRST READING

Jeremiah 33:1-9

Verse 1. While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time: Verse 2. “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name: Verse 3. Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Verse 4. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword: Verse 5. The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness. Verse 6. Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. Verse 7. I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times. Verse 8. And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me. Verse 9. So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.

PSALM

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

Verse 1. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Verse 2. Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
Verse 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
Verse 20. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
Verse 21. I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
Verse 22. The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Verse 23. This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
Verse 24. This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Verse 25. O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
Verse 26. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
Verse 27. The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Verse 28. You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.
Verse 29. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

SECOND READING

Philippians 2:12-18

Verse 12. Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Verse 13. For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose. Verse 14. Do everything without complaining or arguing, Verse 15. so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world Verse 16. as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. Verse 17. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. Verse 18. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.