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The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost 7-12-26

The LORD is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

As for man, his days are like grass;

he flourishes like a flower of the field;

for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

and its place knows it no more.

But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,

and his righteousness to children’s children,

to those who keep his covenant

and remember to do his commandments.

The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,

and his kingdom rules over all.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning,

is now, and will be forever. Amen.

The LORD is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

 

 

Collect for The Day 

Blessed Lord, since You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

[Isaiah 55:10-11]  "The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.  11 It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. 

 

[Romans 8:12-17]  So, dear brothers and sisters,1 you have no obligation whatsoever to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.  13 For if you keep on following it, you will perish. But if through the power of the Holy Spirit you turn from it1 and its evil deeds, you will live.  14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children1 of God. 15 So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family1 -- calling him "Father, dear Father." 2  16 For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.  17 And since we are his children, we will share his treasures -- for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

 

[Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23]  Later that same day, Jesus left the house and went down to the shore,  2 where an immense crowd soon gathered. He got into a boat, where he sat and taught as the people listened on the shore. 3 He told many stories such as this one: "A farmer went out to plant some seed.  4 As he scattered it across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them.  5 Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The plants sprang up quickly,  6 but they soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the roots had no nourishment in the shallow soil.  7 Other seeds fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades.  8 But some seeds fell on fertile soil and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted.  9 Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand!" … 18 "Now here is the explanation of the story I told about the farmer sowing grain:  19 The seed that fell on the hard path represents those who hear the Good News about the Kingdom and don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the seed away from their hearts.  20 The rocky soil represents those who hear the message and receive it with joy.  21 But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. At first they get along fine, but they wilt as soon as they have problems or are persecuted because they believe the word.  22 The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the Good News, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of wealth, so no crop is produced.  23 The good soil represents the hearts of those who truly accept God's message and produce a huge harvest -- thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted."

 

 

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