Sunday August 16, 2020
Eleventh Sunday of pentecost
The African American spiritual “Give Me Jesus” begins “In the morning when I rise, Give me Jesus,” words that remind us that our Savior, Jesus, is with us at all times. The same truth is expressed in another hymn in which English hymnist Timothy Dudley-Smith writes: “Christ be my Leader by night as by day; Safe through the darkness, for He is the way.” Jesus Christ, whom we confess in the Creed, is always there to comfort and to guide us. Our songs of praise, whether new to us or old favorites, can well express our thanksgiving for His loving care.
READINGS
Old Testament:
Psalm:
Epistle:
Gospel:
Isaiah 56:1, 6–8
God’s house of prayer is for all people
Psalm 67
Romans 11:1–2a, 13–15, 28–32
God will have mercy on both Jew and Gentile
Matthew 15:21–28
Jesus heals the daughter of a beseeching woman
COLLECT
It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, Lord, our God, for You have graciously blessed us through the Word Incarnate, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who for our sake died on the cross and rose from the dead to put an end to death. Confident of His compassion on us and rejoicing in the company of the saints on earth and those above, we laud and magnify Your holy name.