Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

Divine Office

Order of service for Morning and Evening Prayer.

Services and Events

Opening Prayer

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 your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

First Reading

Genesis 18.1-10a
A reading from the book of Genesis.

1 The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre,
as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day.
2 He looked up and saw three men standing near him.
When he saw them,
he ran from the tent entrance to meet them,
and bowed down to the ground.
3 He said, ‘My lord, if I find favour with you,
do not pass by your servant.
4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet,
and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves,
and after that you may pass on –
since you have come to your servant.’
So they said, ‘Do as you have said.’
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said,
‘Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour,
knead it, and make cakes.’
7 Abraham ran to the herd,
and took a calf, tender and good,
and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it.
8 Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared,
and set it before them;
and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
9 They said to him,
‘Where is your wife Sarah?’
And he said, ‘There, in the tent.’
10 Then one said,
‘I will surely return to you in due season,
and your wife Sarah shall have a son.’

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 15
R Those who do what is right will dwell in the presence of the Lord.

1 Lord, who may dwell in your tabernacle?
who may abide upon your holy hill?
2 Whoever leads a blameless life and does what is right,
who speaks the truth from his heart. R
3 There is no guile upon his tongue;
he does no evil to his friend;
he does not heap contempt upon his neighbour.
4 In his sight the wicked are rejected,
but he honours those who fear the Lord. R
5 He has sworn to do no wrong
and does not take back his word.
6 He does not give his money in hope of gain,
nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
7 Whoever does these things
shall never be overthrown. R

Second Reading

Colossians 1.15-28
A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians.

15 Christ is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation;
16 for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created,
things visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers –
all things have been created through him and for him.
17 He himself is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
18 He is the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
so that he might come to have first place in everything.
19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
20 and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things,
whether on earth or in heaven,
by making peace through the blood of his cross.
21 And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
22 he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death,
so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him –
23 provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith,
without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard,
which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven.
I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel.
24 I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake,
and in my flesh
I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions
for the sake of his body, that is, the church.
25 I became its servant
according to God’s commission that was given to me for you,
to make the word of God fully known,
26 the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages
and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.
27 To them God chose to make known
how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery,
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
28 It is he whom we proclaim,
warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom,
so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Acclamation

Alleluia! I say this for your own benefit, to promote unhindered devotion to the Lord. Alleluia!

Gospel

Luke 10.38-42
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

38 Now as Jesus and his disciples went on their way,
he entered a certain village,
where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.
39 She had a sister named Mary,
who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying.
40 But Martha was distracted by her many tasks;
so she came to Jesus and asked,
‘Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself?
Tell her then to help me.’
41 But the Lord answered her,
‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;
42 there is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part,
which will not be taken away from her.’

Closing 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, now and for ever.