Trinity 17
Broadcast time 11am
Sunday 22nd September 2024
Service Leader: Robert Dimmick TSSF
Service Type: Harvest Festival
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Readings used in the service.
Joel 2:21-27 (NRSV)
21 Do not fear, O soil; be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things!
22 Do not fear, you animals of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
23 O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before.
24 The threshing floors shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent against you.
26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
27 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, the LORD, am your God and there is no other. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
The Canticle of the Creatures
Most High, all powerful, good Lord, to you be praise, glory, honour and all blessing.
Only to you, Most High, do they belong. and no one is worthy to call upon your name.
May you be praised, My Lord, with all your creatures, especially Brother Sun, through whom you lighten the day for us.
He is beautiful and radiant with great splendour. He signifies you, O Most High.
Be praised, my Lord, for Sister Moon and the stars, clear and precious and lovely they are formed in heaven.
Be praised, my Lord, for Brother Wind and by air and clouds, clear skies and all weathers, by which you give sustenance to your creatures.
Be praised, my Lord, for Sister Water, who is very useful and humble and precious and pure.
Be praised, my Lord, for Brother Fire, by whom the night is illumined for us, he is beautiful and cheerful, full of power and strength.
Be praised my Lord for Sister, our Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us and produces diverse fruits and coloured flowers and grass.
Be praised, my Lord, by all who forgive for love of you and who bear weakness and tribulation.
Blessed are those who bear them in peace; for by you most high they will be crowned
Be praised, my Lord, for our sister, the death of the body, from which no one living is able to flee. Woe to those who are dying in mortal sin.
Blessed are those who are found doing your most holy will, for the second death will do them no harm.
Praise and bless my Lord and give him thanks and serve him with great humility.
Saint Francis of Assisi
1 Timothy 6:6 (NRSV)
6 Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment;
7 for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it;
8 but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
Matthew 6:25 (NRSV)
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?
28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’
32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
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