The Gospel Notes for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity from the Lutheran Service Book’s One-Year Lectionary is now available. You may download the Color PDF, the Black and White PDF, the Bi-Fold Color PDF, the Bi-Fold Black and White PDF, the Legal Half-Page PDF, or the Legal Black and White PDF.
The bi-fold version is a “booklet form” that folds and inserts nicely inside a standard bulletin. The standard version can be printed double-sided on a 8½ x 11″ sheet, and folded for distribution through bulletins, or put on the narthex table for distribution.
The Legal Half-Page is designed for those parishes who already have the readings in their bulletins, this lets you print these notes on a legal (8½ x 14″) sheet, cut it in half, and insert it in your bulletins. It removes the left column from the other formats, and makes it so one double-sided sheet can be inserted.
Additional one-year lectionary Gospel Notes can be found here. If you would like to receive an email each week, please fill out the registration form here. This educational resource is provided by Steadfast in the Parish.
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity
by: Rev. Gerhard P. Grabenhofer
Collect of the Day:
O Lord, absolve Your people from their offenses that from the bonds of our sins, which by reason of our frailty we have brought upon ourselves, we may be delivered by Your bountiful goodness; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Introit:
Psalm 185:1, 7, 9, 11 (antiphon: Jer. 29. 11a, 12) — The Lord always intends the good for His people and time again turns to them in gracious mercy, reviving them in their sufferings
Psalm:
Psalm 111 (antiphon: v. 10a) — As we ponder the works of the Lord for us, both bodily and spiritual, we see His grace, power and faithfulness, and in firm faith and deep love fear and love the Lord
Old Testament Reading:
Proverbs 8:11-22 — The Wisdom that is here speaking is the Son, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity
Gradual:
Psalm 44:7-8 — Because the Lord has rescued us from our enemies—first and foremost from our spiritual enemies—we are grateful to Him and show that by our boast of and trust in Him
Epistle:
Philippians 3:17-21 — Made citizens of heaven by baptism and faith we live our lives here on earth in a watchful and devoted spirit, a life of repentance and faith, to be found ready when Jesus returns on the Last Day to bring us soul and body to our heavenly homeland
Verse:
Psalm 115:11 — Alleluia. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. Alleluia
You may download the Color PDF, the Black and White PDF, the Bi-Fold Color PDF, the Bi-Fold Black and White PDF, the Legal Half-Page PDF, or the Legal Black and White PDF.
We hope you find these notes useful and help us with sharing them with others. Be sure to contact us if you have questions or suggestions on how to improve these, or if you might be interested in helping us produce some of these.