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The Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: Job 1:1; 2:1-10 read from the God’s Word Translation

Track 1 Psalm 26 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Genesis 2:18-24 read from the God’s Word Translation

Track 2 Psalm 8 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 read from the International Children’s Bible

Closing Prayer: On October 9, we celebrate the life of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell,

Medical Missionary. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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The Collect:O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; 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: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 read from the Christian Standard Bible

Track 1 Psalm 124 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29 read from the Christian Standard Bible

Track 2 Psalm 19:7-14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: James 5:13-20 read from the Douy-Rheims Bible

Gospel: Mark 9:38-50 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Closing Prayer: On October 3 we celebrate the life of John Raleigh Mott, Evangelist and Ecumenical Pioneer. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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The Collect: Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; 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 Proverbs 31:10-31 read from The Easy to Read Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm: 1 The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22 read from The New Revised Standard Bible or Jeremiah 11:18-20 read from The Easy to Read Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm 54 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

The Gospel Mark 9:30-37 read from the Amplified Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 24 we celebrate the life of Anna Ellison Butler Alexander. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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