Just spotted this via Discerning Reader – Chiastic structure of Ruth. Stuff like this makes me go all tingly – the beauty of the text. A (1:1-5) Emptied: family/home/provision; lost husband and 2 sons; no future; this section contains 71 …

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Almighty God, by whose providence your servant John the Baptist       was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Saviour by the preaching of repentance: lead us to repent according to his preaching and, after his …

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