Lectionary Readings Book of Common Prayer - 1979 Sunday, August-31-2014 Proper 17

The Collect

Proper 17
Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; 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 15:15-21
¹⁵ O LORD, thou knowest; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In thy forbearance take me not away; know that for thy sake I bear reproach. ¹⁶ Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts. ¹⁷ I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because thy hand was upon me, for thou hadst filled me with indignation. ¹⁸ Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Wilt thou be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail? ¹⁹ Therefore thus says the LORD: "If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them. ²⁰ And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, says the LORD. ²¹ I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless."

Psalm

Psalm 26

udica me, Domine
1Give judgment for me, O LORD,
     for I have lived with integrity; *
     I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.
2Test me, O LORD, and try me; *
     examine my heart and my mind.
3For your love is before my eyes; *
     I have walked faithfully with you.
4I have not sat with the worthless, *
     nor do I consort with the deceitful.
5I have hated the company of evildoers; *
     I will not sit down with the wicked.
6I will wash my hands in innocence, O LORD, *
     that I may go in procession round your altar,
7Singing aloud a song of thanksgiving *
     and recounting all your wonderful deeds.
8LORD, I love the house in which you dwell *
     and the place where your glory abides.
9Do not sweep me away with sinners, *
     nor my life with those who thirst for blood,
10Whose hands are full of evil plots, *
     and their right hand full of bribes.
11As for me, I will live with integrity; *
     redeem me, O LORD, and have pity on me.
12My foot stands on level ground; *
     in the full assembly I will bless the LORD.

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Psalm 26:1-8

1Give judgment for me, O LORD,
     for I have lived with integrity; *
     I have trusted in the Lord and have not faltered.
2Test me, O LORD, and try me; *
     examine my heart and my mind.
3For your love is before my eyes; *
     I have walked faithfully with you.
4I have not sat with the worthless, *
     nor do I consort with the deceitful.
5I have hated the company of evildoers; *
     I will not sit down with the wicked.
6I will wash my hands in innocence, O LORD, *
     that I may go in procession round your altar,
7Singing aloud a song of thanksgiving *
     and recounting all your wonderful deeds.
8LORD, I love the house in which you dwell *
     and the place where your glory abides.

New Testament Reading

Romans 12:1-8
¹ I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. ² Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. ³ For by the grace given to me I bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith which God has assigned him. ⁴ For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function, ⁵ so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. ⁶ Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; ⁷ if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; ⁸ he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Gospel Reading

Matthew 16:21-27
²¹ From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. ²² And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, "God forbid, Lord! This shall never happen to you." ²³ But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men." ²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶ For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? ²⁷ For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.