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Thursday after the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

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The Collect of the Day

Proper 26

The Sunday closest to November 2

Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Richard Hooker

O God of truth and peace, you raised up your servant Richard Hooker in a day of bitter controversy to defend with sound reasoning and great charity the catholic and reformed religion: Grant that we may maintain that middle way, not as a compromise for the sake of peace, but as a comprehension for the sake of truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

70

Deus, in adjutoriumBCP p. 682

1Be pleased, O God, to deliver me; *O Lord, make haste to help me.

2Let those who seek my life be ashamed and altogether dismayed; *let those who take pleasure in my misfortune draw back and be disgraced.

3Let those who say to me “Aha!” and gloat over me turn back, *because they are ashamed.

4Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; *let those who love your salvation say for ever, “Great is the Lord!”

5But as for me, I am poor and needy; *come to me speedily, O God.

6You are my helper and my deliverer; *O Lord, do not tarry.

71

In te, Domine, speraviBCP p. 683

1In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge; *let me never be ashamed.

2In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; *incline your ear to me and save me.

3Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe; *you are my crag and my stronghold.

4Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, *from the clutches of the evildoer and the oppressor.

5For you are my hope, O Lord God, *my confidence since I was young.

6I have been sustained by you ever since I was born; from my mother’s womb you have been my strength; *my praise shall be always of you.

7I have become a portent to many; *but you are my refuge and my strength.

8Let my mouth be full of your praise *and your glory all the day long.

9Do not cast me off in my old age; *forsake me not when my strength fails.

10For my enemies are talking against me, *and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together.

11They say, “God has forsaken him; go after him and seize him; *because there is none who will save.”

12O God, be not far from me; *come quickly to help me, O my God.

13Let those who set themselves against me be put to shame and be disgraced; *let those who seek to do me evil be covered with scorn and reproach.

14But I shall always wait in patience, *and shall praise you more and more.

15My mouth shall recount your mighty acts and saving deeds all day long; *though I cannot know the number of them.

16I will begin with the mighty works of the Lord God; *I will recall your righteousness, yours alone.

17O God, you have taught me since I was young, *and to this day I tell of your wonderful works.

18And now that I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, *till I make known your strength to this generation and your power to all who are to come.

19Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens; *you have done great things; who is like you, O God?

20You have showed me great troubles and adversities, *but you will restore my life and bring me up again from the deep places of the earth.

21You strengthen me more and more; *you enfold and comfort me,

22Therefore I will praise you upon the lyre for your faithfulness, O my God; *I will sing to you with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.

23My lips will sing with joy when I play to you, *and so will my soul, which you have redeemed.

24My tongue will proclaim your righteousness all day long, *for they are ashamed and disgraced who sought to do me harm.

Daily Office Readings

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Luke 13:18-30

18 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.” 20 And again he said, “To what should I compare the kingdom of God? 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” 22 Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But he will say, ‘I do not know where you come from; go away from me, all you evildoers!’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out. 29 Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God. 30 Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

Rev. 16:12-21

12 The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up in order to prepare the way for the kings from the east. 13 And I saw three foul spirits like frogs coming from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet. 14 These are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. 15 (“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.”) 16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Harmagedon. 17 The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake, such as had not occurred since people were upon the earth, so violent was that earthquake. 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered great Babylon and gave her the wine-cup of the fury of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found; 21 and huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, dropped from heaven on people, until they cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.

Ecclus. 44:1-15

1 Let us now sing the praises of famous men,    our ancestors in their generations. 2 The Lord apportioned to them great glory,    his majesty from the beginning. 3 There were those who ruled in their kingdoms,    and made a name for themselves by their valour; those who gave counsel because they were intelligent;    those who spoke in prophetic oracles; 4 those who led the people by their counsels    and by their knowledge of the people’s lore;    they were wise in their words of instruction; 5 those who composed musical tunes,    or put verses in writing; 6 rich men endowed with resources,    living peacefully in their homes— 7 all these were honoured in their generations,    and were the pride of their times. 8 Some of them have left behind a name,    so that others declare their praise. 9 But of others there is no memory;    they have perished as though they had never existed; they have become as though they had never been born,    they and their children after them. 10 But these also were godly men,    whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten; 11 their wealth will remain with their descendants,    and their inheritance with their children’s children. 12 Their descendants stand by the covenants;    their children also, for their sake. 13 Their offspring will continue for ever,    and their glory will never be blotted out. 14 Their bodies are buried in peace,    but their name lives on generation after generation. 15 The assembly declares their wisdom, and the congregation proclaims their praise.