7th Sunday of Easter

Jeremiah 9:23-24; 24:1-10

Psalm 115

Mark 11:27-33 [AND Mark 12:35-37 if Ascension not observed]

OR Luke 20:1-8 [AND Luke 20:41-47 is Ascension not observed]

2Corinthians 10

      

PRAYER OF CONFESSION [from GREATER ATTENTION: LERW, YEAR D]

Almighty God, we live among a generation that constantly questions authority. We confess that we too have been slow to heed your messengers, to acknowledge the authority of your Word and your Spirit, to believe and obey the gospel of your Son, our Sovereign, Jesus Christ. We have too often feared human opinions more than your holy judgments. Forgive us, LORD, for our rebellion and for the bad fruit we have borne. Make us new by the transforming power and grace of your Spirit, that we might gain victory over the strongholds that have bound us, and bear good and lasting fruit for the kingdom of your beloved Son, in whose holy name we pray.

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time [Proper 2]*

Job 35:1-16

Psalm 119:(1-16) 17-32

Matthew 7:13-20

2Peter 2

         

DECLARATION FOR FORGIVENESS [From GREATER ATTENTION: LERW, YEAR D]

Yes, people are slaves to whatever masters them, but those who repent and confess their sins in true humility have a good Lord who is unsurpassed, the Master who has bought them for freedom by the gift of his own Son. And if this same God, who saved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly; if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the lawless, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial; for indeed the one who calls us to enter life through the narrow gate has struggled through that gate ahead of us, has opened the way for us, and in this way has delivered us from death to life. Know that, in Jesus Christ, we are given the victory over sin that he himself gained on our behalf. Therefore, be at peace in the knowledge that in Christ we are forgiven and free to enter into the fullness of life.