
Proper 20 – Year A
20 September 2026 All day

Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them, plus prayers and sermons based on them.
Bible Readings (paraphrased)
Lections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003, Room 381, Nashville, TN 37203-0003, USA. Used with Permission.
Exodus 16: 2-15
Psalm 105: 1-6, 37-45
Philippians 1: 21-30
Matthew 20: 1-16
Below are the alternative 1st Reading and Psalm themed to the Gospel lection
Jonah 3:10 - 4:11
“You felt a wave of compassion for the tree, whose greatness was no thanks to anything you did, and who sprouted one night and perished the next.
So what makes you think that I should not have compassion for the great city of Nineveh, whose streets are home to a hundred and twenty thousand people who left to their own devices wouldn’t know which way to turn, and whose animals live there too?”
©2002 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.netPsalm 145: 1-8
Prayers
Eucharistic Preface
Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)
General Prayer of Thanksgiving
Declaration of Grace / Absolution
Commission & Benediction
Sermons
Sermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website.
- The Gracious Injustice
A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 by Nathan Nettleton - Bread in the Wilderness
A sermon on Exodus 16: 2-15 by Nathan Nettleton - Sometimes Grace Stinks
A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 & Exodus 16: 2-15 by Nathan Nettleton - Shortchanged?
A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 & Exodus 16: 2-15 by Nathan Nettleton - Resenting Equality
A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 by Nathan Nettleton - Affirmative Action and the Gospel
A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 by Nathan Nettleton