Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, July 25

The Collect:O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; 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: 2 Samuel 11:1-15 read from the New Living Translation

Track 1 Psalm 14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: 2 Kings 4:42-44 read from the New Living Translation

Track 2 Psalm: 145:10-19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 3:14-21 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: John 6:1-21 read from the New Revised Standard Version Anglicized

Closing Prayer: On July 29 we celebrate the First Ordination of Women to the Priesthood in The Episcopal Church. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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