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Proper 11
Closest to July 20 |
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fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask and our
ignorance in asking: Have compassion, we beseech thee, upon our infirmities,
and those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our
blindness we cannot ask, mercifully give us for the worthiness of thy Son
Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. |
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Lesson |
Genesis 18:1-10a(10b-14)
A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah
And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door
of his tent in the heat of the day. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of
him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed
himself to the earth, and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by
your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree, while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and
after that you may pass on -- since you have come to your servant." So they
said, "Do as you have said." And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes." And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave
it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds, and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set
it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. They said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "She is in the
tent." The LORD said, "I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah
your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind
him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be
with Sarah after the manner of women. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my
husband is old, shall I have pleasure?" The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, `Shall I indeed
bear a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return
to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son." |
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Epistle |
Colossians 1:21-29
And you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to
present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not
shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which has been
preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a
minister.
Paul's Interest inthe Colossians
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete
what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is,
the church, of which I became a minister according to the divine office which was
given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now made manifest to his
saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the
riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of
glory. Him we proclaim, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom,
that we may present every man mature in Christ. For this I toil, striving with all the energy which he mightily inspires
within me. |
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Gospel |
Luke 10:38-42
Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named
Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and
listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and
said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell
her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled
about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not
be taken away from her." |
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