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Tenth Sunday after Penetcost, August 18

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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 18th, 2019

The Collect: Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: Isaiah 5:1-7 read from the Douay-Rheims Version Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:23-29 read from the Douay-Rheims Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 82 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Hebrews 11:29-12:2 read from the God’s Word Bible

Gospel: Luke 12:49-56 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 20 we celebrate the life of Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux.

Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 11

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 11, 2019

The Collect: Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; 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: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 read from the World English Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Genesis 15:1-6 read from the World English Bible

Track 1 Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 33:12-22 Read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 12:32-40 read from the American Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 12 we remember Florence Nightingale: Nurse, and Social Reformer. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, August 4

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 04, 2019

The Collect: Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; 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: Hosea 11:1-11 read from The New Living Translation Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 read from The New Living Translation Bible

Track 1 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 49:1-11 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 3:1-11 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 read from New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicised

Closing Prayer: On August 10th we remember Laurence Deacon, and Martyr at Rome. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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