Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity - 2018

The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity.

(from The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany)

Habakkuk 3.2-11

Domine audivi

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: * O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years,

In the midst of the years make known; * in wrath remember mercy.

God came from Teman, * and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah.

His glory covered the heavens, * and the earth was full of his praise.

And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: * and there was the hiding of his power.

Before him went the pestilence, * and burning coals went forth at his feet.

He stood, and measured the earth: * he beheld, and drove asunder the nations;

And the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: * his ways are everlasting.

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: * and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? * was thine anger against the rivers? 

Was thy wrath against the sea, * that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

Thy bow was made quite naked, * according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. * The mountains saw thee, and they trembled:

The overflowing of the water passed by: * the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, * and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son * and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

The Collect.

O GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as he is pure; that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 66.1-2, 10, 12-16, 18-23

Psalter: Psalm 75, 138, 98 | 9, 76, 96

Epistle Reading: 1 John 3.1-8

Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 24.23-31

Homily