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Tuesday after the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

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The Collect of the Day

Proper 9

The Sunday closest to July 6

O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Benedict of Nursia

Gracious God, whose service is perfect freedom and in whose commandments there is nothing harsh nor burdensome: Grant that we, with your servant Benedict, may listen with attentive minds, pray with fervent hearts, and serve you with willing hands, so that we might live at peace with one another and in obedience to your Word, Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Psalms

5

Verba mea auribusBCP p. 588

1Give ear to my words, O Lord; *consider my meditation.

2Hearken to my cry for help, my King and my God, *for I make my prayer to you.

3In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; *early in the morning I make my appeal and watch for you.

4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, *and evil cannot dwell with you.

5Braggarts cannot stand in your sight; *you hate all those who work wickedness.

6You destroy those who speak lies; *the bloodthirsty and deceitful, O Lord, you abhor.

7But as for me, through the greatness of your mercy I will go into your house; *I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.

8Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, because of those who lie in wait for me; *make your way straight before me.

9For there is no truth in their mouth; *there is destruction in their heart;

10Their throat is an open grave; *they flatter with their tongue.

11Declare them guilty, O God; *let them fall, because of their schemes.

12Because of their many transgressions cast them out, *for they have rebelled against you.

13But all who take refuge in you will be glad; *they will sing out their joy for ever.

14You will shelter them, *so that those who love your Name may exult in you.

15For you, O Lord, will bless the righteous; *you will defend them with your favor as with a shield.

6

Domine, ne in furoreBCP p. 589

1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *do not punish me in your wrath.

2Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; *heal me, Lord, for my bones are racked.

3My spirit shakes with terror; *how long, O Lord, how long?

4Turn, O Lord, and deliver me; *save me for your mercy’s sake.

5For in death no one remembers you; *and who will give you thanks in the grave?

6I grow weary because of my groaning; *every night I drench my bed and flood my couch with tears.

7My eyes are wasted with grief *and worn away because of all my enemies.

8Depart from me, all evildoers, *for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

9The Lord has heard my supplication; *the Lord accepts my prayer.

10All my enemies shall be confounded and quake with fear; *they shall turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

Daily Office Readings

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Acts 9:32-43

32 Now as Peter went here and there among all the believers, he came down also to the saints living in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, for he was paralyzed. 34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed!” And immediately he got up. 35 And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. 36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. 37 At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, “Please come to us without delay.” 39 So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. 40 Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. 41 He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive. 42 This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 43 Meanwhile he stayed in Joppa for some time with a certain Simon, a tanner.

Luke 23:56b-24:11

56 Then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment. 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5 The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” 8 Then they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

1 Samuel 15:24-35

24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray, pardon my sin, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord.” 26 Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 27 As Samuel turned to go away, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this very day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 Moreover the Glory of Israel will not recant or change his mind; for he is not a mortal, that he should change his mind.” 30 Then Saul said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul; and Saul worshiped the Lord. 32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” And Agag came to him haltingly. Agag said, “Surely this is the bitterness of death.” 33 But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother shall be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul. 35 Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord was sorry that he had made Saul king over Israel.