Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 16 Track 1 & 2

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 16, 2018

The Collect: O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: Proverbs 1:20-33 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 50:4-9a read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Track 1 Psalm 19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 116: 1-8: read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: James 3:1-12 read from the International Children’s Bible

Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 read from the King James Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 22nd we remember Philander Chase Bishop of Ohio,and Illinois. Read from A Great Cloud Of Witnesses.

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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Sept. 9, Track 1

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 09, 2018 Track 1

The Collect: Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicised

Psalm 125 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: James 2:1-17 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: Mark 7:24-37 read from the God’s Word Bible

Closing prayer: On September 10th we remember Alexander Crummell, Priest, Missionary and Educator. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 2

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, September 02, 2018

The Collect: Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

Old Testament: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Read from the New International Version Bible

Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: James 1:17-27 read from the New Living Translation

Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 7th we remember Elie Naud also known as Elias Neau, Huguenot Witness to the Faith, read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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