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Sunday 23rd February 2025
PSALM 65
Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. You who answer prayer, to you all people will come. When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, roaring of their waves, the turmoil of the nations. The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; morning dawns, where evening fades, call forth songs of joy.
You care for the land and water it; enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, so you have ordained it. You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops. You crown the year with your bounty, your carts overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; shout for joy and sing.
GOSPEL: ST LUKE 8: 22-25
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we're going to drown!”
He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.
In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.”
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