Worshipping at Home 21st August 2022
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Trinity 10 - 21st August 2022 

The First Hymn
Welcome!
A man once appealed to Jesus for help. He said, ‘Lord, I believe; help me overcome my unbelief’! (Mark 9:24) It is often the case that faith and doubt are both present in our lives, both struggling to win us over. In this wrestling match we need a coach to shout out instructions from the touchline! In our time of worship let us pray and hope that we will hear our Lord’s voice loudly and clearly as he gives us encouragement and inspiration.


Psalm 34: 1-8
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed. This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.

Acclamation

Let us worship our Lord Jesus Christ
whose passion burns for our salvation,
who for our salvation endured the cross,
who died and rose again from the dead.
He lives among us as Saviour.
He embraces human life.
He has won for us 
the glory of heaven.

The Collect Prayer

Let your merciful ears, O Lord, 
be open to the prayers 
of your humble servants; 
and that they may obtain their petitions 
make them to ask such things 
as shall please you; 
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, 
who is alive and reigns with you, 
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Sharing the Peace

We are the Family of God;
In the one Spirit we were all baptised
into one body.
Let us then pursue all that makes for peace
and builds up our common life.

(At this point please think of others
and in your heart send them
the message: Peace be with you.)

Bible Reading

Luke 13: 10-17 (The price and prize of compassion.)

 

On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.’ Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, ‘There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.’ The Lord answered him, ‘You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?’ When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

Thought for the Day

Have you ever ended an argument by saying, ‘Well, it is a good job that we are all different’ when what you really meant was that you can’t convince them that they are wrong! When it comes to following Jesus, being faithful to the Lord, there are some who are keen to search the scriptures to find out exactly what is required of them, whilst there are others who have a general understanding of what is expected of them and they choose to interpret it according to their own creative imagination. And when these two ‘personality types’ meet each other I wonder whether they celebrate their difference or privately disapprove of the other. In most instances, hopefully it is the case that we accommodate each other. But sometimes there is a clash of views. St. Paul often talks about those who follow the ‘letter of the law’ and those who follow the ‘spirit of the law’. And Paul makes it quite clear that the latter have got it right! 

Tolerance is a virtue, and it is not always a bad thing to agree to disagree, but in our Gospel passage Jesus confronts his critics, and there is no room for compromise. Why is Jesus so adamant that he is right, and this opponents are wrong? We may recall that in the Parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus claimed that showing mercy is superior to following the law. In this case Jesus claims that showing compassion always trumps any other way. 

Jesus was not an anarchist. He did not delight in challenging traditional views and crossing boundaries just for the sake of it. To use his own phrase, he did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfil it. But the Law needs to be understood, and we need that godly discernment to know when to lay down the law, and when to be merciful and compassionate – even when we are required to make exceptions to the rules and go beyond the law.  

Let us Pray

God our Father, Lord our Shepherd, Spirit of the Living God, we praise You our Creator, Saviour, and Provider. By Your grace, we lack nothing. You feed us in body and in soul. You give us rest when we are weary. You direct us on ways that are good and right. You go with us through the dark times so we will not walk them alone. You protect us in Your goodness with Your strength. You spread before us a banquet in the wilderness and a feast in the face of whoever and whatever threatens us. You pour over us Your oils of cleansing grace, of healing, and of gladness. And no matter where we have wandered, You open wide Your arms to welcome us home. Our God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we praise you. Amen.

Living God, you formed us in the womb and appointed us to be prophets to the nations. Stretch out your hand to cure our infirmity and dispel our fear, that we may know the freedom of serving you in Christ and proclaim the wonders you have done. Amen.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

(Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.)
The Blessing

The peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you always.


Amen.

 The Second Hymn

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