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Order of Holy Communion - Pg. 15 Hymn# 395 O God, Thou Faithful God Hymn #324 Jesus Sinners Doth Receive Hymn #262 A Mighty Fortress Isaiah 58:6-12 Romans 8:18-23 St. Luke 6:36-42 Collect Grant, O Lord, we beseech Thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by Thy governance, that Thy Church may joyfully serve Thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Sermon 1)          Our Lord teaches us today about good works of mercy that we are practice for the sake of our neighbor. He says, Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. Ch...

Order of Holy Communion Pg.15 Hymn # 1 Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty Hymn # 387 Dear Christians One and All Rejoice Hymn # 523 Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me Readings Micah 7:18-20 1 Peter 5:6-11 Luke 15:1-10 Collect O God, the Protector of all that trust in Thee, without Whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy, increase and multiply upon us Thy mercy that, Thou being our Ruler and Guide, we may so pass through things temporal that we finally lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sermon 1)          Today the Pharisees and Scribes preach to us. They are, as usual, grumbling against Jesus. And while we often look at these outwardly pious men with a certain amount of spiritual revulsion, today they preach to us. The say, This Man receives sinners and eats with them. Jesus doesn’t correct them beca...