Scriptures and Prayer for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Old Testament: Joshua 3:7-17 or Micah 3:5-12

Psalter: Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 or Psalm 43

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13

Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12

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O God, your Spirit speaks through your prophets, protecting your people from those who would lead them astray. Raise up new voices in our time to speak with justice and power and to challenge the complacency that would have us rest easily with sin. Amen.