The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

Holy Communion (BCP) 9.00 am (said) 10.00 am (sung)

Yes sir. No sir.

The vineyard is a very powerful metaphor in the Jewish and Christian religions. Pause for a moment and think about examples of vineyards in readings you may have heard and know.

Think about what vineyards produce, and why you are here today, whether or not you take communion in both kinds.

You might have visited a vineyard. I’ve been to many, and am due to visit some in a couple of weeks on the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario. With climate change, it may be possible to visit some within a short drive of here in a few years. Who knows.

Which of the two brothers in today’s gospel reading are you? The one who says no, and then clearly repents and changes their mind? Or the one who says yes, thinking that this is the answer his father wants to hear- the father who trusts that they will act on their word? What might his reaction be after that son fails to follow through and deliver on an undertaking? It is so easy, especially these days, with so many distractions and quicker dopamine hits, to miss the better path.

Lots to think about. There is more to come.

Fr A

Music before the service

Prelude on Be thou my vision Alan Rawsthorne

Introit Hymn

All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him (x3)
Lord of all!

Crown him, ye martyrs of your God,
who from his altar call;
praise him whose way of pain ye trod,
and crown him
Lord of all.

Ye prophets who our freedom won,
ye searchers, great and small,
by whom the work of truth is done,
now crown him
Lord of all.

Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
ye ransomed of the fall,
hail him who saves you by his grace,
and crown him
Lord of all.

Let ev’ry tribe and ev’ry tongue
to him their hearts enthral;
lift high the universal song
and crown him
Lord of all.

Edward Perronet (1726 – 1792)
Tune: Miles Lane William Shrubsole (1760 – 1806)

The Collect

Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle

Philippians 2.1-13

2 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Gospel

Matthew 21.28-32

28 But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Cycle of Prayer

Cycle of Prayer
Our bishops: David, Mark and Matthew
The Anglican Communion
The Church of Bangladesh
Porvoo Communion
The Church in Wales: Diocese of Swansea
The Diocese of Leicester
Schools and Colleges
All Saints; St Wilfrid’s; Briscoe Lane Academy; Christ the King; Co-op Academy Broadhurst;
Oldham Blue Coat; Trinity High School; Bowdoin College, Maine; Churchill College, Cambridge; University of Coventry; Edge Hill University; University of Leeds; Xaverian Sixth Form College; Oldham Sixth Form College.
Parish
Thorp Road, Tommy Taylor Close, Topsham Walk, Troydale Drive, Underhill Walk, Verona Drive.
Book of Remembrance
Mary Oakley; Roy McKissack; Enid Godden; Ethel Newman; Thomas Johnson; Patrick Burke; Lilian Wain; Hilda Booth; Louis Coyne; Mildred Gerrard.

Hymn

To God be the glory, great things He hath done,
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life our redemption to win,
And opened the life-gate that all may go in.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice;
Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory; great things He hath done.

Oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport when Jesus we see.

Words: Fanny J, Crosby (1820 – 1915)
Music: William Howard Doane (1832 – 1916)

The Blessing

Voluntary

Toccata in F Bux WV 157 Buxtehude

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