Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaiah 56.1,6\u20138<\/p>\n\n\n\n
56 Thus says the Lord:
Maintain justice, and do what is right,
for soon my salvation will come,
and my deliverance be revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6<\/sup> And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, Matthew 15.[10\u201320]21\u201328<\/p>\n\n\n\n [10<\/sup> Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, \u2018Listen and understand: 11<\/sup>it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.\u2019 12<\/sup>Then the disciples approached and said to him, \u2018Do you know that the Pharisees took offence when they heard what you said?\u2019 13<\/sup>He answered, \u2018Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14<\/sup>Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.\u2019 15<\/sup>But Peter said to him, \u2018Explain this parable to us.\u2019 16<\/sup>Then he said, \u2018Are you also still without understanding? 17<\/sup>Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? 18<\/sup>But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. 19<\/sup>For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. 20<\/sup>These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.\u2019]<\/p>\n\n\n\n 21<\/sup> Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22<\/sup>Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, \u2018Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.\u2019 23<\/sup>But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, \u2018Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.\u2019 24<\/sup>He answered, \u2018I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\u2019 25<\/sup>But she came and knelt before him, saying, \u2018Lord, help me.\u2019 26<\/sup>He answered, \u2018It is not fair to take the children\u2019s food and throw it to the dogs.\u2019 27<\/sup>She said, \u2018Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters\u2019 table.\u2019 28<\/sup>Then Jesus answered her, \u2018Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.\u2019 And her daughter was healed instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All collects and readings appointed for this day as well as the orders of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer can be found at almanac.oremus.org\/2020-08-16<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 16th August – 10th Sunday after Trinity Collect Let your merciful ears, O Lord,be open to the prayers of your humble servants;and that they may obtain their petitionsmake them to ask such things as shall please you;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of the Holy … <\/p>\n
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it,
and hold fast my covenant\u2014
7<\/sup> these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.
8<\/sup> Thus says the Lord God,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel,
I will gather others to them
besides those already gathered.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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