WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:01.439 Good morning. 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:04.320 Be seated, please. 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:09.359 I'm Jim McGill, and uh someone asked me if I'm Mike today. 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:12.560 I said no, if I were Mike, I would be at the lake. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.359 Uh so I'm just Jim. 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.280 Um I don't know if there are any announcements to be made. 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.879 Uh does anyone know if there are announcements to be made? 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:40.719 Uh I suspect that there is uh information on the back of the uh of the service sheet, uh, which I commend to your reading uh of the prayer list and the events for this week and uh instructions on if you need a pastoral visit. 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:50.640 It's a great pleasure to be with you today as we uh seek to serve God and serve one another in this worship of the Holy Eucharist. 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:52.640 Will you stand, please? 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:55.200 We'll begin on the first page. 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.079 All you'll need is this is this service leaflet. 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:07.120 Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and blessed be God's family now and forever. 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:28.000 Together, Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnify thy holy name through Christ our Lord. 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:28.719 Amen. 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:30.000 The Lord be with you. 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:32.239 Let us pray. 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:38.560 O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity. 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:47.599 Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure. 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:55.040 Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:20.719 From the wilderness of sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:25.120 They camped at Raphidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:29.520 The people quarried quarreled with Moses and said, Give us water to drink. 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:32.319 Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.159 Why do you test the Lord? 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:43.759 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses and said, Why do you bring us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst? 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:47.520 So Moses cried out to the Lord, What shall I do with these people? 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:49.520 They were almost ready to stone me. 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:55.360 The Lord said to Moses, Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you. 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:59.439 Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.719 I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:07.680 Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink. 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:10.639 Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:18.319 He called the place Masa and Merebah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not? 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:20.800 The word of the Lord. 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:22.639 Thanks be to God. 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:34.800 We will respond responsibly by heart verse. 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:37.599 Hear my teaching, O my people. 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:43.360 I will open my mouth in a parable. 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.479 That which we have heard and known, and what our ancestors have told us. 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:58.479 We will recount to generations to come the praiseworthy deeds and the power of the Lord. 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.639 God worked marvels in the sight of their ancestors. 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:11.039 God split open the sea and let them pass through. 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:16.480 God led with them cloud by day. 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.480 God split the hard rocks in the wilderness. 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.920 God brought streams out of the cliffs. 00:04:55.519 --> 00:05:07.680 If there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete. 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:14.639 Be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:24.560 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:30.240 Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:58.560 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who thought he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness, and being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:22.639 Therefore, God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:45.839 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you to will and to work for his good pleasure. 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.000 The word of the Lord. 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:13.680 Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin? 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:17.199 And they argued with one another. 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:22.160 If we say from heaven, he will say, Then why did you not believe him? 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:29.600 But if we say of human origin, we are afraid of the crowd, for all regard John as a prophet. 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.519 So they answered Jesus, We do not know. 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:40.320 And he said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:42.559 What do you think? 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:45.120 A man had two sons. 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:49.919 He went to the first and said, Son, go and work in the vineyard today. 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.320 He answered, I will not. 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.720 But later he changed his mind and went. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:01.120 The father went to the second and said to and said the same. 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:05.679 And he answered, I go, sir, but he did not go. 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:08.960 Which of the two did the will of the father? 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:11.279 They said, The first. 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:20.799 Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:27.120 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:37.200 But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.000 The gospel of the Lord. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:43.200 Praise him. 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.600 Be seated, please. 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:59.279 So if you read only what the lesson from the gospel says today, you kind of get confused. 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:04.559 Jesus is just standing there in the temple teaching as he usually does. 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:06.960 This is what he does all the time. 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:14.240 And the chief priests and the elders of the people come in and start banging on him. 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:16.320 Why are you doing these things? 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.000 Who told you you could do this? 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.480 Who the heck do you think you are? 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:26.080 By what authority are you doing these things? 