If it bears fruit next year, well and good but if not, you can cut it down.’” Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?’ He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them-do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did.” He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Amen.Īt that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *Īs it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. The God of Israel giving strength and power to the chosen people! How wonderful is God in the holy places! * God’s voice thunders forth, a mighty voice. God rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens * Let Ethiopia stretch out her hands to God. Trample down those who lust after silver * There is Benjamin, least of the tribes, at the head Įstablish, O God, what you have wrought for us.Īnd the peoples, a herd of wild bulls with its calves. In the midst of the maidens playing upon the hand-drums.īless the LORD, you that are of the fountain of Israel. The singers go before, musicians follow after, * Your procession into the sanctuary, my Sovereign and my God. God is the LORD, by whom we escape death. You are our God, the God of our salvation * The God of our salvation, who bears our burdens. That the LORD God might dwell among them. You have received gifts even from your enemies, * You have gone up on high and led captivity captive Truly the LORD will dwell there for ever. Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountain, You shall be like a dove whose wings are covered with silver, Though you lingered among the sheepfolds, * The women at home are dividing the spoils.” “Kings with their armies are fleeing away *
Great was the company of women who bore the tidings: In your goodness, O God, you have made provision for the poor.
You refreshed the land when it was weary. You sent a gracious rain, O God, upon your inheritance * The earth shook, and the skies poured down rain,Īt the presence of God, the God of Sinai, *Īt the presence of God, the God of Israel. O God, when you went forth before your people, * God gives the solitary a home and brings forth prisoners into freedom * The Name of our God is the LORD rejoice before the LORD! So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.īut let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God *Įxalt the One who rides upon the heavens * Let them vanish like smoke when the wind drives it away * O God, arise, and let your enemies be scattered * Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:Īs it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. The priest was a little concerned about being photographed looking like a hot dog (or more precisely, the mustard), but what I like are the smiling faces of the students. A pre-Halloween get-together at the Episcopal Student Ministry at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
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