Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Welcome & Prayer Welcome & - PDF document

Welcome to St. Luke’s Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost Welcome & Prayer Welcome & Prayer The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be Al Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all with you all. desires kn known, and from you no secr crets are And also with you. An hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by Alleluia! Christ is risen. Al the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. . Amen. May his grace and peace ce be with you. May he fjll our hearts with joy. Almighty God, Al you have broken the tyranny of sin and sent into our hearts the Spirit of your Son. Give us grace to dedica cate our freedom to your service, Venite Venite that all people may know the glorious liberty Psalm 95:1-7 Psalm 95:1-7 of the ch children of God; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. . Am Amen.

For the Lord is a great God, Come, let us sing to the Lord; and a great ki king above all gods. let us shout for joy to the rock ck of our salvation. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, and Let us come before his presence with the heights of the hills are his also. thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him The sea is his for he made it, and his hands with psalms. have moulded the dry land. Come, let us bow down, and bend the kn knee, and kn kneel before the Lord our maker. Genesis 45:1-15 Genesis 45:1-15 For he is our God,and we are the people of his pasture and thesheep of his hand. Oh, that today we would hearken to his voice! Then Joseph could no longer control himself before And now do not be distressed, or angry with all those who stood by him, and he cried out, "Send yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent everyone away from me." So no one stayed with me before you to preserve life. For the famine has him when Joseph made himself known to his been in the land these two years; and there are fjve brothers. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians more years in which there will be neither plowing heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, him, so dismayed were they at his presence. Then but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother, Egypt. Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.

Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall You must tell my father how greatly I am honoured settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near in Egypt, and all that you have seen. Hurry and me, you and your children and your children's bring my father down here." Then he fell upon his children, as well as your fmocks, your herds, and all brother Benjamin's neck and wept, while Benjamin that you have. I will provide for you there - since wept upon his neck. And he kissed all his brothers there are fjve more years of famine to come - so and wept upon them; and after that his brothers that you and your household, and all that you have, talked with him. will not come to poverty.' And now your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my own mouth that speaks to you. The Word of the Lord. Psalm 133 Psalm 133 Thanks be to God. Oh, how good and pleasant it is, when brethren live together in unity! It is like the dew of Hermon that falls upon the hills of Zion. It is like fj fjne oil upon the head that runs down upon the beard, For there the Lord has ordained the blessing: life for evermore. Upon the beard of Aaron, and runs down upon the collar of his robe.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew, for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Romans 11:1-2A, 29-32 Romans 11:1-2A, 29-32 Just as you were once disobedient to God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience, so they have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy. For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all. Gospel Reading Gospel Reading The Lord be with you. And also with you. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ According to Matthew Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Then Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, "Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defjles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defjles." Then the disciples approached and said to him, "Do you Matthew 14:22-33 Matthew 14:22-33 know that the Pharisees took ofgence when they heard what you said?" He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit."

But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us." Just then a Canaanite woman from that region Then he said, "Are you also still without came out and started shouting, "Have mercy on understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out by a demon." But he did not answer her at all. And into the sewer? But what comes out of the mouth his disciples came and urged him, saying, "Send her proceeds from the heart, and this is what defjles. away, for she keeps shouting after us." He For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. house of Israel." But she came and knelt before him, These are what defjle a person, but to eat with saying, "Lord, help me." He an-swered, "It is not fair unwashed hands does not defjle." to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs." Jesus left that place and went away to the district She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the of Tyre and Sidon. crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your The Gospel of Christ faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. daughter was healed instantly. Creed Creed Let us confess our faith, as we say, I believe in God, the Father almighty, cr creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He sufg fgered under Pontius Pilate, was cr cruci cifj fjed, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead.

Creed Creed On the third day he rose again. . He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. . He will come again to judge the living and the Prayers of the People Prayers of the People dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. . Am Amen. Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infjnite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and Confession & Absolution Confession & Absolution invites them to his table. Let us confess our sins, confjdent in God’s forgiveness. Most merci ciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. . Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and We have not loved you with our whole heart; we deliver you from all your sins, confjrm and have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. . We strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in are truly sorry and we humbly repent. . For the eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us Amen. Am and forgive us, that we may delight in your will,and walk k in your ways,to the glory of your name. . Amen.