The Collect

Proper 10
O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee, and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Preface of the Lord's Day

Old Testament Reading

Amos 7:7-15
⁷Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. ⁸And the LORD said to me, "Amos, what do you see?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said: " Behold, I am setting a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. ⁹The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam." ¹⁰Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. ¹¹For thus Amos has said: ' Jeroboam shall die by the sword, And Israel shall surely be led away captive From their own land.'" ¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos: " Go, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. There eat bread, And there prophesy. ¹³But never again prophesy at Bethel, For it is the king's sanctuary, And it is the royal residence." ¹⁴Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: " I was no prophet, Nor was I a son of a prophet, But I was a sheepbreeder And a tender of sycamore fruit. ¹⁵Then the LORD took me as I followed the flock, And the LORD said to me, ' Go, prophesy to My people Israel.' -- NKJV

Psalm

Psalm 85

Benedixisti, Domine
1You have been gracious to your land, O LORD, *
     you have restored the good fortune of Jacob.
2You have forgiven the iniquity of your people *
     and blotted out all their sins.
3You have withdrawn all your fury *
     and turned yourself from your wrathful indignation.
4Restore us then, O God our Savior; *
     let your anger depart from us.
5Will you be displeased with us for ever? *
     will you prolong your anger from age to age?
6Will you not give us life again, *
     that your people may rejoice in you?
7Show us your mercy, O LORD, *
     and grant us your salvation.
8I will listen to what the LORD God is saying, *
     for he is speaking peace to his faithful people
     and to those who turn their hearts to him.
9Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, *
     that his glory may dwell in our land.
10Mercy and truth have met together; *
     righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11Truth shall spring up from the earth, *
     and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12The LORD will indeed grant prosperity, *
     and our land will yield its increase.
13Righteousness shall go before him, *
     and peace shall be a pathway for his feet.

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Psalm 85:7-13

7Show us your mercy, O LORD, *
     and grant us your salvation.
8I will listen to what the LORD God is saying, *
     for he is speaking peace to his faithful people
     and to those who turn their hearts to him.
9Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, *
     that his glory may dwell in our land.
10Mercy and truth have met together; *
     righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11Truth shall spring up from the earth, *
     and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12The LORD will indeed grant prosperity, *
     and our land will yield its increase.
13Righteousness shall go before him, *
     and peace shall be a pathway for his feet.

New Testament Reading

Ephesians 1:1-14
¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: ²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, ⁵having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, ⁶to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. ⁷In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace ⁸which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, ⁹having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, ¹⁰that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth-in Him. ¹¹In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, ¹²that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. ¹³In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. -- NKJV

Gospel Reading

Mark 6:7-13
⁷And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits. ⁸He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff-no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts- ⁹but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics. ¹⁰Also He said to them, "In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place. ¹¹And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!" ¹²So they went out and preached that people should repent. ¹³And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them. -- NKJV