Deuteronomy 8.7-18<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7<\/sup> For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, 8<\/sup>a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9<\/sup>a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper. 10<\/sup>You shall eat your fill and bless the Lord your God for the good land that he has given you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11<\/sup> Take care that you do not forget the Lord your God, by failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am commanding you today. 12<\/sup>When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them, 13<\/sup>and when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, 14<\/sup>then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, 15<\/sup>who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid waste-land with poisonousb<\/sup> snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock, 16<\/sup>and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good. 17<\/sup>Do not say to yourself, \u2018My power and the might of my own hand have gained me this wealth.\u2019 18<\/sup>But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luke 12.16-30<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16<\/sup> Then he told them a parable: \u2018The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17<\/sup>And he thought to himself, \u201cWhat should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?\u201d 18<\/sup>Then he said, \u201cI will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19<\/sup>And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.\u201d 20<\/sup>But God said to him, \u201cYou fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?\u201d 21<\/sup>So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 22<\/sup> He said to his disciples, \u2018Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. 23<\/sup>For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24<\/sup>Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25<\/sup>And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?d<\/sup> 26<\/sup>If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? 27<\/sup>Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;e<\/sup> yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 28<\/sup>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you\u2014you of little faith! 29<\/sup>And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. 30<\/sup>For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers Ezekiel 18.1\u20134,25\u201332<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18 The word of the Lord came to me: 2<\/sup>What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, \u2018The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children\u2019s teeth are set on edge\u2019? 3<\/sup>As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. 4<\/sup>Know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine: it is only the person who sins that shall die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 25<\/sup>Yet you say, \u2018The way of the Lord is unfair.\u2019 Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair? 26<\/sup>When the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity, they shall die for it; for the iniquity that they have committed they shall die. 27<\/sup>Again, when the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life. 28<\/sup>Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die. 29<\/sup>Yet the house of Israel says, \u2018The way of the Lord is unfair.\u2019 O house of Israel, are my ways unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 30<\/sup>Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, all of you according to your ways, says the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin.31<\/sup>Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? 32<\/sup>For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matthew 21.23\u201332<\/p>\n\n\n\n 23<\/sup>When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, \u2018By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?\u2019 24<\/sup>Jesus said to them, \u2018I will also ask you one question; if you tell me the answer, then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. 25<\/sup>Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?\u2019 And they argued with one another, \u2018If we say, \u201cFrom heaven\u201d, he will say to us, \u201cWhy then did you not believe him?\u201d 26<\/sup>But if we say, \u201cOf human origin\u201d, we are afraid of the crowd; for all regard John as a prophet.\u2019 27<\/sup>So they answered Jesus, \u2018We do not know.\u2019 And he said to them, \u2018Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 28<\/sup>\u2018What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, \u201cSon, go and work in the vineyard today.\u201d 29<\/sup>He answered, \u201cI will not\u201d; but later he changed his mind and went. 30<\/sup>The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, \u201cI go, sir\u201d; but he did not go. 31<\/sup>Which of the two did the will of his father?\u2019 They said, \u2018The first.\u2019 Jesus said to them, \u2018Truly I tell you, the tax-collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32<\/sup>For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax-collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All collects and readings appointed for this day as well as the orders of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer can be found at almanac.oremus.org\/2020-09-27<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 27th September – Harvest Thanksgiving – 16th Sunday after Trinity Readings for Harvest Thanksgiving Service First Reading Deuteronomy 8.7-18 7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, 8a land of wheat and barley, … <\/p>\nSecond Reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know
what things they ought to do,
and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFirst Reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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