ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we are to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve: pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. AMEN.
EPISTLE. 2 Corinthians 3:4-9
4 BRETHREN: such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
GOSPEL. St. Mark 7:31-37
31 AT that time: Jesus, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Weekly meditations on the Sunday propers of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, by the Rt Rev. David McMannes, Bishop and Rector of Saint Luke's Church, Sedona, AZ. Saint Luke's uses the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, is an Anglo-Catholic parish, part of the Continuing Church movement in the United States, and a member of the Anglican Diocese of Arizona.
Music: Cwm Rhondda, sung by Cymanfa Treforys on the album "The Songs of Wales (Canu Cymru) Amrywoil"
The Lyrics:
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand.
(Refrain)
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
Feed me now and evermore;
Feed me now and evermore.
Open now the crystal fountains
Whence the living waters flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
(Refrain)
Strong Deliverer, Strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield,
Be thou still my strength and shield.
Feed me with the heavenly manna
In this barren wilderness;
Be my sword, and shield, and banner,
Be the Lord my righteousness.
(Refrain)
Strong Deliverer, Strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield,
Be thou still my strength and shield.
When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.
(Refrain)
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee,
I will ever give to Thee!
Tune: John Hughes, 1873-1932
Lyrics: William Williams, 1745 (Trans. Peter Williams 1771, Revised 1772)
Midi: http://www.episcopalnet.org/CHymnal/ACH/434-a.mid
Sheet Music: http://www.episcopalnet.org/CHymnal/ACH/434-a.html
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