Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Watchword for the week — From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised. Psalm 113:3
Sunday, September 21 — Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113
1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13
Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you, to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.” Ruth 1:16
Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David. Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, who bore Jesus, who is called the Messiah. Matthew 1:5-6,16
God, for generations you have offered us refuge in your kingdom. When we return home, we should be delighted to meet our forebears. These are not ancestors by blood, but fathers and mothers of thought. Help us to be a people that welcomes all and are united by love. Amen.