The Eighteenth Sunday after
Trinity.
Psalm 119.137-144
Justus
es, Domine
RIGHTEOUS art
thou, O Lord : and true is thy judgement.
138. The
testimonies that thou hast commanded : are exceeding righteous and true.
139. My zeal
hath even consumed me : because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140. Thy word
is tried to the uttermost : and thy servant loveth it.
141. I am
small, and of no reputation : yet do I not forget thy commandments.
142. Thy
righteousness is an everlasting righteousness : and thy law is the truth.
143. Trouble
and heaviness have taken hold upon me : yet is my delight in thy commandments.
144. The
righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting : O grant me understanding, and
I shall live.
The
Collect.
LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand
the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts
and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old
Testament Reading: Amos 8.4-12
Psalter:
Psalm 111, 112 | 106, 69
Epistle
Reading: 1 Corinthians 1.4-9
Gospel
Reading: St. Matthew 22.34-46
Saint Michael and All Angels
{29 September}
Psalm 113
Laudate, pueri
PRAISE the Lord, ye servants : O praise the
Name of the Lord.
2. Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this
time forth for evermore.
3. The Lord’s Name is praised : from the
rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same.
4. The Lord is high above all heathen and his
glory above the heavens.
5. Who is like unto the Lord our God, that
hath his dwelling so high : and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that
are in heaven and earth?
6. He taketh up the simple out of the dust :
and lifteth the poor out of the mire;
7. That he may set him with the princes : even
with the princes of his people.
8. He maketh the barren woman to keep house :
and to be a joyful mother of children.
Collect
Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels
and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels alway
do thee service in heaven so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us
on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Daniel 12.1-3
Psalter: Psalm 103
Epistle Reading: Revelation 12.7-12
Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 18.1-10
Finally, here is the
Prayer of the Order:
Almighty God, our sovereign Lord, who called Cornelius the Centurion to
be the first Christian among the Gentiles, who healed the servant at Capernaum
in accordance with the Centurion's great faith, and who inspired the Centurion
at Calvary to glorify Jesus; strengthen us in our faith that we might follow
their example to love, serve, and glorify you as faithful members of the Church
Militant, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
