WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.820 We're going to be looking at Psalm 1, and I'll pray for us briefly, and then we'll turn our attention there for these next few moments. 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:16.679 Lord, we thank you for your word, and we ask that you would open our eyes and open our ears that we may hear from you. 00:00:17.100 --> 00:00:19.019 In Christ's name, amen. 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:26.960 Well, Psalm 1, as we just read responsibly, is a really central and important text in the Scriptures. 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:35.859 And there's kind of one theme that really pops out when we hear Psalm 1, and it's really this idea of being blessed. 00:00:36.340 --> 00:00:39.480 Can you all engage me and go ahead and say blessed? 00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:41.000 Wonderful. 00:00:41.260 --> 00:00:41.840 Look at that. 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:42.460 Fantastic. 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:44.219 Very obedient people. 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:53.640 I think if you ask religious or irreligious people if they know what the word blessed means, I think most people are going to say yes. 00:00:53.640 --> 00:01:04.620 But then I think if you ask them a follow-up question, if you ask them to give their definition of what it means to be blessed, then I think people would actually struggle to do that. 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:11.799 I think people would kind of lurch in fits and starts and struggle to actually put words of definition around that idea of blessed. 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:32.500 But as we just heard from each of these readings, the notion of blessing, though it might be foggy to us, is crucial to understanding the right direction of human living according to the prophet Jeremiah, according to the psalmist, and according even, as we heard, to Jesus himself. 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:41.719 And so I'd like us to focus in on Psalm 1, and I think that's the way that we get into this gift of what it means to be blessed. 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:48.280 And we can wrap our minds and our hearts around what it means to be blessed by looking closely at Psalm 1. 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:56.900 And I think one of the angles that we have to take in order to wrap our minds and our hearts around this gift that God is giving to us, inviting us into, 00:01:57.379 --> 00:02:00.760 is to shift the angle on the question of blessed. 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.760 If you ask someone to define blessed, I think people would struggle. 00:02:04.880 --> 00:02:09.920 But if you ask someone to define the good life, then I think you'd get answers. 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:13.300 And that's what Psalm 1 is giving us. 00:02:13.420 --> 00:02:15.640 That's the picture that Psalm 1 is painting for us. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:19.879 It's not simply receiving the gift of God's kindness. 00:02:20.140 --> 00:02:21.960 That's not all that it's talking about. 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.280 It's talking about existing in a state of flourishing. 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:40.240 It's talking about living in this realm of congratulations because the picture painted in Psalm 1 is a picture of blessing understood as inhabiting and walking in the good life according to God. 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:41.539 The good life. 00:02:41.539 --> 00:02:50.599 So blessed is the one, as Psalm 1 tells us, if you translate that into modern speech, I think you could just say it like this. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:56.759 Here is a person that in the middle of a fractured world is experiencing the good life. 00:02:57.400 --> 00:02:58.919 That's what it means to be blessed. 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:03.939 Psalm 1 is instruction and inspiration towards the good life with God. 00:03:03.939 --> 00:03:07.859 And you notice right away God's kindness to us. 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:14.259 God knows not only are we inclined towards sinfulness, God also knows that part of that we're easily confused. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:22.020 Therefore, Psalm 1 makes it very clear for anyone who has the humility to take up instruction into the good life, 00:03:22.139 --> 00:03:31.680 Psalm 1 makes it abundantly clear that immediately the way into this good life requires that you know what to embrace and you know what to reject. 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.680 You need to find something, hold it, and hug it. 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:41.180 And you need to find what is not that, and you need to give it a quick, strong, firm, stiff arm. 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:46.760 You need to know what to embrace and what to reject if we're going to enter into the good life. 00:03:47.219 --> 00:03:50.360 That's why Psalm 1, you are a smart group of people, I can already tell. 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:53.520 That's why as you heard Psalm 1, you notice there is so much contrast. 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:59.500 That God is calling to me and to you, inviting us into this good life with him, 00:03:59.700 --> 00:04:04.140 and he teaches us how we step into this through embracing and through rejecting. 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:06.240 You notice the power of contrast. 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:12.020 It's the this and not that which is part of the gift God gives in Psalm 1. 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:15.240 Throughout the Psalm, there's a contrast that comes in pairs. 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:21.340 There's the contrast between the two counsels, the counsel of the wicked or the counsel of God's law. 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:25.680 Then there's two images of what you'll become based on the counsel that you choose. 00:04:26.420 --> 00:04:31.680 You can either be grounded or groundless, like chaff in the wind. 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:37.579 And then two ultimate outcomes, divine embrace or divine rejection. 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:44.139 This sort of instruction, again, is a gift to us because we have to be honest, 00:04:44.219 --> 00:04:52.399 there are a lot of competing ideas inside of us and around us as to what makes up the good life. 00:04:53.219 --> 00:04:56.740 And those ideas are at war, internally and externally. 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:02.339 If you don't believe me, just think over the course of your own life. 00:05:02.339 --> 00:05:08.619 How often has your conception of the good life changed? 