The collect for today, the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):
O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-32
The Gospel: St. Matthew 9:1-8
Artwork: Vladimir Pavlov, Christ Heals the Paralytic, undated (1890s?). Khram Spasa na Krovi (Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood), St. Petersburg.