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Thursday after the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

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    The Collect of the Day

    Proper 8

    The Sunday closest to June 29

    Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Psalms

    131

    Domine, non estBCP p. 785

    1O Lord, I am not proud; *I have no haughty looks.

    2I do not occupy myself with great matters, *or with things that are too hard for me.

    3But I still my soul and make it quiet, like a child upon its mother’s breast; *my soul is quieted within me.

    4O Israel, wait upon the Lord, *from this time forth for evermore.

    132

    Memento, DomineBCP p. 785

    1Lord, remember David, *and all the hardships he endured;

    2How he swore an oath to the Lord *and vowed a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:

    3“I will not come under the roof of my house, *nor climb up into my bed;

    4I will not allow my eyes to sleep, *nor let my eyelids slumber;

    5Until I find a place for the Lord, *a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

    6“The ark! We heard it was in Ephratah; *we found it in the fields of Jearim.

    7Let us go to God’s dwelling place; *let us fall upon our knees before his footstool.”

    8Arise, O Lord, into your resting-place, *you and the ark of your strength.

    9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; *let your faithful people sing with joy.

    10For your servant David’s sake, *do not turn away the face of your Anointed.

    11The Lord has sworn an oath to David; *in truth, he will not break it:

    12“A son, the fruit of your body *will I set upon your throne.

    13If your children keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, *their children will sit upon your throne for evermore.”

    14For the Lord has chosen Zion; *he has desired her for his habitation:

    15“This shall be my resting-place for ever; *here will I dwell, for I delight in her.

    16I will surely bless her provisions, *and satisfy her poor with bread.

    17I will clothe her priests with salvation, *and her faithful people will rejoice and sing.

    18There will I make the horn of David flourish; *I have prepared a lamp for my Anointed.

    19As for his enemies, I will clothe them with shame; *but as for him, his crown will shine.”

    133

    Ecce, quam bonum!BCP p. 787

    1Oh, how good and pleasant it is, *when brethren live together in unity!

    2It is like fine oil upon the head *that runs down upon the beard,

    3Upon the beard of Aaron, *and runs down upon the collar of his robe.

    4It is like the dew of Hermon *that falls upon the hills of Zion.

    5For there the Lord has ordained the blessing: *life for evermore.

    Daily Office Readings

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    1 Samuel 13:5-18

    5 The Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude; they came up and encamped at Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven. 6 When the Israelites saw that they were in distress (for the troops were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns. 7 Some Hebrews crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. 8 He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people began to slip away from Saul. 9 So Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the offerings of well-being.” And he offered the burnt offering. 10 As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived; and Saul went out to meet him and salute him. 11 Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the people were slipping away from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were mustering at Michmash, 12 I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down upon me at Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of the Lord’; so I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering.” 13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you. The Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever, 14 but now your kingdom will not continue; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart; and the Lord has appointed him to be ruler over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.” 15 And Samuel left and went on his way from Gilgal. The rest of the people followed Saul to join the army; they went up from Gilgal toward Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. 16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were present with them stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped at Michmash. 17 And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies; one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, 18 another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the mountain that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

    Acts 8:26-40

    26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) 27 So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.” 30 So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. 32 Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” 34 The eunuch asked Philip, “About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” 38 He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

    Luke 23:13-25

    13 Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people, 14 and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was perverting the people; and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him. 15 Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us. Indeed, he has done nothing to deserve death. 16 I will therefore have him flogged and release him.” 18 Then they all shouted out together, “Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!” 19 (This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city, and for murder.) 20 Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again; 21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22 A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him.” 23 But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified; and their voices prevailed. 24 So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted. 25 He released the man they asked for, the one who had been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over as they wished.