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Thursday after the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 17

    The Sunday closest to August 31

    Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    37

    Part I

    Noli aemulariBCP p. 633

    1Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; *do not be jealous of those who do wrong.

    2For they shall soon wither like the grass, *and like the green grass fade away.

    3Put your trust in the Lord and do good; *dwell in the land and feed on its riches.

    4Take delight in the Lord, *and he shall give you your heart’s desire.

    5Commit your way to the Lord and put your trust in him, *and he will bring it to pass.

    6He will make your righteousness as clear as the light *and your just dealing as the noonday.

    7Be still before the Lord *and wait patiently for him.

    8Do not fret yourself over the one who prospers, *the one who succeeds in evil schemes.

    9Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; *do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil.

    10For evildoers shall be cut off, *but those who wait upon the Lord shall possess the land.

    11In a little while the wicked shall be no more; *you shall search out their place, but they will not be there.

    12But the lowly shall possess the land; *they will delight in abundance of peace.

    13The wicked plot against the righteous *and gnash at them with their teeth.

    14The Lord laughs at the wicked, *because he sees that their day will come.

    15The wicked draw their sword and bend their bow to strike down the poor and needy, *to slaughter those who are upright in their ways.

    16Their sword shall go through their own heart, *and their bow shall be broken.

    17The little that the righteous has *is better than great riches of the wicked.

    18For the power of the wicked shall be broken, *but the Lord upholds the righteous.

    Daily Office Readings

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    Acts 13:1-12

    1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the ruler, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. 4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also to assist them. 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they met a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus. 7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But the magician Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? 11 And now listen—the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind for a while, unable to see the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he went about groping for someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.

    John 9:1-17

    1 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” 6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, 7 saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. 8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.” 13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And they were divided. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” He said, “He is a prophet.”

    Job 16:16-22,17:1,13-16

    16 My face is red with weeping, and deep darkness is on my eyelids, 17 though there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure. 18 “O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry find no resting place. 19 Even now, in fact, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high. 20 My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God, 21 that he would maintain the right of a mortal with God, as one does for a neighbor. 22 For when a few years have come, I shall go the way from which I shall not return. 1 My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. 13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness, 14 if I say to the Pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ 15 where then is my hope? Who will see my hope? 16 Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”