Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Aug. 9

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.

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Aug. 2

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: Genesis 32:22-31 Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 55:1-5 both will be read from the Christian Standard Bible

Track 1 Psalm 17: 1-7, 16 Track 2: Psalm 145: 8-9, 15-22 both will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Romans 9:1-5 read from the Douay-Rheims Bible

Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21 read from the English Standard Version Anglicised

Closing Prayer: On August 8th we celebrate the life of Dominic, Priest and Friar. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 26

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.

Old Testament: Genesis 29:15-28 or 1 Kings 3:5-12 both will be read from the World English Bible

Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128 or Psalm 119:129-136 all will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Romans 8:26-39 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 read from the Amplified Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 27th we remember William Reed Huntington, Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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