Worship for Sunday, July 5, 2020
The 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday, July 5, 2020
Sunday, July 5, 2020
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OUR WORSHIP FOR TODAY
THE OPENING SENTENCE
OPENING HYMN: "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling" (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0FIKquw3Ro
PRAYER OF THE DAY
You are great, O God, and greatly to be praised.
You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in
you. Grant that we may believe in you, call upon you, know you, and serve you,
through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
Rejoice
greatly,
O
daughter Zion!
Shout aloud,
O
daughter Jerusalem!
Lo, your
king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble
and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
He will
cut off the chariot
from
Ephraim
and the warhorse
from
Jerusalem;
and the
battle-bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace
to the
nations;
his
dominion shall be
from sea
to sea,
and from the River
to the
ends of the earth.
As for
you also, because of the blood
of my
covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free
from the
waterless pit.
Return to
your stronghold,
O
prisoners of hope;
today I declare
that I
will restore to you double.
PSALM: Psalm
145:8-14
The
Lord is gracious
and
full of compassion,
slow
to anger and abounding
in
steadfast love.
Lord,
you are good to all,
and
your compassion
is over
all your works.
All
your works shall praise you,
O Lord,
and
your faithful ones
shall
bless you.
They
shall tell of the glory
of your
kingdom
and
speak of your power,
that
all people may know
of your
power
and the
glorious splendor
of your
kingdom.
Your
kingdom is
an
everlasting kingdom;
your
dominion endures
throughout
all ages.
You,
Lord, are faithful
in all
your words,
and loving in all your works.
The
Lord upholds
all
those who fall
and
lifts up those
who are
bowed down.
SECOND READING: Romans 7:15-25a
I do
not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very
thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But
in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know
that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is
right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do
not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that
do it, but sin that dwells within me.
So I
find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at
hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my
members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the
law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue
me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
THE HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
‘But to what will I compare this
generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one
another,
“We played the flute for you,
and you did not dance;
we wailed,
and you did not mourn.”
For John came neither eating nor drinking,
and they say, “He has a demon”; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and
they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and
sinners!” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’
At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you,
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the
wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for
such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my
Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father
except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
‘Come to me, all you that are weary and
are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OtFXKVJXbM
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.
We pray for the Church. Sustain us as we share
your word. Embrace us as we struggle to find our common ground. Lift up leaders
with powerful and prophetic voices. Free us from stagnant faith. Lord, in your
mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for the well-being of creation. Protect
the air, water, and land from abuse and pollution. Free us from apathy in our
care of creation and direct us toward sustainable living. Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
We pray for the nations. Guide leaders in
developing just policies and guide difficult conversations. Lead us to expansive love for our neighbor. Lord,
in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for all in need. For all who are tired,
feeling despair, sick, or oppressed. (You may lift up the names of those for
whom you would like to pray here.) Take
their yoke upon you and ease their burdens. Give your consolation and free us
from all that keeps us bound. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We pray for this congregation. Bless pastors,
deacons, and congregational leaders. Energize children’s ministry volunteers,
church administrators, and those who maintain our building. Shine in this place
that we might notice the ways your love transforms our lives. Lord, in your
mercy, hear our prayer.
We give thanks for those who have died in faith.
(You may lift up the names of those
who have died in Christ here.) Welcome
them into your eternal rest and comfort us in our grief until we are joined
with them in new life. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Receive
these prayers, O God, and those too deep for words; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
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
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
Amen
Amen
CLOSING HYMN: "Before You, Lord, We Bow" (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYCok54HfSE
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