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Notable Feast Days this Week

August 12 - Muredach (Murtach), Ireland, 6th century
August 13 - Cassian, Italy, 4th c. (East and West)
August 13 - Maximus the Confessor, 662 (East and West)
August 14 - The Prophet Micah (Eastern)
August 15 - Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Calendars)
August 15 - Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Roman Calendars)
August 15 - St. Mary the Virgin (Anglican Calendars)
August 17 - Joan of the Cross, 1736 (Roman Catholic)
August 16 - Stephen I, Hungary, 1038
August 18 - Florus and Laurus, Illyria, 2nd century

Revised Common Lectionary

Isaiah 5:1-7
Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19
Jeremiah 23:23-29
Psalm 82
Hebrews 11:29-12:2
Luke 12:49-56

Daily Readings (RCL)
Abbreviated Daily Readings
Liturgical Color - Green

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--Tenth Sunday after Pentecost -- August 18, 2019 (Year C)

Fire of Judgment
"The fire of judgment and the water of baptism were symbols of Jesus' compelling call to ministry; they still are. What one enflames, the other can quench. Jesus forecasts a time of division when households will be divided. WIthin the household of faith, baptism is the sacrament that binds us together; whatever our differences, we are still one. As the body of Christ, obey what Christ teaches and be reconciled one to another." - Rev. James Kirk in When We Gather

Psalm 80 / Psalm 82

Scripture Readings

Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19
Lord, tend this vine

Psalm 82
Lord, rule the earth

Commentary on Psalm 80
Augustine, Jerome Creach,
John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon

Commentary on Psalm 82
Augustine, Spurgeon,
James Mead , John Calvin, Bono

Audio
Isaiah 5, Jeremiah 23, Hebrews 11
Luke 12, Psalm 80, Psalm 82

Spotify Playlists
Psalm 80 and Psalm 82

Isaiah 5:1-7
The Lord's vineyard is destroyed

Jeremiah 23:23-29
God's Word is like fire

Hebrews 11:29 - 12:2
The faith of the Hebrew people

Luke 12:49-56
Jesus brings fire on earth

Daily Readings
Revised Common Lectionary

Daily Readings
Book of Common Prayer

Bible in a Year
Chronological

Resources

Daily Prayer Form
Contemplative Prayer - Psalm 80 and 82
Historical Commentary - Luke 12:49-56
Sermon Starters from CEP
Online Daily Prayer Resources
RLC Liturgy Resources - Rhythm of Worship
Roman Liturgical Calendar daily readings

"Love is good, having wings of burning fire that flies through the saints’ breasts and hearts and consumes whatever is material and earthly but tests whatever is pure. With its fire, love makes whatever it has touched better. The Lord Jesus sent this fire on earth. Faith shined brightly. Devotion was enkindled. Love was illuminated. Justice was resplendent. With this fire, he inflamed the heart of his apostles, as Cleophas bears witness, saying, “Was not our heart burning within is, while he was explaining the Scriptures?” The wings of fire are the flames of the divine Scripture."
-Ambrose of Milan

Collect for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (BCP 1979)

Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of this redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Singing Psalms and Hymns

Music for Listening

Art

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