Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 28

The Collect: Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; 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: Jeremiah 2:4-13 read from Lexham English Bible

Track 1 Psalm 81:1, 10-16 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Sirach 10:12-18 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Track 2 Old Testament Proverbs 25: 6-7 read from the Lexham English Bible

Track 2 Psalm 112 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 read from The Message

Gospel: Luke 14:1, 7-14 read from The Modern English Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 30 we celebrate the life of Charles Chapman Grafton Bishop of Fond du Lac, and Ecumenist. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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