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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 Revised Standard Version Bible
Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 107:1-9, 43 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer
Track 2 Old Testament: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible
Track 2 Psalm: 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 Anglicized
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 read from the World English Bible
Closing prayer: On August 3 we celebrate the life of George Freeman Bragg, Jr. Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.