IX Pentecost

Let Us Pray For...
Gulf Coast Network, AMiA
The Rev. Canon Michael Hesse

Midsouth (West Tennessee) Chapter, AAC
Mr. Lyman Aldrich

Tennessee Chapter, AAC
Fr. Freddy Richardson



From the Scriptures
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:12-17 (ESV)

A Guiding Prayer
O God, whose never-failing providence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

“The Eighth Sunday after Trinity,” The Book of Common Prayer (USA, 1928)

A Heritage Reflection
“The first question here, then, is not ‘What is best for my soul?’ nor is it even ‘What is most useful to humanity?’ But—transcending both these limited aims—what function must this life fulfil in the great and secret economy of God?”

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
The Spiritual Life