<html><body style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div><font size="3">Collect for Proper 12:</font></div><div><font size="3"><br /></font></div><div><font size="3">Let us pray:</font></div><div><font size="3"><br /></font></div><div><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">God,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">our Abba,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">your son taught us to pray to you as our father,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">an approachable parent.</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Quiet our troubled spirits,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Teach us also to persistently listen in our prayers,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">knowing that your original language is silence.</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, </font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, </font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">one God for ever and ever. Amen</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">For reflection on Proper 12 go to > </font><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/"><font size="3">http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/</font></a></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Bob Eldan</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Lander, Wyoming</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">USA</font></p><font size="3"><br /></font><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></body></html>