The Twenty-second Sunday after
Trinity.
Psalm
119.169-176
Appropinquet deprecatio
169. LET my complaint come before thee, O Lord : give me
understanding, according to thy word.
170. Let my supplication come before thee : deliver me, according to
thy word.
171. My lips shall speak of thy praise : when thou hast taught me
thy statutes.
172. Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word : for all thy
commandments are righteous.
173. Let thine hand help me : for I have chosen thy commandments.
174. I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord : and in thy law is
my delight.
175. O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee : and thy
judgements shall help me.
176. I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost : O seek thy
servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
The Collect.
LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in
continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all
adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of
thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old Testament Reading:
Numbers 20.14-29
Psalter: Psalm 123, 124, 125
| 136, 138
Epistle Reading: Philippians
1.3-11
Gospel Reading: St. Matthew
18.21-35
Barbee and Zahl: “…this Collect properly beseeches God for the
godliness of the Church, its protection
from threat and disaster, and its ministry of devout service. ( . . . ) But
there is a little more to it than that. The Church is the household of God
(Ephesians 2:19). It is a family keeping company together. It is a family in
operation, not theory. “Household” suggests activity, support, unity yet with
plurality, focus yet variety; not oneness at the expense of manyness, nor
manyness at the expense of oneness. Household suggests a clear direction yet
with the necessary working on the part of all hands. We run parallel here with
the somewhat more theological image of the Body of Christ. We receive from this
Collect, then, a vision of the Christian Church as a oneness in motion and the
manyness required for the ustaining of such motion. There is nothing static
here, nor obdurate” (113).
27
October
The
Victory at Saxa Ruba
Here is the link for the Collect and readings: http://orderofcenturions.org/ihsv.html
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