All Saints Day (Observed)

November 5th, 2023, All Saints Dat (Observed)

In Faith and Love, the Christ Has Fulfilled the Law and Removed Our Heavy Burdens The prophets lead the people astray when they do not speak “with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin” (Micah 3:8), but rather according to their own whims, to please the people and to satisfy their own desires. By such abuse of their office, they bring disaster upon the people, so that “Zion shall be plowed as a field…
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OPENING HYMN: #509 Christ Is Surely Coming
HYMN OF THE DAY: #524 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds vs 1 – 4
CLOSING HYMN: #734 I Trust, O Lord, Your Holy Name

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TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

“Practice What You Preach”

November 5, 2023

+ AS WE GATHER +

In Faith and Love, the Christ Has Fulfilled the Law and Removed Our Heavy Burdens

The prophets lead the people astray when they do not speak “with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin” (Micah 3:8), but rather according to their own whims, to please the people and to satisfy their own desires. By such abuse of their office, they bring disaster upon the people, so that “Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins” (Micah 3:12), and there shall be “no answer from God” (Micah 3:7). God does not call His people to follow the lusts of their fallen flesh, “like the Gentiles who do not know God,” but to live “in holiness” and “to love one another” (1 Thess. 4:5, 7, 9). In the humility of faith before God, the teachers of the Law should be heeded and obeyed, because they “sit on Moses’ seat” (Matt. 23:2). Yet “you have one instructor, the Christ” (Matt. 23:10), who has humbled Himself to “be your servant” (Matt. 23:11), even unto death, and who has been exalted in His resurrection. He has fulfilled the Law, removed your heavy burdens and raised you up as a child of God.

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPENING HYMN: #509 Christ Is Surely Coming

INVOCATION

P In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION Psalm 3:4, 8

P If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

C But if we confess our sins, God, who is faithful and just, will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Silence for meditation and reflection.

P Let us then confess our sins to God our Father.

C Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done and by what we have left undone. We have not loved You with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve Your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.

P Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

+ Service of the Word +

INTROIT Psalm 149:1–4; antiphon: Psalm 148:13 (spoken responsively as marked)

Praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted;
            his majesty is above earth and heaven.
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song,
            his praise in the assembly of the godly!
Let Israel be glad in his Maker;
            let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
Let them praise his name with dancing,
            making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
            he adorns the humble with salvation.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
            and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning,
            is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted;
            his majesty is above earth and heaven.

Kyrie

P In peace let us pray to the Lord.

C Lord, have mercy.

P For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord.

C Lord, have mercy.

P For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord.

C Lord, have mercy.

P For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord.

C Lord, have mercy.

P Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.

C Amen.

HYMN OF PRAISE: This Is the Feast LSB 155

SALUTATION and PRAYER OF THE DAY

P The Lord be with you.

C And also with you.

P Let us pray.

Merciful and gracious Lord, You cause Your Word to be proclaimed in every generation. Stir up

our hearts and minds by Your Holy Spirit that we may receive this proclamation with humility

and finally be exalted at the coming of Your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns

with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT READING Micah 3:5–12

⁵Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets
            who lead my people astray,
who cry “Peace”
            when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
            who puts nothing into their mouths.
⁶Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision,
            and darkness to you, without divination.
The sun shall go down on the prophets,
            and the day shall be black over them;
⁷the seers shall be disgraced,
            and the diviners put to shame;
they shall all cover their lips,
            for there is no answer from God.
⁸But as for me, I am filled with power,
            with the Spirit of the Lord,
            and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression
            and to Israel his sin.
⁹Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
            and rulers of the house of Israel,
who detest justice
            and make crooked all that is straight,
¹⁰who build Zion with blood
            and Jerusalem with iniquity.
¹¹Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
            its priests teach for a price;
            its prophets practice divination for money;
yet they lean on the Lord and say,
            “Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
            No disaster shall come upon us.”
¹²Therefore because of you
            Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
            and the mountain of the house a wooded height.

L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.

GRADUAL Revelation 7:14b; Psalm 84:5 (spoken together)

These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Blessèd are those whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Epistle 1 Thessalonians 4:1–12

¹Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. ²For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. ³For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; ⁴that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, ⁵not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; ⁶that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. ⁷For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. ⁸Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

⁹Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, ¹⁰for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, ¹¹and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, ¹²so that you may live properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

L This is the Word of the Lord.
C Thanks be to God.

ALLELUIA, p. 156

HOLY GOSPEL Matthew 23:1–12

P The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew, the Twenty-Third chapter.
C Glory to You, O Lord.

¹Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, ²“The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, ³so practice and observe whatever they tell you—but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice. ⁴They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. ⁵They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, ⁶and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues ⁷and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. ⁸But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. ⁹And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. ¹⁰Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. ¹¹The greatest among you shall be your servant. ¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

P This is the Gospel of the Lord.
C Praise to You, O Christ.

HYMN OF THE DAY: #524 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds vs 1 – 4

SERMON: “Practice What You Preach”

NICENE CREED

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
      maker of heaven and earth
            and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
      the only-begotten Son of God,
      begotten of His Father before all worlds,
      God of God, Light of Light,
      very God of very God,
      begotten, not made,
      being of one substance with the Father,
      by whom all things were made;
      who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven

            and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary
      and was made man;
      and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
      He suffered and was buried.
      And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures
            and ascended into heaven
      and sits at the right hand of the Father.
      And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit,
      the Lord and giver of life,
      who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
      who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
      who spoke by the prophets.
      And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,
      I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
      and I look for the resurrection of the dead
      and the life T of the world to come. Amen.

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life T everlasting. Amen.

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

After each petition: P … Lord, in Your mercy:

C hear our prayer.

At conclusion: P … one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

OFFERING

OFFERTORY LSB 159

PREFACE p. 160

P The Lord be with you.

P Lift up your hearts.

P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

PROPER PREFACE

P It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who ascended above the heavens and, sitting at Your right hand, poured out on this day the promised Holy Spirit on His chosen disciples. For all this the whole earth rejoices with exceeding joy. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and saying;

SANCTUS, p. 161

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

P Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross.

Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone,

O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER Matthew 6:9–13

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name,

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us;

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory

forever and ever. Amen.

THE WORDS OF OUR LORD

P Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: “Take, eat; this is My T body, which is given for you. This do in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way also He took the cup after supper, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: “Drink of it, all of you; this cup is the new testament in My T blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Pax Domini LSB 163

P The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C Amen.

AGNUS DEI, p. 163

DISTRIBUTION

POST-COMMUNION CANTICLE: Nunc Dimittis LSB 165

Post-Communion Collect

P Let us pray.

We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen

Benediction LSB 166

P The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and T give you peace.

C Amen

CLOSING HYMN: #734 I Trust, O Lord, Your Holy Name

DISMISSAL

Pastor: Go in peace as you serve the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God!

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