A Weblog Dedicated to the Discussion of the Christian Faith and 21st Century Life

A Weblog Dedicated to the Discussion of the Christian Faith and 21st Century Life
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I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe, –that unless I believed, I should not understand.-- St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109)

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Scriptures and Prayer for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Old Testament: Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 or Exodus 32:7-14

Psalter: Psalm 14 or Psalm 51:1-10

Epistle: 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Gospel: Luke 15:1-10
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Persistently forgiving God, we are a stiff-necked and stubborn people who try your patience; yet, instead of giving us up for lost, you seek us out until we return to you. Break our willfulness and bring us back from our wanderings; bend our pride and create in us pure and faithful hearts, which rejoice in your forgiveness made known through Jesus Christ. Amen.

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