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Order of Service - Pg. 15 Hymn #344 Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs Hymn #417 How Can I Thank Thee, Lord Hymn #375 If Thy Beloved Son, O God Readings Leviticus 18:1-5 Galatians 3:15-22 St. Luke 10:23-37 Collect for the 13th Sunday after Trinity Almighty and Everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity, and that we may obtain that which Thou dost promise, make us to love that which Thou dost command; 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 on the Holy Gospel 1)         Jesus is the Good Samaritan. Without that understanding this Gospel lesson makes no sense. We might think it makes perfect sense because Jesus ends with the words, Go and do likewise. Many have imagined that those final words of Jesus show us the entire point of the parable. Go from this place and be the Good Samari...

Order of Service - Pg. 15 Hymn #3 Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now Hymn #30 O That I Had a Thousand Voices Hymn #26 Praise the Almighty, My Soul Adore Him Readings Isaiah 29:18-19 2 Corinthians 3:4-11 St. Mark 7:31-37 Collect for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Almighty and Merciful God, of Whose only gift it cometh that Thy faithful people do unto Thee true and laudable service, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may so faithfully serve Thee in this life that we fail not finally to attain Thy heavenly promises; 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 on the Epistle 1)          St. Paul writes, “ For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. ” ( 2 Corinthians 3:9 ) St. Paul is comparing the Law and the Gospel, the ministry of Moses and the ministry of Jesus. He says that...

Order of Service - Pg. 15 Hymn#329 Fromthe Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee Hymn#342 Chief of Sinners Though I Be Hymn#526 In God, My Faithful God Readings 2 Samuel 22:21-29 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 St. Luke 18:9-14 Collect of the Day Almighty and Everlasting God, Who art always more ready to hear than we to pray and wont to give more than either we desire or deserve, pour down upon us the abundance of Thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Sermon on the Holy Gospel 1)          Spiritual pride is a most deadly sin. It is undetectable through self-examination unless the Holy Ghost, working through the Word of God, exposes it in our hearts. Spiritual pride causes us ...

Order of Service - Pg. 15 Hymn#239 Come, Thou Almighty King Hymn#473 The Church's One Foundation Hymn#258 Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation Readings Jeremiah 7:1-7 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 St. Luke 19:41-48 Collect O God, Who declarest Thine almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of Thy grace that we, running the way of Thy commandments, may obtain Thy gracious promises and be made partakers of Thy heavenly treasure; 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 on the Holy Gospel 1)          Approaching Jerusalem, the holy city, Jesus weeps. He weeps out of sorrow for what will happen to this blessed place. About forty years from the time Jesus shed tears over her, Jerusalem would be sieged by the Romans. The city would be razed to the ground. Jews would be sold ...

Order of Service - Pg. 15 Hymn #240 Father Most Holy, Merciful and Tender Hymn # 430 What Is The World To Me? Hymn #500 May God Bestow on Us His Grace Readings 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 1 Corinthians 10:6-13 St. Luke 16:1-9 Collect Let Thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of Thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please Thee; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Sermon on the Holy Gospel 1)          A certain rich man had a steward. This was a normal practice in the ancient world. We see it elsewhere in Scripture. After Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers he is purchased by Potiphar of Egypt. Joseph rises to prominence in Potiphar’s house. Moses writes that Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his ho...