Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 8

The Collect: Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; 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 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 read from the Amplified Bible

Track 1 Psalm 130 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament 1 Kings 19:4-8 read from the Amplified Bible

Track 2 Psalm 34:1-8 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Ephesians 4:25-5:2 read from the Christian Standard Bible

The Gospel: John 6: 35, 41 – 51 read from the Douay-Rheims Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 9 we celebrate the life of Herman of Alaska, Missionary to the Aleut. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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