Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 13

The Collect: Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Track 1

Old Testament: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Psalm 20 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2

Old Testament: Ezekiel 17:22-24 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Psalm 92:1-4,11-14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 5:6-17 read from the New Revised Standard Version Anglicized

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 World English Bible

Closing Prayer: On June 13 we celebrate the life of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Apologist and Writer. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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