00:05:12.139 --> 00:05:16.819 How glad are you that what you once thought was the good life then, 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.339 you now no longer think is the good life now. 00:05:21.099 --> 00:05:21.379 Amen? 00:05:22.379 --> 00:05:25.339 Somebody has a testimony attached to that whole idea. 00:05:26.359 --> 00:05:29.459 So we know that these ideas are conflicting. 00:05:29.459 --> 00:05:32.299 They're all around us, inside us, internally and externally. 00:05:32.819 --> 00:05:36.519 And what God is giving to us through Scripture, through Psalm 1, 00:05:36.619 --> 00:05:41.479 is that to really flourish, we actually need instruction and revelation from above, 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:48.099 from outside of us, to lead us into what it really means to flourish as human beings. 00:05:49.159 --> 00:05:55.239 And Psalm 1 tells us that the counsel of the ungodly is actually the opposite of wisdom from above. 00:05:55.859 --> 00:05:58.659 The counsel of the wicked that Psalm 1 describes, 00:05:58.660 --> 00:06:02.480 it can really be boiled down to thinking that the good life is found through my way, 00:06:02.840 --> 00:06:06.140 their way, or any way except God's way. 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:13.120 And it's easy, I think, for us, maybe if you're a person that's been around church for a while, 00:06:13.539 --> 00:06:17.240 and even if you're not, it's easy to think that God is giving us instruction 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:21.860 to just sort of avoid the big sins, the big problems, the big blunders, 00:06:22.259 --> 00:06:24.959 violence, theft, adultery, murder. 00:06:25.419 --> 00:06:28.740 Sure, that's part of the counsel of the wicked, but it's really not the full picture. 00:06:28.740 --> 00:06:31.199 Listen again to what the psalmist says. 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:37.019 The psalmist says that the flourishing person does not walk, does not sit, does not stand 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:40.480 in this pattern of wickedness, scoffing, and sin. 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:45.000 And all of those verbs describe not just isolated, big, one-time acts, 00:06:45.220 --> 00:06:49.639 but a progression, a pattern of living, rooted in ungodliness, 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.100 rooting in scoffing, rooted in sin, 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:58.760 rooted in this idea that the good life and life itself is not governed by God, 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:03.280 but ultimately is governed by us through the rejection of him. 00:07:04.180 --> 00:07:06.900 That, at bottom, is the counsel of the wicked. 00:07:08.640 --> 00:07:13.580 And so to flourish in life means we need to take seriously the diversity 00:07:13.580 --> 00:07:18.320 and the popularity of the good life according to the counsel of the wicked. 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:23.899 And in the words of Ice Cube, we need to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves. 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.339 The modern mindset, thank you, three amens. 00:07:35.300 --> 00:07:38.180 The modern mindset, which is really not a modern mindset, 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:42.740 it is a broken, shared mindset that we all have in our frailty, 00:07:42.860 --> 00:07:44.519 in our weakness as humans under sin. 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:48.479 But so this modern, ancient, inhuman brokenness mindset 00:07:48.479 --> 00:07:51.500 is that the good life is getting everything that you want, 00:07:52.039 --> 00:07:52.939 and it's your life. 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:55.019 You make it good according to you. 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:58.740 That mindset would remix Psalm 1 to say this. 00:07:59.740 --> 00:08:01.779 Blessed is the one who achieves their goals. 00:08:02.219 --> 00:08:04.079 Blessed is the one who does as they please. 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:07.819 Blessed is the one who finds a way to make ends meet in the process. 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:11.259 And blessed is the one who cares not for the opinion of others. 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:16.019 For many of us, this is the good life that we slide into. 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:18.079 This is the good life presented around to us. 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.500 There's the good life as, even on the other end of the extreme, 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.300 family moral values. 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:28.319 Just be good, have kids, provide for them. 00:08:28.599 --> 00:08:29.360 That's the good life. 00:08:29.459 --> 00:08:31.659 That's great, but that's incomplete. 00:08:32.620 --> 00:08:34.399 There's the good life as happy hedonism. 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:38.100 I think often of the good life, I think of the song by Kanye West 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:40.800 where he says the good life, it feels like Houston, it feels like Philly, 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:44.600 it feels like D.C., it feels like V.A., it feels like the Bay. 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:46.700 A, throw your hands up in the sky. 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:50.639 The image of the good life there as you listen further is, 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:52.779 it's nothing more than hedonism. 00:08:52.899 --> 00:08:54.820 It's nothing more than doing whatever you want 00:08:54.820 --> 00:08:57.879 and then feeling the guilt that weighs on your conscience. 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:01.960 These ideas of the good life, you have the pleasure, the hedonism, 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.019 you have the nice, clean morality, 00:09:04.220 --> 00:09:06.080 you have the self-driven achievement. 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:10.639 All of these things actually fall short of the flourishing 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:12.740 and the gift that God has given to us. 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:15.759 And Psalm 1 invites us into these things. 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:19.259 Jeremiah the prophet tells us that these options, 00:09:19.379 --> 00:09:22.120 the good life, simply according to our understanding, 00:09:22.340 --> 00:09:23.740 flourishing according to our way, 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:25.980 it really is not an option. 00:09:26.100 --> 00:09:27.000 It's a dead end. 