The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.
Cantate
Domino.
Psalm
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O SING unto the Lord a new song : for he hath done marvellous things.
With his own right hand, and with his
holy arm : hath he gotten himself the victory.
The Lord declared his salvation : his
righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.
He hath remembered his mercy and truth
toward the house of Israel : and all the ends of the world have seen the
salvation of our God.
Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord,
all ye lands : sing, rejoice, and give thanks.
Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to
the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.
With trumpets also and shawms : O shew
yourselves joyful before the Lord the King.
Let the sea make a noise, and all that
therein is : the round world, and that dwell therein.
Let the floods clap their hands, and
let the hills be joyful together before the Lord : for he cometh to judge the
earth.
With righteousness shall he judge the
world : and the peoples with equity.
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.
LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always *prevent and follow us, and
make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
*N.B. In older use prevent meant: to act ahead of; forestall; to precede; to anticipate.
Old
Testament Reading: Jeremiah 13.15-21
Psalter:
Psalm 91, 92 | 105, 60
Epistle
Reading: Ephesians 4.1-6
Gospel Reading: St. Luke 14.1-11
Saint Michael and All Angels
{29 September}
Psalm 113
Laudate, pueri
PRAISE the Lord, ye
servants : O praise the Name of the Lord.
2. Blessed be the Name of
the Lord : from this time forth for evermore.
3. The Lord’s Name is
praised : from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same.
4. The Lord is high above
all heathen and his glory above the heavens.
5. Who is like unto the
Lord our God, that hath his dwelling so high : and yet humbleth himself to
behold the things that are in heaven and earth?
6. He taketh up the
simple out of the dust : and lifteth the poor out of the mire;
7. That he may set him
with the princes : even with the princes of his people.
8. He maketh the barren woman to keep house : and to be a joyful mother of children.
Collect
Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Daniel 12.1-3
Psalter: Psalm 103
Epistle Reading: Revelation 12.7-12
Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 18.1-10
The Feast of St. Michael this year is the 18th anniversary of our Order: http://orderofcenturions.org/history.html
The Feast of St. Michael is a good time to prayerfully reflect on our Vows we have taken: http://orderofcenturions.org/vow.html
Finally, here is the Prayer of the Order:
Almighty God, our sovereign Lord, who called Cornelius the Centurion to be the first Christian among the Gentiles, who healed the servant at Capernaum in accordance with the Centurion's great faith, and who inspired the Centurion at Calvary to glorify Jesus; strengthen us in our faith that we might follow their example to love, serve, and glorify you as faithful members of the Church Militant, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
