Harriet Ross Tubman, Social Reformer, 1913

The Collect:

Rite I:
O God, whose Spirit guideth us into all truth and maketh us free: Strengthen and sustain us as thou didst thy servant Harriet Ross Tubman. Give us vision and courage to stand against oppression and injustice and all that worketh against the glorious liberty to which thou dost call all thy children; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Rite II:
O God, whose Spirit guides us into all truth and makes us free: Strengthen and sustain us as you did your servant Harriet Ross Tubman. Give us vision and courage to stand against oppression and injustice and all that works against the glorious liberty to which you call all your children; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

First Lesson: Judges 9:50-55

⁵⁰Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. ⁵¹But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the men and women and all the lords of the city fled to it and shut themselves in; and they went to the roof of the tower. ⁵²Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and came near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire. ⁵³But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull. ⁵⁴Immediately he called to the young man who carried his armor and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so people will not say about me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man thrust him through, and he died. ⁵⁵When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

Psalm: Psalm 102:18-28 

¹⁸ Let this be written for a future generation, *
so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord.
¹⁹ For the Lord looked down from his holy place on high; *
from the heavens he beheld the earth;
²⁰ That he might hear the groan of the captive *
and set free those condemned to die;
²¹ That they may declare in Zion the Name of the Lord, *
and his praise in Jerusalem;
²² When the peoples are gathered together, *
and the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord.
²³ He has brought down my strength before my time; *
he has shortened the number of my days;
²⁴ And I said, “O my God,
do not take me away in the midst of my days; *
your years endure throughout all generations.
²⁵ In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations
of the earth, *
and the heavens are the work of your hands;
²⁶ They shall perish, but you will endure;
they all shall wear out like a garment; *
as clothing you will change them,
and they shall be changed;
²⁷ But you are always the same, *
and your years will never end.
²⁸ The children of your servants shall continue, *
and their offspring shall stand fast in your sight.”

Second Lesson: James 2:14-17 

¹⁷ So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; ¹⁸ for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, ²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. ²¹ In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; ²² in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling-place for God.

Gospel: Luke 11:5-10

⁵And he said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;⁶for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.’⁷And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ ⁸I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. ⁹“So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. ¹⁰For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

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