Lectionary Readings Book of Common Prayer - 1979 Sunday, June-29-2014 Proper 8

The Collect

Proper 8
O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through the same 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

Isaiah 2:10-17
¹⁰ Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty. ¹¹ The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall be humbled; and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. ¹² For the LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high; ¹³ against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan; ¹⁴ against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills; ¹⁵ against every high tower, and against every fortified wall; ¹⁶ against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft. ¹⁷ And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the pride of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Psalm

Psalm 89:1-18

Part 1
1Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing; *
     from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness.
2For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; *
     you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens.
3"I have made a covenant with my chosen one; *
     I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
4'I will establish your line for ever, *
     and preserve your throne for all generations.'"
5The heavens bear witness to your wonders, O LORD, *
     and to your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones;
6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? *
     who is like the LORD among the gods?
7God is much to be feared in the council of the holy ones, *
     great and terrible to all those round about him.
8Who is like you, LORD God of hosts? *
     O mighty LORD, your faithfulness is all around you.
9You rule the raging of the sea *
     and still the surging of its waves.
10You have crushed Rahab of the deep with a deadly wound; *
     you have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11Yours are the heavens; the earth also is yours; *
     you laid the foundations of the world and all that is in it.
12You have made the north and the south; *
     Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your Name.
13You have a mighty arm; *
     strong is your hand and high is your right hand.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne; *
     love and truth go before your face.
15Happy are the people who know the festal shout! *
     they walk, O LORD, in the light of your presence.
16They rejoice daily in your Name; *
     they are jubilant in your righteousness.
17For you are the glory of their strength, *
     and by your favor our might is exalted.
18Truly, the LORD is our ruler; *
     The Holy One of Israel is our King.

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Psalm 89:1-4,15-18

1Your love, O LORD, for ever will I sing; *
     from age to age my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness.
2For I am persuaded that your love is established for ever; *
     you have set your faithfulness firmly in the heavens.
3"I have made a covenant with my chosen one; *
     I have sworn an oath to David my servant:
4'I will establish your line for ever, *
     and preserve your throne for all generations.'"
15Happy are the people who know the festal shout! *
     they walk, O LORD, in the light of your presence.
16They rejoice daily in your Name; *
     they are jubilant in your righteousness.
17For you are the glory of their strength, *
     and by your favor our might is exalted.
18Truly, the LORD is our ruler; *
     The Holy One of Israel is our King.

New Testament Reading

Romans 6:3-11
³ Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴ We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. ⁵ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶ We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷ For he who has died is freed from sin. ⁸ But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. ⁹ For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰ The death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ¹¹ So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 10:34-42
³⁴ "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ³⁶ and a man's foes will be those of his own household. ³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; ³⁸ and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. ³⁹ He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. ⁴⁰ "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. ⁴¹ He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

Lectionary Readings Book of Common Prayer - 1979 Sunday, June-22-2014 Proper 7

The Collect

Proper 7
O Lord, we beseech thee, make us have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name, for thou never failest to help and govern those whom thou hast set upon the sure foundation of thy loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen

Old Testament Reading

Jeremiah 20:7-13
⁷ O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me. ⁸ For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!" For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. ⁹ If I say, "I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name," there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot. ¹⁰ For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my familiar friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived, then we can overcome him, and take our revenge on him." ¹¹ But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble, they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. ¹² O LORD of hosts, who triest the righteous, who seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance upon them, for to thee have I committed my cause. ¹³ Sing to the LORD; praise the LORD! For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

