The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Daniel 12:1-3
Psalm 16
Hebrews 10:11-14,(15-18),19-25
Mark 13:1-8

The Collect of the Day

Proper 28

The Sunday closest to November 16

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Psalm

16

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¹Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you; *I have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, my good above all other.”

²All my delight is upon the godly that are in the land, *upon those who are noble among the people.

³But those who run after other gods *shall have their troubles multiplied.

⁴Their libations of blood I will not offer, *nor take the names of their gods upon my lips.

⁵O Lord, you are my portion and my cup; *it is you who uphold my lot.

⁶My boundaries enclose a pleasant land; *indeed, I have a goodly heritage.

⁷I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel; *my heart teaches me, night after night.

⁸I have set the Lord always before me; *because he is at my right hand I shall not fall.

⁹My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; *my body also shall rest in hope.

¹⁰For you will not abandon me to the grave, *nor let your holy one see the Pit.

¹¹You will show me the path of life; *in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Mark 13:1-8

¹As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!’ ²Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.’ ³When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, ⁴‘Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?’ ⁵Then Jesus began to say to them, ‘Beware that no one leads you astray. ⁶Many will come in my name and say, “I am he!” and they will lead many astray. ⁷When you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come. ⁸For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birth pangs.

¹¹And every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. ¹²But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God,” ¹³and since then has been waiting “until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet.” ¹⁴For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. ¹⁵And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, ¹⁶“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,” ¹⁷he also adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” ¹⁸Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. ¹⁹Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), ²¹and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ²²let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. ²³Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. ²⁴And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, ²⁵not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.