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22ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

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INTRODUCTION​

Today’s gospel starts with disciples obsessing over who will be closest to Jesus,
     leading to Jesus teaching his followers about God’s take on importance and
     power. Here Jesus makes it explicit that the reversal of values in God’s
     community is a direct challenge to the values of the dominant culture, where
     wielding power over others is what makes you great. When we pray “your
     kingdom come” we are praying for an end to tyranny and oppression. We pray
     this gathered around the cross, a sign of great shame transformed to be the sign
     of great honor and service.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

    Sovereign God, you turn your greatness into goodness for all the peoples on
     earth. Shape us into willing servants of your kingdom, and make us desire always
     and only your will, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

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FIRST READING

ISAIAH 53:4-12
This reading is from the last of four passages in Isaiah that are often called
     “servant songs.” Christians are probably most familiar with this servant song. In
     light of Christian faith, the servant’s healing ministry and redemptive suffering are
     understood to be fulfilled in the life and death of Christ.

4Surely he has borne our infirmities
and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
struck down by God, and afflicted.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions,
crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole,
and by his bruises we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have all turned to our own way,
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8By a perversion of justice he was taken away.
Who could have imagined his future?
For he was cut off from the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people.
9They made his grave with the wicked
and his tomb with the rich,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
 
10Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain.
When you make his life an offering for sin,
he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;
through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.
11Out of his anguish he shall see light;
he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge.
The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
12Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he poured out himself to death,
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.​​

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PSALM

PSALM 91:9-16
(Response) You have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your habitation. (Ps. 91:9)

9Because you have made the Lord your refuge,
and the Most High your habitation,
10no evil will befall you,
nor shall affliction come near your dwelling.
11For God will give the angels charge over you,
to guard you in all your ways.
12Upon their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.
(Response) You have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your habitation. (Ps. 91:9)

13You will tread upon the lion cub and viper;
you will trample down the lion and the serpent.
14I will deliver those who cling to me;
I will uphold them, because they know my name.
15They will call me, and I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue and honor them.
16With long life will I satisfy them,
and show them my salvation.
(Response) You have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your habitation. (Ps. 91:9)

SECOND READING

HEBREWS 5:1-10
Using imagery from scripture and from Jewish worship practices, Jesus is
     presented as the great high priest who was obedient to God’s saving plan.
     Through his suffering and death he has become the source of eternal salvation.

1Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put in charge of things
     pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2He is able
     to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to
     weakness; 3and because of this he must offer sacrifice for his own sins as well
     as for those of the people. 4And one does not presume to take this honor, but
     takes it only when called by God, just as Aaron was.

     5So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was
     appointed by the one who said to him,
     “You are my Son,
     today I have begotten you”;
     6as he says also in another place,
     “You are a priest forever,
     according to the order of Melchizedek.”

     7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud
     cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was
     heard because of his reverent submission. 8Although he was a Son, he learned
     obedience through what he suffered; 9and having been made perfect, he became
     the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, 10having been designated
     by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.​

​​​​GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia. The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his
     life as a ransom for many. Alleluia. (Mark 10:45)

GOSPEL READING
MARK 10:35-45

On the way to Jerusalem the disciples ask Jesus to grant them seats of honor. Jesus
  responds by announcing that he and his followers will “rule” through self-giving service.

35James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him,
     “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36And he said to
     them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” 37And they said to him, “Grant us
     to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” 38But Jesus said
     to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that
     I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” 39They replied,
     “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and
     with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; 40but to sit at my
     right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has
     been prepared.”

     41When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 42So
     Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those
     whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are
     tyrants over them. 43But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become
     great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wishes to be first among
     you must be slave of all. 45For the Son of Man came not to be served but to
     serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”

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