Preparation for Sunday Service
For Sunday the 6th of September, 2026 (Proper 19)
As we gather for worship this morning the Scripture readings give positive and negative examples of the response of those who have received great mercy from God. They might well cause some earnest soul-searching for us who regularly pray, “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” They also, however, bring a firm trust and wonderful hope, for in them we see that even those things others intend as evil for us are used by God for our good and for the good of others. Indeed, we are reminded, whatever happens, “whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s . . . [Who is] Lord of both of the dead and of the living” (Romans 14:8-9).
