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Wednesday after the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 22

    The Sunday closest to October 5

    Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    119

    Qoph

    Clamavi in toto corde meoBCP p. 775

    145I call with my whole heart; *answer me, O Lord, that I may keep your statutes.

    146I call to you; oh, that you would save me! *I will keep your decrees.

    147Early in the morning I cry out to you, *for in your word is my trust.

    148My eyes are open in the night watches, *that I may meditate upon your promise.

    149Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your loving-kindness; *according to your judgments, give me life.

    150They draw near who in malice persecute me; *they are very far from your law.

    151You, O Lord, are near at hand, *and all your commandments are true.

    152Long have I known from your decrees *that you have established them for ever.

    Resh

    Vide humilitatem

    153Behold my affliction and deliver me, *for I do not forget your law.

    154Plead my cause and redeem me; *according to your promise, give me life.

    155Deliverance is far from the wicked, *for they do not study your statutes.

    156Great is your compassion, O Lord; *preserve my life, according to your judgments.

    157There are many who persecute and oppress me, *yet I have not swerved from your decrees.

    158I look with loathing at the faithless, *for they have not kept your word.

    159See how I love your commandments! *O Lord, in your mercy, preserve me.

    160The heart of your word is truth; *all your righteous judgments endure for evermore.

    Shin

    Principes persecuti sunt

    161Rulers have persecuted me without a cause, *but my heart stands in awe of your word.

    162I am as glad because of your promise *as one who finds great spoils.

    163As for lies, I hate and abhor them, *but your law is my love.

    164Seven times a day do I praise you, *because of your righteous judgments.

    165Great peace have they who love your law; *for them there is no stumbling block.

    166I have hoped for your salvation, O Lord, *and have fulfilled your commandments.

    167I have kept your decrees *and I have loved them deeply.

    168I have kept your commandments and decrees, *for all my ways are before you.

    Taw

    Appropinquet deprecatio

    169Let my cry come before you, O Lord; *give me understanding, according to your word.

    170Let my supplication come before you; *deliver me, according to your promise.

    171My lips shall pour forth your praise, *when you teach me your statutes.

    172My tongue shall sing of your promise, *for all your commandments are righteous.

    173Let your hand be ready to help me, *for I have chosen your commandments.

    174I long for your salvation, O Lord, *and your law is my delight.

    175Let me live, and I will praise you, *and let your judgments help me.

    176I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost; *search for your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

    Daily Office Readings

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    2 Kings 22:14-23:3

    14 So the priest Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the prophetess Huldah the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; she resided in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter, where they consulted her. 15 She declared to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 Thus says the Lord, I will indeed bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have abandoned me and have made offerings to other gods, so that they have provoked me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched. 18 But as to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, 19 because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord. 20 Therefore, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring on this place.” They took the message back to the king. 1 Then the king directed that all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem should be gathered to him. 2 The king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him went all the people of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the house of the Lord. 3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. All the people joined in the covenant.

    Matt. 9:9-17

    9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10 And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 But when he heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.” 14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. 17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”

    1 Cor. 11:23-34

    23 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves. 30 For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. 31 But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. 33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If you are hungry, eat at home, so that when you come together, it will not be for your condemnation. About the other things I will give instructions when I come.