Tuesday - Pentecost 16 - Proper 18
Oldest Icon of Jesus Highlights and Reflections Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer - written in the 1970s Week after the 16th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 18 Pray Today | Tuesday | 6 September 2016 Ps. 45; Ps. 47 48; Job 29:1–20; Acts 14:1–18; John 10:31–42 Psalm 45 Celebration of the king’s wedding to a foreign princess and then applied to a vision of Messiah; a song for the king, conquer in the cause of truth; God has anointed you; they write songs about you; your name will be remembered forever. Acts 14 Paul and Barnabas converts many Jews at the synagogue; the city was divided; they escaped from a stoning; they went to another town, healed a man, the locals wanted to worship them; but they took off their clothes to show they were mortal; the crowd wanted to worship them. God works with mere mortals like us to do miracles. John 10 Jesus was going to be stoned and asked why?; believe the works; they tried to arrest him but he escaped to wh...