| Hymns (A&M Rev)
482 Come ye thankful people come
314 As pants the hart
483 We plough the fields
172 All creatures of our God and King omit vs 4 and 6
Harvest Collect
Almighty and Everlasting God,
We offer you our hearty thanks for your fatherly goodness and care
In giving us the fruits of creation in their season;
Give us grace to use them rightly, To your glory, For our own well-being
And for the relief of those in need;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
FIRST READING
Deuteronomy 26: 1-5, 9-11
And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
And now, behold, I have brought the first fruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
Alleluia, alleluia , Jesus said: The seed that falls into good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it Alleluia.
GOSPEL
Matthew 6:25-30, 33-34
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
Blessing
MAY God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who is the source of all goodness and growth,
Pour his blessing upon all things created ,
And upon us his children, That we may use them to his glory,
And the Blessing of God almighty, Father Son and Holy Spirit
Be among you and remain with you in the coming seasons and year |
