NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST SECOND READING

     Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the cirumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men) — remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope, and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

     For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came away and preached to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

     Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s househhold, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too anre becoming built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his spirit.

 

Ephesians 2:11-22

NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST PSALM

      The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

     He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

     he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

     Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.

     You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

     Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23

NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST FIRST READING

     “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the Lord. “I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid of terrified, nor will any be missing declares the Lord.

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,

“when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch,

a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.

In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety.

This is the name by which he will be called:

The Lord Our Righteousness

“So then, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’ but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they willl live in their own land.”

     Concerning the prophes: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble. I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord and his holy words.

 

Jeremiah 23:1-9

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EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST GOSPEL READING

    King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

     Others said, “He is Elijah.”

     And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago”

      But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”

     For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.

    Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading mn of Galilee. When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.

     The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give to you, up to half my kingdom.”

     She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”

    “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

    At once  the girl hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

    The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. On hearing of this, John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

Mark 6:14-29

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST SECOND READING

     Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in himbefore the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will — to the praise of his glorious grace which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect fillment — to ring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

    In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were makred in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession — to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:3-14

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST PSALM READING

     I will listen to what God the Lord will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints — but let them not return to folly.

     Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

     Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

     Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

     The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.

Psalm 85:8-13

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST FIRST READING

      This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

“A plumb line,” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

     “The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.

      Then Amazian the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. For this is what Amos is saying:

     “‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.'”

     Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom. Amos answered Amazian, “I was neither a prophet nor a prophet’s son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go prophesy to my people Israel.

Amos 7:7-15