Worship for Sunday, June 28, 2020
The 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
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OUR WORSHIP FOR TODAY
THE OPENING SENTENCE
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Let us pray: O God, you direct our lives by your
grace, and your words of justice and mercy reshape the world. Mold us into a
people who welcome your word and serve one another, through Jesus Christ, our
Savior and Lord. Amen.
Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet
Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in
the house of the Lord; and the prophet Jeremiah said, ‘Amen! May the Lord do
so; may the Lord fulfil the words that you have prophesied, and bring back to
this place from Babylon the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the
exiles. But listen now to this word that I speak in your hearing and in the
hearing of all the people. The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient
times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great
kingdoms. As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that
prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the
prophet.’
PSALM: Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18
Your
love, O Lord, forever will I sing;
from age to age my mouth
will proclaim your faithfulness.
For I am persuaded that your steadfast love
is established forever;
you have set your faithfulness firmly
in the heavens.
“I have made a covenant
with my chosen one;
I have sworn an oath
to David my servant:
‘I will establish your line forever,
and preserve your throne
for all generations.’ ”
Happy are the people who know
the festal shout!
They walk, O Lord, in the light
of your presence.
They rejoice daily in your name;
they are jubilant in your righteousness.
For you are the glory of their strength,
and by your favor our might is exalted.
Truly, our shield belongs to the Lord;
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
SECOND READING: Romans 6:12-23
Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in
your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your
members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as
those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God
as instruments of righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since
you are not under law but under grace.
What then? Should we sin because we are not
under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present
yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you
obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to
righteousness? But thanks be to God that you, having once been slaves of sin,
have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were
entrusted, and that you, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of
righteousness. I am speaking in human terms because of your natural
limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity
and to greater and greater iniquity, so now present your members as slaves to
righteousness for sanctification.
When you were slaves of sin, you were free in
regard to righteousness. So what advantage did you then get from the things of
which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you
have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is
sanctification. The end is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
THE HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew
10:40-42
Jesus
said to the twelve: ‘Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me
welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a
prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous
person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the
righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little
ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their
reward.’
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-8SjarSwl8
THE APOSTLES' CREED
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ,
God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand
of the Father,
and he will come to judge
the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Called into unity with one another and the whole creation, let us pray for our shared world.
A brief silence.
God of companionship,
encourage our relationships with our siblings in Christ. Bless our
conversations. Shape our shared future and give us hearts eager to join in a
festal shout of praise. Protect all those who suffer from any or
discrimination. Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
God of
abundance, you make your creation thrive and grow to provide all that we need.
Inspire us to care for our environment and be attuned to where the earth is
crying out. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
God of
mercy, your grace is poured out for all. Inspire authorities, judges, and
politicians to act with compassion. Teach us to overcome fear with hope, meet
hate with love, and welcome one another as we would welcome you. We pray for
police officers and ask that they would know your presence is with them as they
face the challenges and demands of their job.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
God of
care, accompany all who are in deepest need. Comfort those who are sick,
lonely, or abandoned. (You may lift
up the names of those for whom you would like to pray here.) Strengthen
those who are in prison or awaiting trial. Renew the spirits of all who call
upon you. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
God of
community, we give thanks for this congregation. Give us passion to embrace
your mission and the vision to recognize where you are leading us. Teach us how
to live more faithfully with each other. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
God of
love, you gather in your embrace all who have died. (You may lift up the
names of those who have died in Christ here.) Keep us steadfast in our faith and renew our
trust in your promise. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen.
forever and ever. Amen.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
A Prayer of St. Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them:
Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting.
Amen
CLOSING PETITION FOR BLESSING
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