Monday October 4 Pentecost 19
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Psalm 106 Part 1
God, you are wonderful, but we have done wicked things. God, you acted with immense generosity when you rescued the people from Egypt, but the people stopped trusting in you, and there were terrible consequences, yet you continued rescuing them. The second half of this psalm has a long list of such examples and concludes with a plea for God to continue rescuing us despite our wickedness.
2 Kings 21: 1-18 What’s Kings about?
Hezekiah’s son Manasseh becomes king on his father’s death, but he reverts to being unfaithful and commits unspeakable crimes. The prophets understand that the subsequent destruction of the temple is his fault for having abandoned the God of justice.
Matthew 8: 28-34 What’s Matthew about?
Two men who are severely infected with demons come to Jesus and Jesus sends the demons into a herd of pigs, an abominable animal being raised by Jews. The community asks Jesus to leave—their desire to earn money is stronger than their desire to be faithful to ancient Jewish traditions or to see in Jesus the arrival of the kingdom of health.
This week’s collect:
Almighty God,
you have built your Church
on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.
Join us together in unity of spirit by their teaching,
that we may become a holy temple, acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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