Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 17

The Collect: Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son 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: Amos 8:1-12 read from the Message

Track 2 Old Testament: Genesis 18:1-10a read from the Message

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 52 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 15 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Colossians 1:15-28 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Gospel: Luke 10:38-42 read from the New American Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 18 we celebrate the life of Bartolomé de las Casas, Friar and Missionary to the Indies. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 10

The Collect: O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; 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: Amos 7:7-17 read from the International Children’s Bible

Track 2 Old Testament: Deuteronomy 30:9-14 read from the International Children’s Bible

Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 82 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 25:1-9

The Epistle: Colossians 1:1-14 read from the 21 Century King James Version Bible

The Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 read from the Lexham English Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 14 we celebrate the life of Samson Occom, Witness to the Faith in New England. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, July 3

The Collect: O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; 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 Kings 5:1-14 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 2 Old Testament: Isaiah 66:10-14 read from the English Standard Version Bible Anglicized

Track 1 Psalm 30 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Track 2 Psalm 66:1-8 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16 read from the God’s Word Translation

Gospel: Luke 10: 1 – 11, 16 – 20 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 6 we celebrate the life of John (Jan) Hus, Prophetic Witness and Martyr. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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