Proper 15
Genesis 45:1-28, Psalm 133:1-3, Matthew 15:1-20, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
Bulletin Aid
by B. David Hostetter

READINGS
Psalter - Psalms 133:1-3
First Lesson - Joseph forgoes vengeance for forgiveness and largesse. Genesis 45:1-15
Second Lesson - Paul praises the wideness of God's mercy. Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
Gospel - Jesus teaches that purity has more to do with the heart than with the hands, with the spirit than with the external. Matthew 15:10-28

CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Mark my teaching, O my people, listen to the words I am to speak. I will tell you a story with meaning, I will expound the riddle of things past, things that we have heard and known, and our parents have repeated to us.
People: We will mark your teaching and listen to the words you speak. We will hear a story with meaning that we have heard an…

Abingdon Press, Prayers for the Seasons of Gods People: Worship Aids for the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A, by B. David Hostetter