Twenty First Sunday After Pentecost Welcome & Prayer Welcome - PDF document

Welcome to St. Luke’s Twenty First 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 Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all Al 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. 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 be with you. May he fj fjll our hearts with joy. Lord God our redeemer, who heard the cr cry of your people and sent your servant Moses to lead them out of slavery, free us from the tyranny of sin and death, Venite Venite and by the leading of your Spirit Psalm 95:1-7 Psalm 95:1-7 bring us to our promised land; 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. Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Deuteronomy 34:1-12 For he is our God,and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Oh, that today we would hearken to his voice! Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite the land of Moab, at the Lord's command. He was Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Bethpeor, but no one knows his burial place to this Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far day. Moses was one hundred twenty years old as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain that when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees as far vigour had not abated. The Israelites wept for as Zoar. The Lord said to him, "This is the land of Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, period of mourning for Moses was ended. Joshua saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross Moses had laid his hands on him; and the Israelites over there." obeyed him, doing as the Lord had commanded.

Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. He was unequalled for all the signs and wonders that the The Word of the Lord. Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire Thanks be to God. land, and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to age you Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 are God. Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 You turn us back to the dust and say, "Go back, O child of earth." For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past and like a watch in the night. You sweep us away like a dream; we fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green and fm fmourishes; in the evening it is dried up and withered. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Return, O Lord; how long will you tarry? be gracious to your servants. Satisfy us by your loving-ki kindness in the morning; so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. .

You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our As you know and as God is our witness, we never coming to you was not in vain, but though we had came with words of fmattery or with a pretext for already sufgered and been shamefully mistreated greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our from you or from others, though we might have God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were great opposition. For our appeal does not spring gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we have been approved by God to be entrusted we are determined to share with you not only the with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, gospel of God but also our own selves, because not to please mortals, but to please God who tests you have become very dear to us. our hearts. 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. When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord Matthew 22:34-46 Matthew 22:34-46 your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and fjrst commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: "What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David." He said to them, "How is it then The Gospel of Christ that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, 'The Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet"'? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?" No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions. Creed Creed Let us confess our faith, as we say, I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. cr 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 Am Amen. and forgive us, that we may delight in your will,and walk k in your ways,to the glory of your name. . Amen. Prayer over the Gifts Prayer over the Gifts God of constant love, you have guided your people The peace of the Lord be always with you. in all times and ages. May we who ofg fger you our praise today And also with you. An always be ready to follow where you lead; we ask k this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Am Amen.