Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 27

The Collect:Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; 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: Joel 2:23-32 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, Anglicized

Track 2 Old Testament: Sirach 35:12-17 or Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, Anglicized

Track 1 Psalm:Psalm 65 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 84:1-6 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 read from the World English Bible

Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On November 3 we remember Richard Hooker, Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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