[Sunday's Worship Service and Scripture Readings]

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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost 9-14-25

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you for- ever!

O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,

and you have healed me.

O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;

you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,

and give thanks to his holy name.

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime.

Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

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.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you for- ever!

 

Collect 

Lord Jesus, You are the Good Shepherd, without whom nothing is secure.  Rescue and preserve us that we may not be lost forever but follow You, rejoicing in the way that leads to eternal life; for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

 

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 23-24    "For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search and find my sheep. 12 I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.  13 I will bring them back home to their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers in all the places where people live.  14 Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in lush mountain pastures.  15 I myself will tend my sheep and cause them to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign LORD.  16 I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes-- feed them justice!... And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.  24 And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!

 

1 Timothy 1:12-17    How thankful I am to Christ Jesus our Lord for considering me trustworthy and appointing me to serve him,  13 even though I used to scoff at the name of Christ. I hunted down his people, harming them in every way I could. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief.  14 Oh, how kind and gracious the Lord was! He filled me completely with faith and the love of Christ Jesus.  15 This is a true saying, and everyone should believe it: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-- and I was the worst of them all.  16 But that is why God had mercy on me, so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.  17 Glory and honor to God forever and ever. He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.

 

Luke 15:1-10    Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach.  2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such despicable people-- even eating with them!  3 So Jesus used this illustration:  4 "If you had one hundred sheep, and one of them strayed away and was lost in the wilderness, wouldn't you leave the ninety-nine others to go and search for the lost one until you found it?  5 And then you would joyfully carry it home on your shoulders.  6 When you arrived, you would call together your friends and neighbors to rejoice with you because your lost sheep was found.  7 In the same way, heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!  8 "Or suppose a woman has ten valuable silver coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and look in every corner of the house and sweep every nook and cranny until she finds it?  9 And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors to rejoice with her because she has found her lost coin.  10 In the same way, there is joy in the presence of God's angels when even one sinner repents."

 

 

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