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3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Watchword for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost [2nd after Trinity] from Matthew 11:28  Jesus says: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Old Testament reading from the prophet Isaiah 55:1-3b: “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.  2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.  3 Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live.

The epistle is from Ephesians 2:17-22:  17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.  18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.  19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household,  20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.  21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.  22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

The holy gospel accourding to the evangelist St. Luke 14:16-24   16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.  17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’  18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’  19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’  20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’  21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’  22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’  23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.  24 I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.'”

Collect for this Sunday: O Lord, since You never fail to help and govern those whom You nurture in Your steadfast fear and love, work in us a perpetual fear and love of Your holy name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. 

Hymns for this Sunday (Graduallied): EG 250 und 363

250:0 Ich lobe dich von ganzer Seelen

363:0 Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn