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Tuesday after the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

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Proper 6

The Sunday closest to June 15

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Bernard Mizeki

Almighty and everlasting God, who kindled the flame of your love in the heart of your holy martyr Bernard Mizeki: Grant unto us your servants a like faith and power of love, that we, who rejoice in his triumph, may profit by his example; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalms

78

Part I

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1Hear my teaching, O my people; *incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2I will open my mouth in a parable; *I will declare the mysteries of ancient times.

3That which we have heard and known, and what our forefathers have told us, *we will not hide from their children.

4We will recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the Lord, *and the wonderful works he has done.

5He gave his decrees to Jacob and established a law for Israel, *which he commanded them to teach their children;

6That the generations to come might know, and the children yet unborn; *that they in their turn might tell it to their children;

7So that they might put their trust in God, *and not forget the deeds of God, but keep his commandments;

8And not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, *a generation whose heart was not steadfast, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

9The people of Ephraim, armed with the bow, *turned back in the day of battle;

10They did not keep the covenant of God, *and refused to walk in his law;

11They forgot what he had done, *and the wonders he had shown them.

12He worked marvels in the sight of their forefathers, *in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

13He split open the sea and let them pass through; *he made the waters stand up like walls.

14He led them with a cloud by day, *and all the night through with a glow of fire.

15He split the hard rocks in the wilderness *and gave them drink as from the great deep.

16He brought streams out of the cliff, *and the waters gushed out like rivers.

17But they went on sinning against him, *rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

18They tested God in their hearts, *demanding food for their craving.

19They railed against God and said, *“Can God set a table in the wilderness?

20True, he struck the rock, the waters gushed out, and the gullies overflowed; *but is he able to give bread or to provide meat for his people?”

21When the Lord heard this, he was full of wrath; *a fire was kindled against Jacob, and his anger mounted against Israel;

22For they had no faith in God, *nor did they put their trust in his saving power.

23So he commanded the clouds above *and opened the doors of heaven.

24He rained down manna upon them to eat *and gave them grain from heaven.

25So mortals ate the bread of angels; *he provided for them food enough.

26He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens *and led out the south wind by his might.

27He rained down flesh upon them like dust *and wingèd birds like the sand of the sea.

28He let it fall in the midst of their camp *and round about their dwellings.

29So they ate and were well filled, *for he gave them what they craved.

30But they did not stop their craving, *though the food was still in their mouths.

31So God’s anger mounted against them; *he slew their strongest men and laid low the youth of Israel.

32In spite of all this, they went on sinning *and had no faith in his wonderful works.

33So he brought their days to an end like a breath *and their years in sudden terror.

34Whenever he slew them, they would seek him, *and repent, and diligently search for God.

35They would remember that God was their rock, *and the Most High God their redeemer.

36But they flattered him with their mouths *and lied to him with their tongues.

37Their heart was not steadfast toward him, *and they were not faithful to his covenant.

38But he was so merciful that he forgave their sins and did not destroy them; *many times he held back his anger and did not permit his wrath to be roused.

39For he remembered that they were but flesh, *a breath that goes forth and does not return.

Daily Office Readings

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Rom. 1:16-25

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.” 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So they are without excuse; 21 for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools; 23 and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

Num. 11:1-23

1 Now when the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, the Lord heard it and his anger was kindled. Then the fire of the Lord burned against them, and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. 2 But the people cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire abated. 3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned against them. 4 The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept again, and said, “If only we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.” 7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color was like the color of gum resin. 8 The people went around and gathered it, ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, then boiled it in pots and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil. 9 When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna would fall with it. 10 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, all at the entrances of their tents. Then the Lord became very angry, and Moses was displeased. 11 So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have you treated your servant so badly? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? 12 Did I conceive all this people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a sucking child,’ to the land that you promised on oath to their ancestors? 13 Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they come weeping to me and say, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14 I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me. 15 If this is the way you are going to treat me, put me to death at once—if I have found favor in your sight—and do not let me see my misery.” 16 So the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tent of meeting, and have them take their place there with you. 17 I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people along with you so that you will not bear it all by yourself. 18 And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wailed in the hearing of the Lord, saying, ‘If only we had meat to eat! Surely it was better for us in Egypt.’ Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat. 19 You shall eat not only one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days, 20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’” 21 But Moses said, “The people I am with number six hundred thousand on foot; and you say, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month’! 22 Are there enough flocks and herds to slaughter for them? Are there enough fish in the sea to catch for them?” 23 The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.”

Matt. 17:22-27

22 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands, 23 and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed. 24 When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the temple tax?” 25 He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?” 26 When Peter said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the children are free. 27 However, so that we do not give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook; take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a coin; take that and give it to them for you and me.”