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The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 15

    The Sunday closest to August 17

    Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    118

    Confitemini DominoBCP p. 760

    1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *his mercy endures for ever.

    2Let Israel now proclaim, *“His mercy endures for ever.”

    3Let the house of Aaron now proclaim, *“His mercy endures for ever.”

    4Let those who fear the Lord now proclaim, *“His mercy endures for ever.”

    5I called to the Lord in my distress; *the Lord answered by setting me free.

    6The Lord is at my side, therefore I will not fear; *what can anyone do to me?

    7The Lord is at my side to help me; *I will triumph over those who hate me.

    8It is better to rely on the Lord *than to put any trust in flesh.

    9It is better to rely on the Lord *than to put any trust in rulers.

    10All the ungodly encompass me; *in the Name of the Lord I will repel them.

    11They hem me in, they hem me in on every side; *in the name of the Lord I will repel them.

    12They swarm about me like bees; they blaze like a fire of thorns; *in the name of the Lord I will repel them.

    13I was pressed so hard that I almost fell, *but the Lord came to my help.

    14The Lord is my strength and my song, *and he has become my salvation.

    15There is a sound of exultation and victory *in the tents of the righteous:

    16“The right hand of the Lord has triumphed! *the right hand of the Lord is exalted! the right hand of the Lord has triumphed!”

    17I shall not die, but live, *and declare the works of the Lord.

    18The Lord has punished me sorely, *but he did not hand me over to death.

    19Open for me the gates of righteousness; *I will enter them; I will offer thanks to the Lord.

    20“This is the gate of the Lord; *he who is righteous may enter.”

    21I will give thanks to you, for you answered me *and have become my salvation.

    22The same stone which the builders rejected *has become the chief cornerstone.

    23This is the Lord’s doing, *and it is marvelous in our eyes.

    24On this day the Lord has acted; *we will rejoice and be glad in it.

    25Hosanna, Lord, hosanna! *Lord, send us now success.

    26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; *we bless you from the house of the Lord.

    27God is the Lord; he has shined upon us; *form a procession with branches up to the horns of the altar.

    28“You are my God, and I will thank you; *you are my God, and I will exalt you.”

    29Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; *his mercy endures for ever.

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    Judges 16:15-31

    15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me three times now and have not told me what makes your strength so great.” 16 Finally, after she had nagged him with her words day after day, and pestered him, he was tired to death. 17 So he told her his whole secret, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head; for I have been a nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, then my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be like anyone else.” 18 When Delilah realized that he had told her his whole secret, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “This time come up, for he has told his whole secret to me.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hands. 19 She let him fall asleep on her lap; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. He began to weaken, and his strength left him. 20 Then she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” When he awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him. 21 So the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles; and he ground at the mill in the prison. 22 But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. 23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to rejoice; for they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.” 24 When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has killed many of us.” 25 And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, and let him entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them. They made him stand between the pillars; 26 and Samson said to the attendant who held him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, so that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the house was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about three thousand men and women, who looked on while Samson performed. 28 Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “Lord God, remember me and strengthen me only this once, O God, so that with this one act of revenge I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other. 30 Then Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” He strained with all his might; and the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So those he killed at his death were more than those he had killed during his life. 31 Then his brothers and all his family came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.

    Mark 5:25-34

    25 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. 26 She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.” 29 Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 He looked all around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

    2 Cor. 13:1-11

    1 This is the third time I am coming to you. “Any charge must be sustained by the evidence of two or three witnesses.” 2 I warned those who sinned previously and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again, I will not be lenient— 3 since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful in you. 4 For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God. 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? —unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test! 6 I hope you will find out that we have not failed. 7 But we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. 8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. This is what we pray for, that you may become perfect. 10 So I write these things while I am away from you, so that when I come, I may not have to be severe in using the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. 11 Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.