The Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity.
Psalm
119.161-168
Principes persecuti sunt
161. PRINCES have persecuted
me without a cause : but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162. I am as glad of thy word
: as one that findeth great spoils.
163. As for lies, I hate and
abhor them : but thy law do I love.
164. Seven times a day do I
praise thee : because of thy righteous judgements.
165. Great is the peace that
they have who love thy law : and they are not offended at it.
166. Lord, I have looked for
thy saving health : and done after thy commandments.
167. My soul hath kept thy
testimonies : and loved them exceedingly.
168. I have kept thy
commandments and testimonies : for all my ways are before thee.
The Collect.
GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people
pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee
with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Psalm
59.15b-21
Psalter: Psalm 120, 121, 122
| 133, 134, 135
Epistle Reading: Ephesians
6.10-20
Gospel Reading: St. John
4.46-54
Barbee and Zahl: “This Collect is sometimes used in the Church of
England to replace the Absolution in Morning and Evening Prayer when those
services are conducted by a lay reader. ( . . . ) The Collect asks for pardon
and peace, with the incomparable result of “a quiet mind.” Freedom from the
heavy dead hand of the past produces the opposite of anxiety. It produces tranquility,
which in this case means no fear” (110-111).
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