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SUNDAY
BETWEEN 31 JULY AND 6 AUGUST, PROPER 18
GENESIS 32:22-31
PSALM
17:1-7, 16
ROMANS
9:1-5
MATTHEW
14:13-21
COLLECT
Almighty God,
your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry
with the bread of his life
and the word of his kingdom.
Renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread,
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 same night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maids,
and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He
took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything
that he had. Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him
until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against
Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob's hip was put
out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, "Let me
go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I will
not let you go, unless you bless me." So he said to him,
"What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob."
Then the man said, "You shall no longer be called Jacob, but
Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have
prevailed." Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your
name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my
name?" And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the place
Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my
life is preserved." The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel,
limping because of his hip.
GENESIS 32:22-31
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PSALM
REFRAIN Show me your marvellous loving-kindness, O Saviour, of
those who take refuge at your right hand.
Hear
my plea of innocence, O Lord; give heed to my cry; listen to my
prayer, which does not come from lying lips.
Let
my vindication come forth from your presence; let your eyes be
fixed on justice. R
Weigh
my heart, summon me by night, melt me down; you will find no
impurity in me.
I
give no offence with my mouth as others do; I have heeded the
words of your lips. R
My
footsteps hold fast to the ways of your law; in your paths my feet
shall not stumble.
I
call upon you, O God, for you will answer me; incline your ear to
me and hear my words. R
Show
me your marvellous loving-kindness, O Saviour of those who take
refuge at your right hand from those who rise up against them.
But
at my vindication I shall see your face; when I awake, I shall be
satisfied, beholding your likeness. R
PSALM 17:1-7, 16
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A
READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS
I am speaking the truth in Christ - I am not lying; my conscience
confirms it by the Holy Spirit - I have great sorrow and unceasing
anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed
and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred
according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong
the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the
worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and from
them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah, who is over all,
God blessed forever. Amen.
ROMANS 9:1-5
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO MATTHEW
Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a
deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they
followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a
great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick.
When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said,
"This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the
crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for
themselves." Jesus said to them, "They need not go away;
you give them something to eat." They replied, "We have
nothing here but five loaves and two fish." And he said,
"Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to
sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he
looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave
them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over
of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. And those who ate were
about five thousand men, besides women and children.
MATTHEW 14:13-21
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PRAYER
OVER THE GIFTS
God our sustainer,
accept all we offer you this day,
and feed us continually with that bread
which satisfies all hunger,
your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ.
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PRAYER
AFTER COMMUNION
God of grace,
we have shared in the mystery
of the body and blood of Christ.
May we who have tasted the bread of life
live with you for ever.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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