Ordinary Time - August 4
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.
Daily Office Readings
Sunday - 4: Ps 86 & 87, 1 Sam 24, Rom 5 • Ps 88, Hos 2, John 7:25-52
Monday - 5: Ps 89:1-18, 1 Sam 25, Rom 6 • Ps 89:19-51, Hos 3, John 7:53—8:30
Tuesday - 6: Ps 27, Rom 7, Mark 9:2-10 • Ps 80, Hos 4, John 8:31-end
Wednesday - 7: Ps 90, 1 Sam 26, Rom 8:1-17 • Ps 91, Hos 5, John 9
Thursday - 8: Ps 92 & 93, 1 Sam 27, Rom 8:18-end • Ps 94, Hos 6, John 10:1-21
Friday - 9: Ps 95 & 96, 1 Sam 28, Rom 9 • Ps 97 & 98, Hos 7, John 10:22-end
Saturday - 10: Ps 99, 100, 101, 1 Sam 29, Rom 10 • Ps 102, Hos 8 John 11:1-44
Sunday - 11: Ps 103, 1 Sam 30, Rom 11 • Ps 104, Hos 9, John 11:45-end
The Daily Office Readings come to us from the BCP, 2019 edition. Anglican tradition affirms that the apocryphal texts are useful for encouragement and devotion but not the setting of doctrine.