Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, August 4

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 04, 2019

The Collect: Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; 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: Hosea 11:1-11 read from The New Living Translation Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 read from The New Living Translation Bible

Track 1 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 49:1-11 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 3:1-11 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 read from New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicised

Closing Prayer: On August 10th we remember Laurence Deacon, and Martyr at Rome. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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