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The Collect and Psalms will be read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer
The Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel will be read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Track 1 Old Testament: Job 1:1; 2:1-10
Track 1 Psalm: Psalm 26
Track 2 Old Testament: Genesis 2:18-24
Track 2 Psalm: Psalm 8
Epistle: Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Gospel: Mark 10:2-16
On October 8 we celebrate the life of William Dwight Porter Bliss, Priest, and
Richard Theodore Ely, Economist. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.
For a copy of today’s text in a PDF click here.