The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – Divine Service 1

 

Zechariah prophesies the coming of King Jesus, whose reign is about mercy, grace, life, and goodness, not about wrath, power, anger, or violence.  Sometimes we mistakenly think that unyielding wrath guarantees change, self-condemnation begets correction, and power deserves respect.  But for Christians, it is only the gracious, gentle, merciful Jesus who delivers us from our body of death.  He is our divine respite in whom we know kindness, goodness, and forgiveness.     

 

Readings:

 

Collect of the Day:

Gracious God, our heavenly Father, Your mercy attends us all our days. Be our strength and support amid the wearisome changes of this world, and at life’s end grant us Your promised rest and the full joys of Your salvation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

 

Hymns:

“We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God”     LSB 941   (hymn of the month)

“I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”     LSB 699

“Jesus Shall Reign”     LSB 832

“May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill”     LSB 698

“Be Still, My Soul”     LSB 752

“Eternal Father, Strong to Save”     LSB 717