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The healing of a man from Gerasene © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, via Wikimedia Commons Highlights & Mini-Bible Study | Daily Office Readings Book of Common Praye r Days of Pentecost Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. | Isaiah 45:8, NRSV| Enriching Our Worship 1, p.18 Pray this way or this way or this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Today | Thursday | 27 July 2017 Ps. 50; Ps. [59 60] or 66 67; 1 Samuel 28:3–20; Acts 15:1–11; Mark 5:1–20 Psalm 50 | Liturgy | Background God has spoken and revealed God; Let the heavens declare the righteousness of God; Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. Acts 15 | Certain individuals wanted new Christians to follow Jewish customs; Paul and Peter testified, “God gave the Gentiles the Holy Spirit. Why do we give them more burden?” Mark 5 | They came to...

Der liebende Jesus jagt Dämonen in unschuldige Schweine Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Highlights Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 21th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 23 Pray Today | Psalm 1 Happy are those who hang out with the faith-filled people. Acts 26 Paul is giving evidence in his trial before King Agrippa; Paul says he is a Pharisee and a great follower of the ways of Jewish people; after encountering Jesus, who is the Messiah promised by the faith of our ancestors and prophets of God, Paul proclaims Jesus, who rose from the dead, as Messiah because he was commissioned by Jesus on the road to Damascus; Jesus called him to speak of his ways and forgiveness. Luke 8 Jesus and the disciples go to Gerasene and are encountered by a man possessed by many demons; Jesus casts them off, they go to a herd of pigs who go insane and run off a cliff and are killed; t...