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SUMMARY:9th Sunday between Epiphany and Lent - Year C
DESCRIPTION:This occasion next occurs in 2079 and only for churches that do not observe the last Sunday before Lent as Transfiguration Sunday. \n\n\n\nBelow 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. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections 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. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  1 Kings 8: 22-23\, 41-43			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Solomon stood in front of the altar of the LORD and\, with his hands raised high\, he led the gathered people in prayer. He prayed: \n“O LORD\, God of Israel\, you are one of a kind! No other god in the universe is like you. Your love is rock-solid and you never forget the alliance you have made with those who follow you whole-heartedly. \nAnd don’t stop with just us – foreigners will no doubt hear about you too. Attracted by your reputation and by news of the awesome things you do\, they will come from all sorts of far flung places to live among your people and offer their prayers within sight of this Temple. When they do\, listen to them from your heavenly home and answer their prayers. That way everyone on earth will hear of you and give you the same respect that your people Israel do. They will know that this Temple which I have built carries your authority. \n©2000 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 96: 1-9			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We sing like we’ve never sung before\, LORD;\nsinging to you with all the earth.\nEvery mention of your name sets us singing your praises. \nWe never tire of telling the story of how you bailed us out;\nall over the world\, we speak of your incredible accomplishments;\neveryone we meet hears us giving the credit to you. \nYou are the greatest\, LORD; we can’t praise you enough!\nWhen it comes to gods\, you are in a league of your own;\nall other objects of devotion are powerless. \nBut you\, LORD\, created the whole cosmos;\nyou are surrounded by majesty and celebration;\nstrength and beauty are signs of your presence. \nPeople of every race and creed recognise you\, LORD;\nthey recognise you behind all that is strong and true;\nthey name you as the one who deserves all the glory. \nWe offer ourselves to you\, LORD;\nwe fall to our knees in this beautiful place of worship;\nwith all the earth\, we celebrate you alone. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Galatians 1:1-12			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I\, Paul\, am one of God’s special ambassadors. I wasn’t given this job by a popular vote\, or by some ordinary human boss. I was entrusted with the job by none other than Jesus the Messiah and God the Father\, who raised Jesus from the dead. This letter comes to you\, the churches in Galatia\, from me\, and from the rest of God’s crew who are with me. \nI wish you a full helping of generous love and peace from the God who conceived us and from our number one man\, Jesus the Messiah. Faced with the record of our corruption\, he gave himself completely to breaking us free from the grip of the evil culture that is so entrenched in the present day. God made our freedom a priority\, and all the credit should go to God\, now and always. And so say all of us! \nI can hardly believe what I’m hearing about you. I’m disgusted. The Messiah was extravagantly generous in calling you\, but already you are turning your backs on him and getting sucked into some other message that claims to be good news. There is no other message that’s worth a pinch of spit\, but I hear that there are some snake oil merchants there who are twisting the Messiah’s message and leading you all astray. This is not about me. If anybody\, including me\, or for that matter even an angel from heaven\, starts pushing a message that goes against what we taught you\, they can go to hell! I’ve said it once\, and I’ll say it again: if anybody comes pushing a message that goes against the one you have already received\, they can go to hell! \nDoes it sound like I’m pandering to the crowd and telling people what they want to hear? Does it like like I care what people think of me\, or rather what God thinks of me? If I was still trying to impress the crowd\, I wouldn’t be serving the Messiah at all. \nLet me set you straight on this\, brothers and sisters. The message that you heard me announcing is not something that somebody just cooked up one day. I can assure you that I didn’t get it second hand from any human source\, and nor did anybody word me up about it. Instead\, the message was the result of Jesus the Messiah revealing himself directly. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Luke 7: 1-10			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	After spending some time teaching the people\, Jesus went into the town of Capernaum. There was a Roman military commander there who had a slave who was very special to him\, but the slave had fallen ill and was dying. The commander was desperate to save the life of his slave\, so when he heard that Jesus was in town\, he sent some of the local Jewish officials to ask for his help. The officials spoke to Jesus with great enthusiasm on behalf of the commander. “This man is certainly worthy of your help\,” they said. “He is a great friend of our people. He even bankrolled the building of our local synagogue.” \nJesus headed off with them\, but before he reached the house\, the commander sent another delegation of friends out to him with a message saying\, “Lord\, don’t put yourself out for me. There is no need for you to come all the way to my house. I’m not worthy to have you under my roof\, and I wouldn’t presume to approach you in person. Please\, just give the word\, and my servant will be healed. I know how it works because I too am a man who obeys orders and who gives orders\, knowing that they will be obeyed. I tell one soldier ‘Go\,’ and he goes. I tell another ‘Jump\,’ and he says ‘How high?’ I tell my servant to do something\, and he does it.” \nWhen Jesus heard the commander’s message\, he was gob-smacked. Turning to address the crowd that was following him\, he exclaimed\, “Did you hear that? You might think you could find an Israelite with faith like that\, but no\, I have never before\, anywhere\, come across such deep trust.” \nAnd sure enough\, when the commander’s messengers got back to the house\, they found the slave back on his feet\, a picture of health. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n\nThese prayers are based on a set of readings that use a different 1st reading and psalm\, and will be replaced at some point. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nand to tell of your salvation from day to day\nand declare your glory and your marvelous works to all. \nYou made the heavens and established the earth\,\nand revealed yourself through your law and prophets\nto be a God of glory and strength\nwho answers the cries of your people. \nThough we were not worthy to receive you\,\nfor we turned our backs on your grace\nand limped off after worthless other gods\,\nyou came to us in your child\, Jesus\,\nspeaking the word of healing and forgiveness.\nWhen we turned against him\,\nhe gave himself into our hands\nas a revelation of your self-sacrificing love\,\nand when we crucified him\,\nyou raised him from the dead\,\nand sent down your Spirit in fire\nto heal us and set us free from this evil age. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We give thanks for your child\, Jesus\,\nwho came to us as a revelation of your self-sacrificing love\,\nspeaking the word of healing and forgiveness\nand sending down your Spirit in fire\nto heal us and set us free from this evil age. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nand to tell of your salvation from day to day\nand declare your glory and your marvelous works to all. \nYou made the heavens and established the earth\,\nand revealed yourself through your law and prophets\nto be a God of glory and strength\nwho answers the cries of your people. \nThough we were not worthy to receive you\,\nfor we turned our backs on your grace\nand limped off after worthless other gods\,\nyou came to us in your child\, Jesus\,\nspeaking the word of healing and forgiveness.\nWhen we turned against him\,\nhe gave himself into our hands\nas a revelation of your self-sacrificing love\,\nand when we crucified him\,\nyou raised him from the dead\,\nand sent down your Spirit in fire\nto heal us and set us free from this evil age. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Jesus gave himself freely for our sins\nto set us free from the present evil age\,\naccording to the will of our God and Father\,\nand to turn our hearts back to righteousness and truth. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	If the Lord is God\, go now\, and follow him\,\nand do not be tempted to share your loyalty with other gods.\nStay true to the gospel that has been revealed to you in Jesus.\nCall on the name of the Lord\,\ntell of God’s salvation from day to day\,\nand live in righteousness and truth. \nAnd may God bring you grace and peace;\nMay Christ Jesus heal you and raise you up\,\nand may the Holy Spirit’s fiery glory strengthen your hearts. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2013 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\nFollowers or Fans?A sermon on Luke 6:39 – 7:10 by Nathan NettletonA Different Gospel?A sermon on Galatians 1:1-12; 1 Kings 18:20-39 & Luke 7:1-10 by Nathan Nettleton
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