Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Oct. 23

The Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; 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: Joel 2:23-32 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 65 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Sirach 35:12-17 read from New Revised Standard Version Anglicised Bible or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 84:1-6 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 read from the New American Standard Bible

Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 read from the New Century Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On October 24 we celebrate the life of Hiram Hisanori Kano, priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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