St Catherine & St James’ Church Theme, St Luke the Evangelist (18 October) Sunday 15 October 2022

Hymn 6 – Immortal, invisible, God only wise Tune St Denio

Penitence

Jesus said, Before you offer your gift, go and be reconciled. As members of God’s family, we come together to ask our Father for forgiveness.

O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who trust in him. Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

The Lord ransoms the lives of his servants and none who trust in him will be destroyed. Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Come my children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Forgiveness

May the God of love and power forgive us, lift our burdens from us, heal and strengthen us by his spirit and raise us to new life in Jesus Christ, our risen and ascended Lord. Amen.

Collect

Almighty God,

you called Luke the physician,

whose praise is in the gospel,

to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:

By the grace of the Spirit

and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,

give your Church the same love and power to heal;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Proclaiming and Receiving the Word

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Strengthen the weak hands,

and make firm the feeble knees.

Say to those who are of a fearful heart,

‘Be strong, do not fear!

Here is your God.

He will come with vengeance,

with terrible recompense.

He will come and save you.’

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,

and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

then the lame shall leap like a deer,

and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.

For waters shall break forth in the wilderness,

and streams in the desert.

This is the word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Isaiah 35: 3-6

Psalm 147

1 Alleluia.

How good it is to make music for our God, ♦︎

how joyful to honour him with praise.

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem ♦︎

and gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He heals the brokenhearted ♦︎

and binds up all their wounds.

4 He counts the number of the stars ♦︎

and calls them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; ♦︎

his wisdom is beyond all telling.

6 The Lord lifts up the poor, ♦︎

but casts down the wicked to the ground.

7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; ♦︎

make music to our God upon the lyre.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen.

A reading from the second epistle to St Timothy

As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.

As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Do your best to come to me soon, for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments. Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds. You also must beware of him, for he strongly opposed our message.

At my first defence no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

2 Timothy 4: 5-17

566 – Fight the good fight with all thy might! Duke Street

Hear the Gospel of our Saviour Christ, according to St Luke.

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, “Peace to this house!” And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the labourer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, “The kingdom of God has come near to you.”

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 10: 1-9

Affirmation of faith (we say together)

We believe in God the Father, the source of all life, by whom every family in heaven and earth has been created.

We believe in God the Son, our friend and brother Jesus, who lives in our hearts through faith and fills us with his love.

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who strengthens us with his power, and makes Jesus known in the world.

We believe and trust in one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

584 – Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult Tune St Andrew

Prayers of Intercession (from the Orthodox Church)

For the peace that comes from above, for the loving-kindness of God, and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord.