Daily Readings: September 19, 2023

Tuesday after the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690

Morning	Evening
Psalm 61 Psalm 62	Psalm 68:1-20(21-23)24-36
1 Kings 21:17-29 1 Cor. 1:20-31 Matt. 4:12-17

The Collect of the Day

Proper 19

The Sunday closest to September 14

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Theodore of Tarsus

Almighty God, who gave your servant Theodore of Tarsus gifts of grace and wisdom to establish unity where there had been division and order where there had been chaos: Create in your church, by the operation of the Holy Spirit, such godly union and concord that it may proclaim, both by word and example, the Gospel of the Prince of Peace; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

61

Exaudi, DeusBCP p. 668

¹Hear my cry, O God, *and listen to my prayer.

²I call upon you from the ends of the earth with heaviness in my heart; *set me upon the rock that is higher than I.

³For you have been my refuge, *a strong tower against the enemy.

⁴I will dwell in your house for ever; *I will take refuge under the cover of your wings.

⁵For you, O God, have heard my vows; *you have granted me the heritage of those who fear your Name.

⁶Add length of days to the king’s life; *let his years extend over many generations.

⁷Let him sit enthroned before God for ever; *bid love and faithfulness watch over him.

⁸So will I always sing the praise of your Name, *and day by day I will fulfill my vows.

62

Nonne Deo?BCP p. 669

¹For God alone my soul in silence waits; *from him comes my salvation.

²He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be greatly shaken.

³How long will you assail me to crush me, all of you together, *as if you were a leaning fence, a toppling wall?

⁴They seek only to bring me down from my place of honor; *lies are their chief delight.

⁵They bless with their lips, *but in their hearts they curse.

⁶For God alone my soul in silence waits; *truly, my hope is in him.

⁷He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.

⁸In God is my safety and my honor; *God is my strong rock and my refuge.

⁹Put your trust in him always, O people, *pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.

¹⁰Those of high degree are but a fleeting breath, *even those of low estate cannot be trusted.

¹¹On the scales they are lighter than a breath, *all of them together.

¹²Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no empty pride; *though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

¹³God has spoken once, twice have I heard it, *that power belongs to God.

¹⁴Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, *for you repay everyone according to his deeds.

Daily Office Readings

¹⁷Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: ¹⁸Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria; he is now in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession. ¹⁹You shall say to him, “Thus says the Lord: Have you killed, and also taken possession?” You shall say to him, “Thus says the Lord: In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, dogs will also lick up your blood.” ²⁰Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, ²¹I will bring disaster on you; I will consume you, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel; ²²and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked me to anger and have caused Israel to sin. ²³Also concerning Jezebel the Lord said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the bounds of Jezreel.’ ²⁴Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat; and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the air shall eat.” ²⁵(Indeed, there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. ²⁶He acted most abominably in going after idols, as the Amorites had done, whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites.) ²⁷When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth over his bare flesh; he fasted, lay in the sackcloth, and went about dejectedly. ²⁸Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: ²⁹“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster on his house.”