Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity and Prayer for Courts of Justice - 2021

 

The Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity.

1 Chronicles 29.10-13

Benedictus es, Domine Deus Israel

Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, * for ever and ever.

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: * for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine;

Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, * and thou art exalted as head above all.

Both riches and honour come of thee, * and thou reignest over all;

And in thine hand is power and might; *and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, * and praise thy glorious name.

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, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 64.1-12

Psalter: Psalm 126, 127, 128 | 140, 141

Epistle Reading: Philippians 3.17-21

Gospel Reading: St. Matthew 22.15-22 

Homily 

In regard to the cases our Supreme Court is hearing, I think it fitting to remember the Court all this week:

For Courts of Justice.

ALMIGHTY God, who sittest in the throne judging

right; We humbly beseech thee to bless the courts of

justice and the magistrates in all this land; and give unto

them the spirit of wisdom and understanding, that they may

discern the truth, and impartially administer the law in the

fear of thee alone; through him who shall come to be our

Judge, thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.