Scriptures and Prayer for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

Old Testament: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 or Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 or Lamentations 3:22-33

Psalter: Psalm 130 or Psalm 30

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15

Gospel: Mark 5:21-43
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God of hope, you are ruler of night as well as day, guardian of those who wander in the shadows. Be new light and life for those who live in the darkness of despair, for prisoners of guilt and grief, for victims of fantasy and depression, that even where death's cold grip tightens, we may know the power of the one  who conquered fear and death. Amen.