Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, August 4

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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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 28

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, July 28, 2019

The Collect: O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; 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 1:2-10 read from the New American Standard Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Genesis 18:20-32 read from the New American Standard Bible

Track 1 Psalm:85 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 138 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 2:6-19 read from the New Century Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 11:1-13 read from the New International Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 31 we celebrate the life of Ignatius of Loyola, Priest and Monastic. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Sunday July 14

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, July 14, 2019

The Collect:O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track One Old Testament: Amos 7:7-17 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Track Two Old Testament: Deuteronomy 30:9-14 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

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

Track Two Psalm Psalm 25:1-9 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 1:1-14 read from the International Children’s Bible

Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 read from the King James Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 17th we celebrate the life of William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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