NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
JULY 28, 2024
THE FATHER IS MY HOPE; THE SON IS MY REFUGE;
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY PROTECTION.
ALL HOLY TRINITY, GLORY TO THEE!
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
GETTING READY FOR SUNDAY: PREVIEW OF THE READINGS.
In the classical Christian understanding, the human soul possesses three aspects or powers: the rational ( the mind) , the desiring ( the will), and the incesive (the heart) . In the properly ordered human soul, the three powers work together to fulfill the commandments of God. The mind conceives of the good, the will desires the good, and the heart frights for the good. Sin has disordered the human soul, whereby the mind is drawn away from divine to purely human concerns, and we end up desiring and pursuing the wrong things to our destruction. IN the season of Trinity we are discovering what it means for us to put the house of our souls in order. Our Epistle reading from 1 Corinthians 10 St. Paul recalls the example of the Israelites in the desert who gave free reign to their disordered sensual desires for food and sex, which Paul identifies as idolatry or false worship, and makes us liable to judgement. It is for this reason that in today’s Collect we ask God to give us the spirit to think such things as be rightful, and his grace to desire and accomplish the good. Our Gospel lesson for today tells the story of the unjust steward who is commended for his prudence, for using this worlds goods in such a way as to be received into the eternal habitations.
THE LESSON : 1 Corinthians 10:1-17
I want you to know, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same supernatural food and all drank the same supernatural drink. For they drank from the supernatural Rock which followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Neverthelesswith most of them God was not pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things are warnings for us, not to desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to dance.” We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents; nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as a warning, but they were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let any onewho thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Therefore, my beloved, shun the worship of idols. I speak as to sensible men; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
THE HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 16:1-10
Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.” Then the manager said to himself, “What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.” So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, “How much do you owe my master?” He answered, “A hundred jugs of olive oil.” He said to him, “Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.” Then he asked another, “And how much do you owe?” He replied, “A hundred containers of wheat.” He said to him, “Take your bill and make it eighty.” And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternalhomes. ‘Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
PARISH LIFE NOTES
RECTOR’S VACATION. Claude will be away from the parish from July 28- Aug 18. For Pastoral emergencies place call Revd. Winna Martin at 306-536-4308.
WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Morning Prayer: Monday to Friday at 8.30 a.m.
Evening Prayer: Wednesday at 5.30 p.m.