Time in
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July 30-August 4 2012
July 30-August 4 2012
Proper 13
Preparation for next week, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Preparation for next week, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
This coming Sunday marks an interlude in the long
series of passages from Mark during the Pentecost season. The Gospels for three
Sundays are taken in course from John 6 - The Bread of Life chapter. Jesus
explains that the people have come for more physical bread, but He would rather
they had spiritual food which comes from heaven, food for the soul. He then
identifies Himself as the bread from heaven similar to the manna God sent to
His people in the wilderness. The Old Testament. Paul speaks repeatedly of
growth into the fullness of Christ’s stature and growth as “bodily
growth”. As everyone knows, physical
growth is not possible without adequate food. The Psalm of the Day sings of
God’s goodness and greatness in satisfying the physical needs of every person.
Jesus our Savior fills our deepest needs.
Collect for Proper 13 –.
Merciful Father, You gave Your Son Jesus as the heavenly bread of life. Grant
us faith to feast on Him in Your Word and Sacraments that we may be nourished
unto life everlasting;; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and
reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
Monday, 30 July 2012—Psalm 78:23-25,
Antiphon, Psalm 78:72 – With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them
with His skillful hand. Israel
Tuesday,
31 July 2012—Psalm145:10-21;
key verse v15—The eyes of all look to
You and You give them their food at the proper time. This is a psalm of
praise and fitting for our theme for this week. The Lord is the provider of all
both physical and spiritual blessings. He supplies physical food for us daily
as we acknowledge in the Lord’s Prayer. He also supplies us spiritually as He comes
to us through the means of grace.
Wednesday,
01 August 20`1— Exodus 16:2-15— In response to the people’s complaint that they had
no food, the Lord sends food from heaven. Only a few weeks after deliverance
from Egypt
Thursday, 02 August 2012—Ephesians
4:1-7, 11-16 — Bread makes for bodily growth. Christians are to live lives
worthy of their calling in love, unity, and growth to maturity in Christ. The
church is urged to become what they are by the grace of Christ. Paul appeals
for unity on the basis of the unity of Spirit and body. Various functions are
gifts of Christ to equip the members and to build up the church in love. The
goal of the growth is the matching of the stature of Jesus so that we are not
children but mature in faith and love.
Friday,
03 August 2012—John 6:22-35 — Bread satisfies
hunger. John urges the people to seek bread from heaven and reveals Himself as
the Bread of Life. What is the work of God? Jesus replies that the work of God
is to believe in Him. The people ask for a sign that would persuade them to believe
in Him and refer to the manna received in the wilderness. Jesus assures them
that God sent the bread from heaven, the bread that gives life to the world.
Then they ask Him to give this king of bread. He reveals that He is the Bread
of Life. Whoever comes to Him and believes in Him will never hunger nor thirst.
In John
6:1-15 is recorded the feeding of the 5,000. (A prelude to the next three
Sundays of readings) Some believe that
the crowd could have been over 5,000 as only "men" were counted. If
you would count "women and children" it could have been up to 15,000
(See Matthew 14:21). Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana seats close to
17,000 people....
According
to the concessions manager the following items were sold at the Indiana v
Wisconsin game, on Saturday, March 12, 1994...
400 1bs of hot dogs,
3,000
popcorn boxes,
8,200
cokes (about 1,000 gallons)
684 candy bars,
436
nachos,
284 boxes
of caramel corn,
917 soft
pretzels,
247 polish
sausages,
100
sandwiches,
179 bags
of peanuts,
50
muffins,
160 cups
of coffee.
This game
was played on an afternoon with tip-off scheduled for 2:00 pm. Most fans had
eaten their breakfast and had probably had their lunch also! And fans had to
pay for their food! Jesus feeds the crowd freely, without cost! When we pray
"give us this day our daily bread" we can know that the Savior will
supply us with all that we need to support our body and life.
In the
center of Pentecost we will be reading the Bread of Life chapter of John 6.
Following are the Gospel readings for the next three Sundays.
August 12, 2012 –
Pentecost 9 – [Proper 13] John 6:22-35
Eat More
then Bread - The Necessity of spiritual bread for life.
August 19, 2012 –
Pentecost 10 – [Proper 14] John 6:35-51
Eat and
Live – Spiritual food gives eternal life
August 26, 2012 –
Pentecost 11 – [Proper 15] John 6:51-69
To Eat or Not to Eat – The decision
whether or not to follow Christ
Saturday,
04 August 2012—John 6:22-58 - Sunday’s hymn of the day, Father, we Thank Thee (LSB 652)
is a liturgical hymn based on John 6. The point of Jesus’ teaching and the text
of the hymn is that to live spiritually we need the bread which comes from
heaven namely our Lord and Savior Jesus. As Christ is received we as the
children of God live new lives. Throughout the next several weeks we will be
focusing on Jesus’ teaching on this import chapter from the gospel of
John.
Prayers from Lutheran Service Book
© 2006 and Lutheran Worship © 1980
Concordia Publishing House and from Lutheran
Worship © 1980 Concordia Publishing House.
Schnorr von Carolsfeld woodcut used with permission from WELS
Lectionary Preaching Workbook Series B – John Brokhoff ©
1981 CSS Publishing, Lima , OH
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