Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity (and Autumn Embers) - 2021

 

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.

Venite, exultemus Domino.

O COME, let us sing unto the Lord; * let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; * and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God; * and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the earth; * and the strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it; * and his hands prepared the dry land.

O come, let us worship and fall down, * and kneel before the LORD our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God; * and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; * let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; * and with righteousness to judge the world, and the peoples with his truth.

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.

KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy: and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Old Testament Reading: Deuteronomy 7.6-13

Psalter: Psalm 97, 98 | 79, 80

Epistle Reading: Galatians 6.11-18

Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 6.24-34 

Homily 

This remembrance of 9/11 will be in my congregational prayer tomorrow:

High King of Heaven, who is never caught unawares, even though the actions of humankind often grieve you. Many today are rightly remembering the horror of that fateful day 20 years ago, when terrorists viciously hijacked 4 planes to slaughter thousands; and then the subsequent years of tears, bloodshed, and destruction that ensued from it. We still sorrow over the evil of it all. We sincerely implore you to grant our country safety from all enemies foreign and domestic and may this be an important time of reflection in which many in our land turn to you. Thank you for the numerous times further assaults have been nipped in the bud; and thank you for those agents and investigators who have been vigilant and valiant.  

You can find the whole Sunday congregational prayer here: 12 September 2021 

Autumn Ember Days

http://orderofcenturions.org/documents/ember.html