Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 11

The Collect:O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 read from the Lexham English Bible

Track 1 Psalm 24 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Amos 7:7-15 read from the Lexham English Bible

Track 2 Psalm 85:8-13 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14 read from the Message

The Gospel: Mark 6:14-29 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 12 we celebrate the life of Nathan Söderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala and Ecumenist. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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