Scriptures and Prayer for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Old Testament: 1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43 or Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18

Psalter: Psalm 84 or Psalm 34:15-22

Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-20

Gospel: John 6:56-69

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Gracious God, although we once were strangers, you receive us as friends and draw us home to you. Set your living bread before us that, feasting around your table, we may be strengthened to continue the work to which your Son commissioned us. Amen.