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:28.000 They ask. 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.759 You see, they're asking about authority. 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:46.320 The reason they're asking about authority to Jesus is that he has seems to have usurped some sort of authority that is supposed to belong to them. 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:51.679 Now, Jesus was not just teaching in the temple. 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:55.919 You've got to give the chief priests and the elders of the people a little bit of credit. 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:01.919 See, if you read the verses before this, you realize this is Passion Week. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.159 This is the beginning of Passion Week. 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:22.799 And in Matthew's gospel, the first thing Jesus does after his triumphal entry into Jerusalem is he goes into the temple, he turns over the tables of the money changers, and he drives out everybody who is selling doves for sacrifice. 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:44.480 Now, the money changers are the people who change Roman money, which you use everywhere except the temple, into temple money, which is only good in the temple and is the only kind of money that is allowed to be carried into the temple. 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:59.039 Now, they are very willing to do this because they take a skim sum off the top at the rate of about 50%, so that you can go into the temple and pray. 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:05.840 In other words, you give them two dollars worth of Roman money and you get one dollar worth of temple money. 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:20.879 And of course, the ones who own the concession here, the ones who have the franchise, are the chief priests and the ruling families of the temple, the elders of the people. 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.279 It's the same with the doves. 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.960 The doves are sold at exorbitant rates. 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:35.759 Now, a dove was what was sacrificed by poor people, people who couldn't afford to offer a sheep in sacrifice. 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:39.919 They would offer a dove because it was a heck of a lot cheaper. 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:44.000 Still, the prices were exorbitant. 00:12:44.080 --> 00:13:00.399 As a matter of fact, later in the first century, just after Jesus was crucified, in that first century, the son of the famous rabbi Gamaliel led a successful protest against the price gouging of doves. 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.679 They lowered the price by 99%. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:09.759 And the people who sold the doves still made money. 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:12.799 You can see what's going on here. 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:30.799 Jesus is clearly launching an attack against the financial security, the financial uh uh bounty, I'm gonna say, of the chief priests and the ruling families. 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:36.240 He goes and he curses a fig tree and it shrivels up. 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:47.519 The owner of the fig tree is probably not impressed, or at least not favorably impressed, with what Jesus does with his fig tree? 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:54.000 So they come and they say, by what authority are you doing these things? 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:59.679 Who told you you could come in here and mess around with our income statement? 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:08.159 Who told you you could come in here and mess around with the sacrifice rules that we have here in the temple? 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:17.279 Who told you you could go around cursing fig trees and depriving me of the income that comes from selling the figs? 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.080 Well, you've already figured out. 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:25.279 Jesus only has two possible answers. 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.159 And yet he comes up with another one. 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:30.879 He says, I'll ask you a question. 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:34.320 You answer my question, I'll answer your question. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:43.679 The baptism of John, was it from God or did he just make it up? 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:49.679 You see, John was in the wilderness baptizing people for repentance. 00:14:49.840 --> 00:15:00.320 Now, the the word repentance in most cases means that in most cases the word that we translate repentance is metanoia. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.679 You've heard that many times. 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.440 And it means to turn and choose another path. 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:13.679 If I'm going to leave the sanctuary, I can go right down the aisle, or I can turn and take another path down this aisle. 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:15.360 That's metanoia. 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:28.240 What it usually refers to in philosophical or spiritual discussions has to do with turning your life in a different direction. 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:52.000 And in this particular case, Matthew does not use the word metanoia, he uses metalothesis, which means to change your mind, to change the way you think, to change the way you're viewing things. 00:15:55.039 --> 00:16:03.120 That's why when Jesus tells the story about the man and the two sons, he says the first son changed his mind. 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:06.559 He was sorry that he had said no. 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.039 He changed his mind and he went and did what his father wanted. 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:20.639 That's why Jesus said, Jesus said that John came preaching so that you can change your mind. 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:32.320 And Jesus puts himself squarely with John, whom everybody thought was a prophet. 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:44.159 Now, if everybody thinks John is a prophet, and the chief priests and the elders of the people come out against John, they're in trouble. 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:57.759 Because just like today, power is derived at some point and in some measure by the consent of the people over whom one exercises power. 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:04.640 And if the people bring out the pitchforks, it's the same story then as it is now. 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:17.920 So if it is of John's baptism is of divine origin, well, shoot, that's cool. 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:21.279 Except that they didn't believe John. 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:31.920 Now the word believe here in Matthew's gospel is in in Greek, it's actually a verb. 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:33.839 We translate it faith. 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:36.160 But for us, faith is a noun. 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:44.640 And it sounds kind of funny in English when you try to put faith as a verb, you know, faithing. 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:47.519 I was I faithed yesterday. 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:53.119 It sounds kind of funny, so we just use terms like had faith or something like that. 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:57.839 But what it really means, sometimes we say, we say believe. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:00.880 Usually we say believe, but it's a verb. 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:05.440 What it means really is radical trust. 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:22.640 In the front of every prayer book I've ever owned, I write uh a uh uh a little inscription that says, faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:29.359 See, faith doesn't have to do with what I know and what I can see and feel. 