4 April
Psalm 44:23-26 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off for ever!
24 Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? 25 For we sink down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. 26 Rise up, come to our help. Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.
Job 3:10-15 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, and hide trouble from my eyes. 11 ‘Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire? 12 Why were there knees to receive me, or breasts for me to suck? 13 Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest 14 with kings and counsellors of the earth who rebuild ruins for themselves,
15 or with princes who have gold, who fill their houses with silver.
John 20:24-27 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.’ 26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ 27 Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.’
These scripture readings relate to the Colman readings (Buechner’s ABC) in Celtic Daily Prayer Book 2.