September 10, 2023 The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

<p><strong>Entrance Hymn #408 <em>Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sequence Hymn #440 <em>Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word</em></strong></p><p><strong> Offertory Anthem I<em>n Perfect Charity (DeBruyn)</em></strong></p><p><em>Timothy Hoyt, Soloist</em></p><p><strong>Communion Anthem <em>Panis Angelicus (Franck)</em></strong></p><p><em>Timothy Hoyt, Soloist</em></p><p><strong> Post-Communion </strong></p><p><strong>Hymn #376 <em>Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee</em></strong></p><p><strong>THE COLLECT OF THE DAY</strong></p><p>Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.&nbsp;<em>Amen.</em></p><p><strong>FIRST READING&nbsp;<em>Ezekiel 33:7-11&nbsp;</em></strong>A Reading from the Prophet Ezekiel.</p><p>You, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, “O wicked ones,&nbsp;you&nbsp;shall surely die,” and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from their ways, the&nbsp;wicked shall die in their iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked to turn from their ways, and they do not turn from their ways, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but you will have saved your life.</p><p>Now you, mortal, say to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: “Our transgressions and our sins weigh upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?” Say to&nbsp;them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?</p><p><em>Reader People</em></p><p><strong>PSALM</strong></p><p>The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.</p><p><strong><em>Psalm