 Reuben Condie |
SUNDAY BETWEEN 11 AND 17 SEPTEMBER YEAR
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PROPER 19
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TRACK 1
FIRST READING Jeremiah 4.11-12, 22-28
A reading from the book of the prophet
Jeremiah.
11 At that time it will be said to this
people and to Jerusalem: A hot wind comes from me out of the bare
heights in the desert towards my poor people, not to winnow or
cleanse -
12 a wind too strong for that. Now it is
I who speak in judgement against them.
22 'For my people are foolish, they do
not know me; they are stupid children, they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good.'
23 I looked on the earth, and lo, it was
waste and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on the mountains, and lo, they
were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 I looked, and lo, there was no one at
all, and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and lo, the fruitful land
was a desert, and all its cities were laid in ruins before the
LORD, before his fierce anger.
27 For thus says the LORD: The whole land
shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
28 Because of this the earth shall mourn,
and the heavens above grow black; for I have spoken, I have purposed;
I have not relented nor will I turn back.
PSALM Psalm 14
R Is
there any who is wise and who seeks after God?
1 The fool has said in his heart, 'There
is no God.' All are corrupt and commit abominable acts; there
is none who does any good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon
us all, to see if there is any who is wise, if there is one who
seeks after God. R
3 Everyone has proved faithless;
all alike have turned bad; there is none who does good; no, not
one.
4 Have they no knowledge, all those evildoers
who eat up my people like bread and do not call upon the Lord?
R
5 See how they tremble with fear,
because God is in the company of the righteous.
6 Their aim is to confound the plans of
the afflicted, but the Lord is their refuge.
7 O that Israel's deliverance would come
out of Zion! when the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad. R
Or TRACK
2
FIRST READING Exodus 32.7-14
A reading from the book of Exodus.
7 At the top of Mount Sinai, the LORD said
to Moses, 'Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out
of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely;
8 they have been quick to turn aside from
the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an
image of a calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it,
and said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you
up out of the land of Egypt!"'
9 The LORD said to Moses, 'I have seen
this people, how stiff-necked they are.
10 Now let me alone, so that my wrath may
burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will
make a great nation.'
11 But Moses implored the LORD his God,
and said, 'O LORD, why does your wrath burn hot against your people,
whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and
with a mighty hand?
12 Why should the Egyptians say, "It
was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in
the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth"?
Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring
disaster on your people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying
to them, "I will multiply your descendants like the stars
of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give
to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever."'
14 And the LORD changed his mind about
the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.
PSALM Psalm 51.1-10
R Father,
I have sinned against heaven and before you.
or
R Hide your face from my sins, O God.
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according
to your loving-kindness; in your great compassion blot out my
offences.
2 Wash me through and through from my wickedness
and cleanse me from my sin. R
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you only have I sinned and done
what is evil in your sight.
5 And so you are justified when you speak
and upright in your judgement. R
6 Indeed, I have been wicked from
my birth, a sinner from my mother's womb.
7 For behold, you look for truth deep within
me, and will make me understand wisdom secretly.
8 Purge me from my sin and I shall be pure;
wash me and I shall be clean indeed. R
9 Make me hear of joy and gladness,
that the body you have broken may rejoice.
10 Hide your face from my sins and blot
out all my iniquities. R
SECOND READING 1 Timothy 1.12-17
A reading from the first letter of
Paul to Timothy.
12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord,
who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed
me to his service,
13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer,
a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because
I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed
for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15 The saying is sure and worthy of full
acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners
- of whom I am the foremost.
16 But for that very reason I received
mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display
the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come
to believe in him for eternal life.
17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible,
the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
GOSPEL Luke 15.1-10
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke.
1 All the tax-collectors and sinners were
coming near to listen to Jesus.
2 And the Pharisees and the scribes were
grumbling and saying, 'This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with
them.'
3 So he told them this parable:
4 'Which one of you, having a hundred sheep
and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?
5 When he has found it, he lays it on his
shoulders and rejoices.
6 And when he comes home, he calls together
his friends and neighbours, saying to them, "Rejoice with
me, for I have found my sheep that was lost."
7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more
joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine
righteous persons who need no repentance.
8 Or what woman having ten silver coins,
if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house,
and search carefully until she finds it?
9 When she has found it, she calls together
her friends and neighbours, saying, "Rejoice with me, for
I have found the coin that I had lost."
10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy in
the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.'
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