11 March
Psalm 139:2-3, 5 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. 3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.
John 16:21 When a woman is in labour, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.
These scripture readings relate to the Colman readings (A Celtic Inheritance) in Celtic Daily Prayer Book 2.