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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 19m

But I will talk of the God of Jacob, / and praise him for ever.
Psalm 75.11 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 424)

Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 49m

Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”
Luke 13.30 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 1h

Before they bear fruit, let them be cut down like a brier; * like thorns and thistles let them be swept away.
Psalm 58.9 (Book of Alternative Services, page 778)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 1h

of them. Ezekiel 38.8 (NRSV)

Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 1h

After many days you shall be mustered; in the latter years you shall go against a land restored from war, a land where people were gathered from many nations on the mountains of Israel, which had long lain waste; its people were brought out from the nations and now are living in safety, all

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 2h

How hateful it is that I must lodge in Meshech * and dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Psalm 120.5 (Book of Alternative Services, page 881)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 2h

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
and makes its nest on high?
Job 39.27 (NRSV)

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 3h

The body of Christ will be free

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 3h

O offspring of Abraham his servant, * O children of Jacob his chosen.
Psalm 105.6 (Book of Alternative Services, page 846)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 3h

Guest who has two thumbs and is doing a Reserve Sacrament service tomorrow?

This guy.

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 3h

And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this! Daniel 5.22 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 4h

The mountains skipped like rams, / and the little hills like young sheep.
Psalm 114.4 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 480)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 4h

So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.Daniel 6.28 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 5h

Remember the day of Jerusalem, O Lord, against the people of Edom, * who said, “Down with it! down with it! even to the ground!”
Psalm 137.7 (Book of Alternative Services, page 895)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 5h

The king said, “And where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back my grandfather’s kingdom.’ ” 2 Samuel 16.3 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 6h

As for me, I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth, / and praise him among the multitude.
Psalm 109.14 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 476)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 6h

I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
that which is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
Job 27.11 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 7h

Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause; * you set me free when I am hard-pressed; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.
Psalm 4.1 (Book of Alternative Services, page 707)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 7h

and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge. 1 Timothy 5.12 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 8h

There be some that put their trust in their wealth, / and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.
Psalm 49.6 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 391)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 8h

When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
Luke 5.11 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 9h

FOR he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; / the needy also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalm 72.12 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 418)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 9h

He sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Arameans, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites; he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets. 2 Kings 24.2 (NRSV)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 10h

A SLANDERER shall not prosper upon the earth: / evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow hhn.
Psalm 140.9 (1962 Book of Common Prayer, page 512)

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Maple Anglican @mapleanglican.bsky.social · 10h

Then you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord: I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with drunkenness. Jeremiah 13.13 (NRSV)

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