TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C Lectionary #132
Many people long for justice in this world, for a way of life that respects people's rights and responsibilities. For Christians, though, justice is just the beginning of our move toward a way of life built on reconciliation and mercy.
Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14. You liberate a bunch of people from slavery, and they turn on you: How would you respond? With blazing wrath or with forgiveness?
Psalm of the Day: Ps (50) 51 . Legend says that David composed this lament after his adultery with Bathsheba. It has become the traditional psalm-prayer for forgiveness that concludes with an expectation that God, who is merciful, has already offered forgiveness.
I Will Arise and Go to My Father (Haas) GC 57/PCY3 43
I Will Leave This Place and Go to My Father (Jordan) CBW 183
I Will Rise and Go to My Father (Chepponis/Gelineau) WOR 936/RS 82/LPGG 941
I Will Rise and Go to My Father (Guimont) LPMG 147
I Will Rise and Go to My Father (Schiavone) JS 1019/LP 164
I Will Rise and Go to My Father (Smith) CCS 3494
I Will Rise and Go to My Father (Thatcher) PRM C94/PMB 713
Suggested Common Psalm
Ps (50) 51: Be Merciful, O Lord
Ps (102) 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful
1 Timothy 1:12-17. “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” This summary of the Gospel of grace should be part of our daily thanksgiving.
Luke 15:1-32. The longer version of this Gospel reading includes three parables of persistent care and divine forgiveness: the shepherd who cares for every sheep, the woman seeking a lost coin, and the prodigal son's forgiving father. The persistence in these stories is told in another way in Francis Thompson's poem, “The Hound of Heaven.”
Songs for the Liturgy
Amazing Grace (2,G) WOR 583/WC 657/CBW 480/GP 615/LMGM 173/MI-BB/GC 612/JS 713/RS 737/WS 472
As We Remember (1,2,G) GC 818/GP 504
Bless the Lord (G) CBW 627/MI-BB/BB/JS 631/GP 411/WC 407
*Come Home (G) GP 468
Come to the Feast (G) GC 503/RS 642
Come, You Sinners, Poor and Needy (Ps,2,G) WOR 756/RS 954
*Cup of Blessing (C) JS 309
Deep Down in My Soul (2,G) GC 880
*Far from Home We Run Rebellious (G) HG 86
Forgive Our Sins (G) WOR 754/CBW 620/GC 879/JS 556/RS 952/WC 660/PMB 324
Gift of Finest Wheat, v 3 (C) WOR 736/GP 525/CBW 603/WC 634/MI-BB/LMGM 136/JS 803/GC 815/RS 912/PMB 300/WS 446
God, Full of Mercy (Ps,2,G) WC 671
Grant to Us (1) WC 416/RS 558/CBW 662/PMB 329/WS 473
Great God of Mercy (Ps,2,G) WOR 746/JS 375/CBW 361
*Have Mercy, Lord, on Us (Ps) WOR 753/CBW 358
Hold Me in Life (G) JS 702/GC 599/GP 596/MI-BB
Hold Us in Your Mercy (Ps,G) BB/GC 398/GP 350
Hosea (G) WC 663/MI-BB/GC 386/JS 559/GP 471/PMB 327/WS 468
*I Call You to My Father's House (G) WC 684/PMB 343/WS 486
I Will Sweep Away Your Transgressions (2,G) CBW 622
I'm So Glad, Jesus Lifted Me (G) LMGM 171
*Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (2) WOR 512/WC 701/GC 506/JS 621/MI-BB/CBW 472/PMB 347
Jesus Christ, Inner Light (G) JS 666/GP 661/MI-BB
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You, v 3 (G) WOR 525/WC 892/GP 693/MI-BB/GC 528/JS 617/RS 669/CBW 511/PMB 497/WS 644
Lord, I'm Coming Home (G) LMGM 178
Loving and Forgiving (Ps,G) JS 560/MI-BB
Magnificat/Canticle of Mary (G) WOR 15, 87, 88, 534, 553/WC 208, 226, 436, 437, 438/MI-BB/RS 17, 209, 210, 211, 656, 675/GP 163, 291, 292, 427, 428, 433, 434, 436/GC 14, 145, 146, 534, 788/CBW 14I, 575, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678/JS 11, 119, 120, 495, 501, 503, 505/PMB 9, 180, 181, 182/WS 29, 334
My Soul Is Longing for Your Peace (1) WC 837/PMB 445/WS 603
O Bless the Lord, My Soul (G) JS 599/MI-BB
O for a Heart to Praise My God (Ps) WOR 591
O My People, Turn to Me (G) CBW 623
*Our Father, We Have Wandered (G) WOR 755/JS 554/WC 665/RS 955/PMB 326/WS 469
Our God Is Rich in Love (2,G) GC 652
*Parce Domine/Spare Us, O Lord (Ps) WOR 416/WC 504/BB/GC 383/JS 376/RS 549/PMB 228/WS 381
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (1,2,G) WOR 530/WC 908/CBW 565/MI-BB/JS 612/RS 684/PMB 492
Ps 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (G)
*Ps 51: Create in Me (Ps)
*Ps 116: Our Blessing Cup (C)
Ps 130: With the Lord There Is Mercy (G)
Remember Your Love -- Dameans (1) GC 881/GP 474/MI-BB/RS 550/JS 561
Remember Your Mercy, Lord (Ps,G) MI-BB/GC 885/GP 476
Return to God (1,G) RS 555/GC 389/WC 513/WS 386
Return to Me (G) GP 347
Return to the Lord Your God (G) GP 472
Seek the Lord (G) GP 351/JS 558/RS 540/MI-BB
Sing of the Lord's Goodness (2,G) JS 605/MI-BB/GC 547/GP 690
*The Cup We Bless (C) GP 507
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (G) WOR 609/MI-BB/GC 635/WC 805/JS 733/RS 766/GP 632/PMB 427/WS 580
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (G) WOR 595, 596/MI-BB/WC 659/GC 626/JS 748/RS 742/CBW 443/GP 639/PMB 322/WS 467
We Cannot Measure How You Heal (2,G) GC 575
With the Lord (1,Ps,G) GP 344/MI-BB/GC 127/JS 105, 106, 393/RS 174, 176/CBW 374/WC 420/PMB 172
*Yes, I Shall Arise -- Deiss (G) WC 668/PMB 325/WS 471
You Have Looked upon the Lowly (G) CBW 624