ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C Lectionary #93

The readings are about repentance and about God's merciful response to our acknowledgement of our sin. The gift far outweighs the offense.

2 Samuel 12:7–10, 13. The prophet confronts David with a dual sin. Despite all that God has done for him, David could not obey the Torah, but he arranged to have Uriah killed so that he could marry Bathsheba. The prophet invokes divine wrath, but David repents and is forgiven.

Psalm of the Day: Ps. (31) 32

This is a “wisdom” psalm that has features of a thanksgiving song. It begins by blessing God for merciful forgiveness, then the psalmist suggests that he (or she) believed this and confessed a sin, and indeed God offered forgiveness. Therefore, all are invited to praise God.

I Turn to You in Time of Trouble (Cooney) GC 44

I Turn to You, Lord (Stewart) RS 64

Lord, Forgive the Wrong (Carroll/Gelineau) WOR 897

Lord, Forgive the Wrong (Guimont) RS 65

Galatians 2:16, 19–21. Paul proclaims his belief in justification by faith and his belief that this “justification” means that Christ is now dwelling and working in him and in all believers.

Luke 7:38–8:3. The contrast between the attitude of Jesus' wealthy host and the woman who washes and anoints his feet gives Jesus an opportunity to tell the parable of two debtors and teach about forgiveness.

Songs for the Liturgy

A Spendthrift Lover Is the Lord WOR 597

Amazing Grace CBW 480/CH 447/GC 612/GP 615/JS 713/RS 737/WOR 583

Before Thy Throne, O God, We Kneel (1) CH 600

Change Our Hearts GP 349

Christian, Do You Hear the Lord? CH 448/WOR 594

Come Home GP 468

Confitemini Domino/Come and Fill GC 570/RS 710/WOR 561

Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race GC 739/RS 837

Forgive Our Sins (G) CBW 620/GC 879/JS 556/RS 952/WOR 754

Healer of Our Every Ill CBW 363/GC 882/RS 958

Hold Us in Your Mercy GP 350

I Have Loved You GC 641/GP 710/JS 649/RS 641

In Christ There Is a Table Set for All GC 749/RS 916

Loving and Forgiving JS 560

O for a Heart to Praise My God (Ps) WOR 591

Remember Your Love GP 474/JS 561

Show Us Your Mercy GP 473/JS 563

Surely It Is God Who Saves Me CBW 500/RS 739/WOR 584

There Comes a Time CH 491

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy CBW 443/CH 535/GC 626/GP 639/JS 748/RS 742/WOR 595, 596

When Jesus Came Preaching the Kingdom of God (G) CH 647/RS 773/WOR 614