THEOLOGICAL CLUE

Little or no help is forthcoming from the church year as a theological clue for a worship/preaching theme for this Sunday. The title of the day - the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - is really the only reminder, suggesting how the church got to this point in the year and, for those in the "liturgical know," where we are going, Christ the King Sunday. On this "Pentecost pilgrimage," it is the business of the church to give thanks and to worship the Lord, to seek out the secrets of the kingdom, to grow in grace and faith, and to engage in the work of the righteous, which is serving and doing good to all human beings in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.

The Prayer of the Day (LBW)
Here is another example of a classic collect being reworked to accommodate contemporary litur…