READINGS FOR
October 2011
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October 02 Sixteenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Collect Traditional
Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than
we to pray, and to give more than either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of
thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those
good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus
Christ thy Son our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Collect Contemporary
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than
we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance
of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us
those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and
mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
20:1 Then God spoke all these words:
20:2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
slavery;
20:3 you shall have no other gods before me.
20:4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in
heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
20:7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will
not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
20:8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy.
20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work.
20:12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that
the LORD your God is giving you.
20:13 You shall not murder.
20:14 You shall not commit adultery.
20:15 You shall not steal.
20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
20:17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
20:18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet,
and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance,
20:19 and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God
speak to us, or we will die."
20:20 Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you
and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin."
Psalm 19
19:1 The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his
handiwork.
19:2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge.
19:3 There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard;
19:4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the
world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,
19:5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs
its course with joy.
19:6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and
nothing is hid from its heat.
19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the LORD are sure,
making wise the simple;
19:8 the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD
is clear, enlightening the eyes;
19:9 the fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true
and righteous altogether.
19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey,
and drippings of the honeycomb.
19:11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
19:12 But who can detect their errors? Clear me from hidden faults.
19:13 Keep back your servant also from the insolent; do not let them have dominion over
me. Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O
LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Isaiah 5:1-7
5:1 Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My
beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
5:2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a
watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield
grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
5:3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my
vineyard.
5:4 What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected
it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
5:5 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it
shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
5:6 I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with
briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah
are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but
heard a cry!
Psalm 80:7-15
80:7 Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved.
80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches;
80:11 it sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
80:12 Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck
its fruit?
80:13 The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it.
80:14 Turn again, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this
vine,
80:15 the stock that your right hand planted.
Philippians 3:4b-14
3:4b If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:
3:5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of
Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
3:6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
3:7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.
3:8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing
Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard
them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but
one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith.
3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his
sufferings by becoming like him in his death,
3:11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
3:12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press
on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
3:13 Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do:
forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 21:33-46
21:33 "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a
vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he
leased it to tenants and went to another country.
21:34 When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his
produce.
21:35 But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
21:36 Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same
way.
21:37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come,
let us kill him and get his inheritance."
21:39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
21:40 Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
21:41 They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease
the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time."
21:42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone that the
builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing
in our eyes'?
21:43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a
people that produces the fruits of the kingdom.
21:44 The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone
on whom it falls."
21:45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he
was speaking about them.
21:46 They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as
a prophet.
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October 9 Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Collect Traditional
Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always precede and follow us, and make us
continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect Contemporary
Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, that we may continually
be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Exodus 32:1-14 ; Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23
or
Isaiah 25:1-9; Psalm 23
Phillipians 4:1-9
Matthew 22:1-14
Exodus 32:1-14
32:1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain,
the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make gods for us, who shall
go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do
not know what has become of him."
32:2 Aaron said to them, "Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives,
your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."
32:3 So all the people took off the gold rings from their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
32:4 He took the gold from them, formed it in a mold, and cast an image of a calf; and
they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of
Egypt!"
32:5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and
said, "Tomorrow shall be a festival to the LORD."
32:6 They rose early the next day, and offered burnt offerings and brought sacrifices of
well-being; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.
32:7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out
of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely;
32:8 they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast
for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said,
'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'"
32:9 The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are.
32:10 Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them;
and of you I will make a great nation."
32:11 But Moses implored the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does your wrath
burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power
and with a mighty hand?
32:12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that he brought them out to
kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from
your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people.
32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your
own self, saying to them, 'I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and
all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit
it forever.'"
32:14 And the LORD changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his
people.
Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23
106:1 Praise the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his
steadfast love endures forever.
106:2 Who can utter the mighty doings of the LORD, or declare all his praise?
106:3 Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.
106:4 Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you deliver
them;
106:5 that I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of your nation, that I may glory in your heritage.
106:6 Both we and our ancestors have sinned; we have committed iniquity, have done
wickedly.
106:19 They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image.
106:20 They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
106:21 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,
106:22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.|
106:23 Therefore he said he would destroy them-- had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in
the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.
Isaiah 25:1-9
25:1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for
you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
25:2 For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of aliens is
a city no more, it will never be rebuilt.
25:3 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
25:4 For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a
shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was
like a winter rainstorm,
25:5 the noise of aliens like heat in a dry place, you subdued the heat with the shade of
clouds; the song of the ruthless was stilled.
25:6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a
feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained
clear.
25:7 And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the
sheet that is spread over all nations; he will swallow up death forever.
25:8 Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his
people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
25:9 It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he
might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his
salvation.
Psalm 23
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;
23:3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake.
23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me;
your rod and your staff-- they comfort me.
23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with
oil; my cup overflows.
23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell
in the house of the LORD my whole life long.
