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EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 
Two comprehensive Christian fomulae are given in the Gospel and the Collect for this Sunday.  That in the former sets forth the whole duty of the servant of Christ, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind," and "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."  The formula of the English Collect is that familiar one of "the world, the flesh, and the devil," which represents all the temptations to which a Christian is liable.  To these may also be added the words of the Epistle, "waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ," as an expression which comprehensively states the whole object of the Christian life.  The duties, the difficulties, and the purpose of the Christian life are thus made the subjects of commemoration and prayer; and the connection of each with the grace of God and the Person of Christ is illustrated by the words of St. Paul in the Epistle, and of our Lord in His confutation of the unbelievers as narrated in the Gospel.