Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, August 15

The Collect:Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.Amen.

Track 1 Old Testament: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 1 Psalm 111 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament Proverbs 9:1-6 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 2 Psalm 34:9-14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Ephesians 5:15-20 read from the Gods Word Translation

The Gospel John 6: 51 – 58 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 18 we celebrate the life of William Porcher DuBose, Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 8

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: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 read from the Amplified Bible

Track 1 Psalm 130 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament 1 Kings 19:4-8 read from the Amplified Bible

Track 2 Psalm 34:1-8 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: Ephesians 4:25-5:2 read from the Christian Standard Bible

The Gospel: John 6: 35, 41 – 51 read from the Douay-Rheims Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 9 we celebrate the life of Herman of Alaska, Missionary to the Aleut. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 1

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: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a read from World English Bible

Track 1 Psalm 51:1-13 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Exodus 16:2-4,9-15 read from the World English Bible

Track 2 Psalm 78:23-29 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 4:1-16 Easy to Read Version Bible

Gospel: John 6:24-35 read from The Revised Standard Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On August 3rd we celebrate the life of George Freeman Bragg, Jr. Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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