The Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost | Reformation Sunday

Master of the Good Samaritan [Public domain],
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Highlights & Mini-Bible Study

Book of Common Prayer | Daily Office Readings

Days of Pentecost

You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but citizens together with the saints and members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 | Enriching Our Worship 1, p.19

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Readings

Today | 29 October 2017 | Reformation Sunday

Ps. 63:1–8 (9–11), Ps. 98; Ps. 103; Haggai 1:1—2:9; Acts 18:24—19:7; Luke 10:25–37

Psalm 63 | Background
You are my God; I behold your power and glory; I think of you always; I will rejoice; you protect me.

Acts 18 |

Apollos came that way and taught but did not know the baptism of the Holy Spirit; Paul baptized another group who had been baptized with John’s baptism and they received the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 12 |

Jesus - a lawyer came to him and tested Jesus - what is written in the law - love God, love your neighbor - show mercy (told of the Good Samaritan)

Tomorrow | Monday | 30 October 2017

Ps. 41, 52; Ps. 44; Zech. 1:7–17; Rev. 1:4–20; Matt. 12:43–50

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Prayers and Intercessions | Mission St Clare | Book of Common Prayer
Today | Pentecost 21 - Proper 25

Collect for the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

For Mission

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hardwood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honor of your Name. Amen

For the Church

Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. Amen.

Reformation

Jesus Christ, Lord of the church, send your Holy Spirit! Illumine our hearts and heal our memories. O Holy Spirit: help us to rejoice in the gifts that have come to the Church through the Reformation, prepare us to repent for the dividing walls that we, and our forebears, have built, and equip us for common witness and service in the world. Amen.

A Prayer of Self-Dedication

Almighty and eternal God,

so draw our hearts to you,

so guide our minds,

so fill our imaginations,

so control our wills,

that we may be wholly yours,

utterly dedicated unto you;

and then use us, we pray you, as you will,

and always to your glory and the welfare of your people;

through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.