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MONDAY

PSALM 34

TUESDAY

COMMEMORATION OF IGNATIUS, BISHOP OF ANTIOCH, MARTYR, DIED AROUND 115

AMOS 9:5-15

WEDNESDAY

LUKE, EVANGELIST

LUKE 1:1-4; 24:44-53

THURSDAY

PSALM 96:1-9 (10-13)

FRIDAY

1 PETER 5:1-5

SATURDAY

ISAIAH 14:3-11

20TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

ISAIAH 45:1-7; PSALM 96:1-9 (10-13); 1 THESSALONIANS 1:1-10; MATTHEW 22:15-22

​​​​​​​​​​​​​19TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2017
IN ISAIAH WE ARE GIVEN A VISION OF THE GREAT FEAST TO COME, WHEN GOD WILL WIPE AWAY DEATH

FOREVER. IN JESUS' PARABLE ABLE A GREAT BANQUET, THOSE INVITED DO NOT COME, SO THE

INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO OTHERS. IN OUR LITURGY GOD SPREADS A TABLE BEFORE US. EVEN AMID

ANXIETY AND HARDSHIP WE REJOICE IN THE PEACE OF GOD THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.

WITH GREAT JOY WE FEAST AT THE TABLE OF THE LORD, AND WE GO FORTH TO SHARE THE WONDERFUL

INVITATION WITH OTHERS HUNGERING AND THIRSTING FOR THE ABUNDANT LIFE OF GOD.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

LORD OF THE FEAST, YOU HAVE PREPARED A TABLE BEFORE ALL PEOPLES AND POURED OUT

YOUR LIFE WITH ABUNDANCE. CALL US AGAIN TO YOUR BANQUET. STRENGTHEN US BY

WHAT IS HONORABLE, JUST, AND PURE, AND TRANSFORM US INTO A PEOPLE OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOUR AND LORD.

AMEN.

FIRST READING

ISAIAH 25:1-9

AFTER A HYMN OF PRAISE ACKNOWLEDGING GOD AS A SHELTER FOR THE POOR, THE PROPHET

PORTRAYS A WONDERFUL VICTORY BANQUET AT WHICH DEATH --- WHICH IN ANCIENT CANAAN WAS

DEPICTED AS A MONSTER SWALLOWING EVERYONE UP --- WILL BE SWALLOWED UP FOREVER.

THE PROPHET URGES CELEBRATION OF THIS VICTORY OF SALVATION.

PLEASE REFER TO YOUR BIBLE FOR THE READING.
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PSALM
PSALM 23; REFRAIN PS. 23:5

YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME, AND MY CUP IS RUNNING OVER.
PLEASE REFER TO YOUR BIBLE FOR THE READING.

SECOND READING

PHILIPPIANS 4:1-9
THOUGH WRITING FROM PRISON AND FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE, PAUL CALLS ON

PHILIPPIANS TO REJOICE AND GIVE THANKS TO GOD NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE.

GOD'S PEACE IS WITH US AND BINDS TOGETHER OUR HEARTS AND MINDS IN JESUS CHRIST,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS AROUND US DO NOT SEEM PEACEFUL.

PLEASE REFER TO YOUR BIBLE FOR THE READING.

GOSPEL

MATTHEW 22:1-14

JESUS TELLS A PARABLE INDICATING THAT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD'S KINGDOM

ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL, BUT THE INVITATION IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.

PLEASE REFER TO YOUR BIBLE FOR THE READING.