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:29.460 Jeremiah, as we heard earlier, he says this, 00:09:29.940 --> 00:09:30.840 thus says the Lord, 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:33.740 Cursed is the man who trusts in man, 00:09:33.820 --> 00:09:35.220 who makes flesh his strength, 00:09:35.300 --> 00:09:38.180 whose heart turns away from the Lord. 00:09:39.420 --> 00:09:40.840 Okay, so now what? 00:09:43.540 --> 00:09:46.060 Well, again, the psalm simplifies things for us. 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:48.180 We can walk, sit, stand, 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.200 the counsel of the ungodly with all of its variations, 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:55.240 or we can get on the other highway and seek the good life 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:58.740 through delighting in the Lord and his law and his counsel. 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:01.620 And Psalm 1 tells us that the good life of flourishing 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:04.960 is not exclusively self-governed nor governed by others, 00:10:05.060 --> 00:10:08.620 but it is governed by the good and gracious God 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:10.700 who has made us and redeems us. 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:13.560 And that language of governed, I think, is important. 00:10:13.740 --> 00:10:16.399 It's why Psalm 1 presents the way to flourishing 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:18.620 as being attached to a law. 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.759 The journey of flourishing is through this doorway 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:25.779 into relationship with God by delighting in him 00:10:25.779 --> 00:10:27.299 and in the law that he's given, 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:30.720 to delight in him and the instruction that he provides. 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:34.340 The flourishing person, their delight is in the law of the Lord, 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:37.240 and on this law they will meditate day and night, 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:38.399 says the psalmist. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:40.740 So, friends, this is important. 00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:44.460 There is no path to the good life apart from instruction, 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:47.059 apart from a way, apart from a law, 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:49.039 apart from a guide, apart from a Lord. 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:52.139 And so, friends, you will take counsel. 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:55.139 You will live by a law. 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:59.019 You will have a good life idea as your compass. 00:10:59.959 --> 00:11:01.539 Do not only follow self. 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:04.879 Do not follow visions that excise the divine. 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:09.779 Take up the invitation again and again into flourishing 00:11:09.779 --> 00:11:13.279 by delighting and meditating on the Lord and his law. 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:15.939 And this meditating, as maybe you know, 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:18.079 is not an emptying out but a filling up. 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.259 It's a turning over continually. 00:11:20.520 --> 00:11:23.100 It's an engaging from head to toe. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:27.020 It reminds me of this idea of meditating biblically. 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:30.639 It reminds me of my children when we see sports highlights that they enjoy. 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:35.160 Coming from Memphis, there's a great NBA player on the Grizzlies named John Morant 00:11:35.160 --> 00:11:38.360 who has this ability to just leap over people 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:42.620 and dunk on them very, very violently and powerfully 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:44.180 for such a small person. 00:11:44.179 --> 00:11:47.339 And so, when we see these highlights, you know, I see it once. 00:11:47.439 --> 00:11:48.359 I'm like, wow, that's amazing. 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:52.599 But my sons want to watch it again and again and again. 00:11:53.099 --> 00:11:55.339 So, they say, show it again, show it again, show it again, show it again, show it again. 00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:57.739 And really, I think what they're doing is they're meditating. 00:11:57.959 --> 00:11:59.959 They've seen something delightful, 00:12:00.199 --> 00:12:02.000 and they want to take it in from every angle. 00:12:02.539 --> 00:12:06.959 They want to see it again so they can see the face that Ja makes when he dunks. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:11.200 But they want to see it again so they can see that the face of the man who's dunked on, 00:12:11.259 --> 00:12:13.900 they want to see the face that he makes, the face of embarrassment. 00:12:14.540 --> 00:12:17.660 They want to see it again and see, oh, look at this person behind the basket. 00:12:17.780 --> 00:12:20.600 Look at how their eyes went wide when they saw him rise, right? 00:12:20.700 --> 00:12:24.519 They want to consider this from every possible angle, in every possible way, 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:28.540 because this thing that they've seen, they sense that this, this is special. 00:12:29.660 --> 00:12:31.820 And so, they want it to sort of wash over them. 00:12:31.820 --> 00:12:35.900 And it's the same sort of thing that the good life is doing, 00:12:36.040 --> 00:12:38.440 or calls us to do when we think of the Lord and his law. 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:40.640 We want it to wash over us. 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:44.980 We want it to shape us, to mold us, to fill us, 00:12:45.140 --> 00:12:46.780 not simply with our own wisdom, 00:12:46.900 --> 00:12:50.920 but from the wisdom and the mercy and the instruction of God. 00:12:51.760 --> 00:12:58.100 If the counsel of the ungodly is the impulse to flee from God and enthrone oneself, 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:02.120 then to meditate on God's law, to meditate on Scripture, 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:06.600 is to actually bring yourself over and over again, 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:10.700 from each and every angle, into the joyful ways of God, 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:14.920 from head to toe, for all parts of your life and your living. 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.600 Then the question for us is, of these two paths, which will we seek? 