Friday - Pentecost 18 - Proper 20

Eleventh-century fresco of the Exorcism at the Synagogue in Capernaum.

Highlights

Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication

Week after the 18th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 20

Bless the Lord and to those who give us Scriptures to read, study, reflect, and pray for the building of disciples and the unity of our faith in Jesus Christ.

Pray

Today | Tomorrow | Friday | 23 September 2016
Ps. 88; Ps. 91 92; Esther 8:1–8 15–17; Acts 19:21–41; Luke 4:31–37

Psalm 88 | Literary type - Individual Lament

I am in bondage, prison, laughed at, and rejected by my friends; save me according to your justice.

Esther 8

Esther further eradicates the edicts of Haman that we against the Jews and they were banished; Mordecai becomes the second in the nation speaking for the King in all things; the Jews again begin to thrive.

Acts 19

Nearly a riot is created by the merchants of idols of Artemus because people, after hearing Paul and receiving faith, were rejecting their old ways and trade in idols decreased.

Luke 4

Jesus preaches in the Galilee; casts out demons and word spread of his authority and healings.

Prayer

The Lord's Prayer

or traditional

music: video | choir

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your Name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those

who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial,

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours,

now and for ever. Amen.

Suffrages

Show us your mercy, O Lord;

And grant us your salvation.

Clothe your ministers with righteousness;

Let your people sing with joy.

Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;

For only in you can we live in safety.

Lord, keep this nation under your care;

And guide us in the way of justice and truth.

Let your way be known upon earth;

Your saving health among all nations.

Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;

Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

Create in us clean hearts, O God;

And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.

Mission St Clare