Psalm

Psalm 69:1-18

1Save me, O God, *
     for the waters have risen up to my neck.
2I am sinking in deep mire, *
     and there is no firm ground for my feet.
3I have come into deep waters, *
     and the torrent washes over me.
4I have grown weary with my crying;
     my throat is inflamed; *
     my eyes have failed from looking for my God.
5Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs
     of my head;
     my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty. *
     Must I then give back what I never stole?
6O God, you know my foolishness, *
     and my faults are not hidden from you.
7Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
     Lord GOD of hosts; *
     let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me,
     O God of Israel.
8Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *
     and shame has covered my face.
9I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *
     an alien to my mother's children.
10Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *
     the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
11I humbled myself with fasting, *
     but that was turned to my reproach.
12I put on sack-cloth also, *
     and became a byword among them.
13Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, *
     and the drunkards make songs about me.
14But as for me, this is my prayer to you, *
     at the time you have set, O LORD:
15"In your great mercy, O God, *
     answer me with your unfailing help.
16Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *
     let me be rescued from those who hate me
     and out of the deep waters.
17Let not the torrent of waters wash over me,
     neither let the deep swallow me up; *
     do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.
18Answer me, O LORD, for your love is kind; *
     in your great compassion, turn to me."

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Psalm 69:7-10,16-18

7Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
     Lord GOD of hosts; *
     let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me,
     O God of Israel.
8Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, *
     and shame has covered my face.
9I have become a stranger to my own kindred, *
     an alien to my mother's children.
10Zeal for your house has eaten me up; *
     the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me.
16Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; *
     let me be rescued from those who hate me
     and out of the deep waters.
17Let not the torrent of waters wash over me,
     neither let the deep swallow me up; *
     do not let the Pit shut its mouth upon me.
18Answer me, O LORD, for your love is kind; *
     in your great compassion, turn to me."

New Testament Reading

Romans 5:15-19
¹⁵ But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. ¹⁶ And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification. ¹⁷ If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ Then as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. ¹⁹ For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 10:(16-23)24-33
(¹⁶ "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, ¹⁸ and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. ¹⁹ When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; ²⁰ for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ²¹ Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; ²² and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes. )²⁴ "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; ²⁵ it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-el'zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. ²⁶ "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. ²⁸ And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. ³² So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; ³³ but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Book of Common Prayer - 1979
June-15-2014
Trinity Sunday

The Collect

First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of thy Divine Majesty to worship the Unity: We beseech thee that thou wouldst keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see thee in thy one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Preface of Trinity Sunday

Old Testament Reading

Genesis 1:1-2:3
1:¹ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. ³ And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. ⁴ And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. ⁶ And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." ⁷ And God made the firmament and separated the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was so. ⁸ And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. ⁹ And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. ¹⁰ God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. ¹¹ And God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, upon the earth." And it was so. ¹² The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ¹³ And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. ¹⁴ And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, ¹⁵ and let them be lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. ¹⁶ And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. ¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth, ¹⁸ to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. ²⁰ And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens." ²¹ So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²² And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." ²³ And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. ²⁴ And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. ²⁵ And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²⁶ Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth." ²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. ²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth." ²⁹ And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. ³⁰ And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so. ³¹ And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. 2:¹ Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. ² And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. ³ So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.

Psalm

Psalm 150

Laudate Domi
1Hallelujah!
     Praise God in his holy temple; *
     praise him in the firmament of his power.
2Praise him for his mighty acts; *
     praise him for his excellent greatness.
3Praise him with the blast of the ram's-horn; *
     Praise him with lyre and harp.
4Praise him with timbrel and dance; *
     praise him with strings and pipe.
5Praise him with resounding cymbals; *
     praise him with loud-clanging cymbals.
6Let everything that has breath *
     praise the Lord.
     Hallelujah!

New Testament Reading

2 Corinthians 13:(5-10)11-14
(⁵ Examine yourselves, to see whether you are holding to your faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you fail to meet the test! ⁶ I hope you will find out that we have not failed. ⁷ But we pray God that you may not do wrong--not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed. ⁸ For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. ⁹ For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. What we pray for is your improvement. ¹⁰ I write this while I am away from you, in order that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. )¹¹ Finally, brethren, farewell. Mend your ways, heed my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. ¹² Greet one another with a holy kiss. ¹³ All the saints greet you. ¹⁴ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 28:16-20
¹⁶ Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. ¹⁷ And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."