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:24.500 Scripture becomes this way to flourishing, 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:28.040 a remedy for the confused, a remedy for the sinful human heart, 00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:30.139 because Scripture itself, what is it? 00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:37.180 It's a life-giving medicine from the Lord himself that leads us to himself. 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:40.360 I love the way St. Augustine describes this. 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:40.960 He says that, 00:13:41.100 --> 00:13:45.740 For now, treat the Scriptures of God as the face of God. 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:48.560 Melt in its presence. 00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:53.840 Psalm 1 tells us that as we seek God's face in Scripture, we flourish. 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:57.519 And rather than melt, Psalm 1 gives us a different image. 00:13:58.080 --> 00:13:59.060 We don't melt. 00:13:59.420 --> 00:14:00.500 We become planted. 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:02.600 We become like a tree. 00:14:03.180 --> 00:14:08.980 A tree planted by streams of water in a dry and difficult world. 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:14.220 I love this because if I have any visual learners in the place, 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:18.480 this is the turn from instruction to inspiration. 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:23.560 Who among us has not seen a beautiful, strong, and sturdy tree? 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:25.539 Perfect for climbing. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.320 Perfect for leaning upon. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:31.259 Who among us hasn't seen a tree that from afar looks strong and sturdy? 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:33.220 You get excited about it. 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:34.300 You get a little closer. 00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:35.180 You lean on it. 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:36.659 You realize this thing is rotten to the core. 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:40.800 God is telling us flourishing looks like being planted in him. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:42.360 Planted by him. 00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:43.820 Nourishing from him. 00:14:43.820 --> 00:14:52.220 And in fact, this whole image of the tree that Psalm 1 gives really tells us the whole story of humanity in one chapter. 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:57.840 It tells us the whole story of what it looks like to fall into the counsel of the wicked. 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:03.879 And alternatively, to be planted in the mercy, the grace, and the instruction of the Lord. 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:08.720 Again, my kids helped me here talking to them about Psalm 1. 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:11.960 And then they were learning this chapter as part of school. 00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:16.399 And so the words were actually on the wall of our kitchen dining room. 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:18.560 And I asked my oldest son, Julian. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.820 I said, Julian, what do you think is important about Psalm 1? 00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.560 What should I be saying? 00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:26.379 And as he often does when I ask him these questions, he says, well, you're the pastor. 00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:29.460 Why are you asking me? 00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:31.800 He says, I'm trying to teach you. 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.680 I'm trying to disciple you. 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.940 And you have things to teach me too. 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:38.220 So after he's smart with me, he points to a couple of the words. 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:40.180 He says, well, this is easy, Dad. 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:44.399 He says, the tree is like the tree of life in Eden. 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:46.560 The water is like the Holy Spirit. 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:48.420 And the fruit is the fruit of the Spirit. 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:52.820 So when we trust God and go to his word, we become like the tree in Eden. 00:15:53.019 --> 00:15:54.000 And then we flourish. 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:55.379 And then we have the Holy Spirit. 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:56.940 And that's what God wants. 00:15:57.879 --> 00:16:00.160 I thought to myself, well, this will work in my sermon. 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:03.139 This will help me a great deal. 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:11.960 Friends, I think what is there, the truth of Psalm 1, the gift that God is giving to us through his word, 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:22.600 which leads us to his son, the living word, is the opportunity by his mercy to return to the life for which we were made. 00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:26.899 The life that through sin was lost is now returned to us. 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:36.139 The good life of reunion with God, not simply freedom to act as we please, but the invitation back into what was lost. 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:45.279 The first humans who lived on earth were given a royal task and reunited or rather united deeply with God. 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:49.539 They turned away from the Lord's law and counsel into self-rule. 00:16:50.100 --> 00:16:54.779 And they brought death and decay and suffering into God's good creation. 00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:56.860 That flourishing was lost. 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:02.779 But through the Lord's revelation, through his law, which tells us how he set captives free from Egypt, 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:07.960 through his law that tells us that he led them at night by a pillar and by fire, 00:17:08.399 --> 00:17:12.759 through his law that tells us that he has sent to us a redeemer who has redeemed us. 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:16.039 And as we celebrate in the season of Easter has risen from the dead. 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:27.019 Through his law, we are being told, invited, and shown that what was lost in that garden is now being restored to us. 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:29.559 So this is the good life. 