Readings

Monday after the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 7

    The Sunday closest to June 22

    O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    89

    Part I

    Misericordias DominiBCP p. 713

    1Your love, O Lord, for ever will I sing; *from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness.

    2For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; *you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens.

    3“I have made a covenant with my chosen one; *I have sworn an oath to David my servant:

    4‘I will establish your line for ever, *and preserve your throne for all generations.’”

    5The heavens bear witness to your wonders, O Lord, *and to your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones;

    6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? *who is like the Lord among the gods?

    7God is much to be feared in the council of the holy ones, *great and terrible to all those round about him.

    8Who is like you, Lord God of hosts? *O mighty Lord, your faithfulness is all around you.

    9You rule the raging of the sea *and still the surging of its waves.

    10You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a deadly wound; *you have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

    11Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; *you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it.

    12You have made the north and the south; *Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name.

    13You have a mighty arm; *strong is your hand and high is your right hand.

    14Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; *love and truth go before your face.

    15Happy are the people who know the festal shout! *they walk, O Lord, in the light of your presence.

    16They rejoice daily in your Name; *they are jubilant in your righteousness.

    17For you are the glory of their strength, *and by your favor our might is exalted.

    18Truly, the Lord is our ruler; *The Holy One of Israel is our King.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Luke 21:29-36

    29 Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees; 30 as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. 31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things have taken place. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 34 “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day catch you unexpectedly, 35 like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

    Acts 5:12-26

    12 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. 13 None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem. 14 Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women, 15 so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mats, in order that Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he came by. 16 A great number of people would also gather from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all cured. 17 Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy, 18 arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out, and said, 20 “Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.” 21 When they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and went on with their teaching. When the high priest and those with him arrived, they called together the council and the whole body of the elders of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the temple police went there, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported, 23 “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 24 Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering what might be going on. 25 Then someone arrived and announced, “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!” 26 Then the captain went with the temple police and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

    1 Samuel 5:1-12

    1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod; 2 then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and placed it beside Dagon. 3 When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But when they rose early on the next morning, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord, and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off upon the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon do not step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. 6 The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and struck them with tumors, both in Ashdod and in its territory. 7 And when the inhabitants of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us; for his hand is heavy on us and on our god Dagon.” 8 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” The inhabitants of Gath replied, “Let the ark of God be moved on to us.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel to Gath. 9 But after they had brought it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic; he struck the inhabitants of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them. 10 So they sent the ark of the God of Israel to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “Why have they brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people?” 11 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there; 12 those who did not die were stricken with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.