Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you
that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
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
Amos 7.7\u201315<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7<\/sup> This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. 8<\/sup>And the Lord said to me, \u2018Amos, what do you see?\u2019 And I said, \u2018A plumb-line.\u2019 Then the Lord said, 10<\/sup> Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, \u2018Amos has conspired against you in the very centre of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. 11<\/sup>For thus Amos has said, 14<\/sup> Then Amos answered Amaziah, \u2018I am no prophet, nor a prophet\u2019s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore trees, 15<\/sup>and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, \u201cGo, prophesy to my people Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark 6.14\u201329<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14<\/sup> King Herod heard of it, for Jesus\u2019 name had become known. Some were saying, \u2018John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.\u2019 15<\/sup>But others said, \u2018It is Elijah.\u2019 And others said, \u2018It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.\u2019 16<\/sup>But when Herod heard of it, he said, \u2018John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17<\/sup>\u00a0For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip\u2019s wife, because Herod had married her. 18<\/sup>For John had been telling Herod, \u2018It is not lawful for you to have your brother\u2019s wife.\u2019 19<\/sup>And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not, 20<\/sup>for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet he liked to listen to him. 21<\/sup>But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee. 22<\/sup>When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, \u2018Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it.\u2019 23<\/sup>And he solemnly swore to her, \u2018Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.\u2019 24<\/sup>She went out and said to her mother, \u2018What should I ask for?\u2019 She replied, \u2018The head of John the baptizer.\u2019 25<\/sup>Immediately she rushed back to the king and requested, \u2018I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.\u2019 26<\/sup>The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27<\/sup>Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John\u2019s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, 28<\/sup>brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother. 29<\/sup>When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.<\/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\/2021-07-11<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 11th July – Sixth Sunday after Trinity Collect Merciful God,you have prepared for those who love yousuch good things as pass our understanding:pour into our hearts such love toward youthat we, loving you in all things and above all things,may obtain your promises,which exceed all that we can desire;through Jesus Christ your Son our … <\/p>\n
\u2018See, I am setting a plumb-line
in the midst of my people Israel;
I will never again pass them by;
9<\/sup> the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel must go into exile
away from his land.\u201d \u2019
12<\/sup>And Amaziah said to Amos, \u2018O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there; 13<\/sup>but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king\u2019s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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