The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

Sentence		You have one Father, who is in heaven. You have one teacher, the Christ. (Matthew 23:9-10)

Collect		Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ out Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Old Testament / 1st Reading		Micah 3:5-12

Psalm		Psalm 43

Epistle / 2nd Reading		1 Thessalonians 2:9-13

Gospel		Matthew 23:1-12