Sunday Lectionary Readings

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The Collect

Proper 22
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Preface of the Lord's Day

Old Testament Reading

Habakkuk 1:1-6(7-11)12-13
¹The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw. ²O LORD, how long shall I cry, And You will not hear? Even cry out to You, "Violence!" And You will not save. ³Why do You show me iniquity, And cause me to see trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; There is strife, and contention arises. ⁴Therefore the law is powerless, And justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore perverse judgment proceeds. ⁵" Look among the nations and watch- Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days Which you would not believe, though it were told you. ⁶For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs. (⁷They are terrible and dreadful; Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. ⁸Their horses also are swifter than leopards, And more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; Their cavalry comes from afar; They fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. ⁹" They all come for violence; Their faces are set like the east wind. They gather captives like sand. ¹⁰They scoff at kings, And princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold, For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it. ¹¹Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; He commits offense, Ascribingthis power to his god." )¹²Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. ¹³You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours A person more righteous than he? -- NKJV

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Habakkuk 2:1-4
¹I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. ²Then the LORD answered me and said: " Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. ³For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. ⁴" Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith. -- NKJV

Psalm

Psalm 37:1-18
¹Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.

³Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

⁴Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.

⁶He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.

⁷Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret-it only causes harm.

⁹For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth.

¹⁰For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹²The wicked plots against the just,
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.

¹⁵Their sword shall enter their own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the LORD upholds the righteous.

¹⁸The LORD knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.

-- NKJV

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Psalm 37:3-10
³Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

⁴Delight yourself also in the LORD,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.

⁶He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.

⁷Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret-it only causes harm.

⁹For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth.

¹⁰For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.

-- NKJV

New Testament Reading

2 Timothy 1:(1-5)6-14
(¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, ²To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. ³I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, ⁴greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, ⁵when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. )⁶Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. ⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. ⁸Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, ⁹who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ¹⁰but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, ¹¹to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. ¹²For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. ¹³Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. ¹⁴That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. -- NKJV

Gospel Reading

Luke 17:5-10
⁵And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." ⁶So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. ⁷And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'? ⁸But will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'? ⁹Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. ¹⁰So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.'" -- NKJV

The Preface

Preface of the Lord's Day
To be used on Sundays as appointed, but not on the succeeding weekdays
1. Of God the Father
For you are the source of light and life, you made us in your image, and called us to new life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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2. Of God the Son
Through Jesus Christ our Lord; who on the first day of the week overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life.
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3. For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth your glory in all the world.

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