Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 11

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

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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