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Proper 5
Closest to June 8 |
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good doth come: Grant that by thy inspiration we may think those things that
are right, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; 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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Lesson |
1 Kings 17:17-24
Elijah Revives the Widow's Son
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill;
and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. And she said to Eli'jah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You
have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my
son!" And he said to her, "Give me your son." And he took him from her bosom,
and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he lodged, and laid him
upon his own bed. And he cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, hast thou brought calamity
even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?" Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the
LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's soul come into him again." And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Eli'jah; and the soul of the
child came into him again, and he revived. And Eli'jah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber
into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Eli'jah said, "See,
your son lives." And the woman said to Eli'jah, "Now I know that you are a man of God,
and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth." |
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Epistle |
Galatians 1:11-24
Paul's Vindication of His Apostleship
For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached
by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came
through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the
church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so
extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me
through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him
among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I
went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and
remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cili'cia. And I was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea; they only heard it said, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the
faith he once tried to destroy." And they glorified God because of me. |
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Gospel |
Luke 7:11-17
Jesus Raises the Widow's Son at Nain
Soon afterward he went to a city called Na'in, and his disciples and a
great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was
being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a
large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do
not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he
said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his
mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet
has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!" And this report concerning him spread through the whole of Judea and all
the surrounding country. |
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