ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
August 11 , 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.
How is it that The Book of Common Prayer understands sanctification, our becoming holy, as God is holy? Our Collect today points to the mercy and promises of Good whereby we run “the way of God’s commandments”, “obtain his promises,” and thus are “made partakers of God’s heavenly treasure.” In other words, justification is the means of our sanctification. In our Epistle reading for today from 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul reminds us of the Gospel message on which we take our stand and by which we are saved. In our Gospel reading for today Jesus tells the story of the publican, who for all his sin, trusted in God’s mercy , and was justified, in contrast to the Pharisee, who trusted rather in his religious and good works
THE LESSON : 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
THE HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 18:9-14
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, “God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.” But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.’
PARISH LIFE NOTES
RECTOR’S VACATION. Claude will be away from the parish from July 28- Aug 18. For Pastoral emergencies, please 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.