Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, October 31

The Collect:Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; 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: Ruth 1:1-18 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 1 Psalm 146 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Deuteronomy 6:1-9 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 2 Psalm 119:1-8 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Hebrews 9:11-14 read from the World English Bible

Gospel: Mark 12:28-34 read from the Easy To Read Bible

Closing Prayer: On November 6 we celebrate the life of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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