Sunday, August 7, 2061

10th Sunday after Pentecost

Fasting: No fastDoxologyJulian: July 25

Epistle

1 Corinthians 4.9-16

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9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.Log in to add notes

10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.Log in to add notes

11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;Log in to add notes

12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:Log in to add notes

13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.Log in to add notes

14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.Log in to add notes

15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.Log in to add notes

16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.Log in to add notes

Epistle — St Anna

Galatians 4.22-31

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22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.Log in to add notes

23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.Log in to add notes

24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.Log in to add notes

25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.Log in to add notes

26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.Log in to add notes

27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.Log in to add notes

28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.Log in to add notes

29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.Log in to add notes

30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.Log in to add notes

31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 17.14-23

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14And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,Log in to add notes

15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.Log in to add notes

16And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.Log in to add notes

17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.Log in to add notes

18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.Log in to add notes

19Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?Log in to add notes

20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.Log in to add notes

21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.Log in to add notes

22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:Log in to add notes

23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.Log in to add notes

Gospel — St Anna

Luke 8.16-21

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16No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.Log in to add notes

17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.Log in to add notes

18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.Log in to add notes

19Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.Log in to add notes

20And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.Log in to add notes

21And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.Log in to add notes