Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Oct. 11

The Collect: Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works; 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:Exodus 32:1-14 read from the New International Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 25:1-9 read from The New International Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm 23 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Philippians 4:1-9 read from the New Living Translation Bible

Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14 red from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On October 14 we celebrate the life of Samuel Isaac Joseph Scherechewsky, Bishop of Shanghai,. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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:Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm 19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 5:1-7 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm 80:7-14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Philippians 3:4b-14 read from the New American Standard Bible

Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46 read from the New Century Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On October 10 we celebrate the life of Vida Dutton Scudder, Educator and Witness for Peace. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 27

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: Exodus 17:1-7 read from the International Children’s Bible

Track 1 Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 read from the read from the International Children’s Bible

Track 2 Psalm 25:1-8: read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Philippians 2:1-13 read from the Lexham English Bible

Gospel: Matthew 21:23-32 read from the Message Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 30 we celebrate the life of Jerome, Priest, and Monk of Bethlehem. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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