Welcome to St. Luke’s Sixteenth 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 An And also with you. 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. Al Almighty God, you have cr created the heavens and the earth, and ourselves in your image. Teach ch us to discern your hand in all your works Venite Venite and to serve you with reverence and Psalm 95:1-7 Psalm 95:1-7 thanksgiving; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive 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. Exodus 16:2-15 Exodus 16:2-15 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! The whole congregation of the Israelites On the sixth day, when they prepare what they complained against Moses and Aaron in the bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on wilderness. The Israelites said to them, "If only we other days." So Moses and Aaron said to all the had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Israelites, "In the evening you shall know that it was Egypt, when we sat by the fmeshpots and ate our fjll the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, of bread; for you have brought us out into this and in the morning you shall see the glory of the wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." Lord, because he has heard your complaining Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain against the Lord. For what are we, that you bread from heaven for you, and each day the complain against us?" And Moses said, "When the people shall go out and gather enough for that Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and your day. In that way I will test them, whether they will fjll of bread in the morning, because the Lord has follow my instruction or not. heard the complaining that you utter against him
what are we? Your complaining is not against us then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.'" but against the Lord." Then Moses said to Aaron, In the evening quails came up and covered the "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew 'Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, complaining.'" And as Aaron spoke to the whole there on the surface of the wilderness was a fjne congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward fmaky substance, as fjne as frost on the ground. the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, in the cloud. The Lord spoke to Moses and said, "I "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the Lord them, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the has given you to eat." morning you shall have your fjll of bread; The Word of the Lord. PSALM 105:1-6, 37-45 PSALM 105:1-6, 37-45 Thanks be to God. Give thanks to the Lord and call upon his name; Remember the marvels he has done, his wonders make known his deeds among the peoples. and the judgements of his mouth, Sing to him, sing praises to him, and speak k of all O ofg fgspring of Ab Abraham his servant, O ch children of his marvellous works. Jacob his ch chosen. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those He led out his people with silver and gold; in all who seek the Lord rejoice. their tribes there was not one that stumbled. Search ch for the Lord and his strength; continually Egypt was glad of their going, because they seek k his face. . were afraid of them.
He spread out a cloud for a covering and a fjre to give light in the night season. So he led forth his people with gladness, his chosen with shouts of joy. They asked, and quails appeared, and he satisfj fjed them with bread from heaven. He gave his people the lands of the nations, and they took k the fruit of others' ' toil, He opened the rock, and water fmowed, so the river ran in the dry places. That they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Hallelujah! For God remembered his holy word and Ab Abraham his servant. . For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. If I am to live in the fmesh, that means fruitful labour for me; and I do not know which I prefer. I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better; but to remain in the Philippians 1:21-30 Philippians 1:21-30 fmesh is more necessary for you. Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in faith, so that I may share abundantly in your boasting in Christ Jesus when I come to you again. Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing fjrm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel, and are in no way intimidated by your opponents. For them The Word of the Lord. this is evidence of their destruction, but of your Thanks be to God. salvation. And this is God's doing. For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ, but of sufgering for him as well - since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
Gospel Reading Gospel Reading The Lord be with you. An And also with you. Matthew 20:1-16 Matthew 20:1-16 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ According to Matthew Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "For the kingdom of heaven is like a and he said to them, 'Why are you standing here landowner who went out early in the morning to idle all day?' They said to him, 'Because no one has hire labourers for his vineyard. After agreeing with hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the the labourers for the usual daily wage, he sent vineyard.' When evening came, the owner of the them into his vineyard. When he went out about vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the labourers nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the and give them their pay, beginning with the last marketplace; and he said to them, 'You also go into and then going to the fjrst.' When those hired about the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' fjve o'clock came, each of them received the usual So they went. When he went out again about noon daily wage. Now when the fjrst came, they thought and about three o'clock, he did the same. And they would receive more; but each of them also about fjve o'clock he went out and found others received the usual daily wage. standing around; And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them, The Gospel of Christ 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. with me for the usual daily wage? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?' So the last will be fjrst, and the fjrst will be last."
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.
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