THEOLOGICAL CLUE

The broad, eschatological framework of the church year provides the only clue to the theme for worship and preaching on the Third Sunday after Pentecost. God's promise to bless all those who keep his commandments continues to be announced by the biblical elements assigned to the propers of this Sunday. The Gospel for the Day illustrates, as part of its theme, one example of complete and total adherence to the commands of Christ; when Jesus said, "Follow me," to Matthew, he meant it - so did Matthew, and he immediately obeyed the Lord.

The Prayer of the Day
This prayer, which was assigned to the First Sunday after Trinity in some of the pre-Vatican II propers, has been modernized and rewritten, but it retains much of the flavor of the original collect. "Trust in thee (God…