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Sunday May 28 - Morning
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Sunday May 28

The Day of Pentecost

Recommended liturgies
ANZPB pp58-60 or pp104-106

The readings are those set for Morning Prayer for the day of Pentecost.

Psalm 87
Genesis 11:1-9
Acts 10:34-48
Collect

Psalm 87

¹ He has founded his city on the holy mountain.
² The Lord loves the gates of Zion
 more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.

³ Glorious things are said of you,
 city of God:
⁴ “I will record Rahab and Babylon
 among those who acknowledge me —
Philistia too, and Tyre, along with Cush —
 and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
⁵ Indeed, of Zion it will be said,
 “This one and that one were born in her,
 and the Most High himself will establish her.”
⁶ The Lord will write in the register of the peoples:
 “This one was born in Zion.”

⁷ As they make music they will sing,
 “All my fountains are in you.”

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.

Genesis 11:1-9

¹ Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. ² As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.

³ They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. ⁴ Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

⁵ But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. ⁶ The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. ⁷ Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

⁸ So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. ⁹ That is why it was called Babel —because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

Acts 10:34-48

³⁴Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favouritism ³⁵but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. ³⁶You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. ³⁷You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached — ³⁸how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

³⁹“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, ⁴⁰but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. ⁴¹He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ⁴²He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. ⁴³All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

⁴⁴While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. ⁴⁵The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. ⁴⁶For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God.

Then Peter said, ⁴⁷“Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.” ⁴⁸So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

Collect

Father,
you have filled your people with the Spirit
who rested first on your Son
and united us in your Church;
open the channels for your Spirit
that we may freely work together,
and your kingdom and your rule increase;
for the glory of your holy name.
Amen.

Sunday May 28 - Evening

The Day of Pentecost

Recommended liturgies
ANZPB pp60-63 or pp107-109

The readings are those set for Evening Prayer for the Day of Pentecost.

Psalms 67 amp; 133
Joel 2:21-32
Acts 2:14-21
Collect

Psalms 67 amp; 133

Psalm 67

¹ May God be gracious to us and bless us
 and make his face shine on us—
² so that your ways may be known on earth,
 your salvation among all nations.

³ May the peoples praise you, God;
 may all the peoples praise you.
⁴ May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
 for you rule the peoples with equity
 and guide the nations of the earth.
⁵ May the peoples praise you, God;
 may all the peoples praise you.

⁶ The land yields its harvest;
 God, our God, blesses us.
⁷ May God bless us still,
 so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Psalm 133

¹ How good and pleasant it is
 when God’s people live together in unity!

² It is like precious oil poured on the head,
 running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
 down on the collar of his robe.
³ It is as if the dew of Hermon
 were falling on Mount Zion.
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,
 even life forevermore.

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.

Joel 2:21-32

²¹ Do not be afraid, land of Judah;
 be glad and rejoice.
 Surely the Lord has done great things!
²² Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
 for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.
The trees are bearing their fruit;
 the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
²³ Be glad, people of Zion,
 rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
 because he is faithful.
He sends you abundant showers,
 both autumn and spring rains, as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
 the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—
 the great locust and the young locust,
 the other locusts and the locust swarm—
 my great army that I sent among you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
 and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
 who has worked wonders for you;
 never again will my people be shamed.
²⁷ Then you will know that I am in Israel,
 that I am the Lord your God,
 and that there is no other;
 never again will my people be shamed.

²⁸ “And afterward,
 I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
 your old men will dream dreams,
 your young men will see visions.
²⁹ Even on my servants, both men and women,
 I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
³⁰ I will show wonders in the heavens
 and on the earth,
 blood and fire and billows of smoke.
³¹ The sun will be turned to darkness
 and the moon to blood
 before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
³² And everyone who calls
 on the name of the Lord will be saved;
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
 there will be deliverance,
 as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors
 whom the Lord calls.

Acts 2:14-21

¹⁴ Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. ¹⁵ These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! ¹⁶ No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷ “‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
¹⁸ Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
¹⁹ I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰ The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
²¹ And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Collect

Father,
you have filled your people with the Spirit
who rested first on your Son
and united us in your Church;
open the channels for your Spirit
that we may freely work together,
and your kingdom and your rule increase;
for the glory of your holy name.
Amen.