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Saturday after the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    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.

    Psalms

    75

    Confitebimur tibiBCP p. 691

    1We give you thanks, O God, we give you thanks, *calling upon your Name and declaring all your wonderful deeds.

    2“I will appoint a time,” says God; *“I will judge with equity.

    3Though the earth and all its inhabitants are quaking, *I will make its pillars fast.

    4I will say to the boasters, ‘Boast no more,’ *and to the wicked, ‘Do not toss your horns;

    5Do not toss your horns so high, *nor speak with a proud neck.’”

    6For judgment is neither from the east nor from the west, *nor yet from the wilderness or the mountains.

    7It is God who judges; *he puts down one and lifts up another.

    8For in the Lord’s hand there is a cup, full of spiced and foaming wine, which he pours out, *and all the wicked of the earth shall drink and drain the dregs.

    9But I will rejoice for ever; *I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

    10He shall break off all the horns of the wicked; *but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

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    Notus in JudaeaBCP p. 692

    1In Judah is God known; *his Name is great in Israel.

    2At Salem is his tabernacle, *and his dwelling is in Zion.

    3There he broke the flashing arrows, *the shield, the sword, and the weapons of battle.

    4How glorious you are! *more splendid than the everlasting mountains!

    5The strong of heart have been despoiled; they sink into sleep; *none of the warriors can lift a hand.

    6At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, *both horse and rider lie stunned.

    7What terror you inspire! *who can stand before you when you are angry?

    8From heaven you pronounced judgment; *the earth was afraid and was still;

    9When God rose up to judgment *and to save all the oppressed of the earth.

    10Truly, wrathful Edom will give you thanks, *and the remnant of Hamath will keep your feasts.

    11Make a vow to the Lord your God and keep it; *let all around him bring gifts to him who is worthy to be feared.

    12He breaks the spirit of princes, *and strikes terror in the kings of the earth.

    Daily Office Readings

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    1 Cor. 4:1-7

    1 Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself. 4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God. 6 I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us the meaning of the saying, “Nothing beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another. 7 For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?

    Matt. 5:17-20

    17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

    2 Kings 2:1-18

    1 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. 3 The company of prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take your master away from you?” And he said, “Yes, I know; keep silent.” 4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. 5 The company of prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take your master away from you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know; be silent.” 6 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. 7 Fifty men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. 8 Then Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the water; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, until the two of them crossed on dry ground. 9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.” 10 He responded, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it will not.” 11 As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. 12 Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 13 He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over. 15 When the company of prophets who were at Jericho saw him at a distance, they declared, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. 16 They said to him, “See now, we have fifty strong men among your servants; please let them go and seek your master; it may be that the spirit of the Lord has caught him up and thrown him down on some mountain or into some valley.” He responded, “No, do not send them.” 17 But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men who searched for three days but did not find him. 18 When they came back to him (he had remained at Jericho), he said to them, “Did I not say to you, Do not go?”