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The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 23

    The Sunday closest to October 12

    Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually be given to good works;through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    146

    Lauda, anima meaBCP p. 803

    1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul! *I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

    2Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, *for there is no help in them.

    3When they breathe their last, they return to earth, *and in that day their thoughts perish.

    4Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! *whose hope is in the Lord their God;

    5Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; *who keeps his promise for ever;

    6Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, *and food to those who hunger.

    7The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind; *the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

    8The Lord loves the righteous; the Lord cares for the stranger; *he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.

    9The Lord shall reign for ever, *your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah!

    147

    Laudate DominumBCP p. 804

    1Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God! *how pleasant it is to honor him with praise!

    2The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; *he gathers the exiles of Israel.

    3He heals the brokenhearted *and binds up their wounds.

    4He counts the number of the stars *and calls them all by their names.

    5Great is our Lord and mighty in power; *there is no limit to his wisdom.

    6The Lord lifts up the lowly, *but casts the wicked to the ground.

    7Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; *make music to our God upon the harp.

    8He covers the heavens with clouds *and prepares rain for the earth;

    9He makes grass to grow upon the mountains *and green plants to serve mankind.

    10He provides food for flocks and herds *and for the young ravens when they cry.

    11He is not impressed by the might of a horse; *he has no pleasure in the strength of a man;

    12But the Lord has pleasure in those who fear him, *in those who await his gracious favor.

    13Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem; *praise your God, O Zion;

    14For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; *he has blessed your children within you.

    15He has established peace on your borders; *he satisfies you with the finest wheat.

    16He sends out his command to the earth, *and his word runs very swiftly.

    17He gives snow like wool; *he scatters hoarfrost like ashes.

    18He scatters his hail like bread crumbs; *who can stand against his cold?

    19He sends forth his word and melts them; *he blows with his wind, and the waters flow.

    20He declares his word to Jacob, *his statutes and his judgments to Israel.

    21He has not done so to any other nation; *to them he has not revealed his judgments. Hallelujah!

    Daily Office Readings

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    1 Cor. 4:9-16

    9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to mortals. 10 We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed and beaten and homeless, 12 and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day. 14 I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 I appeal to you, then, be imitators of me.

    Matt. 15:21-28

    21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 He answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

    Micah 6:1-8

    1 Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. 3 “O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer me! 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of slavery; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.” 6 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” 8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?