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The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

4th August 2019

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Year C  /  Ordinary time  /  Green

For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.

Principal Service

Collect One

O God,
giver of life and health,
whose Son Jesus Christ has called us
to hunger and thirst for justice;
refresh us with your grace,
that we may not be weary in well-doing,
for the sake of him who meets all our needs,
Jesus Christ our Saviour;
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Collect Two

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
Graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The First Reading

Hosea 11: 1–11

Ecclesiastes 1: 2, 12–14, 2: 18–23

The Psalm

Psalm 107: 1–9, 43

Psalm 49: 1–12

The Second Reading

Colossians 3: 1–11

Colossians 3: 1–11

The Gospel Reading

Luke 12: 13–21

Luke 12: 13–21

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Post Communion Prayer

Lord God,
whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
ever giving himself that the world may live:
May we so receive within ourselves
the power of his death and passion
that, in his saving cup,
we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
for he is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
now and for ever.

Suggested Hymns

(c) 1st Reading Hosea 11: 1–11
518* Bind us together, Lord
3 God is love: let heaven adore him
569* Hark, my soul, it is the Lord
211* Immortal love for ever full
7* My God, how wonderful thou art
231* My song is love unknown

(c) Psalm Psalm 107: 1–9, 43
683* All people that on earth do dwell
353* Give to our God immortal praise
30* Let us, with a gladsome mind
484* Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
361* Now thank we all our God
45* Praise, O praise our God and King
372* Through all the changing scenes of life
374* When all thy mercies, O my God


(p) 1st Reading Ecclesiastes 1: 2, 12–14; 2: 18–23
563* Commit your ways to God

(p) Psalm Psalm 49: 1–12
10* All my hope on God is founded
319* Father, of heaven, whose love profound
533* God of grace and God of glory

2nd Reading Colossians 3: 1–11
260* Christ is alive! Let Christians sing
501 Christ is the world’s true light
566* Fight the good fight with all thy might
496* For the healing of the nations
268* Hail thou once–despisèd Jesus
522* In Christ there is no east or west
272* [Jesus lives! thy terrors now]
427* Let all mortal flesh keep silence
392 Now is eternal life
287* [The whole bright world rejoices now]

The Gospel Luke 12: 13–21
10* All my hope on God is founded
647* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
533* God of grace and God of glory
95* Jesu, priceless treasure
196* O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

Second Service

Collect One

O God,
giver of life and health,
whose Son Jesus Christ has called us
to hunger and thirst for justice;
refresh us with your grace,
that we may not be weary in well-doing,
for the sake of him who meets all our needs,
Jesus Christ our Saviour;
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Collect Two

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
Graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The First Reading

Genesis 50: 4–26

Genesis 50: 4–26

The Psalm

Psalm 107: 1–32

Psalm 107: 1–16

The Second Reading

1 Corinthians 14: 1–19

1 Corinthians 14: 1–19

The Gospel Reading

Mark 6: 45–52

Mark 6: 45–52

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Post Communion Prayer

Lord God,
whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
ever giving himself that the world may live:
May we so receive within ourselves
the power of his death and passion
that, in his saving cup,
we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
for he is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
now and for ever.

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