Saturday prior to Proper 10

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Romans 3:23-25 –The great hymn of faith “By Grace I’m Saved” (LSB 566). The glory God intended man to be is the glory that man had before the fall. (See Genesis 1:26-28; Psalm 8:5-6; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10. Believers in Christ will again have this glory through faith in Jesus Christ. (See Hebrews 2:5-9)

By grace I'm saved, grace free and bound-less;
   My soul, be-lieve and doubt it not.
Why stag-ger at this word of prom-ise?
   Has Scrip-ture ev-er false-hood taught?
No; then this word must true re-main:
   By grace you too shall heav'n ob-tain.

By grace! None dare lay claim to mer-it;
   Our works and con-duct have no worth.
God in His love sent our Re-deem-er,
   Christ Je-sus, to this sin-ful earth;
His death did for our sins a-tone,
   And we are saved by grace a-lone.

By grace! O mark this word of prom-ise
   When you are by your sins op-pressed,
When Sa-tan plagues your trou-bled con-science,
   And when your heart is seek-ing rest.
What rea-son can-not com-pre-hend
   God by His grace to you will send. 

By grace! This ground of faith is cer-tain;
   So long as God is true, it stands.
What saints have penned by in-spi-ra-tion,
   What in His Word our God com-mands,
What our whole faith must rest up-on,
   Is grace a-lone, grace in His Son.

Collect for Saturday of the Week of Pentecost 5: Prepare our hearts, O Lord, to accept your word,  Silence in us any voice but yours, that hearing, we may also obey your will; through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen (Anonymous) [2]-

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[1] The Good Samaritan Woodcut by Baron Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld, 1794-1872, a distinguished German artist known especially for his book, The Book of Books in Pictures ©WELS for personal and congregational use.

[2] Collect for Saturday of the week of Pentecost 5, For All the Saints, a Prayer Book For and By the Church, Vol. II © 1995 The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY

Good-Samaritan by Aime Morot Le Bon. copyright Google images