The Collect:O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; 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: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 read from the Christian Standard Bible

Track 1 Psalm 124 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29 read from the Christian Standard Bible

Track 2 Psalm 19:7-14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: James 5:13-20 read from the Douy-Rheims Bible

Gospel: Mark 9:38-50 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Closing Prayer: On October 3 we celebrate the life of John Raleigh Mott, Evangelist and Ecumenical Pioneer. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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The Collect: Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; 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 Proverbs 31:10-31 read from The Easy to Read Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm: 1 The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament Wisdom of Solomon 1:16-2:1, 12-22 read from The New Revised Standard Bible or Jeremiah 11:18-20 read from The Easy to Read Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm 54 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

The Gospel Mark 9:30-37 read from the Amplified Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 24 we celebrate the life of Anna Ellison Butler Alexander. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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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 New Revised Standard Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm 19 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer or Wisdom of Solomon 7:26-8:1 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 50:4-9a read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

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

The Epistle: James 3:1-12 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicized

The Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 read from the World English Bible

Closing Prayer: On September 12, we celebrate the life of John Henry Hobart, Bishop of New York. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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