Morning Prayer

Lv 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37 The LORD said to Moses,“These are the festivals of the LORD which you shall celebrateat their proper time with a sacred assembly.The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month,at the evening twilight.The fifteenth day of this month is the LORD’s feast of Unleavened Bread.For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.On the first of these days you shall hold a sacred assemblyand do no sort of work.On each of the seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD.Then on the seventh day you shall again hold a sacred assemblyand do no sort of work.”The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the children of Israel and tell them:When you come into the land which I am giving you,and reap your harvest,you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvestto the priest, who shall wave the sheaf before the LORDthat it may be acceptable for you.On the day after the sabbath the priest shall do this.“Beginning with the day after the sabbath,the day on which you bring the wave-offering sheaf,you shall count seven full weeks,and then on the day after the seventh week, the fiftieth day,you shall present the new cereal offering to the LORD.“The tenth of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement,when you shall hold a sacred assembly and mortify yourselvesand offer an oblation to the LORD.“The fifteenth day of this seventh month is the LORD’s feast of Booths,which shall continue for seven days.On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly,and you shall do no sort of work.For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the LORD,and on the eighth day you shall again hold a sacred assemblyand offer an oblation to the LORD.On that solemn closing you shall do no sort of work.“These, therefore, are the festivals of the LORDon which you shall proclaim a sacred assembly,and offer as an oblation to the LORD burnt offerings and cereal offerings,sacrifices and libations, as prescribed for each day.”