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/GC2 37/PCY3 43
I Will Leave This Place and Go to My Father (Jordan) CBW 183
I Will Rise and Go to My Father (Alstott) BB
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) GC2 930/LPMG 147
I Will Rise and Go to My Father/Me Lavantaré (Krisman) SS
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/WS
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
All Things New (1,2,G) GC 427/GC2 450
Amazing Grace (2,G) WOR 583/WC 662/CBW 480/GP 615/LMGM 173/MI‑BB/GC 612/GC2 586JS 713/RS 737/WS/SS
As We Remember (1,2,G) GC 818/GP 504
Bless the Lord (G) CBW 627/MI‑BB/JS 631/GP 411/GC2 576/SS
*Come, Come to the Banquet (G) PSL C43/SS
*Come Home (G) GP 468
Come to the Feast (G) GC 503/GC2 499/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/GC2 848/JS 556/RS 952/WC 663/PMB 324
Gift of Finest Wheat, v 3 (C) WOR 736/GP 525/CBW 603/WC 629/MI‑BB/LMGM 136/JS 803/GC 815/GC2 816/RS 912/PMB 300/WS/SS
*Give Peace, O Lord (E) BFW 269/SS
*Give Peace to Those Who Wait (E) PSL C166/SS
*Grant Peace to Those Who Wait (E) IH 61
Grant to Us (1) WC 651/RS 558/CBW 662/PMB 329/WS
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/GC2 398/GP 350
Hosea (G) WC 659/MI‑BB 681/GC 386/GC2 405/JS 559/GP 471/PMB 327/WS
*I Call You to My Father's House (G) WC 680/PMB 343/WS/SS
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 699/GC 506/JS 621/MI‑BB/CBW 472/PMB 347/SS
Jesus Christ, Inner Light (G) JS 666/GP 661/MI‑BB
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You, v 3 (G) WOR 525/WC 905/GP 693/MI‑BB/GC 528/GC2 520/JS 617/RS 669/CBW 511/PMB 497/WS/SS
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, 452, 454/MI‑BB/RS 17, 209, 210, 211, 656, 675/GP 163, 291, 292, 427, 428, 433, 434, 436/GC 14, 145, 146, 534, 788/GC2 13, 84, 522, 773, 782/CBW 14I, 575, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678/JS 11, 119, 120, 495, 501, 503, 505/PMB 9, 180, 181, 182/WS/PSL C12/SS
Mercy, O God (1,G) GC2 417
My Soul Is Longing for Your Peace (1) WC 849/PMB 445/WS
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 666/RS 955/GC2 849/PMB 326/WS/SS
Our God Is Rich in Love (2,G) GC 652/GC2 620
*Parce Domine/Spare Us, O Lord (Ps) WOR 416/WC 518/BB/GC 383/GC2 412/JS 376/RS 549/PMB 228/WS/SS
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (1,2,G) WOR 530/WC 919/CBW 565/MI‑BB/JS 612/RS 684/GC2 531/PMB 492/SS
Ps 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd (G)
*Ps 51: Create in Me (Ps)
Ps 103: The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (G)
*Ps 116: Our Blessing Cup (C)
Ps 130: With the Lord There Is Mercy (G)
Remember Your Love -- Dameans (1) GC 881/GC2 851/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/GC2 410/WC 528/WS/SS
Return to Me (G) GP 347
Return to the Lord (G) GC2 415
Return to the Lord Your God (G) GP 472
Seek the Lord (G) GP 351/JS 558/RS 540/GC2 395/MI‑BB
Sing of the Lord's Goodness (2,G) JS 605/MI‑BB/GC 547/GC2 532/GP 690
*The Cup We Bless (C) GP 507
The King of Love My Shepherd Is (G) WOR 609/MI‑BB/GC 635/GC2 631/WC 815/JS 733/RS 766/GP 632/PMB 427/WS
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (G) WOR 595, 596/MI‑BB/WC 660/GC 626/GC2 603/JS 748/RS 742/CBW 443/GP 639/PMB 322/WS
Turn to the Living God (Ps,G) GC2 408
We Cannot Measure How You Heal (2,G) GC 575/GC2 558
With the Lord (1,Ps,G) GP 344/MI‑BB/GC 127/GC2 71/JS 105, 106, 393/RS 174, 176/CBW 374/PMB 172/WS
*Yes, I Shall Arise -- Deiss (G) WC 658/PMB 325/WS
You Have Looked upon the Lowly (G) CBW 624