Tuesday October 12 Pentecost 20
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Psalm 10
A plea to God to act to help the poor and a complaint that God is not acting. Trust that God will act.
Psalm 11
People tell me to run away, but I trust in God and I am sure that God will act to save me.
Jeremiah 36: 27- 37:2 What’s Jeremiah about?
The Lord commands Jeremiah to write another scroll warning that the King of Babylon will come and destroy the country. This is another opportunity for the king to avert the disaster. But this scroll is also ignored by the king of the north and the king of the south.
Matthew 10: 16-23 What’s Matthew about?
Early Christians were being criticized for their loyalty to a crucified messiah, and Matthew understands that Jesus anticipated how hard that would be for them, and encourages them to remain faithful because God will shortly arrive to put the kingdom into practice.
This week’s collect:
Almighty God,
in our baptism you adopted us for your own.
Quicken, we pray, your Spirit within us,
that we, being renewed both in body and mind,
may worship you in sincerity and truth;
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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