Almighty and everlasting God,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
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
Genesis 2.18\u201324<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup> Then the Lord God said, \u2018It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.\u2019 19<\/sup>So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20<\/sup>The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. 21<\/sup>So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22<\/sup>And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23<\/sup>Then the man said, Mark 10.2\u201316<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2<\/sup> Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, \u2018Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?\u2019 3<\/sup>He answered them, \u2018What did Moses command you?\u2019 4<\/sup>They said, \u2018Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.\u2019 5<\/sup>But Jesus said to them, \u2018Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. 6<\/sup>But from the beginning of creation, \u201cGod made them male and female.\u201d 7<\/sup>\u201cFor this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,8<\/sup>and the two shall become one flesh.\u201d So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9<\/sup>Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10<\/sup> Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11<\/sup>He said to them, \u2018Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; 12<\/sup>and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13<\/sup> People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. 14<\/sup>But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, \u2018Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. 15<\/sup>Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.\u2019 16<\/sup>And he took them up in his arms, laid his hands on them, and blessed them.<\/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\/2021-10-03<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 3rd October – Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity Collect Almighty and everlasting God,increase in us your gift of faiththat, forsaking what lies behindand reaching out to that which is before,we may run the way of your commandmentsand win the crown of everlasting joy;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you,in … <\/p>\n
\u2018This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.\u2019
24<\/sup>Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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