Lectionary Readings Book of Common Prayer - 1979 Sunday, July-13-2014 Proper 10

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

Isaiah 55:1-5,10-13
¹"Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. ²Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. ³Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you- The sure mercies of David. ⁴Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people, A leader and commander for the people. ⁵Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, And nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the LORD your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you." ¹⁰" For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, ¹¹So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. ¹²" For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. ¹³Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the LORD for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." -- NKJV

Psalm

Psalm 65

Te decet hymnus
1You are to be praised, O God, in Zion; *
     to you shall vows be performed in Jerusalem.
2To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come, *
     because of their transgressions.
3Our sins are stronger than we are, *
     but you will blot them out.
4Happy are they whom you choose
     and draw to your courts to dwell there! *
     they will be satisfied by the beauty of your house,
     by the holiness of your temple.
5Awesome things will you show us in your righteousness,
     O God of our salvation,*
     O Hope of all the ends of the earth
     and of the seas that are far away.
6You make fast the mountains by your power; *
     they are girded about with might.
7You still the roaring of the seas, *
     the roaring of their waves,
     and the clamor of the peoples.
8Those who dwell at the ends of the earth will tremble at your
     marvelous signs; *
     you make the dawn and the dusk to sing for joy.
9You visit the earth and water it abundantly;
     you make it very plenteous; *
     the river of God is full of water.
10You prepare the grain, *
     for so you provide for the earth.
11You drench the furrows and smooth out the ridges; *
     with heavy rain you soften the ground and bless its increase.
12You crown the year with your goodness, *
     and your paths overflow with plenty.
13May the fields of the wilderness be rich for grazing, *
     and the hills be clothed with joy.
14May the meadows cover themselves with flocks,
     and the valleys cloak themselves with grain; *
     let them shout for joy and sing.

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Psalm 65:9-14

9You visit the earth and water it abundantly;
     you make it very plenteous; *
     the river of God is full of water.
10You prepare the grain, *
     for so you provide for the earth.
11You drench the furrows and smooth out the ridges; *
     with heavy rain you soften the ground and bless its increase.
12You crown the year with your goodness, *
     and your paths overflow with plenty.
13May the fields of the wilderness be rich for grazing, *
     and the hills be clothed with joy.
14May the meadows cover themselves with flocks,
     and the valleys cloak themselves with grain; *
     let them shout for joy and sing.

New Testament Reading

Romans 8:9-17
⁹But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. ¹⁰And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. ¹²Therefore, brethren, we are debtors-not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. ¹⁵For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." ¹⁶The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. -- NKJV

Gospel Reading

Matthew 13:1-9,18-23
¹On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. ²And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. ³Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow. ⁴And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. ⁶But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. ⁷And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. ⁸But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" ¹⁸"Therefore hear the parable of the sower: ¹⁹When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. ²⁰But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; ²¹yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ²²Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty." -- NK