11th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 15

Jesus and John the Baptist by Greg Olson
http://www.godisreal.today/pictures-of-jesus/

Highlights & Mini-Bible Study

Book of Common Prayer | Daily Office Readings

Days of Pentecost

Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. | Isaiah 45:8, NRSV | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.18

Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way. Alternatives

Readings

Today | Wednesday | 16 August 2017

Ps. 118; Ps. 145; 2 Samuel 17:1–23; Gal. 3:6–14; John 5:30–47

Psalm 118 | Background
Give thanks to the Lord for God’s mercy will be forever;

Rely on the Lord;

I will repel my enemies by the name of the Lord;

Open the gates of righteousness and I will enter it;

Send us success.

Galatians 3 |

Paul - All who believe are Abraham’s descendants by the promise of God;

We are justified by faith in Jesus Christ,

John 5 |

Jesus was teaching - I do God’s will; John testified about God and the Messiah - I have greater work - believe in God.

S: HS+; Book of Common Prayer; Mission St Clare; The Episcopal Church in Garrett County, Maryland, USA; biblegateway.com; dailyoffice.org; pandora.com; New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised, 4th edition copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer.
Today | Pentecost 11 | Proper 15

Collect for the Day

Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

For Mission

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen.

General Thanksgiving

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.

+++
Sorry I have not posted lately. Have been on vacation on the Oregon Coast. Come to the water ...

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g52061-i34961539-Seaside_Oregon.html