July 9, 2023 The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost

<p><strong>Entrance Hymn #657 <em>Love Divine</em></strong></p><p><strong> Sequence Hymn #457 <em>All Loves Excelling Thou Art the Way To Thee Alone</em></strong></p><p><strong> Offertory Music <em>Musician Voluntary</em></strong></p><p><strong>Communion Music <em>Musician Voluntary</em></strong></p><p><strong> Post-Communion <em>Musician Voluntary</em></strong></p><p><strong> Hymn #544 <em>Jesus Shall Reign, Where’er the Sun</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p>O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING</strong></p><p>Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!</p><p>Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!</p><p>Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he,</p><p>humble and riding on a donkey,</p><p>on a colt, the foal of a donkey.</p><p>He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem;</p><p><strong><em>Zechariah 9:9-12</em></strong></p><p>and the battle bow shall be cut off,</p><p>and he shall command peace to the nations;</p><p>his dominion shall be from sea to sea,</p><p>and from the River to the ends of the earth.</p><p>As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.</p><p>Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.</p><p><strong>PSALM&nbsp;<em>Psalm 145:8-15 Exaltabo te, Deus</em></strong></p><p>8 The LORD&nbsp;is gracious and full of compassion, * slow to anger and of great kindness.</p><p>9 The LORD&nbsp;is loving to everyone *</p><p>and his compassion is over all his works.</p><p>10 All your works praise you, O LORD, * and your faithful servants bless you.</p><p>11 They make known the glory o