Podcast: Play in new window | Download

The Collect: Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; 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 1:8-2:10 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 51:1-6 read from the Modern English Version Bible

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

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

Epistle: Romans 12:1-8 read from the New American Standard Bible

Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20 read from the New Century Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 30 we celebrate the life of Charles Chapman Grafton, Bishop of Fond du Lac, and Ecumenist. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

For a copy of today’s text in a PDF click here.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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 of the Old Testament: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Track 2 of the Old Testament: 1 Kings 19:9-18 Both will be read from The God’s Word Bible

Track 1 Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b, Track 2 Psalm 85:8-13: both will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Romans 10:5-15 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33 read from the International Children’s Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 14 we celebrate the life of Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Seminarian and Martyr. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

For a copy of today’s text in a PDF click here.