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Today is August 3rd, Trinity 11
First Reading: Isaiah 55.1-5
The Lord says this: Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you
that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money
and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and
your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat
what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come
to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting
covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. See, I made him a witness to the
peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. See, you shall call nations
that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
Psalm 145.14-21
The Lord is sure in / all his / words:
and / faithful in / all his / deeds.
The Lord upholds all / those who / fall:
and lifts up all / those who / are bowed
/ down.
The eyes of all wait upon / you, O / Lord:
and you give them their / food in / due
/ season.
You open / wide your / hand: and fill / all things / living with /
plenty.
The Lord is righteous in / all his / ways:
and / loving in / all his / works.
The Lord is near to those who / call up/on
him: to all who / call up/on him /
faithfully.
He fulfils the desire of / those who / fear
him: he / hears their / cry and / saves them.
The
Lord watches over / those who / love him: but all the / wicked shall / he
des/troy.
Second Reading: Romans 9.1-5
I am speaking the truth; I
belong to Christ and I do not lie. My conscience, ruled by the Holy Spirit,
also assures me that I am not lying when
I say how great is my sorrow, how endless the pain in my heart for my people, my own flesh and blood! For
their sake I could wish that I myself were under God's curse and separated from
Christ. They are God's people; he made
them his children and revealed his glory to them; he made his covenants with
them and gave them the Law; they have the true worship; they have received
God's promises; they are descended from
the famous Hebrew ancestors; and Christ, as a human being, belongs to their
race. May God, who rules over all, be praised forever! Amen.
Gospel: Matthew 14.13-21
When Jesus heard that Herod had beheaded John the
Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the
crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore,
he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. When
it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, 'This is a deserted place,
and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the
villages and buy food for themselves.' Jesus said to them, 'They need not go
away; you give them something to eat.' They replied, 'We have nothing here but
five loaves and two fish.' And he said, 'Bring them here to me.' Then he
ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two
fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to
the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were
filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve
baskets full. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and
children.
Post Communion Prayer
Lord of all mercy, we your faithful
people have celebrated that one true sacrifice which takes away our sins and
brings pardon and peace: by our communion keep us firm on the foundation of the
gospel and preserve us from all sin; through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen
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