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:38.059 For you and I to receive again that for which we was made and that for a moment was lost, 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:43.000 but now through Christ is being given to the whole world. 00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:52.519 And our gospel reading reminds us that this invitation into the good life, its borders are actually expanding. 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.720 This is phenomenal. 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:59.359 Jesus surely is one who knew scripture, was familiar with Jeremiah, familiar with someone. 00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:01.339 And Jesus comes on the scene and says, 00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:16.299 We don't have time to get into this, but let me offer to you the beauty and the truth of Christianity. 00:18:16.919 --> 00:18:25.599 See, our world would tell us that the good life is really only accessible for smart people, driven people, rich people, strong people. 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:33.339 Our world would tell us that the good life is reserved only for all the people that Jesus actually said woe to. 00:18:34.439 --> 00:18:38.500 But the truth of Christianity, the truth of the Christian gospel, 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:42.879 is that the good life is wide open for all because it's not tied to riches. 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.599 It's not tied to intellect. 00:18:44.919 --> 00:18:46.759 It's not tied to material means. 00:18:46.959 --> 00:18:48.259 It's not tied to achievement. 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:50.299 It's not tied to personal resolve. 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:52.419 It's not tied to avoiding suffering. 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:58.140 It is tied to the goodness of God given to us through his son and his spirit. 00:18:59.140 --> 00:19:02.980 So it's available for all who would call on his name. 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:11.820 The other thing that stands out to me is that Jesus expands the borders of blessing that Psalm 1 declares to us, 00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:13.800 which makes me think to myself, 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:16.420 who is Jesus to do this, 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:19.560 to expand this border of blessing? 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:25.980 And I think the reason he can do this is because not only did he know and did he love Psalm 1, 00:19:26.179 --> 00:19:29.259 but he is actually the one who has lived and fulfilled Psalm 1. 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:32.740 Think of Jesus' stories we just went through through Holy Week. 00:19:33.139 --> 00:19:36.899 Jesus himself was tempted to walk in the counsel of the wicked, was he not? 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.359 He was tempted to receive the good life according to the world, 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:42.899 riches, power, glory. 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.059 He rejected. 00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:45.379 How did he reject this? 00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:50.060 He rejected by quoting scripture, pushing against evil and Satan and the enemy. 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.020 And what did he do? 00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:52.560 He then went to a tree. 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:56.120 And from that tree, he died and shed his blood, 00:19:56.340 --> 00:20:00.760 so that all who would come to the tree of the cross and understand what he has done 00:20:00.760 --> 00:20:03.120 would now enter into reunion with God. 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:07.800 The good fruit that comes from his tree is salvation to the nations. 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:12.000 Our Psalm 1 biography is the opposite. 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:16.039 Who among us can say we have never walked in the counsel of the wicked? 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:20.579 Who among us can say we haven't lived under self-rule by rejecting the divine? 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:26.559 And yet as hard as that truth is, we must remember with Psalm 1, with Jesus, 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:28.159 there is actually good news for us. 00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.720 And the good news is this, 00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:33.500 that left to ourselves, we actually are chaff. 00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:36.680 But with Jesus, we are becoming trees. 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:41.039 By his grace, Jesus turns scoffers into saints. 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:43.480 He turns chaff into trees. 00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:46.400 And he is gathering all the chaff of the world, 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:49.180 touching it by the blood of his cross, 00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:53.700 and turning us into trees planted by his living water. 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:56.319 This is the gift of the good life 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:58.359 that comes not through our resolve, 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:01.139 but through depending, looking, and trusting 00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:03.299 in the Lord and his Son 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:05.259 by the power of his Spirit. 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.579 Let us pray. 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:15.699 Holy Father, we thank you for the work of your Son. 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:17.500 Would you please, God, by your mercy, 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.559 root us in him. 00:21:19.719 --> 00:21:23.019 We thank you that the good life of what it means to be blessed 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:24.939 is not tied to material things, 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:27.799 but tied to reunion with you and to our purpose. 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:31.599 We do pray that you would govern us by your Spirit 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:34.099 and by your Word and by your love, 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:37.139 that we would flourish even in the trials of life, 00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:39.619 and that we would bear fruit for your kingdom. 00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:41.859 It's in your Son's name we pray. 00:21:42.719 --> 00:21:43.139 Amen. 