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:34.079 I know this table is solid and I can knock on it, and it's not gonna fall down. 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.559 If I was to stand on it, it would hold me up. 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.920 I have faith in that. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.200 No, no, no, no, no. 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:41.119 That's not what faith is. 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:46.720 Faith is trust without reservation. 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:49.359 Trust has to do with risk. 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:52.720 Trust has to do with putting your heart out there. 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:55.599 Love is trust. 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:07.119 Love means putting your heart on the table, handing the person that you love a knife, and saying, please be kind. 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:11.519 That's faith. 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:21.680 You did not trust that what John was telling you was the truth from God. 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:24.079 You did not trust John. 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:34.960 See, this is tough for the religious authorities because they do this on purpose. 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:44.160 They stand up in front of people just like I'm standing up in front of you, and they claim that what they are doing is in the name of God. 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:54.240 I pray my rear end off before I stand up and open my mouth. 00:19:55.759 --> 00:20:05.119 Because for me to stand here and claim to speak for God is an enormous act of hubris, most of the time, in my opinion. 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:16.880 The religious authorities claim to speak for God, but when God comes up and slaps them in the face, they don't believe it. 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:22.960 They don't trust it, they can't handle it. 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:38.640 Because John says that God belongs to you and you and you and you and you, and not to the guy who stands up here in a white robe. 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:43.920 John says, Change your mind. 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:47.519 And the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. 00:20:47.920 --> 00:21:02.160 They looked at John and they saw that he was willing to do something, baptize them, so that there would be a representation of the fact that they had changed their mind and that they understood that God loved them. 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:12.000 And Jesus said, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into heaven, and you're not, because they changed their mind. 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:23.440 They metalothesis, they chose another way to live their lives, and they understood the way of justice. 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:34.720 Now, Matthew says that Matthew, the reading we have says that uh John came in the way of righteousness. 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:40.400 Well, the word in Greek can either be translated righteousness or justice. 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:44.640 In the first century, those two terms were almost synonymous. 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:52.319 But these days, we think of righteousness as personal morality or personal piety. 00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:59.759 These days, the word that Matthew used is probably better translated justice. 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:07.920 John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. 00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:16.960 God came to you, or John came to you telling you what God believes about justice. 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:23.279 See, Jesus was holding a mirror up to the chief priests and the elders of the people. 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:29.119 Holding a mirror up and saying, you know, you can only get away with this for a little while. 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.960 Just saying. 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:40.000 You can only get away with being as right as you are for until people realize that you're not. 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:45.440 Because you have to change your mind. 00:22:51.759 --> 00:23:29.200 If the Bible, timeless as it is, was written for people way back then and way over there, and if we believe that the same Bible contains eternal truths that obtain not only in a foreign land, but right here in Nassau Bay, then Jesus is holding that mirror up to you and me, especially if we claim to be righteous or just. 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:39.279 And Jesus is asking the question again, is this of divine origin or human origin? 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:45.039 Not just what John was preaching, but what you preach. 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:53.599 Is your daily sermon of divine origin, or is it of human origin? 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:57.839 Are you interested in the way of justice? 00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:02.559 Or are you interested in maintaining the status quo? 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:05.039 That's what Jesus is asking. 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:11.519 He's asking that of the chief priest, and he's asking that of Jim, and he's asking that of you. 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:28.559 Are you interested in justice that comes from God, where the tax collectors and the prostitutes understand that they are beloved and they are included and they are welcome and they are equal in the kingdom of God? 00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:48.400 Or are you willing to sit by and watch the TV when another cop kills a black man who is unarmed, or knocks the door down of some woman's apartment and guns her down? 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:52.319 Well, it's just the way things are. 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:57.279 Sisters and brothers, it is the way things are. 00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:59.599 I am sad to tell you that. 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:04.400 It pains me to tell you that that's the way things are. 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:16.480 But if Jesus has anything to say to us, and if Matthew has anything to say to us, then it is that we must change our minds. 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:26.319 We must change our hearts, we must change our lives, we must change our communities, we must change our nature. 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:33.440 We cannot continue with the status quo, where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:36.720 Well, it's just always been that way, Father Jim. 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.480 Yeah, it has. 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:43.119 And it wasn't any right back then than it is right now. 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:49.759 These aren't my words, friends. 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.079 These are Jesus' words. 00:25:53.119 --> 00:26:03.359 And at some point, I have to listen to Jesus, and I have to understand what he's saying, and I have to make a decision. 00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:08.000 Will I just be happy with the way things are? 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.519 Or will I change my mind? 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:19.039 Will I metalothesis change what I believe is true? 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:31.759 If we do that, we can expect a visit from those in power. 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:45.839 We can expect to be sitting in Sunday school listening to a lesson and have the chief priests and the elders of the people come in and ask us, what in the world do we think we're doing? 