Monday - Pentecost 18 - Proper 20
John the Baptist Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Highlights Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 18th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 20 Pray Today | Monday | 19 September 2016 Ps. 80; Ps. 77 [79]; Esther 4:4–17; Acts 18:1–11; Luke (1:1–4) 3:1–14 Psalm 80 Psalm from the people of Israel asking for restoration and repentance; Exodus is pictured as a vine that needs to be tended by God in a new land; why do you (God) let them (the enemy) pick the fruit freely (punish us) from the vine (Israel)?; bless our ruler selected by you (God); we shall be saved. Acts 18 Paul continues his missionary journey and lands in Corinth and stays with some believers - Pontius and Priscilla; they are tentmakers like Paul so that Paul earns his living there; Jews reject what Paul brings in the Word so he moves to the Gentiles who receive the Word gratefully; Paul receives a vi...