August 7, 2011 is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost.
For Revised Common Lectionary users, a larger version of the Romans lesson is used for Proper 8, year A, which was June 26 this year; the Mark lesson is not used in the Revised Common Lectionary.
Free Church Book of Common Prayer (1929)
Collect:
Lord of all power and might, who art the Author and Giver all good things; grant in our hearts the love of thy Name; increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Epistle: Rom. vi. 19-23 (end).
- Gospel: Mark. viii, 1-9.
A book of prayer for the church and the home (Universalist, 1866)
Collect:
Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver all good things; grant in our hearts the love of thy name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and of thy great mercy keep us in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Gospel, St. Mark viii. 1.
- Epistle, Rom. vi. 16.
The Markan text of feeding the 4,000 has excellent homiletical potential, and especially if paired with the celebration of communion. Some Pietists consider this to be a proto-Eucharistic text.