Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 20
September 22, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• Proverbs 31:10-31⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 1⁠
• ⁠James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a⁠
• ⁠Mark 9:30-37

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The Collect
Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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​Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 19
September 15, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• Proverbs 1:20-33⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 19⁠
• ⁠James 3:1-12⁠
• ⁠⁠Mark 8:27-38

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The Collect
O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

​Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 18
September 8, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 125⁠
• ⁠⁠James 2:1-17⁠
• ⁠⁠Mark 7:24-37

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The Collect
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 17
September 1, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• Song of Solomon 2:8-13⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 45:1-2, 7-10⁠
• ⁠⁠James 1:17-27⁠
• ⁠⁠Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

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The Collect
Lord of all power and might, 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 bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 16
August 25, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• 1 Kings 8:1, 6, 10-11, 22-30, 41-43⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 84⁠
• ⁠⁠Ephesians 6:10-20⁠
• ⁠⁠John 6:56-69​

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The Collect
Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, 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, for ever and ever. Amen.

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 15
August 18, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• ⁠⁠1 Kings 2:10-12. 3:3-14⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 111⁠
• ⁠⁠Ephesians 5:15-20⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠John 6:51-58

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The Collect
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 14
August 11, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• ⁠⁠2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 130⁠
• ⁠⁠Ephesians 4:25 - 5:2⁠
• ⁠⁠John 6:35, 41-51​

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The Collect
Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 13
August 4, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• ⁠⁠2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 51:1-13⁠
• ⁠⁠Ephesians 4:1-16⁠
• ⁠⁠John 6:24-35

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The Collect
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 12
July 28, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠2 Samuel 11:1-15⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Psalm 14⁠
• ⁠Ephesians 3:14-21⁠
• ⁠John 6:1-21

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The Collect
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost / Proper 6
June 16, 2024 - Revised Common Lectionary, Year B
The Rev. Jerry Phillips
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The Lessons

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠1 Samuel 15:34-16:13⁠
• Psalm 20⁠
• ⁠⁠2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Mark 4:26-34
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The Collect
Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth with boldness, and minister your justice with compassion; for the sake of our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.