Today's Readings: OT Genesis 4:1-15; Epistle Ephesians 2:1-10; Holy Gospel Luke 18:9-14

The Introit is: Psalm 68:1,3,7a,10b; antiphon: Psalm 68:5b, 6a,35b

The Collect of the Day: Almighty and everlasting God, always more ready to hear than we to pray and to give more than we either desire or deserve, pour down upon us the abundance of Your mercy, forgiving those things of which our conscience is afraid and giving us those good things that we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

The daily readings for this week: August 20: 2 Sam. 12:1–25; 1 Cor. 12:1–13; 21: 1 Kings 1:1–4, 15–35; 1 Cor. 12:14–31; 22: 1 Kings 2:1–27; 1 Cor. 13:1–13; 23: 1 Kings 3:1–15; 2 Cor. 1:1–22; 24: 1 Kings 5:1–18; 2 Cor. 1:23–2:17; 25: 1 Kings 7:51–8:21; 2 Cor. 3:1–18; 26: 1 Kings 8:22–30, 46–63; 2 Cor. 4:1–18