Preparation for Sunday Service
For Sunday the 2nd of August, 2026 (Proper 13)
As we gather for worship today we hear the Lord’s wonderful invitation: “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live” (Isaiah 55:1-3). “Listen diligently to me . . . that your soul may live!” In His tender loving compassion Jesus richly supplied both the physical and spiritual needs of more than five thousand. And so great is God’s compassion that it extends also to us. He invites us to receive forgiveness in His rich Supper and reminds us again of His great love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord.
