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SUNDAY
BETWEEN 5 JUNE AND 11 JUNE, PROPER 10
GENESIS 12:1-9
PSALM
33:1-12
ROMANS
4:13-25
MATTHEW
9:9-13, 18-26
COLLECT
O God,
you have assured the human family of eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Deliver us from the death of sin
and raise us to new life in him,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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A
READING FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS
The Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your
kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make
your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless
those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and
in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." So
Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram
was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took
his wife Sarai and his brother's son Lot, and all the possessions
that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in
Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they
had come to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to
the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the
Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and
said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he
built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. From
there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and
there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the
Lord. And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb.
GENESIS 12:1-9
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PSALM
Refrain By the word of the Lord were the heavens made.
Rejoice
in the Lord, you righteous; it is good for the just to sing
praises.
Praise
the Lord with the harp; play to him upon the psaltery and lyre.
Sing
for him a new song; sound a fanfare with all your skill upon the
trumpet. R
For
the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are sure.
He
loves righteousness and justice; the loving kindness of the Lord
fills the whole earth. R
By
the word of the Lord were the heavens made, by the breath of his
mouth all the heavenly hosts.
He
gathers up the waters of the ocean as in a water-skin and stores
up the depths of the sea. R
Let
all the earth fear the Lord; let all who dwell in the world stand
in awe of him.
For
he spoke, and it came to pass; he commanded, and it stood fast. R
The
Lord brings the will of the nations to naught; he thwarts the
designs of the peoples.
But
the Lord's will stands fast for ever, and the designs of his heart
from age to age.
Happy
is the nation whose God is the Lord! happy the people he has
chosen to be his own! R
PSALM 33:1-12
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A
READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS
The promise that he would inherit the world did not come to
Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the
righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are
to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the
law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there
violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the
promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his
descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to
those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all
of us, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many
nations")- in the presence of the God in whom he believed,
who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things
that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would
become "the father of many nations," according to what
was said, "So numerous shall your descendants be." He
did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was
already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or
when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No distrust
made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong
in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that
God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith
"was reckoned to him as righteousness." Now the words,
"it was reckoned to him," were written not for his sake
alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in
him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over
to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
ROMANS 4:13-25
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO MATTHEW
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at
the tax booth; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he
got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house,
many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with him and
his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his
disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and
sinners?" But when he heard this, he said, "Those who
are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go
and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I
have come to call not the righteous but sinners." While he
was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader of the
synagogue came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter
has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will
live." And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples.
Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for
twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his
cloak, for she said to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I
will be made well." Jesus turned, and seeing her he said,
"Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well."
And instantly the woman was made well. When Jesus came to the
leader's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a
commotion, he said, "Go away; for the girl is not dead but
sleeping." And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had
been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the
girl got up. And the report of this spread throughout that
district.
MATTHEW 9:9-13, 18-26
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PRAYER
OVER THE GIFTS
Merciful God and Father,
in Adam's fall we were born to death;
in the new Adam we are reborn to life.
In all we offer you this day
may we share a taste of your eternal kingdom.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.
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PRAYER
AFTER COMMUNION
O God,
we have shared in the mysteries
of the body and blood of Christ.
Nourish us by this feast,
that we may live the risen life
and serve you faithfully in the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.
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