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Monday after the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 9

    The Sunday closest to July 6

    O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    1

    Beatus vir qui non abiitBCP p. 585

    1Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, *nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful!

    2Their delight is in the law of the Lord, *and they meditate on his law day and night.

    3They are like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in due season, with leaves that do not wither; *everything they do shall prosper.

    4It is not so with the wicked; *they are like chaff which the wind blows away.

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand upright when judgment comes, *nor the sinner in the council of the righteous.

    6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, *but the way of the wicked is doomed.

    2

    Quare fremuerunt gentes?BCP p. 586

    1Why are the nations in an uproar? *Why do the peoples mutter empty threats?

    2Why do the kings of the earth rise up in revolt, and the princes plot together, *against the Lord and against his Anointed?

    3“Let us break their yoke,” they say; *“let us cast off their bonds from us.”

    4He whose throne is in heaven is laughing; *the Lord has them in derision.

    5Then he speaks to them in his wrath, *and his rage fills them with terror.

    6“I myself have set my king *upon my holy hill of Zion.”

    7Let me announce the decree of the Lord: *he said to me, “You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.

    8Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance *and the ends of the earth for your possession.

    9You shall crush them with an iron rod *and shatter them like a piece of pottery.”

    10And now, you kings, be wise; *be warned, you rulers of the earth.

    11Submit to the Lord with fear, *and with trembling bow before him;

    12Lest he be angry and you perish; *for his wrath is quickly kindled.

    13Happy are they all *who take refuge in him!

    3

    Domine, quid multiplicatiBCP p. 587

    1Lord, how many adversaries I have! *how many there are who rise up against me!

    2How many there are who say of me, *“There is no help for him in his God.”

    3But you, O Lord, are a shield about me; *you are my glory, the one who lifts up my head.

    4I call aloud upon the Lord, *and he answers me from his holy hill;

    5I lie down and go to sleep; *I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.

    6I do not fear the multitudes of people *who set themselves against me all around.

    7Rise up, O Lord; set me free, O my God; *surely, you will strike all my enemies across the face, you will break the teeth of the wicked.

    8Deliverance belongs to the Lord. *Your blessing be upon your people!

    Daily Office Readings

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    Rom. 8:26-30

    26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. 27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

    Num. 32:1-6,16-27

    1 Now the Reubenites and the Gadites owned a very great number of cattle. When they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle, 2 the Gadites and the Reubenites came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, 3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon— 4 the land that the Lord subdued before the congregation of Israel—is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle.” 5 They continued, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; do not make us cross the Jordan.” 6 But Moses said to the Gadites and to the Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here? 16 Then they came up to him and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and towns for our little ones, 17 but we will take up arms as a vanguard before the Israelites, until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our little ones will stay in the fortified towns because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return to our homes until all the Israelites have obtained their inheritance. 19 We will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east.” 20 So Moses said to them, “If you do this—if you take up arms to go before the Lord for the war, 21 and all those of you who bear arms cross the Jordan before the Lord, until he has driven out his enemies from before him 22 and the land is subdued before the Lord—then after that you may return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the Lord. 23 But if you do not do this, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build towns for your little ones, and folds for your flocks; but do what you have promised.” 25 Then the Gadites and the Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall remain there in the towns of Gilead; 27 but your servants will cross over, everyone armed for war, to do battle for the Lord, just as my lord orders.”

    Matt. 23:1-12

    1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3 therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach. 4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them. 5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long. 6 They love to have the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues, 7 and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have people call them rabbi. 8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all students. 9 And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant. 12 All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.