Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 15

The Collect:Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 1 Psalm 111 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament Proverbs 9:1-6 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 2 Psalm 34:9-14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Ephesians 5:15-20 read from the Gods Word Translation

The Gospel John 6: 51 – 58 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 18 we celebrate the life of William Porcher DuBose, Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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