<html><body style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div><font size="3">Collect for Proper 14:</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 of eternal treasures,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">your son taught us</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3"> to be dressed for action,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">with purses that do not wear out.</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Give us grace to be ready</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">at any hour,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">even the midnight of our hearts.</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 14 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">I will be away next week and not posting.  However at the above link you can find a further link for Proper 15, August 14.</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3">Also, the archives have other Sundays.</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">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><p class="western" style="margin-bottom:.14in;line-height:115%;"><font size="3"><br /></font> <br /></p><font size="3"><br /><br /></font><br /><br /><br /></div></body></html>