Church of the Holy Spirit (Vientiane): 2021

Tuesday, 28 December 2021

Church Service on Sunday, January 2, 2022

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

Ephesians 1:3-6

The readings for this Second Sunday after Christmas Day:

Psalm:  Psalm 147:12-20
First Reading:  Jeremiah 31:7-14
Second Reading: Ephesians 1:3-14
Gospel:  John 1:1-18

Collect

God of power and life,

you are the glory of all who believe in you.

Fill the world with your splendour

and show the nations the light

of your truth;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Saturday, 25 December 2021

Church Service on Sunday, December 26, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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JESUS MAFA. Jesus among the teachers, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48280 [retrieved December 19, 2021]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).

The readings for this First Sunday after Christmas Day:

Psalm: Psalm 148
First Reading: 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26
Second Reading: Colossians 3:12-17
Gospel: Luke 2:41-52

Collect

Almighty God,
you have shed upon us the new light
of your incarnate Word.
Grant that this light, enkindled in our hearts,
may shine forth in our lives;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Friday, 24 December 2021

Church Service on Saturday, December 25, 2021

We will be joining the livestreamed Christmas Day (family oriented) service from St. George's Church in Singapore where our Dean of Laos, Rev. Ian Hadfield, is Vicar.

This will be on Sat. Dec. 25^th at 9:15am Lao time.

Please use this link to access the service:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XiiscEDE364s6-ixmdgrw

The readings for Christmas Day:

Psalm:  Psalm 98
First Reading:  Isaiah 52:7-10
Second Reading:  Hebrews 1:1-4; 5-12
Gospel: John 1:1-14

Collect:

God our Father,
your Word has come among us
in the Holy Child of Bethlehem.
Grant that the light of faith
may illumine our hearts
and shine in our words and deeds;
through him who is Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 20 December 2021

Church Service on Friday, December 24, 2021

We will be joining the livestreamed Christmas Eve Carols and Communion service from St. George's Church in Singapore where our Dean of Laos, Rev. Ian Hadfield, is Vicar.

This will be on Fri. Dec. 24^th at 8pm Lao time.

Please use this link to access the service:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XiiscEDE364s6-ixmdgrw

The readings for Christmas Eve:

Psalm: Psalm 96
First Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7
Second Reading: Titus 2:11-14
Gospel: Luke 2:1-14, 15-20

Collect:

Eternal God,
this holy night is radiant
with the brilliance of your one true light.
Grant that we who have known
the revelation of that light on earth
may come to see the splendour
of your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 13 December 2021

Church Service on Sunday, December 19, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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The readings for this fourth Sunday of Advent:

Psalm: Psalms 80:1-7
First Reading: Micah 5:2-5a
Second Reading: Hebrews 10:5-10
Gospel: Luke 1:39-45; 46-55

Collect

Heavenly Father,
you chose the Virgin Mary,
full of grace,
to be the mother of our Lord and Saviour.
Fill us with your grace,
that in all things
we may embrace your will,
and with her rejoice in your salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 6 December 2021

Church Service on Sunday, December 12 , 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

The readings for this third Sunday of Advent:

Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-6
First Reading: Zephaniah 3:14-20
Second Reading: Philippians 4:4-7
Gospel: Luke 3:7-18

Collect

God of power and mercy,
you call us once again
to celebrate the coming of your Son.
Remove those things which hinder love of you,
that when he comes
he may find us waiting
in awe and wonder for him;
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Sunday, 28 November 2021

Church Service on Sunday, December 5 , 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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Welcome to the website of the Church of the Holy Spirit, an international group of believers and seekers from many different backgrounds, sharing together the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday. Please go to our Visitor's Information page for service details including information about our Sunday School program and Child Protection Policy.

If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

The readings for this second Sunday of Advent:

Psalm: Luke 1:68-79
First Reading: Malachi 3:1-4
Second Reading: Philippians 1:3-11
Gospel: Luke 3:1-6

Collect

Almighty God,
you sent your servant John the Baptist
to prepare your people to welcome the Messiah.
Inspire the ministers and stewards of your truth
to turn our disobedient hearts to you,
that when the Christ shall come again
to be our judge
we may stand with confidence before his glory;
who is alive and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 22 November 2021

Church Service on Sunday, November 28, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

The readings for this first Sunday of Advent:

Psalm: Psalm 25:1-10
First Reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Gospel: Luke 21:25-36

Collect

Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away
the works of darkness
and put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ
came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge both the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 15 November 2021

Church Service on Sunday, November 21, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

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The readings for this twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm: Psalm 132:1-12
First Reading:  2 Samuel 23:1-7
Second Reading:  Revelation 1:4b-8
Gospel:  John 18:33-37

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God,
it is your will to restore all things
in your well-beloved Son,
our Lord and King.
Grant that the peoples of the earth,
now divided and enslaved by sin,
may be freed and brought together
under his gentle and loving rule;
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 8 November 2021

Church Service on Sunday, November 14, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest secure,

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,

nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

You make known to me the path of life;

you will fill me with joy in your presence,

with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Psalm 16: 9-11

The readings for this twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm: Psalm 16
First Reading:  1 Samuel 1:4-20
Second Reading:  Hebrews 10:11-25
Gospel:  Mark 13:1-8

Collect

Almighty God,
you sent your Son Jesus Christ
to be the light of the world.
Free us from all that darkens and ensnares us,
and bring us to eternal light and joy;
through the power of him
who is alive and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 1 November 2021

Church Service on Sunday, November 7, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