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:48.880 Who in the world do you think you are? 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:53.599 Let me give you a clue. 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:57.599 You are beloved of God. 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:09.119 If the tax collectors and the prostitutes are beloved of God, there's a chance for me. 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:16.319 There's a hope for me if the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom. 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:23.920 Because the truth is, I'm not much better than they are on my good days. 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:37.920 If we begin to understand God and God's desired relationship with humankind, then we've got to start there. 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:41.119 We are beloved of God. 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:43.519 That's the most important thing about us. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.839 We are beloved of God. 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:55.440 I'm a Republican, I'm a Democrat, I'm white, I'm black, I'm rich, I'm poor, I'm a sinner, I'm righteous. 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.799 It doesn't matter. 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.799 I am beloved of God. 00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:09.759 If we start there, we have a shot at getting at changing our minds toward justice. 00:28:57.200 --> 00:29:05.440 We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:21.680 We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father. 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:24.000 Through him all things were made. 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:28.240 For us and for our salvation, he came down from heaven. 00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:34.799 By the power of the Holy Spirit, he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:38.640 For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.960 He suffered death and was buried. 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:45.039 On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures. 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:49.839 He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:56.000 He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. 00:29:56.480 --> 00:30:03.279 We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:06.880 With the Father and the Son, he is worshipped and glorified. 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:09.200 He has spoken through the prophets. 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:13.200 We believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic Church. 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:21.440 We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins, and we look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.400 Amen. 00:30:55.839 --> 00:31:03.359 For the holy church of God, that it may be filled with truth and love and be found without fault at the day of your coming. 00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:05.440 We pray to you, O Lord. 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.440 Lord, have compassion. 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:19.440 For all the holy people of God, for all bishops and other ministers, for Andy, Hector, Jeff, and Kay, our bishops, in the diocesan cycle of prayer, Christ Church St. 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:23.039 Augustine, Holy Trinity Port Natchez, and St. 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:24.240 John Phillsby. 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:34.880 For Michael, our presiding bishop, for Mike, Craig, Bill, and Lillian, and the priests in our community, we pray to you, O Lord. 00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.559 Lord, have compassion. 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:46.240 For all who fear God and believe in you, Lord Christ, that our divisions may cease and that all may be one as you and the Father are one. 00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:48.079 We pray to you, O Lord. 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.759 Lord, have compassion. 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:56.480 For the mission of the Church, that in faithful witness it may preach the gospel to the ends of the earth. 00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:58.400 We pray to you, O Lord. 00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:00.079 Lord, have compassion. 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:08.799 For the peace of the world, that a spirit of respect and forbearance may grow among nations and peoples, we pray to you, O Lord. 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.400 Lord, have compassion. 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:25.359 For those in positions of public trust, especially Donald, our president, and Greg, our governor, that they may serve justice and promote the dignity and freedom of every person, we pray to you, O Lord. 00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.039 Lord, have compassion. 00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:38.720 For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and all who suffer for refugees and prisoners, and all who are in danger, that they may be relieved and protected. 00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:40.880 We pray to you, O Lord. 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.480 Lord, have compassion. 00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:52.880 For this congregation, that we may be delivered from hardness of heart and show forth your glory and all that we do, we pray to you, O Lord. 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.720 Lord, have compassion. 00:32:55.039 --> 00:33:12.160 For our enemies and those who wish us harm, and all we and all whom we have injured or offended, for ourselves, for the given forgiveness of our sins, and for the grace of the Holy Spirit to amend our lives, we pray to you, O Lord. 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.240 Lord, have compassion. 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:41.759 For all who have commended themselves to our prayers, for our families, friends, and neighbors, especially Chris, Jerry, John, Jerome, Chris, Susie, Ted, Andrea, Kevin, Ron, Joe, Nancy, and Larry, and for those the congregation wishes to name it this time, silently or aloud. 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:44.480 We pray to you, O Lord. 00:33:46.880 --> 00:34:01.359 For all who have died in the communion of our church, especially those whose faith is known to you alone, that with all the saints they may rest in that place, for there is no pain or grief, but life eternal, we pray to you, O Lord. 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:03.279 Lord, have compassion. 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:12.480 Rejoicing in the fellowship of all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another and all our life to Christ our God. 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.280 To you, O Lord our God. 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:19.840 For yours is the majesty, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:25.440 Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory now and forever. 00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.719 Amen. 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.920 Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:53.679 Almighty and most merciful God, we are thankful that your compassion is higher than the heavens, wider than our wanderings, and deeper than all our sin. 00:34:54.239 --> 00:35:16.400 Forgive our careless attitudes toward your purposes, our refusal to relieve the suffering of others, our envy of those who have more than we have, our obsession with creating a life of constant entertainment, our indifference to the treasures of heaven, our neglect of your wise and gracious law. 00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:25.840 Help us to change our way of life, so that we may desire what is good, love what you love, and do what you command. 