{"id":146,"date":"2018-12-18T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stthomas-stocktonheath.org.uk\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:51:24","slug":"sundays-readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.latchford-benefice.org.uk\/?page_id=146","title":{"rendered":"Sunday’s Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUNDAY READING SHEET\u00a0 7th<\/sup> September 2025\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

12th<\/sup> Sunday after Trinity<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Collect<\/strong><\/p>\n

God of constant mercy,
\nwho sent your Son to save us:
\nremind us of your goodness,
\nincrease your grace within us,
\nthat our thankfulness may grow,
\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Reading of Psalm 139<\/strong><\/p>\n

O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
\nYou know when I sit down and when I rise up;
\nyou discern my thoughts from far away.
\nYou search out my path and my lying down,
\nand are acquainted with all my ways.
\nEven before a word is on my tongue,
\nO Lord, you know it completely.
\nYou hem me in, behind and before,
\nand lay your hand upon me.<\/p>\n

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
\nit is so high that I cannot attain it.
\nWhere can I go from your spirit?
\nOr where can I flee from your presence?
\nIf I ascend to heaven, you are there;
\nif I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
\nIf I take the wings of the morning
\nand settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
\neven there your hand shall lead me,
\nand your right hand shall hold me fast.<\/p>\n

If I say, \u2018Surely the darkness shall cover me,
\nand the light around me become night\u2019,
\neven the darkness is not dark to you;
\nthe night is as bright as the day,
\nfor darkness is as light to you.
\nFor it was you who formed my inward parts;
\nyou knit me together in my mother\u2019s womb.
\nI praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
\nWonderful are your works;
\nthat I know very well.
\nMy frame was not hidden from you,
\nwhen I was being made in secret,
\nintricately woven in the depths of the earth.<\/p>\n

Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
\nIn your book were written
\nall the days that were formed for me,
\nwhen none of them as yet existed.
\nHow weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
\nHow vast is the sum of them!
\nI try to count them\u2014they are more than the sand;
\nI come to the end\u2014I am still with you.<\/p>\n

Psalm 139:1-18<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

GOSPEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
\nAll: Glory to you, O Lord.<\/p>\n

Now large crowds were travelling with Jesus; and he turned and said to them, \u2018Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, \u201cThis fellow began to build and was not able to finish.\u201d Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.<\/p>\n

Luke 14:25-33<\/p>\n

Post Communion Prayer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

God of all mercy,
\nin this eucharist you have set aside our sins
\nand given us your healing:
\ngrant that we who are made whole in Christ
\nmay bring that healing to this broken world,
\nin the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

Amen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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