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Tuesday after the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 16

    The Sunday closest to August 24

    Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name;through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    5

    Verba mea auribusBCP p. 588

    1Give ear to my words, O Lord; *consider my meditation.

    2Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God, *for I make my prayer to you.

    3In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; *early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you.

    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, *and evil cannot dwell with you.

    5Braggarts cannot stand in your sight; *you hate all those who work wickedness.

    6You destroy those who speak lies; *the bloodthirsty and deceitful, O Lord, you abhor.

    7But as for me, through the greatness of your mercy I will go into your house; *I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.

    8Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, because of those who lie in wait for me; *make your way straight before me.

    9For there is no truth in their mouth; *there is destruction in their heart;

    10Their throat is an open grave; *they flatter with their tongue.

    11Declare them guilty, O God; *let them fall, because of their schemes.

    12Because of their many transgressions cast them out, *for they have rebelled against you.

    13But all who take refuge in you will be glad; *they will sing out their joy for ever.

    14You will shelter them, *so that those who love your Name may exult in you.

    15For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; *you will defend them with your favor as with a shield.

    6

    Domine, ne in furoreBCP p. 589

    1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath.

    2Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked.

    3My spirit shakes with terror; *how long, O Lord, how long?

    4Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *save me for your mercy’s sake.

    5For in death no one remembers you; *and who will give you thanks in the grave?

    6I grow weary because of my groaning; *every night I drench my bed and flood my couch with tears.

    7My eyes are wasted with grief *and worn away because of all my enemies.

    8Depart from me, all evildoers, *for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

    9The Lord has heard my supplication; *the Lord accepts my prayer.

    10All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear; *they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

    Daily Office Readings

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    John 6:60-71

    60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” 61 But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But among you there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. 65 And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.” 66 Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. 67 So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.” 71 He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

    Acts 9:32-43

    32 Now as Peter went here and there among all the believers, he came down also to the saints living in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, for he was paralyzed. 34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed!” And immediately he got up. 35 And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. 36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. 37 At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, “Please come to us without delay.” 39 So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. 40 Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. 41 He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive. 42 This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 43 Meanwhile he stayed in Joppa for some time with a certain Simon, a tanner.

    Job 6:1-4,8-15,21

    1 Then Job answered: 2 “O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. 8 “O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire; 9 that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! 10 This would be my consolation; I would even exult in unrelenting pain; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. 11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? 13 In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me. 14 “Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty. 15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed, like freshets that pass away, 21 Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.