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Friday after the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 26

    The Sunday closest to November 2

    Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    69

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    1Save me, O God, *for the waters have risen up to my neck.

    2I am sinking in deep mire, *and there is no firm ground for my feet.

    3I have come into deep waters, *and the torrent washes over me.

    4I have grown weary with my crying; my throat is inflamed; *my eyes have failed from looking for my God.

    5Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty. *Must I then give back what I never stole?

    6O God, you know my foolishness, *and my faults are not hidden from you.

    7Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, Lord God of hosts; *let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel.

    8Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *and shame has covered my face.

    9I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *an alien to my mother’s children.

    10Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.

    11I humbled myself with fasting, *but that was turned to my reproach.

    12I put on sack-cloth also, *and became a byword among them.

    13Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, *and the drunkards make songs about me.

    14But as for me, this is my prayer to you, *at the time you have set, O Lord:

    15“In your great mercy, O God, *answer me with your unfailing help.

    16Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *let me be rescued from those who hate me and out of the deep waters.

    17Let not the torrent of waters wash over me, neither let the deep swallow me up; *do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.

    18Answer me, O Lord, for your love is kind; *in your great compassion, turn to me.”

    19“Hide not your face from your servant; *be swift and answer me, for I am in distress.

    20Draw near to me and redeem me; *because of my enemies deliver me.

    21You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; *my adversaries are all in your sight.”

    22Reproach has broken my heart, and it cannot be healed; *I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I could find no one.

    23They gave me gall to eat, *and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.

    24Let the table before them be a trap *and their sacred feasts a snare.

    25Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, *and give them continual trembling in their loins.

    26Pour out your indignation upon them, *and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.

    27Let their camp be desolate, *and let there be none to dwell in their tents.

    28For they persecute him whom you have stricken *and add to the pain of those whom you have pierced.

    29Lay to their charge guilt upon guilt, *and let them not receive your vindication.

    30Let them be wiped out of the book of the living *and not be written among the righteous.

    31As for me, I am afflicted and in pain; *your help, O God, will lift me up on high.

    32I will praise the Name of God in song; *I will proclaim his greatness with thanksgiving.

    33This will please the Lord more than an offering of oxen, *more than bullocks with horns and hoofs.

    34The afflicted shall see and be glad; *you who seek God, your heart shall live.

    35For the Lord listens to the needy, *and his prisoners he does not despise.

    36Let the heavens and the earth praise him, *the seas and all that moves in them;

    37For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; *they shall live there and have it in possession.

    38The children of his servants will inherit it, *and those who love his Name will dwell therein.

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    Ecclus. 50:1,11-24

    1 The leader of his brothers and the pride of his people    was the high priest, Simon son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house,    and in his time fortified the temple. 11 When he put on his glorious robe and clothed himself in perfect splendour, when he went up to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious. 12 When he received the portions from the hands of the priests,    as he stood by the hearth of the altar with a garland of brothers around him,    he was like a young cedar on Lebanon    surrounded by the trunks of palm trees. 13 All the sons of Aaron in their splendour    held the Lord’s offering in their hands    before the whole congregation of Israel. 14 Finishing the service at the altars,    and arranging the offering to the Most High, the Almighty, 15 he held out his hand for the cup    and poured a drink-offering of the blood of the grape; he poured it out at the foot of the altar,    a pleasing odour to the Most High, the king of all. 16 Then the sons of Aaron shouted;    they blew their trumpets of hammered metal; they sounded a mighty fanfare    as a reminder before the Most High. 17 Then all the people together quickly fell to the ground on their faces to worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High. 18 Then the singers praised him with their voices    in sweet and full-toned melody. 19 And the people of the Lord Most High offered    their prayers before the Merciful One, until the order of worship of the Lord was ended,    and they completed his ritual. 20 Then Simon came down and raised his hands    over the whole congregation of Israelites, to pronounce the blessing of the Lord with his lips,    and to glory in his name; 21 and they bowed down in worship a second time, to receive the blessing from the Most High. 22 And now bless the God of all,    who everywhere works great wonders, who fosters our growth from birth,    and deals with us according to his mercy. 23 May he give us gladness of heart,    and may there be peace in our days    in Israel, as in the days of old. 24 May he entrust to us his mercy, and may he deliver us in our days!

    Rev. 17:1-18

    1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great whore who is seated on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the inhabitants of the earth have become drunk.” 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5 and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of whores and of earth’s abominations.” 6 And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly amazed. 7 But the angel said to me, “Why are you so amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be amazed when they see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come. 9 “This calls for a mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; also, they are seven kings, 10 of whom five have fallen, one is living, and the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain only a little while. 11 As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. 13 These are united in yielding their power and authority to the beast; 14 they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.” 15 And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the whore; they will make her desolate and naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by agreeing to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. 18 The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

    Luke 13:31-35

    31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. 33 Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.’ 34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 35 See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”