Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 23 Track 1 & Track 2

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 23, 2018

The Collect: Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: Proverbs 31:10-31 read from the Lexham English Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Jeremiah 11:18-20 read from the Lexham English Bible

Track 1: Psalm 1 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2: Psalm 54 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a read from The Message Bible

Gospel: Mark 9:30-37 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 23rd we remember Thecla, Apostle and proto-martyr among Women. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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