Christians often call Jesus “Lord”. Today we reflect on what it means to declare Christ our Lord, our King and our Master. So let us prepare ourselves by humbly submitting to the almighty and come together to worship our heavenly King.
Hymns: NEH: 394, 339, 358, 413
First Reading Jeremiah 8:18 – 9:1
My joy is gone, grief is upon me,
my heart is sick.
Hark, the cry of my poor people
from far and wide in the land:
‘Is the Lord not in Zion?
Is her King not in her?’
(‘Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their foreign idols?’)
‘The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.’
For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold of me.
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
Why then has the health of my poor people
not been restored?
O that my head were a spring of water,
and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of my poor people!
Psalm 79: 1-2, 6-9
R. Help us, O God, for the glory of your name.
O God, the heathen have come into your heritage;
your holy temple have they defiled
and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.
The dead bodies of your servants they have given
to be food for the birds of the air,
and the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the field. R.
Pour out your wrath upon the nations
that have not known you,
And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your name.
for they have devoured Jacob
And laid waste his dwelling place. R.
Remember not against us our former sins;
let your compassion make haste to meet us,
for we are brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and wipe away our sins for your name’s sake. R.
Gospel acclamation:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life;
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel Luke 16:1-13
Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.” Then the manager said to himself, “What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.” So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, “How much do you owe my master?” He answered, “A hundred jugs of olive oil.” He said to him, “Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.” Then he asked another, “And how much do you owe?” He replied, “A hundred containers of wheat.” He said to him, “Take your bill and make it eighty.” And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
‘Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.’
Intercessions
We pray that our love of God may deepen, so that we are happy to put God before other things and long to do what the Lord wants.
We pray that we might learn to view our resources and material possessions as God’s and seek the Lord’s guidance in how we use what we have been given.
We pray for those who are in poverty. May we do our bit to help where we can, and may our government have compassion for those in need.
We pray that our society will grow to recognise the emptiness of materialism and that a hunger for God will overtake the pursuit of wealth and possessions.
We pray that Christ’s healing hands might bring comfort to those who are afflicted, health to those who are suffering, peace to those who are tormented, and hope to those who are sorrowful.
We pray for the departed, especially those we have known and loved. This week we remember Brian Holderness, Eva Griffin, Paul Hickling, Ilse Pickering, George Kemp
Dates for your Diary:
This Thursday 25th September -
MacMillan Coffee Morning 10.00-12.30
Friday 3rd October Harvest Supper Tickets £5 from Joan
Sunday 5th October Buckrose Band Concert
Saturday 29th November Christmas Fayre
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