Sunday - Pentecost 16 - Proper 18

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Highlights and Reflections
Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer - written in the 1970s
Week after the 16th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 18

Psalm 63
Longing for God; protect us from our enemies; I thirst for you; I look to your place; my soul is content; while I pray at night - my soul clings to you.
Revelation 14
The Lamb standing with the 144,000 who have been redeemed and are virgins; blessed are the dead that die in the Lord for they will rest from their labors.
Matthew 5
You are the salt- keep your saltiness; light the world - show others; fulfill your calling and teach; your faith must be strong.
Tomorrow | Monday | 5 September 2016 | Labor Day in America
Ps. 41 52; Ps. 44; Job 32:1–10 19—33:1 19–28; Acts 13:44–52; John 10:19–30
Prayer
Collect for the day
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

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