In this week's Talking Heads: David is the image of the ideal king: just, merciful, and pious; his anointing prefigures Christ.
Elijah and Ahab have a fiery confrontation in Naboth's vineyard. The blood of Jezebel and Ahab will be licked up by dogs.
Sixteenth Sunday of the Year / Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
Dedication of St Wilfrid's Church