The Tenth Sunday after Trinity.
Psalm 37
Noli aemulari
( . . . )
4. Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall give
thee thy heart’s desire.
5. Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust
in him : and he shall bring it to pass.
( . . . )
The Collect.
LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to
the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Old
Testament Reading: Lamentations 1.1-12
Psalter:
Psalm 61, 62 | 48, 49
Epistle
Reading: 1 Corinthians 12.1-11
Gospel
Reading: St. Luke 19.41-46
Barbee and Zahl: “An important insight concerning
prayer exists at the heart of this petition. But the insight is a hard saying.
( . . . ) It is about praying according to the Word of God and not contrary to
it. On more than one occasion, this writer has heard the outpourings of a sincere
Christian who is praying for God to give him something that the Word expressly
denies. For example, someone asks God to give him a new wife or husband other
than the one who already exists. Sometimes the one praying has a specific third
party in mind! Or a person longs to be living an entirely different life,
virtually in a different body and mind, than the life he or she is able to
live. But God has given what He has given. Do not call unclean what God has
called clean (Acts 10:15) and vice-versa! This Collect invites s to pray for
those changes and transformations in our lives that accord with righteousness,
which we see explicit both in the Law (i.e., the Ten Commandments) and the
Gospel (i.e., the Life of Christ Jesus). Believe me, that gives us plenty of
scope for our prayers (89)!
The Transfiguration of Christ
August 6
August 6
Psalm 16
Conserva me, Domine
( . . . )
10. Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory
rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11. For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell :
neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12. Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy
presence is the fulness of joy : and at thy right hand there is pleasure for
evermore.
( . . . )
The Collect
O GOD, who on the mount didst reveal to chosen witnesses
thine only-begotten Son wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and
glistering; Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the disquietude of
this world, may be permitted to behold the King in his beauty, who with thee, O
Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, world without
end. Amen.
Epistle
Reading: 2 Peter 1.13-18
Gospel
Reading: St. Luke 9.28-36
Philippians 3.20-21: “For our conversation is in
heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who
shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious
body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things
unto himself.”
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