Sunday Lectionary Readings

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The Collect

Proper 25
Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Preface of the Lord's Day

Old Testament Reading

Jeremiah 14:(1-6)7-10
(¹The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts. ²" Judah mourns, And her gates languish; They mourn for the land, And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. ³Their nobles have sent their lads for water; They went to the cisterns and found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; They were ashamed and confounded And covered their heads. ⁴Because the ground is parched, For there was no rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed; They covered their heads. ⁵Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But left because there was no grass. ⁶And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate heights; They sniffed at the wind like jackals; Their eyes failed because there was no grass." )⁷O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name's sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You. ⁸O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, Why should You be like a stranger in the land, And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? ⁹Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O LORD, are in our midst, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us! ¹⁰Thus says the LORD to this people: " Thus they have loved to wander; They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the LORD does not accept them; He will remember their iniquity now, And punish their sins." -- NKJV

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Jeremiah 14:19-22
¹⁹Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but there was no good; And for the time of healing, and there was trouble. ²⁰We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness And the iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You. ²¹Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do not break Your covenant with us. ²²Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? AreYou not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for You, Since You have made all these. -- NKJV

Psalm

Psalm 84
^{To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.}
¹How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O LORD of hosts!

²My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

³Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young-
Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
My King and my God.

⁴Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.

⁷They go from strength to strength;
Each one appears before God in Zion.

⁸O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah

⁹O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your anointed.

¹⁰For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

¹¹For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.

¹²O LORD of hosts,
Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
-- NKJV

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Psalm 84:1-6
¹How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O LORD of hosts!

²My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the LORD;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

³Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young-
Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
My King and my God.

⁴Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
They will still be praising You. Selah

⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

⁶As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.

-- NKJV

New Testament Reading

2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18
⁶For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. ⁷I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. ¹⁶At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them. ¹⁷But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! -- NKJV

Gospel Reading

Luke 18:9-14
⁹Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men-extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹²I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.' ¹³And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' ¹⁴I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." -- 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
Creator of the light and source of life, who hast made us in thine 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. Of God the Holy Spirit
Who by water and the Holy Spirit hast made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth thy glory in all the world.

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