Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Watchword for the Week — Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. Psalm 67:5
Sunday, August 20 — Isaiah 56:1,6–8; Psalm 67
Romans 11:1–2a,29–32; Matthew 15:(10–20),21–28
Lord, may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength. Judges 5:31 (NIV)
Paul wrote: For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light. Ephesians 5:8
God of all creation, you warm us with the light of your love. We so want to reflect your beauty as we love one another and your world. Amen.