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Tuesday after the Second Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 4

    The Sunday closest to June 1

    O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth: Put away from us, we entreat you, all hurtful things, and give us those things which are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    45

    Eructavit cor meumBCP p. 647

    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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    Matt. 13:53-58

    53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he left that place. 54 He came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? 55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?” 57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor except in their own country and in their own house.” 58 And he did not do many deeds of power there, because of their unbelief.

    Gal. 1:18-2:10

    18 Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days; 19 but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord’s brother. 20 In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie! 21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia, 22 and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ; 23 they only heard it said, “The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me. 1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain. 3 But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. 4 But because of false believers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us— 5 we did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you. 6 And from those who were supposed to be acknowledged leaders (what they actually were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality) —those leaders contributed nothing to me. 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised 8 (for he who worked through Peter making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me in sending me to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.

    Eccles. 2:16-26

    16 For there is no enduring remembrance of the wise or of fools, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How can the wise die just like fools? 17 So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 18 I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to those who come after me 19 —and who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun, 21 because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? 23 For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity. 24 There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God; 25 for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment? 26 For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.