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Wednesday after the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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The Collect of the Day

Proper 24

The Sunday closest to October 19

Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Henry Martyn

O God of the nations, who gave to your servant Henry Martyn a longing to share your Gospel with all peoples; Inspire the church in our own day with that said desire, that we may be eager to commit both life and talents to you who gave them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

38

Domine, ne in furoreBCP p. 636

1O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath.

2For your arrows have already pierced me, *and your hand presses hard upon me.

3There is no health in my flesh, because of your indignation; *there is no soundness in my body, because of my sin.

4For my iniquities overwhelm me; *like a heavy burden they are too much for me to bear.

5My wounds stink and fester *by reason of my foolishness.

6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; *I go about in mourning all the day long.

7My loins are filled with searing pain; *there is no health in my body.

8I am utterly numb and crushed; *I wail, because of the groaning of my heart.

9O Lord, you know all my desires, *and my sighing is not hidden from you.

10My heart is pounding, my strength has failed me, *and the brightness of my eyes is gone from me.

11My friends and companions draw back from my affliction; *my neighbors stand afar off.

12Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; *those who strive to hurt me speak of my ruin and plot treachery all the day long.

13But I am like the deaf who do not hear, *like those who are mute and who do not open their mouth.

14I have become like one who does not hear *and from whose mouth comes no defense.

15For in you, O Lord, have I fixed my hope; *you will answer me, O Lord my God.

16For I said, “Do not let them rejoice at my expense, *those who gloat over me when my foot slips.”

17Truly, I am on the verge of falling, *and my pain is always with me.

18I will confess my iniquity *and be sorry for my sin.

19Those who are my enemies without cause are mighty, *and many in number are those who wrongfully hate me.

20Those who repay evil for good slander me, *because I follow the course that is right.

21O Lord, do not forsake me; *be not far from me, O my God.

22Make haste to help me, *O Lord of my salvation.

Daily Office Readings

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Luke 10:17-24

17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!” 18 He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. 19 See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” 21 At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” 23 Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”

Rev. 8:1-13

1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 Another angel with a golden censer came and stood at the altar; he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. 6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them. 7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. 8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea. 9 A third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter. 12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise the night. 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew in midheaven, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

Ecclus. 7:4-14

4 Do not seek from the Lord high office,    or the seat of honour from the king. 5 Do not assert your righteousness before the Lord,    or display your wisdom before the king. 6 Do not seek to become a judge,    or you may be unable to root out injustice; you may be partial to the powerful,    and so mar your integrity. 7 Commit no offence against the public, and do not disgrace yourself among the people. 8 Do not commit a sin twice;    not even for one will you go unpunished. 9 Do not say, ‘He will consider the great number of my gifts,    and when I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.’ 10 Do not grow weary when you pray;    do not neglect to give alms. 11 Do not ridicule a person who is embittered in spirit,    for there is One who humbles and exalts. 12 Do not devise a lie against your brother,    or do the same to a friend. 13 Refuse to utter any lie,    for it is a habit that results in no good. 14 Do not babble in the assembly of the elders, and do not repeat yourself when you pray.