6th Sunday after Epiphany C

Trust and obey

Sentence
      Blessed are you when people hate you on account of the Son of man. Rejoice and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. Luke 6:23
 
Collects
      Let your merciful ears, Lord God, be open to the prayers of your people; and so that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as will please you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. BCP. Trinity 10
 
      Let us pray [that everything we do will be guided by God's love.]
      God our Father, you have promised to remain for ever with those who do what is just and right. Help us to live in your presence. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. AAPB
 
      Righteous God, you challenge the powers that rule this world and you show favour to the oppressed: instill in us a true sense of justice, that we may discern the signs of your kingdom and strive for right to prevail; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. APBA
 
Readings
      The way of faith.   Jeremiah 17:5-11   17:5-10
      Christ Jesus is our example; help us to follow in his steps.   Psalm 1  
      Christ's resurrection - source of our hope.   1 Corinthians 15:12-19   15:12-20
      The happiness of Christ's disciples.   Luke 6:17-26  
 
Supplementary readings
      Israel the chosen.   Isaiah 44:1-23   44:1-8
      Christian maturity / A relapse into slavery.   Galatians 4:1-7 / 4:8-11   4:1-11
 
Hymns and Spiritual Songs
 
Worship elements
Gathering Songs
 
 
Invocation
Praise
Gradual/Reading
Offertory/Prayer
Recessional 		Book & #
Hymn or Chorus first line
 		Tunes and sources
 
Color Key and Notes
      RCL reading;
      APBA reading;
      Congregational response or refrain, AAPB/RSV;
      Subject heading, AAPB;
      Where there is a second Old Testament reading it is sequential rather than linked to the gospel;
      Hymn book and other abbreviations. See In Words and Song.
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