The cost that always accompanies the call to a prophetic mission

Collect: Proper 9

O God, who hast taught us to keep all thy commandments by loving thee and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to thee with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, one Good, forever and ever.  Amen

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 . . .  the Israelites acknowledge God’s choice and anoint David as their king.

Psalm 48 . . . A Hymn to Jerusalem

Ezekiel 2:1-5 . . . the alternative  first reading (with Psalm 123), God commissions Ezekiel as a prophet to the exiled and rebellious kingdom of Judah.

2 Corinthians 12:2-10 . . .  revelations and thorns in the flesh

Mark 6:1-13 . . . Jesus is rejected by his own townspeople.

The Most Rev. Michael Curry preaches at The Washington National Cathedral during his Installation as the XXVII Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church.