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.199 Amen. 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:04.099 Let's rise and respond by singing this. 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.500 Amen. 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:16.699 Bread of life 00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:35.480 Bread of heaven 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.480 You are the living Word 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.660 Bread of heaven 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:42.900 God with us 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.900 God with us 00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:46.140 The living truth 00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:50.420 Many things you were on earth 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:52.700 A holy king 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:54.140 A carpenter 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:58.140 You are the living Word 00:22:58.140 --> 00:23:01.019 Awesome ruler 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:05.140 Gentle redeemer 00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:08.380 God with us 00:23:08.380 --> 00:23:09.380 God with us 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.460 God with us 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:11.460 The living truth 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:16.259 And what a friend we have in you 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:19.820 You are the living Word 00:23:19.820 --> 00:23:22.380 Jesus, Jesus 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:48.260 That's what we call you 00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:51.819 A major born 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:53.740 But on a tree 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.940 You tied 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:57.480 To save humanity 00:23:57.480 --> 00:24:01.420 You are the living Word 00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:15.320 Let's confess our faith 00:24:15.320 --> 00:24:17.039 using the words of the Nicene Creed 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:19.779 We believe in one God 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:21.380 the Father, the Almighty 00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:23.539 Maker of heaven and earth 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:25.140 Of all that is 00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.440 visible and invisible 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:28.840 We believe in one Lord 00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.900 Jesus Christ 00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:32.280 The only begotten Son of God 00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:34.640 Eternally begotten of the Father 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:36.420 God from God 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.880 Light from light 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:40.080 True God from true God 00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:41.940 Begott and not made 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:44.120 Of one being of the Father 00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:46.660 Through Him all things were made 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:49.140 For us and for our salvation 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:51.040 He came down from heaven 00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:53.720 Was incarnate from the Holy Spirit 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:55.220 And the Virgin Mary 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.800 And was made man 00:24:56.800 --> 00:24:58.380 For our sake 00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.320 He was crucified 00:24:59.320 --> 00:25:00.760 Under Pontius Pilate 00:25:00.760 --> 00:25:02.360 He suffered death 00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:03.120 And was buried 00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:04.700 On the third day 00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.760 He rose again 00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:07.360 In accordance with the Scriptures 00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:09.480 He ascended into heaven 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.660 And is seated 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.700 At the right hand 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.360 Of the Father 00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:14.200 He will come again 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.820 In glory 00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:16.120 To judge the living 00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.760 And the dead 00:25:16.760 --> 00:25:18.040 And His kingdom 00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:19.160 Will have no end 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:21.740 We believe in the Holy Spirit 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.920 The Lord 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.040 The giver of life 00:25:24.040 --> 00:25:26.000 Who proceeds from the Father 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.740 And the Son 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:28.319 Who with the Father 00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.019 And the Son 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.859 Is worshipped 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.779 And glorified 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:32.079 Who has spoken 00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:33.160 Through the prophets 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.940 We believe in one 00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.839 Holy Catholic 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:37.200 And apostolic church 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.519 We acknowledge 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.420 One baptism 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.279 For the forgiveness 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.119 Of saints 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:43.000 We look for the resurrection 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.759 Of the dead 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.900 And the life 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.380 Of the world 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.980 To come 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.980 Amen 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:49.079 I invite now 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.860 All those who are 00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.640 Willing