Philippians 4:1-9
4:1 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and
crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
4:2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
4:3 Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have struggled
beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers,
whose names are in the book of life.
4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
4:5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.
4:6 Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus.
4:8 Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever
is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if
there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
4:9 Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me,
and the God of peace will be with you.
Matthew 22:1-14
22:1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying:
22:2 "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for
his son.
22:3 He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but
they would not come.
22:4 Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have
prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is
ready; come to the wedding banquet.'
22:5 But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business,
22:6 while the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them.
22:7 The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their
city.
22:8 Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
22:9 Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the wedding
banquet.'
22:10 Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both good
and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.
22:11 "But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was
not wearing a wedding robe,
22:12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?' And he
was speechless.
22:13 Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into
the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen."
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October 16 Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Collect Traditional
Almighty and everlasting God, who in Christ hast revealed thy glory
among the nations: Preserve the works of thy mercy, that thy Church throughout the world
may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of thy Name; through the same Jesus
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever
and ever. Amen.
Collect Contemporary
Almighty and everlasting God, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations:
Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with
steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Exodus 33:12-23 ; Psalm 99
or
Isaiah 45:1-7; Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13)
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
Matthew 22:15-22
Exodus 33:12-23
33:12 Moses said to the LORD, "See, you have said to me, 'Bring up this
people'; but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I
know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'
33:13 Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you
and find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people."
33:14 He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
33:15 And he said to him, "If your presence will not go, do not carry us up from
here.
33:16 For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people,
unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every
people on the face of the earth."
33:17 The LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing that you have asked; for you
have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."
33:18 Moses said, "Show me your glory, I pray."
33:19 And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim
before you the name, 'The LORD'; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and
will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
33:20 But," he said, "you cannot see my face; for no one shall see me and
live."
33:21 And the LORD continued, "See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on
the rock;
33:22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover
you with my hand until I have passed by;
33:23 then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be
seen."
Psalm 99
99:1 The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the
cherubim; let the earth quake!
99:2 The LORD is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.
99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is he!
99:4 Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
99:5 Extol the LORD our God; worship at his footstool. Holy is he!
99:6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his
name. They cried to the LORD, and he answered them.
99:7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his decrees, and the statutes that
he gave them.
99:8 O LORD our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger
of their wrongdoings.
99:9 Extol the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is
holy.
Isaiah 45:1-7
45:1 Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have
grasped to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their robes, to open doors before
him-- and the gates shall not be closed:
45:2 I will go before you and level the mountains, I will break in pieces the doors of
bronze and cut through the bars of iron,
45:3 I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret places, so that
you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I
surname you, though you do not know me.
45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; besides me there is no god. I arm you, though
you do not know me,
45:6 so that they may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is no
one besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
45:7 I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the LORD do all these
things.
Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13)
96:1 O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
96:2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
96:3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
96:4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be revered above all gods.
96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
96:6 Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
96:7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and
strength.
96:8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his
courts.
96:9 Worship the LORD in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth.
96:10 Say among the nations, "The LORD is king! The world is
firmly established; it shall never be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity."
96:11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that
fills it;
96:12 let the field exult, and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest
sing for joy
96:13 before the LORD; for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will
judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
1:2 We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly
1:3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and
steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4 For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you,
1:5 because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and
in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we
proved to be among you for your sake.
1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you
received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit,
1:7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
1:8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia,
but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak
about it.
1:9 For the people of those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you,
and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues
us from the wrath that is coming.
Matthew 22:15-22
22:15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.
22:16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying,
"Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with
truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality.
22:17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or
not?"
22:18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why are you putting me to the test,
you hypocrites?
22:19 Show me the coin used for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.
22:20 Then he said to them, "Whose head is this, and whose title?"
22:21 They answered, "The emperor's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore
to the emperor the things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are
God's."
22:22 When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.
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October 23 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Collect Traditional
Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity;
and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost
command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Collect Contemporary
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity;
and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
Proper 25
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 ; Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
or
Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18; Psalm 1
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Matthew 22:34-46
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
34:1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of
Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the LORD showed him the whole land: Gilead as far
as Dan,
34:2 all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the
Western Sea,
34:3 the Negeb, and the Plain -- that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees --
as far as Zoar.
34:4 The LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with
your eyes, but you shall not cross over there."
34:5 Then Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's
command.
34:6 He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows
his burial place to this day.
34:7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his
vigor had not abated.
34:8 The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the period of
mourning for Moses was ended.
34:9 Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands
on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the LORD had commanded Moses.
34:10 Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face
to face.|
34:11 He was unequaled for all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent him to perform in
the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land,
34:12 and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power that Moses
performed in the sight of all Israel.
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
90:1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the
world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
90:3 You turn us back to dust, and say, "Turn back, you mortals."
