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Tuesday after the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost

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The Collect of the Day

Proper 25

The Sunday closest to October 26

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

James Hannington

O God, by whose providence the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church: Grant that we who remember before you James Hannington and his companions, may, like them, be steadfast in our faith in Jesus Christ, to whom they gave obedience even to death, and by their sacrifice brought forth a plentiful harvest; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

45

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1My heart is stirring with a noble song; let me recite what I have fashioned for the king; *my tongue shall be the pen of a skilled writer.

2You are the fairest of men; *grace flows from your lips, because God has blessed you for ever.

3Strap your sword upon your thigh, O mighty warrior, *in your pride and in your majesty.

4Ride out and conquer in the cause of truth *and for the sake of justice.

5Your right hand will show you marvelous things; *your arrows are very sharp, O mighty warrior.

6The peoples are falling at your feet, *and the king’s enemies are losing heart.

7Your throne, O God, endures for ever and ever, *a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom; you love righteousness and hate iniquity.

8Therefore God, your God, has anointed you *with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

9All your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia, *and the music of strings from ivory palaces makes you glad.

10Kings’ daughters stand among the ladies of the court; *on your right hand is the queen, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

11“Hear, O daughter; consider and listen closely; *forget your people and your father’s house.

12The king will have pleasure in your beauty; *he is your master; therefore do him honor.

13The people of Tyre are here with a gift; *the rich among the people seek your favor.”

14All glorious is the princess as she enters; *her gown is cloth-of-gold.

15In embroidered apparel she is brought to the king; *after her the bridesmaids follow in procession.

16With joy and gladness they are brought, *and enter into the palace of the king.

17“In place of fathers, O king, you shall have sons; *you shall make them princes over all the earth.

18I will make your name to be remembered from one generation to another; *therefore nations will praise you for ever and ever.”

Daily Office Readings

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Ecclus. 24:1-12

1 Wisdom praises herself,    and tells of her glory in the midst of her people. 2 In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth,    and in the presence of his hosts she tells of her glory: 3 ‘I came forth from the mouth of the Most High,    and covered the earth like a mist. 4 I dwelt in the highest heavens,    and my throne was in a pillar of cloud. 5 Alone I compassed the vault of heaven    and traversed the depths of the abyss. 6 Over waves of the sea, over all the earth,    and over every people and nation I have held sway. 7 Among all these I sought a resting-place; in whose territory should I abide? 8 ‘Then the Creator of all things gave me a command,    and my Creator chose the place for my tent. He said, “Make your dwelling in Jacob,    and in Israel receive your inheritance.” 9 Before the ages, in the beginning, he created me,    and for all the ages I shall not cease to be. 10 In the holy tent I ministered before him,    and so I was established in Zion. 11 Thus in the beloved city he gave me a resting-place,    and in Jerusalem was my domain. 12 I took root in an honoured people, in the portion of the Lord, his heritage.

Rev. 11:14-19

14 The second woe has passed. The third woe is coming very soon. 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever.” 16 Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 singing, “We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, who are and who were, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign. 18 The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints and all who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth.” 19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

Luke 11:27-36

27 While he was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!” 28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” 29 When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. 31 The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! 32 The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here! 33 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light; but if it is not healthy, your body is full of darkness. 35 Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”