Sunday 19 July 2-26
- General:
- Lectionary
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings are laid out as for the continuous form of the lectionary. Alternative related readings (OT and psalm only) are below. Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading.
General
God is Love: let heaven adore him (StF 103)
*Just as we are, your servants here (website only)
*O Lord we are always in your presence (StF 33)
Genesis 28: 10-19a
All my hope on God is founded (StF 455)
Author of faith, eternal Word (StF 457)
Come, O thou Traveller unknown (StF 461)
*Just as we are, your servants here (website only)
May the love of the Lord rest upon your soul (StF 771) sung blessing
O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people are fed (StF 475)
Psalm 139: 1-12, 23-24
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
I watch the sunrise lighting the sky (StF 469)
O God, you search me and you know me (StF 728)
*O Lord we are always in your presence (StF 33)
O Lord, you have searched me out and know me (StF 835) responsive reading
There is no moment of my life (StF 482)
What shall I do my God to love? (StF 436)
Romans 8: 12-25
Abba Father, let me be (StF 439)
Away with our fears! (StF 458)
Father God, I wonder I managed to exist (StF 72)
Sing of the Lord’s goodness, Father of all wisdom (StF 65)
When I was lost you came and rescued me (StF 367)
Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43
As servants working an estate (StF 491)
Day of judgment! Day of wonder! (StF 732)
Son of God, if your free grace (StF 336)
We gather round this table (website only) communion hymn
We pray until the hour (StF 741)
Alternative related readings:
Wisdom of Solomon 12: 13, 16-19
For all the saints who show your love (StF 746)
If we claim to love our neighbour (website only)
Lord, in the strength of grace (StF 448)
We shall seek justice (website only)
What shall I do my God to love (StF 436)
OR
Isaiah 44: 6-8
Lord, I come before your throne of grace (StF 58)
My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633)
Rock of ages, cleft for me (StF 434)
Though the fruit tree doesn’t blossom (StF 93)
Psalm 86: 11-17
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
God of forgiveness, your people you freed (StF 425)
Teach me, my God and King (StF 668)
We praise you, O God; acclaim you as Lord (StF 95)
A prayer that we might be instruments of God's praise
Ow, Fadda! Eternal Creator, the story of our relationship as revealed in Scripture with you begins with a hymn; a hymn of creation. Thank you for the reminder that chaos and darkness give way to order and beauty.
Thank you, God, that the rhythms of music are written deep in our spirits. Yet because “guilty feet have got no rhythm” we too often feel like we might never dance again the way we danced with you. We come to you now in the language of one prison programme, Changing Tunes, asking you to change, to shift the narrative of hopelessness often running around in our head.
Make us once again instruments of praise; instruments of worship! Retune us, glue our cracked pots with gold like in Kintsugi master craft; make us more valuable than we recognise. Although we may feel fit for the rubbish pile, you see us. You greet us – sawbona! You see… our past, our heritage, our people and you smile. Sit with us as we learn to sing again, show us how to sing in harmony with you. Nature’s harmony. Yes, Fadda. Amen.
Leon Dundas, Managing Chaplain at HMP Exeter
A prayer for purity of heart and strength of purpose - Alternative Prayer
Grant us, O Lord, purity of heart and strength of purpose, that no passion may hinder us from knowing your will and no weakness from doing it. In your light we may see light clearly, and in your service find perfect freedom; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St Augustine of Hippo (354-430)