11 September 2022
10:00 | 
Posted by
Dr Platts |
Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28
A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah.
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem:
A hot wind comes from me
out of the bare heights in the desert towards my poor people,
not to winnow or cleanse—
a wind too strong for that.
Now it is I who speak in judgement against them.
For my people are foolish, they do not know me;
they are stupid children, they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good.’
I looked on the earth,
and lo, it was waste and void;
and to the heavens, and they had no light.
I looked on the mountains,
and lo, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
I looked, and lo,
there was no one at all,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
I looked, and lo,
the fruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins before the Lord,
before his fierce anger.
For thus says the Lord:
The whole land shall be a desolation;
yet I will not make a full end.
Because of this the earth shall mourn,
and the heavens above grow black;
for I have spoken, I have purposed;
I have not relented nor will I turn back.
1 Timothy 1:12-17
A reading from the first letter of Paul to Timothy.
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord,
who has strengthened me,
because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service,
even though I was formerly a blasphemer,
a persecutor, and a man of violence.
But I received mercy
because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me
with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—
of whom I am the foremost.
But for that very reason I received mercy,
so that in me, as the foremost,
Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience,
making me an example
to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life.
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God,
be honour and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
Luke 15:1-10
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.
All the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus.
And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying,
‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’
So he told them this parable:
‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them,
does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness
and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?
When he has found it,
he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices.
And when he comes home,
he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them,
“Rejoice with me,
for I have found my sheep that was lost.”
Just so, I tell you,
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
‘Or what woman having ten silver coins,
if she loses one of them,
does not light a lamp, sweep the house,
and search carefully until she finds it?
When she has found it,
she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying,
“Rejoice with me,
for I have found the coin that I had lost.”
Just so, I tell you,
there is joy in the presence of the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.’
