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"So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God." | | |
Come Join UsTenth Sunday after Pentecost
August 1st, 2010
8:30am and 10:45am
Evening Song at 6:00pm |
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Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
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Luke 12:13-21S omeone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?" And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." Then he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, `What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' Then he said, `I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, `Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, `You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God."
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| Psalm 49 or 49:1-11 Page 652, BCP Audite haec, omnes - 1
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hearken, all you who dwell in the world, *
you of high degree and low, rich and poor together.- 2
My mouth shall speak of wisdom, *
and my heart shall meditate on understanding. - 3
I will incline my ear to a proverb *
and set forth my riddle upon the harp. - 4
Why should I be afraid in evil days, *
when the wickedness of those at my heels surrounds me. - 5
The wickedness of those who put their trust in their goods, *
and boast of their great riches? - 6
We can never ransom ourselves, *
or deliver to God the price of our life; - 7
For the ransom of our life is so great, *
that we should never have enough to pay it, - 8
In order to live for ever and ever, *
and never see the grave. - 9
For we see that the wise die also;
like the dull and stupid they perish *
and leave their wealth to those who come after them. - 10
Their graves shall be their homes for ever,
their dwelling places from generation to generation, *
though they call the lands after their own names. - 11
Even though honored, they cannot live for ever; *
they are like the beasts that perish. - 12
Such is the way of those who foolishly trust in themselves, *
and the end of those who delight in their own words. - 13
Like a flock of sheep they are destined to die;
Death is their shepherd; *
they go down straightway to the grave. - 14
Their form shall waste away, *
and the land of the dead shall be their home. - 15
But God will ransom my life; *
he will snatch me from the grasp of death. - 16
Do not be envious when some become rich, *
or when the grandeur of their house increases; - 17
For they will carry nothing away at their death, *
nor will their grandeur follow them. - 18
Though they thought highly of themselves while they lived, *
and were praised for their success, - 19
They shall join the company of their forebears, *
who will never see the light again. - 20
Those who are honored, but have no understanding, *
are like the beasts that perish.
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