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Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

Mark 12:41-44

The readings for this twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm:  Psalm 127
First Reading:  Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
Second Reading:  Hebrews 9:24-28
Gospel:  Mark 12:38-44

Collect

Eternal God,
you caused all holy scriptures
to be written for our learning.
Grant us so to hear them,
read, mark, learn,
and inwardly digest them,
that we may embrace and ever hold fast
the blessed hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us
in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Monday, 25 October 2021

Church Service on Sunday, October 31, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation and the decree from the mayor, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

large cross in the sky with a man running toward it

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Hebrews 9:11-14

The readings for this twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm:  Psalm 146
First Reading:  Ruth 1:1-18
Second Reading:  Hebrews 9:11-14
Gospel:  Mark 12:28-34

Collect

Almighty God,
your servant Abraham obeyed your call,
rejoicing in your promise
that in him all the families of the earth
should be blessed.
Give us faith like his,
that in us your promises may be fulfilled;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 18 October 2021

Church Service on Sunday, October 24, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation and the government regulations, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

JESUS MAFA. Jesus cures the man born blind, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48383 [retrieved September 18, 2021]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).

“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.

The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”

“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.”

Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

The readings for this twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm:  Psalm 34:1-8
First Reading:  Job 42:1-6,10-17
Second Reading:  Hebrews 7:23-28
Gospel:  Mark 10:46-52

Collect:

O God our redeemer,
you heard the cry of your people,
and sent your servant Moses
to lead them out of slavery.
Free us from the tyranny of sin and death,
and by the leading of your Spirit
bring us to our promised land;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Sunday, 10 October 2021

Church Service on Sunday, October 17, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation and government regulations, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

Note: This Sunday will be an All-Age Harvest Service based around these texts instead of the ones listed below.

Francis Toms, Chalice. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57528

Jesus said to them [James and John], “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”

Mark 10:39

The readings for this twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm:  Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c
First Reading:  Job 38:1-7
Second Reading:  Hebrews 5:1-10
Gospel:  Mark 10:35-45

Collect

Almighty and ever-living God,
increase in us your gift of faith,
that forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to what is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Sunday, 3 October 2021

Church Service on Sunday, October 10, 2021

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*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Hebrews 4:14-16

The readings for this twentieth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm:  Psalm 22:1-15
First Reading:  Job 23:1-9, 16-17
Second Reading:  Hebrews 4:12-16
Gospel:  Mark 10:17-31

Collect

Almighty God,
in our baptism
you adopted us for your own.
Quicken your Spirit within us,
that we, being renewed both in body and mind,
may worship you in sincerity and truth
and serve you with thankfulness of heart;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 27 September 2021

Church Service on Sunday, October 3, 2021

Please note: Because of the current COVID situation, we will not be meeting at ARDA this week. Instead, we invite you to access our online Worship Resources linked below.

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If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

stain glass portrait of Jesus surround by children

	J. & R. Lamb Studios. Jesus Welcomes the Children, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56639 [retrieved September 18, 2021]. Original source: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/lambdc.04743/?co=lamb.

People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.

Mark 10:13-16

The readings for this nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm:  Psalm 26
First Reading:  Job 1:1; 2:1-10
Second Reading:  Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Gospel:  Mark 10:2-16

Collect

Almighty God,
you have built your Church
on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself
being the chief cornerstone.
Join us together in unity of spirit
by their teaching,
that we may become a holy temple,
acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Monday, 20 September 2021

Church Service on Sunday, September 26, 2021

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*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

The readings for this eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm:  Psalm 19:7-14
First Reading:  Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22
Second Reading:  James 5:13-20
Gospel:  Mark 9:38-50

Collect

Grant, O merciful God,
that your Church,
being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one,
may show forth your power among all peoples,
to the glory of your name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Sunday, 12 September 2021

Church Service on Sunday, September 19, 2021

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*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. James 3:13-18

The readings for this seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm: Psalm 54
First Reading: Proverbs 31:10-31
Second Reading: James 3:13 - 4:3, 7-8a
Gospel: Mark 9:30-37

Collect:

Almighty God,
you created the heavens and the earth,
and made us in your image.
Teach us to discern your hand
in all your works
and to serve you
with reverence and thanksgiving;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Amen

Monday, 6 September 2021

Church Service on Sunday, September 12, 2021

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Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.” Mark 8:34-38

The readings for this sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm: Psalm 116:1-9
First Reading: Proverbs 1:20-33
Second Reading: James 3:1-12
Gospel: Mark 8:27-38

Collect:

Almighty God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you.
Help us so to proclaim
the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Amen

Sunday, 29 August 2021

Church Service on Sunday, September 5, 2021

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*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:14-17

The readings for this fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm: Psalm 146
First Reading: Proverbs 22:1-2; 8-9; 22-23
Second Reading: James 2:1-10;11-17
Gospel: Mark 7:24-37

Collect:

Stir up, O Lord,

the wills of your faithful people,

that richly bearing the fruit of good works,

we may by you be richly rewarded;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who is alive and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Sunday, 22 August 2021

Church Service on Sunday, August 29, 2021

If you aren't able to join us face to face, due to Covid19 restrictions or any other reason you are encouraged to use the Worship Resources provided here (click on this link)* in your homes.

*Resources will be updated a few days before the service.

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

James 1:19-25

The readings for this fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost:

Psalm: Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9
First Reading: Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Second Reading: James 1:17-27
Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Collect:

Almighty and ever-living God,
you are the author and giver of all good things.
Graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

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