90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a
watch in the night.
90:5 You sweep them away; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the
morning;
90:6 in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
90:13 Turn, O LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
90:14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, so that we may rejoice and be
glad all our days.
90:15 Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us, and as many years as we have
seen evil.
90:16 Let your work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their
children.
90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our
hands -- O prosper the work of our hands!
Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18
19:1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
19:2 Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be
holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
19:15 You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or
defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.
19:16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit
by the blood of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
19:17 You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your
neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself.
19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you
shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Psalm 1
1:1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the
path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;
1:2 but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law they meditate day and
night.
1:3 They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its
season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.
1:4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation
of the righteous;
1:6 for the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will
perish.
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
2:1 You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not
in vain,
2:2 but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you
know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great
opposition.
2:3 For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery,
2:4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the
gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts.
2:5 As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a
pretext for greed;
2:6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others,
2:7 though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you,
like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children.
2:8 So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the
gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
Matthew 22:34-46
22:34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they
gathered together,
22:35 and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
22:36 "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
22:37 He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
22:38 This is the greatest and first commandment.
22:39 And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question:
22:42 "What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him,
"The son of David."
22:43 He said to them, "How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord,
saying,
22:44 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies
under your feet"'?
22:45 If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"
22:46 No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him
any more questions.
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October 30 Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Collect Traditional
Almighty and merciful God, of whose only thy gift it cometh that thy
faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we beseech thee, that we
may run without stumbling to obtain thy heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect Contemporary
Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you
true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly
promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Proper 26
Joshua 3:7-17 ; Psalm 107:1-9, 33-37
or
Micah 3:5-12; Psalm 43
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
Matthew 23:1-12
Joshua 3:7-17
3:7 The LORD said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to exalt you in the
sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you as I was with Moses.
3:8 You are the one who shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, 'When
you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the
Jordan.'"
3:9 Joshua then said to the Israelites, "Draw near and hear the words of the LORD
your God."
3:10 Joshua said, "By this you shall know that among you is the living God who
without fail will drive out from before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites,
Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites:
3:11 the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going to pass before you into
the Jordan.
3:12 So now select twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
3:13 When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of
all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing from
above shall be cut off; they shall stand in a single heap."
3:14 When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests
bearing the ark of the covenant were in front of the people.
3:15 Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those
who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were
dipped in the edge of the water,
3:16 the waters flowing from above stood still, rising up in a single heap far off at
Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, while those flowing toward the sea of the Arabah,
the Dead Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
3:17 While all Israel were crossing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of
the covenant of the LORD stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until the entire
nation finished crossing over the Jordan.
Psalm 107:1-9, 33-37
107:1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures
forever.
107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, those he redeemed from trouble
107:3 and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and
from the south.
107:4 Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to an inhabited town;
107:5 hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.
107:6 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their
distress;
107:7 he led them by a straight way, until they reached an inhabited town.
107:8 Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to
humankind.
107:9 For he satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.
107:33 He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,
107:34 a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
107:35 He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
107:36 And there he lets the hungry live, and they establish a town to live in;
107:37 they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield.
Micah 3:5-12
3:5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who
cry "Peace" when they have something to eat, but declare war against those who
put nothing into their mouths.
3:6 Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision, and darkness to you, without
revelation. The sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them;
3:7 the seers shall be disgraced, and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover
their lips, for there is no answer from God.
3:8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the LORD, and with justice
and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
3:9 Hear this, you rulers of the house of Jacob and chiefs of the house of Israel, who
abhor justice and pervert all equity,
3:10 who build Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wrong!
3:11 Its rulers give judgment for a bribe, its priests teach for a price, its prophets
give oracles for money; yet they lean upon the LORD and say, "Surely the LORD is with
us! No harm shall come upon us."
3:12 Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a
heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
Psalm 43
43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from
those who are deceitful and unjust deliver me!
43:2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you cast me off? Why must I walk
about mournfully because of the oppression of the enemy?
43:3 O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your
holy hill and to your dwelling.
43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you
with the harp, O God, my God.
43:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God;
for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
2:9 You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and
day, so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
2:10 You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was
toward you believers.
2:11 As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children,
2:12 urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls
you into his own kingdom and glory.
2:13 We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of
God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is,
God's word, which is also at work in you believers.
Matthew 23:1-12
23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
23:2 "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat;
23:3 therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do as they do, for
they do not practice what they teach.
23:4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but
they themselves are unwilling to lift finger to move them.
23:5 They do all their deeds to be seen by others; for they make their phylacteries broad
and their fringes long.
23:6 They love to have the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the
synagogues,
23:7 and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have people call them
rabbi.
23:8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all
students.
23:9 And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father--the one in heaven.
23:10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Messiah.
23:11 The greatest among you will be your servant.
23:12 All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be
exalted.
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