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The
Readings for
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 12
July 25 , 2010
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O God, the protector of all that
trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase
and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we
may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things
eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. |
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Contemporary
O God, the protector of all who
trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase
and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide,
we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things
eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. |
Hosea 1:2-10
When the LORD first spoke
through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a
wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits
great whoredom by forsaking the LORD." So he went and took Gomer
daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. And the
LORD said to him, "Name him Jezreel; for in a little while I will
punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end
to the kingdom of the house of Israel. On that day I will break the bow
of Israel in the valley of Jezreel." She conceived again and
bore a daughter. Then the LORD said to him, "Name her Lo-ruhamah,
for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them.
But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the
LORD their God; I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by war, or
by horses, or by horsemen." When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah,
she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said, "Name him
Lo-ammi, for you are not my people and I am not your God."
Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the
sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where
it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said
to them, "Children of the living God." |
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Psalm 85
Benedixisti, Domine
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You have been gracious to
your land, O LORD, *
you have restored the good fortune of Jacob.
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You have forgiven the
iniquity of your people *
and blotted out all their sins.
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You have withdrawn all
your fury *
and turned yourself from your wrathful indignation.
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Restore us then, O God
our Savior; *
let your anger depart from us.
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Will you be displeased
with us for ever? *
will you prolong your anger from age to age?
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Will you not give us life
again, *
that your people may rejoice in you?
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Show us your mercy, O
LORD, *
and grant us your salvation.
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I 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.
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Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, *
that his glory may dwell in our land
- Mercy and truth have met together; *
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
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Truth shall spring up from the earth, *
and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
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The LORD will indeed grant prosperity, *
and our land will yield its increase.
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Righteousness shall go before him, *
and peace shall be a pathway for his feet.
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Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19)
As you have received Christ
Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up
in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding
in thanksgiving. See to it that no one takes you captive through
philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to
the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. For
in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to
fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. In him
also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off
the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; when you were
buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith
in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And when you were
dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you
alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, erasing
the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this
aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities
and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.
[Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or
of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow
of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Do not let
anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of
angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of
thinking, and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body,
nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a
growth that is from God. ]
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| Luke 11:1-13
Jesus was praying in a certain
place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him,
"Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." He said
to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our
sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring
us to the time of trial." And he said to them, "Suppose one of
you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, `Friend,
lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I
have nothing to set before him.' And he answers from within, `Do not
bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me
in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' I tell you, even though he
will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least
because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he
needs. "So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search,
and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For
everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for
everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you
who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish?
Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who
are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will
the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" |
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