The Book of Common Prayer Table of
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The Nineteenth Sunday after
Trinity
The Collect
O God, forasmuch as
without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that
thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle
Ephesians 4.17-end
This I say
therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as
other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind; having the
understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God
through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of
their heart: who, being past feeling, have given themselves over
unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But
ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and
have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: that ye put off,
concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of
your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore, putting away
lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members
one of another. Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down
upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Let him that
stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his
hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that
needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,
but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all
bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking,
be put away from you, with all malice. And be ye kind one to
another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
The Gospel
St. Matthew 9.1-8
Jesus entered into
a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And behold,
they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And
Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be
of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee. And behold, certain of
the Scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. And
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore think ye evil in
your hearts? For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven
thee? or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son
of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the
sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine
house. And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the
multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, who had given
such power unto men.
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