and able 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.000 To kneel 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.400 Or to be seated 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.579 Let's come before 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.099 Our Father 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.940 In prayer 00:25:55.940 --> 00:26:00.019 With one mind 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.039 And one heart 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:02.599 Let us pray to the Lord 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.099 Saying 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:04.000 Lord 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.099 Hear our prayer 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:08.420 Gracious Lord 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.220 You have filled 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.279 The universal church 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.120 With your people 00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:13.120 Created in your image 00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:14.120 They are the beautiful 00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.279 Body of Christ 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.420 Through the power 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.399 Of the Holy Spirit 00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.819 May all who confess 00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.200 Your name 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.359 Faithfully live out 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.379 In word 00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.079 And deed 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.180 The good news 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.920 Of the gospel 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:27.059 Lord 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:28.480 Hear our prayer 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:31.579 In your abundant provision 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.599 You have given us 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.359 Spiritual leaders 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.940 To guide your church 00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:36.460 Give grace 00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.980 O Lord 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.899 To all bishops 00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.940 Priests 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.879 And deacons 00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:41.019 That guided 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.279 By the Holy Spirit 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.599 They may proclaim 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.940 Your life giving word 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.700 And minister 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.400 Your holy sacraments 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:49.620 Lord 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:51.140 Hear our prayer 00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.900 You have also 00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:54.140 Given us earthly leaders 00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:55.360 To govern our country 00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:56.340 And our city 00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.940 Grant them wisdom 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.120 And a will 00:26:59.120 --> 00:27:00.200 To do justice 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.120 And love mercy 00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:02.559 So that all people 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.360 May flourish 00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.059 And live 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.640 Peaceably 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:06.259 Use their efforts 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.820 To promote 00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.720 The common good 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.600 And bring about 00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:09.279 Your kingdom 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:11.160 Lord 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:12.640 Hear our prayer 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.640 Lord 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:37.960 Hear our prayer 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:40.819 We give you thanks 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:42.120 For our beloved city 00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:43.200 Which is home 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.220 To diverse peoples 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.720 Yet daily 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.360 We see 00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:47.160 And experience 00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.900 The pain 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.779 Strife 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:51.059 Injustice 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:52.920 And death 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:54.279 That plague 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.140 Our neighborhoods 00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.860 By the power 00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.700 Of your spirit 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.759 Grant our city 00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.380 Relief 00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.799 Encourage 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.480 And strengthen 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.319 All who serve 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.120 Our community 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.779 And see first hand 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.319 The hardships 00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.719 Faced by our neighbors 00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:08.439 Including educators 00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:10.000 Medical professionals 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:11.419 And social workers 00:28:11.419 --> 00:28:13.839 Lord 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.299 Hear our prayer 00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:17.959 Heavenly Father 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:20.059 We ask you to comfort 