Daily Office Readings for the week of August 15, 2021

Collect
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Lectionary for August 15, Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost:

1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14
Psalm 111
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58

Daily Office Readings
(passages in parentheses are optional)

Sunday:
AM Psalm 118; PM Psalm 145
2 Samuel 17:1-23; Gal. 3:6-14; John 5:30-47

Monday:
AM Psalm 106:1-18; PM Psalm 106:19-48
2 Samuel 17:24-18:8; Acts 22:30-23:11; Mark 11:12-26

Tuesday:
AM Psalm [120], 121, 122, 123; PM Psalm 124, 125, 126, [127] 2 Samuel 18:9-18; Acts 23:12-24; Mark 11:27-12:12

Wednesday:
AM Psalm 119:145-176; PM Psalm 128, 129, 130
2 Samuel 18:19-33; Acts 23:23-35; Mark 12:13-27

Thursday:
AM Psalm 131, 132, [133]; PM Psalm 134, 135
2 Samuel 19:1-23; Acts 24:1-23; Mark 12:28-34

Friday:
AM Psalm 140, 142; PM Psalm 141, 143:1-11(12)
2 Samuel 19:24-43; Acts 24:24-25:12; Mark 12:35-44

Saturday:
AM Psalm 137:1-6(7-9), 144; PM Psalm 104
2 Samuel 23:1-7,13-17; Acts 25:13-27; Mark 13:1-13