16th Sunday after Trinity + Ephesians 3:13-21 + September 11, 2016
Order of Holy Communion - Pg. 15 Hymn # 522 When in the Hour of Utmost Need Hymn # 365 Jesus I Will Never Leave Hymn # 196 I Am Content! My Jesus Liveth Still Introit - pg. 79 Readings Deuteronomy 32:39-40 Ephesians 3:13-21 Luke 7:11-17 Collect for Trinity XVI Lord, we pray Thee that Thy grace may always go before and follow after us and make us continually given to all good works; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sermon on the Epistle Lesson Grace and Peace be unto you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 1) St. Paul writes to the congregation in Ephesus to comfort them in their affliction. At the moment their particular affliction is the status of Paul himself. As Paul writes this letter to the Ephesians he sits imprisoned in Rome. This is why he writes, “ Therefore I ask that you do n...