26 March 2012
Today is also the Feast of the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. Please refer to the link at the right for more information about this feast.
Our story today is about Job's Troubles.
The scriptural basis for this story can be found in Job 5.
"Blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not reject the chastisement of the Lord. For he wounds and he cures; he strikes and his hands will heal. He will deliver you into six tribulations, and in the seventh, evil will not touch you. During famine, he will rescue you from death, and during war, from the hand of the sword. You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you will not fear calamity when it arrives. In desolation and in famine, you will laugh, and you will not dread the beasts of the earth. For you are in harmony with the stones of the land, and the beasts of the earth will make peace with you. And you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin. Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth."
Readings of the Day:
Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10
Psalm 40:7-11
Hebrews 10:4-10
Luke 1:23-38
Collect for the Day:
"O God, who willed that your Word should take on the reality of human flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, grant, we pray, that we, who confess our Redeemer to be God and man, may merit to become partakers even in his divine nature. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen."
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