Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire or deserve:
pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which 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 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
Joshua 24.1\u20132a,14\u201318<\/p>\n\n\n\n
24 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2<\/sup>And Joshua said to all the people, \u2018Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors\u2014Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor\u2014lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14<\/sup> \u2018Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15<\/sup>Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16<\/sup> Then the people answered, \u2018Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17<\/sup>for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; 18<\/sup>and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n John 6.56\u201369<\/p>\n\n\n\n 56<\/sup>Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. 57<\/sup>Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58<\/sup>This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live for ever.\u2019 59<\/sup>He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 60<\/sup> When many of his disciples heard it, they said, \u2018This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?\u2019 61<\/sup>But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, \u2018Does this offend you? 62<\/sup>Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63<\/sup>It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64<\/sup>But among you there are some who do not believe.\u2019 For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. 65<\/sup>And he said, \u2018For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 66<\/sup>\u00a0Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. 67<\/sup>So Jesus asked the twelve, \u2018Do you also wish to go away?\u2019 68<\/sup>Simon Peter answered him, \u2018Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69<\/sup>We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.\u2019<\/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\/2021-08-22<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 22nd August – Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Collect Almighty and everlasting God,you are always more ready to hear than we to prayand to give more than either we desire or deserve:pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraidand giving us those good thingswhich we … <\/p>\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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