Psalm 113:1-3 ¹ Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. ² Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore. ³ From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.

Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen

Luke 23:26–31 ²⁶As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus. ²⁷A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. ²⁸But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’ ³⁰At that time‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’ ³¹For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Take a moment of personal prayer.

Hebrews 13:20-21 ²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, ²¹ equip you with every good thingto do His will. And may He accomplish in uswhat is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.