Collect

Collect

O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers
of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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.

Old Testament

Jeremiah 4:11-12,22-28

   ¹¹At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

   ¹²Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.

   ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

   ²³I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

   ²⁴I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

   ²⁵I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

   ²⁶I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

   ²⁷For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

   ²⁸For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

Epistle

1 Timothy 1:12-17

   ¹²And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

   ¹³Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

   ¹⁴And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

   ¹⁵This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

   ¹⁶Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

   ¹⁷Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Psalm

Psalm 14

   ¹The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

   ²The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

   ³They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

   ⁴Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

   ⁵There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

   ⁶Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

   ⁷Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Gospel

Luke 15:1-10

   ¹Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

   ²And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

   ³And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

   ⁴What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

   ⁵And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

   ⁶And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

   ⁷I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

   ⁸Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

   ⁹And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

   ¹⁰Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

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