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Proper 5
The Collect:
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, and by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Track 1
Old Testament:1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15)
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,5and said to him, “You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” Samuel prayed to theLord,7and theLordsaid to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.8Just as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you.9Now then, listen to their voice; only—you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.” 10So Samuel reported all the words of theLordto the people who were asking him for a king.11He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsem*n, and to run before his chariots; [12and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.13He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers.]15He will take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers.16He will take your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle and donkeys, and put them to his work.17He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.18And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but theLordwill not answer you in that day.”19But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, “No! but we are determined to have a king over us,20so that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles.”
[14Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.”15So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before theLordin Gilgal. There they sacrificed offerings of well-being before theLord, and there Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.]
Psalm: Psalm 138
1Iwill give thanks to you, OLord, with my whole heart; *
before the gods I will sing your praise.
2I will bow down toward your holy temple
and praise your Name, *
because of your love and faithfulness;
3For you have glorified your Name *
and your word above all things.
4When I called, you answered me; *
you increased my strength within me.
5All the kings of the earth will praise you, OLord, *
when they have heard the words of your mouth.
6They will sing of the ways of theLord, *
that great is the glory of theLord.
7Though theLordbe high, he cares for the lowly; *
he perceives the haughty from afar.
8Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe; *
you stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies;
your right hand shall save me.
9TheLordwill make good his purpose for me; *
OLord, your love endures for ever;
do not abandon the works of your hands.
Track 2
Old Testament: Genesis 3:8-15
8They heard the sound of theLordGod walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of theLordGod among the trees of the garden.
9But theLordGod called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”10He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.”13Then theLordGod said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”
14TheLordGod said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Psalm: Psalm 130
1Out of the depths have I called to you, OLord;
Lord, hear my voice; *
let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.
2If you,Lord, were to note what is done amiss, *
O Lord, who could stand?
3For there is forgiveness with you; *
therefore you shall be feared.
4I wait for theLord; my soul waits for him; *
in his word is my hope.
5My soul waits for theLord,
more than watchmen for the morning, *
more than watchmen for the morning.
6O Israel, wait for theLord, *
for with theLordthere is mercy;
7With him there is plenteous redemption, *
and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins.
Epistle:2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
13But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—“I believed, and so I spoke” —we also believe, and so we speak,14because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.15Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.16So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.17For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,18because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
1For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Gospel: Mark 3:20-35
20and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.21When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.”23And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.25And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.26And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come.27But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
28“Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter;29but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—30for they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.”
31Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him.32A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.”33And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”34And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!35Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
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The Old Testament, New Testament and Gospels readings are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
The Collects, Psalms, and Canticles are from the Book of Common Prayer, 1979.
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