19th Sunday after Pentecost: Blessing of the Animals & Holy Communion w/ Rev Martha
Officiant: Rev. Martha Clark
October 3rd at 11am11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
27 Good Shepherd Road
Bluemont, VA 20135
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"Lord, make us instruments of your peace..."
(St. Francis of Assisi)
Join us as we celebrate the life of St. Francis on the 800th anniversary of his death. For this 19th Sunday after Pentecost we will have a Blessing of the Animals service with special readings, music, and prayers, and we will celebrate Holy Eucharist, Rite II, with Rev. Martha Clark, celebrant and preacher.
Our LIVE service begins at 11am. Masks are available in the Narthex, with hand sanitizer stationed throughout the church.
If you are more comfortable continuing to keep your distance, we understand.
You can still join us for online worship, via Zoom, using the following link:
Click here to join Good Shepherd Zoom worship
Meeting ID: 230 268 4545 | Password: Get2gether
See our home page for a PDF copy of this week's bulletin.
The following collect and readings are for Proper 22. Actual prayers and readings used in church will be special ones picked for "The Blessing of the Animals".
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.
Revised Common Lectionary readings (Track 1) for this Sunday:
Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
Psalm 19
Philippians 3:4b-14
Matthew 21:33-46
A prayer attributed to St. Francis:
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where
there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
