Lectionary Readings Book of Common Prayer - 1979 Sunday, September-16-2012 Proper 19

The Collect

Proper 19
O God, forasmuch as without you we are not able to please thee, mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Preface of the Lord's Day

Old Testament Reading

Isaiah 50:4-9
⁴" The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned. ⁵The Lord GOD has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn away. ⁶I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting. ⁷" For the Lord GOD will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed. ⁸He is near who justifies Me; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me. ⁹Surely the Lord GOD will help Me; Who is he who will condemn Me? Indeed they will all grow old like a garment; The moth will eat them up. -- NKJV

Psalm

Psalm 116

Dilexi, quoniam
1I love the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my
     supplication, *
     because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.
2The cords of death entangled me;
     the grip of the grave took hold of me; *
     I came to grief and sorrow.
3Then I called upon the Name of the LORD: *
     "O LORD, I pray you, save my life."
4Gracious is the LORD and righteous; *
     our God is full of compassion.
5The LORD watches over the innocent; *
     I was brought very low, and he helped me.
6Turn again to your rest, O my soul. *
     for the LORD has treated you well.
7For you have rescued my life from death, *
     my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
8I will walk in the presence of the LORD *
     in the land of the living.
9I believed, even when I said,
     "I have been brought very low." *
     In my distress I said, "No one can be trusted."
10How shall I repay the LORD *
     for all the good things he has done for me?
11I will lift up the cup of salvation *
     and call upon the Name of the LORD.
12I will fulfill my vows to the LORD *
     in the presence of all his people.
13Precious in the sight of the LORD *
     is the death of his servants.
14O LORD, I am your servant; *
     I am your servant and the child of your handmaid;
     you have freed me from my bonds.
15I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving *
     and call upon the Name of the LORD.
16I will fulfill my vows to the LORD *
     in the presence of all his people,
17In the courts of the LORD'S house, *
     in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
     Hallelujah!

- OR -

Psalm 116:1-8

1I love the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my
     supplication, *
     because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.
2The cords of death entangled me;
     the grip of the grave took hold of me; *
     I came to grief and sorrow.
3Then I called upon the Name of the LORD: *
     "O LORD, I pray you, save my life."
4Gracious is the LORD and righteous; *
     our God is full of compassion.
5The LORD watches over the innocent; *
     I was brought very low, and he helped me.
6Turn again to your rest, O my soul. *
     for the LORD has treated you well.
7For you have rescued my life from death, *
     my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.
8I will walk in the presence of the LORD *
     in the land of the living.

 New Testament Reading

James 2:1-5,8-10,14-18
¹My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. ²For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, ³and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool," ⁴have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? ⁵Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? ⁸If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; ⁹but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. ¹⁰For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. ¹⁴What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? ¹⁵If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, ¹⁶and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? ¹⁷Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. ¹⁸But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. -- NKJV

Gospel Reading

Mark 8:27-38
²⁷Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, "Who do men say that I am?" ²⁸So they answered, "John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets." ²⁹He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and said to Him, "You are the Christ." ³⁰Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him. ³¹And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ³²He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. ³³But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." ³⁴When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, "Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ³⁵For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it. ³⁶For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? ³⁷Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." -- NKJV - OR -

Mark 9:14-29
¹⁴And when He came to the disciples, He saw a great multitude around them, and scribes disputing with them. ¹⁵Immediately, when they saw Him, all the people were greatly amazed, and running to Him, greeted Him. ¹⁶And He asked the scribes, "What are you discussing with them?" ¹⁷Then one of the crowd answered and said, "Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. ¹⁸And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not." ¹⁹He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me." ²⁰Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. ²¹So He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. ²²And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." ²³Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." ²⁴Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!" ²⁵When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!" ²⁶Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, "He is dead." ²⁷But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. ²⁸And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" ²⁹So He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting." -- NKJV