Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 21(26)
Unifying Theme: |
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| Scripture | Theme | Hymns |
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| Exodus
17:1-7 --or-- Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 |
Water from the rock --or-- Personal accountability before God |
361: Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me 413: A Charge to Keep I Have 731: Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken |
| Psalm 78:1-4,
12-16 --or-- Psalm 25:1-9 |
Passing on the knowledge --or-- Personal accountability before God |
103: Immortal, Invisible, God Only
Wise 156: I Love to Tell the Story 357: Just as I Am, Without One Plea 569: We've a Story to Tell to the Nations |
| Matthew 21:23-32 | Doing the Master's will | 381: Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead
Us 382: Have Thine Own Way, Lord 436: The Voice of God Is Calling 454: Open My Eyes, That I May See |
| Philippians 2:1-13 | The attitude of Christ | 417: O For a Heart to Praise My
God 444: O Young and Fearless Prophet |
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The Christian faith is rich in symbols. Many come to us from Hebrew traditions. Others began with Christ himself. A few are common to both. The rock is one of these. When Jacob dreamed of angels ascending and descending from Heaven, his pillow was a rock. When the Hebrews were in the wilderness and grew thirsty, God provided water from a rock. When the Hebrews built memorials to remember God's great works, they did so with rocks. When Peter proclaimed the divine mission of Christ, Jesus called him a rock. When the house of the wise man withstood the winds and storms, it is because it was built on the rock. The words about rocks go on and on. In fact, the Bible contains more than 120 references to rocks.
| 1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood, from thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure. |
2. Not the labors of my hands can fulfill thy law's commands; could my zeal no respite know, could my tears forever flow, all for sin could not atone; thou must save, and thou alone. |
| 3. Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to the cross I cling; naked, come to thee for dress; helpless, look to the for grace; foul, I to the fountain fly; wash me, Savior, or I die. |
4. While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyes shall close in death, when I soar to worlds unknown, see thee on thy judgment throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee. |
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| Passages suggested are from The Revised Common Lectionary: Consultation on Common Texts (Abingdon Press, 1992) copyright © by the Consultation on Common Texts (CCT), P.O. Box 340003, Room 381, Nashville TN 37203-0003. Reprinted with permission of CCT. |