The Collect for today, the 10th Sunday After Trinity, from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer:

Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
The Gospel: St Luke 19:41-47a

Click for larger viewArtwork: Jacopo Bassano, The Purification of the Temple, c. 1580, Oil on canvas, National Gallery, London.