Sunday's Lectionary

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, August 05, 2018 Tract 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.

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

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

Epistle: Ephesians 4:1-16 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicised

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

Closing Prayer: On August 7th we remember John Mason Neale, Priest, Scholar and Translator. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, July 29, 2018 Tract 1

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.

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 11:1-15 read from the New Century Version Bible

Psalm 14 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 3:14-21 read from the New International Version Bible

Gospel: John 6:1-21 read from the New Living Translation Bible

The Closing Prayer: On August 3, we remember George Freeman Bragg, Jr. Priest, read from A great Cloud of Witnesses

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, July 22, 2018, Track 1

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.

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 7:1-14a read from the The message Bible

Psalm 89:20-37 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 2:11-22 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 read from the New American Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 26th we remember Charles Raymond Barnes, Episcopal Priest and martyr. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, July 15, 2018 Track 1

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.

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 read from the International Children's Bible

Psalm 24 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: Ephesians 1:3-14 read from The King James Bible

Gospel: Mark 6:14-29 read from the Lexham English Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 16th we celebrate the lives of “The Righteous Gentiles”, read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Sunday July 8 The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Track 1

Greetings:

I am back hopefully for the rest of the liturgical year. Travel took me away from home and my recording “studio” for several weeks and then we had to move as well so life is just now beginning to return to what is known as “normal” in our household. Later this year we will again have to pack up and move but hopefully that will be much more organized and orderly. Thank you for returning or welcome if this is your first visit.

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.

The Old Testament: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 read from the Revised Standard Version Bible

Psalm 48 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

The Epistle: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 read from the God's Word Bible

The Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Closing Prayer: On July 12 we celebrate the life of Nathan Sӧderblom, Archbishop of Uppsala & architect of the ecumenical movement of the twentieth century. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 06, 2018

The Collect: O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 10:44-48 read from the New Living Translation Bible

Psalm 98 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 John 5:1-6 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: John 15:9-17 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicised

Closing Prayer: On May 7th we remember the life of Harriet Starr Cannon, first superior of the Community of St. Mary read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 29, 2018

The Collect: Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 8:26-40 read from the New American Standard Bible

Psalm 22:24-30 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 John 4:7-21 read from the New Century Version Bible

Gospel: John 15:1-8 read from the New International Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On April 29 we remember Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Editor and Prophetic witness

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Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday, April 22, 2018

The Collect: O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 4:5-12 read from the Lexham English Bible

Psalm 23 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 John 3:16-24 read from the Message Bible

Gospel: John 10:11-18 read from the Modern English Version Bible

Closing Prayer: On April 27th we remember Christitna Rossetti, poet

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Third Sunday of Easter Sunday, April 15, 2018

The Collect: O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 3:12-19 read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 4 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 John 3:1-7 read from the International Children's Bible

Gospel: Luke 24:36 - 48 read from the King James Bible

Closing Prayer: On April 17th we celebrate the life of Emily Cooper, Deaconess read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses

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Second Sunday of Easter, April 08, 2018

The Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Acts 4:32-35 read from the New Revised Standard Version Bible Anglicised

Psalm 133 read from The Episcopal Church Book of Common Prayer

Epistle: 1 John 1:1-2:2 read from the the Revised Standard Version Bible

Gospel: John 20:19-31 read from the God's Word Bible

Closing Prayer: On April 10th we remember Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Scientist and military chaplain. Read from A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

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