Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 7

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: Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 read from the Easy to Read Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm 50:1-8, 23-24 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Genesis 15:1-6 read from the Easy to Read Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm 33:12-22 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 12:32-40 read from the Amplified Bible

On August 13 we celebrate the life of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 31

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.

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 24

The Collect: O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; 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 1:2-10 read from the New Century Version Bible

Track 1 Psalm 85 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Old Testament: Genesis 18:20-32 read from the New Century Version Bible

Track 2 Psalm 138 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19) read from the New International Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 11:1-13 read from the New Living Translation

Closing Prayer: On July 27 we celebrate the life of William Reed Huntington, Priest. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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