Daily Readings: October 15, 2022

Saturday after the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Morning	Evening
Psalm 20 Psalm 21:1-7(8-14)	Psalm 110:1-5(6-7) Psalm 116 Psalm 117
Ecclus. 3:17-31 Acts 28:17-31 Luke 9:37-50

The Collect of the Day

Proper 23

The Sunday closest to October 12

Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works;through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Psalms

20

Exaudiat te DominusBCP p. 608

¹May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble, *the Name of the God of Jacob defend you;

²Send you help from his holy place *and strengthen you out of Zion;

³Remember all your offerings *and accept your burnt sacrifice;

⁴Grant you your heart’s desire *and prosper all your plans.

⁵We will shout for joy at your victory and triumph in the Name of our God; *may the Lord grant all your requests.

⁶Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed; *he will answer him out of his holy heaven, with the victorious strength of his right hand.

⁷Some put their trust in chariots and some in horses, *but we will call upon the Name of the Lord our God.

⁸They collapse and fall down, *but we will arise and stand upright.

⁹O Lord, give victory to the king *and answer us when we call.

21

Domine, in virtute tuaBCP p. 608

¹The king rejoices in your strength, O Lord; *how greatly he exults in your victory!

²You have given him his heart’s desire; *you have not denied him the request of his lips.

³For you meet him with blessings of prosperity, *and set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

⁴He asked you for life, and you gave it to him: *length of days, for ever and ever.

⁵His honor is great, because of your victory; *splendor and majesty have you bestowed upon him.

⁶For you will give him everlasting felicity *and will make him glad with the joy of your presence.

⁷For the king puts his trust in the Lord; *because of the loving-kindness of the Most High, he will not fall.

⁸Your hand will lay hold upon all your enemies; *your right hand will seize all those who hate you.

⁹You will make them like a fiery furnace *at the time of your appearing, O Lord;

¹⁰You will swallow them up in your wrath, *and fire shall consume them.

¹¹You will destroy their offspring from the land *and their descendants from among the peoples of the earth.

¹²Though they intend evil against you and devise wicked schemes, *yet they shall not prevail.

¹³For you will put them to flight *and aim your arrows at them.

¹⁴Be exalted, O Lord, in your might; *we will sing and praise your power.

Daily Office Readings

Ecclus. 3:17-31

A Reading from the Wisdom of Ben Sira.

¹⁷ My child, perform your tasks with humility; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts. ¹⁸ The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favour in the sight of the Lord. ²⁰ For great is the might of the Lord; but by the humble he is glorified. ²¹ Neither seek what is too difficult for you, nor investigate what is beyond your power. ²² Reflect upon what you have been commanded, for what is hidden is not your concern. ²³ Do not meddle in matters that are beyond you, for more than you can understand has been shown to you. ²⁴ For their conceit has led many astray, and wrong opinion has impaired their judgement. ²⁵ Without eyes there is no light; without knowledge there is no wisdom. ²⁶ A stubborn mind will fare badly at the end, and whoever loves danger will perish in it. ²⁷ A stubborn mind will be burdened by troubles, and the sinner adds sin to sins. ²⁸ When calamity befalls the proud, there is no healing, for an evil plant has taken root in him. ²⁹ The mind of the intelligent appreciates proverbs, and an attentive ear is the desire of the wise. ³⁰ As water extinguishes a blazing fire, so almsgiving atones for sin. ³¹ Those who repay favours give thought to the future; when they fall they will find support.

Acts 28:17-31

A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

¹⁷Three days later he called together the local leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, yet I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans. ¹⁸When they had examined me, the Romans wanted to release me, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case. ¹⁹But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to the emperor—even though I had no charge to bring against my nation. ²⁰For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.” ²¹They replied, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken anything evil about you. ²²But we would like to hear from you what you think, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.” ²³After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets. ²⁴Some were convinced by what he had said, while others refused to believe. ²⁵So they disagreed with each other; and as they were leaving, Paul made one further statement: “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah, ²⁶‘Go to this people and say, You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive. ²⁷For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn— and I would heal them.’ ²⁸Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.” ³⁰He lived there two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him, ³¹proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

Luke 9:37-50

A Reading from the Gospel According to Luke.

³⁷On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. ³⁸Just then a man from the crowd shouted, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. ³⁹Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. ⁴⁰I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” ⁴¹Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.” ⁴²While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. ⁴³And all were astounded at the greatness of God. While everyone was amazed at all that he was doing, he said to his disciples, ⁴⁴“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.” ⁴⁵But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying. ⁴⁶An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest. ⁴⁷But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side, ⁴⁸and said to them, “Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me; for the least among all of you is the greatest.” ⁴⁹John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.” ⁵⁰But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.”