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Absolution<br />
Almighty God, who forgives all who<br />
truly repent, have mercy on you,<br />
pardon and deliver you from all your<br />
sins, confirm and strengthen you in<br />
all goodness, and keep you in eternal<br />
life; Through Jesus Christ our Lord.<br />
Amen.<br />
Acclamation<br />
Praise the Lord, O my soul.<br />
And all that is within me, praise his<br />
holy Name.<br />
Praise the Lord, O my soul.<br />
And forget not all his benefits.<br />
He forgives all your sin:<br />
and heals your infirmities.<br />
The Lord is full of compassion and<br />
mercy, slow to anger and of great<br />
goodness.<br />
As far as the east is from the west:<br />
So far has he set our sins from us.<br />
Glory to the Father and to the Son:<br />
and to the Holy Spirit.<br />
As it was in the beginning, is now<br />
and shall be for ever. Amen.<br />
Collect of the day<br />
Lord of all power and might,<br />
the author and giver of all good<br />
things: Graft in our hearts the love of<br />
your name, increase in us true religion,<br />
nourish us with all goodness,<br />
and of your great mercy keep us in<br />
the same; through Jesus Christ our<br />
Lord. Amen.<br />
Ministry of the Word<br />
sit<br />
First Reading<br />
The first reading is from Paul’s letter<br />
to the Romans chapter 8 beginning<br />
at the 31st verse.<br />
What shall we say about such<br />
wonderful things? If God is for us,<br />
who can ever be against us? Since he<br />
did not spare even his own Son but<br />
gave him up for us all, won’t he also<br />
give us everything else? Who dares<br />
accuse us whom God has<br />
chosen for his own? No one—for<br />
God himself has given us right<br />
standing with himself. Who then will<br />
condemn us? No one—for Christ<br />
Jesus died for us and was raised to<br />
life for us, and he is sitting in the<br />
place of honour at God’s right hand,<br />
pleading for us.<br />
Can anything ever separate us from<br />
Christ’s love? Does it mean he no<br />
longer loves us if we have trouble<br />
or calamity, or are persecuted, or<br />
hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or<br />
threatened with death? (As the<br />
Scriptures say, “For your sake we<br />
are killed every day; we are being<br />
slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite<br />
all these things, overwhelming victory<br />
is ours through Christ, who loved us.<br />
And I am convinced that nothing can<br />
ever separate us from God’s love.<br />
Neither death nor life, neither angels<br />
nor demons, neither our fears for<br />
today nor our worries about<br />
tomorrow—not even the powers of<br />
hell can separate us from God’s love.<br />
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