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.320 Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.280 Amen. 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:40.800 The Almighty and Merciful Lord grant you absolution and remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit. 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.760 Amen. 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.599 Will you stand, please? 00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:51.119 The peace of the Lord be always with you. 00:35:54.000 --> 00:36:00.800 Without touching one another, anybody who's not in your family, let us offer one another a sign of peace. 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:02.239 Peace be to you. 00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:44.159 Our service continues on page five. 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:50.320 Children of God, this is the table not of the church, but of Jesus Christ. 00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:55.119 It is made ready for those who love him and those who want to love him more. 00:37:55.599 --> 00:38:05.519 So come, you who have much faith, and you who have little, you who have been here often and you who have not been here for a long time or ever before. 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:10.079 You who have tried to follow and you who have failed. 00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:16.960 Come not because the church invites you, it is Christ, and he invites you to meet him here. 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:19.199 The Lord be with you. 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:22.239 Lift up your hearts. 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:25.920 Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:38.159 It is very meet, right, and our bounded duty that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, everlasting God. 00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:54.800 Therefore, with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory. 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:57.840 Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High. 00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:03.039 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. 00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:09.280 All glory be to thee, O Lord our God, for that thou didst create heaven and earth, and didst make us in thine own image. 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:18.719 And of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ, to take our nature upon him, and to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption. 00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:31.840 He made there a full and perfect sacrifice for the whole world, and did institute, and in his holy gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice until his coming again. 00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:43.280 For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread, and when he had given thanks to thee, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat. 00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:46.400 This is my body which is given for you. 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:49.119 Do this for the remembrance of me. 00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:57.039 Likewise, after supper, he took the cup. 00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:10.320 And when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, Drink this, all of you, for this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins. 00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:14.719 Do this as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. 00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:38.960 Wherefore, O Lord and Heavenly Father, we thy people do celebrate and make with these thy holy gifts which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make, having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension, and looking for his coming again with power and great glory. 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:53.280 And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us, and with thy word and Holy Spirit to bless and sanctify these gifts of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the body and blood of thy dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ. 00:40:53.519 --> 00:41:06.639 And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, whereby we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies. 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:31.119 Grant, we beseech thee that all who partake of this holy communion may worthily receive the most precious body and blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and also that we and all thy whole church may be made one body with him, that he may dwell in us and we in him, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, by whom and with whom and in whom? 00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:33.039 In the unity of the Holy Ghost. 00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:38.079 All honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. 00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:53.840 Now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:41:54.000 --> 00:42:06.559 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:11.760 For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever. 00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:12.800 Amen. 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:49.119 The gifts of God for the people of God. 00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:56.639 Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you and feed on him in your hearts by faith with thanksgiving. 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:26.800 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you in everlasting life. 00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:30.880 The body of Christ, the bread of heaven. 00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:37.519 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you in everlasting life. 00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:43.519 The body of Christ, the bread of heaven. 00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:49.760 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, keep you in everlasting life. 00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:56.960 The body of Christ, the bread of heaven. 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:04.159 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you in everlasting life. 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:08.719 The body of Christ, the bread of heaven. 00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:14.400 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you in everlasting life. 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:28.400 The body of our Lord Jesus Christ keep you in everlasting life. 00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:33.199 The body of Christ, the bread of heaven. 00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:09.840 Let us pray together. 00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:41.039 Almighty and ever living God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost feed us in these holy mysteries with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, and dost assure us thereby of thy favor and goodness towards us, and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, the blessed company of all faithful people, and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom. 00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:53.519 We humbly beseech thee, O Heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in. 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.480 Amen. 00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:16.320 May God who by the Holy Spirit caused those of many languages and worldviews to proclaim Jesus as Lord, strengthen your faith, and send you out to bear witness to God in word and deed. 00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:24.079 And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be upon you and remain with you forever. 00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:27.440 Hallelujah, hallelujah. 00:46:27.679 --> 00:46:30.639 Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:38.960 I'm sorry, I should have asked you to stand for that. 00:46:39.679 --> 00:47:14.639 Alaska