TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Lectionary #96
The scandal of innocent suffering finds its central symbol in the scandal of the cross: An innocent person dies for the guilty; a person without sin dies for sinners.
Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1. The prophet is struggling with the meaning of the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile to Babylon (587 bce), but he sees a restoration of the nation and its capital, but at the cost of suffering by a figure similar to the Suffering Servant in the Book of Isaiah.
Psalm of the Day: Ps. 63 (62)
Psalm 63 may be a song written in exile. The poet longs for the Jerusalem Temple, source of God’s blessings. But even without sight of the sanctuary, the poet will continue to pray and to shout for joy “in the shadow of [God’s] wings.”
I Long for You (Balhoff, Daigle, Ducote) GC 63/GP 215
Mi Alma Está Sedienta de Ti (Castillo) FYC 213
Mi Alma Está Sedienta de Ti (Rangel) GP 214
Mi Alma Está Sedienta de Ti/My Soul Is Thirsting (Peña) FYC 214
Mi Alma Está Sedienta de Ti, Señor (Rubi) FYC 212
My Soul Is Thirsting (Alstott) JS 51
My Soul Is Thirsting (Chiusano) JS 52
My Soul Is Thirsting (Guimont) CCH 613/GC2 933
My Soul Is Thirsting (Janco) PMB 3
My Soul Is Thirsting (Joncas) GC 61/GC2 43/RS 90
My Soul Is Thirsting (Proulx/Gelineau) GC 60/GC2 44/RS 89/WOR 42
My Soul Is Thirsting (Roberts) LMGM 531
My Soul Is Thirsting (Somerville) CBW 147
My Soul Is Thirsting (Stewart) RS 91
My Soul Is Thirsting/Mi Alma Tiene Sed (Rubalcava) WC 408
My Soul Thirsts (Schutte) GP 213
O God, You Are My God (Farrell) CH 144
O God, You Are My God (O’Carroll) CH 145
Your Love Is Finer Than Life (Haugen) GC 62/GC2 42/LMGM 530/WC 407
Galatians 3:26-29. Life in Christ changes everything, even the way we look at and understand one another.
Luke 9:18-24. Jesus rejects identification as the messiah (“the Christ of God”) because that title carried with it images of military conquest. Rather, he uses his preferred self-description—“the Son of Man”—to point to his coming self-sacrifice. He warns his followers that the same self-sacrifice will be expected of them: They must give themselves to the will of God, whatever that may require.
Songs for the Liturgy
A Follower of Christ LMGM 117
All That Is Hidden GP 585/JS 762
Anthem GC 690/GC2 681/GP 578/JS 761
Center of My Life GC 598/GC2/GP 593/JS 697
Christ Has No Body Now But Yours WC 772
Crux Fidelis* WC 751
Faith of Our Fathers CBW 446/CH 634/GC 600/GC2 579/GP 592/JS 698/PMB 421/RS 726/WC 805/WOR 571
God, Whose Purpose Is to Kindle GC 714/GC2 704/RS 828/WOR 640
Here I Am, Lord (Schutte) CBW 520/CCH 373/GC 686/GC2 671/GP 542/JS 832/LMGM 283/PMB 406/RS 802/WC 790
Here I Am, Lord (Ward) PMB 403/WC 779
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus LMGM 118
I Want to Walk As a Child of the Light CCH 297/GC 507/GC2 513/PMB 404/RS 651/WC 781WOR 510
If Anyone Would Follow* CH 645
In Christ There Is No East or West CCH 395/CBW 529/CH 650/GC 738/GC2 726/GP 565/JS 850/LMGM 301/PMB 391/RS 836/WC 761/WOR 659
Jesus, Lead the Way GC 642/GC2 632
Lead, Kindly Light CH 455/WC 827
Lead Me, Guide Me GC 574/GC2 555/LMGM 168/PMB 397/RS 712/WC 777
Lift High the Cross CBW 435/CCH 423/CH 542/GC 791/GC2 785/GP 444/JS 522/PMB 393/RS 884/WC 748/WOR 704
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service CBW 507/GC 681/GC2 668/GP 557/JS 840/PMB 508/RS 793/WC 933/WOR 630
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace CCH 392/GC 726/GC2 721/GP 650/JS 738/PMB 459/RS 830/WC 860
May the Mind of Christ My Savior CH 528
Rise Up, O Saints of God PMB 405/WC 766
Sing Hey for the Carpenter GC 692/GC2 697
Siyahamba/We Are Marching GC 512/GC2 516/JS 665/PMB 398/RS 648/WC 789
Take Up Your Cross (Haas) GC2 688
Take Up Your Cross (LM)* CBW 353/CCH 384/CH 651/GC 698/GP 586/JS 524/PMB 238/RS 808/WC 750/WOR 634
The Church of Christ in Every Age GC2 665/JS 843/RS 803/WC 930/WOR 626
The Summons CCH 375/GC 700/GC2 687/RS 811/WC 791
Those Who Love and Those Who Labor JS 758/RS 805/WOR 632
Unless a Grain of Wheat GC 697/GC2 699/GP 579/JS 760/RS 804
We Are Called CCH 389/GC 718/GC2 710/RS 820/WC 778
We’re Called to Be Disciples CH 648
What Wondrous Love Is This CCH 353/CH 530/GC 627/GC2 614/GP 642/JS 755/PMB 253/RS 749/WOR 600
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross CBW 668/CH 263/JS 417/PMB 249/WOR 433
Where He Leads Me* LMGM 120
Wherever He Leads, I’ll Go* LMGM 50/RS 810
| Title of Anthem, Voicing & Instrumentation | Composer/arranger/editor | Publisher & edition # | |
| He Comes to Us As One Unknown | Ferguson | Augsburg | G |
| Jesu Dulcis Memoria | Victoria | GIA | G |
| Jesu Dulcis Memoria | Giles | Paraclete | G |
| Jesus Lead the Way | Pfautch | Augsburg | G* |
| Jesus Lead the Way | Proulx | GIA | G |
| Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee | Proulx | GIA | G |
| Prayer of St. Richard | White | Oxford | G |
| Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester | Archer | RSCM/GIA | G |
| Seek to Serve | Pfautch | Hope | G |
| Take Up Your Cross | Hopson | Augsburg | G |
| Whoever would be great amoung You | Nelson | Augsburg | G |
* out of print