Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity - 2021

 

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.

Jeremiah 31.10-14

Audite verbum Domini

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, * and declare it in the isles afar off, and say,

He that scattered Israel will gather him, * and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, * and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, * and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD,

For wheat, and for wine, and for oil, * and for the young of the flock and of the herd:

And their soul shall be as a watered garden; * and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, * both young men and old together:

For I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, * and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, * and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.

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 LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed: Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. 

Old Testament Reading: Malachi 3.13-4.3

Psalter: Psalm 129, 130, 131 | 144, 145

Epistle Reading: Colossians 1.3-12

Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 9.18-26 

Homily

 

The following prayer is from the Book of Common Prayer 1662 (International ed.) published by IVP 2021:

Eternal and gracious God, who art slow to anger and of great kindness:

Have mercy on thy faithless and backsliding church.

We mourn and confess to thee our sins, the poverty of our devotion,

and the weakness of our testimony.

Pardon, cleanse, and restore us, we humbly beseech thee.

Fill us with the power of thy Holy Spirit,

that we thy people may be humbled and sanctified,

and that the multitudes who are lost to thee may be convicted of their sins

and converted to their Saviour, for the glory of his saving name. Amen (p.676-7).