God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
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 50.4\u20139a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4<\/sup> The Lord God has given me 7<\/sup> The Lord God helps me; Mark 8.27\u201338<\/p>\n\n\n\n 27<\/sup> Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, \u2018Who do people say that I am?\u2019 28<\/sup>And they answered him, \u2018John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.\u2019 29<\/sup>He asked them, \u2018But who do you say that I am?\u2019 Peter answered him, \u2018You are the Messiah.\u201930<\/sup>And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 31<\/sup> Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32<\/sup>He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33<\/sup>But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, \u2018Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 34<\/sup>\u00a0He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, \u2018If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35<\/sup>For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 36<\/sup>For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 37<\/sup>Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? 38<\/sup>Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.\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\/2021-09-12<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 12th September – Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Collect God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spiritupon your Church in the burning fire of your love:grant that your people may be ferventin the fellowship of the gospelthat, always abiding in you,they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;through Jesus Christ your … <\/p>\n
the tongue of a teacher,
that I may know how to sustain
the weary with a word.
Morning by morning he wakens\u2014
wakens my ear
to listen as those who are taught.
5<\/sup> The Lord God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious,
I did not turn backwards.
6<\/sup> I gave my back to those who struck me,
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like\u00a0flint,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
8<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Let us stand up together.
Who are my adversaries?
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Let them confront me.
9<\/sup> It is the Lord God who helps me;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out like a garment;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the moth will eat them up.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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