The nineteenTH Sunday after Pentecost| october 4, 2026
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Music
Prelude: “Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele” J. S. Bach
Entrance Hymn: #518, “Christ is made the sure foundation”
Sequence Hymn: #495, “Hail, thou once despised Jesus!”
Offertory Anthem: “I Love All Beauteous Things” J. Weir
Communion Motet: “O God, thou art my God” H. Purcell
Communion Hymn: #458, “My song is love unknown”
Closing Hymn: #690, “Guide me, O thou great Jehovah”
Postlude: “Toccata” E. Gigout
Scripture
First Lesson: Isaiah 5:1-7
Psalm: 80:7-14
Second Lesson: Philippians 3:4b-14
Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46
The Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Prayer for Spiritual Communion
During Communion, the faithful who cannot receive the Sacrament with the mouth may wish to offer the following prayer.
In union, blessed Jesus, with the faithful gathered at every altar of your Church where your blessed Body and Blood are offered this day, I long to offer you praise and thanksgiving, for creation and all the blessings of this life, for the redemption won for us by your life, death, and resurrection, for the means of grace and the hope of glory.
I believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament, and, since I cannot at this time receive communion, I pray you to come into my heart. I unite myself with you and embrace you with all my heart, my soul, and my mind. Let nothing separate me from you; let me serve you in this life until, by your grace, I come to your glorious kingdom and unending peace. Amen.
Come Lord Jesus, and dwell in my heart in the fullness of your strength; be my wisdom and guide me in right pathways; conform my life and actions to the image of your holiness; and, in the power of your gracious might, rule over every hostile power that threatens or disturbs the growth of your kingdom, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
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Today’s flowers are given to the glory of God, by Father Glenn M. and Patricia A. Matis in thanksgiving for the ninth anniversary of Fr. Daniel Moore and his family, Kristin, Madeleine, Jon, Susannah & Lucy’s arrival at St. Paul’s. Arranged by Kim Jacobsen.