00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:21.480 Strengthen 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.380 And heal those 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.380 Who are in pain 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.140 Of mind 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.819 Or body 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.920 We bring before you 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:28.259 The Buffalo community 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:30.380 Particularly the communities 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.279 And friends 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.140 Of those who were 00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:33.079 Heneously murdered 00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.700 In a racist attack 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.600 Last Saturday 00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:39.019 We decry the hurtful 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.440 Dehumanizing beliefs 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.539 Behind the attack 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:43.319 And pray for all those 00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:44.240 Who are experiencing 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:46.340 Ongoing trauma 00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.619 And as a result 00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:49.079 Of the attack 00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:50.459 Save us from 00:28:50.459 --> 00:28:51.859 Our disordered lives 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:53.039 And give us 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.959 Godly sorrow 00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:55.480 Leading to repentance 00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:57.659 Lord 00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:59.119 Hear our prayer 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:01.359 We give thanks 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:01.859 O Lord 00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.959 For all your servants 00:29:02.959 --> 00:29:03.699 Who have departed 00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.399 This life 00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.220 In a certain hope 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.839 Of resurrection 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:07.799 Give us the same hope 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.559 In your salvation 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.559 And the promise 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.679 Of eternal life 00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:12.759 Lord 00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.359 Hear our prayer 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:17.659 Let us also humbly 00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.699 Confess our sins 00:29:18.699 --> 00:29:19.679 To almighty God 00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:21.299 First in silence 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.939 And then aloud together 00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:33.159 Most merciful God 00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:35.119 We confess 00:29:35.119 --> 00:30:00.139 That we may fight in your will 00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:02.040 Love and grace 00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:03.780 And the glory of the name 00:30:03.780 --> 00:30:04.820 Amen 00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:09.860 Almighty God 00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.680 Heavenly Father 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.740 Who in His great mercy 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.920 Do promise forgiveness 00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.480 And sins 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.420 To all those 00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.020 Who sincerely repent 00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:17.320 And with true faith 00:30:17.320 --> 00:30:18.040 Return to Him 00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:19.540 Have mercy upon them 00:30:19.540 --> 00:30:20.840 Pardon the liberty 00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.680 Of all your sin 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.840 Confirm the strength 00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:24.100 And reunion of all goodness 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:26.000 And bring you to everlasting life 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:27.020 All day 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.460 Please rise 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:33.000 May the peace of our Lord 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.059 Jesus Christ be ours 00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.379 Be yours 00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.460 And the Lord 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.019 So be here 00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:36.359 Thank you 00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.779 Now please 00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.400 You give him another 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.960 Little sight 00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:58.440 All right 00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.840 If you could please be seated 00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:02.940 Once again 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:04.160 Welcome to Church of the Advent 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.920 We're so glad you're worshiping 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.700 With us this morning 00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.059 And if you're new 00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.720 We're especially glad 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.000 Whether you're joining us 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:11.319 In person or online 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.500 We would love for you 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.940 To fill out our 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.700 Digital welcome card 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.420 And if you do that 00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:15.400 That gives us a chance 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.080 To know that you're here 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.980 And to follow up with you 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.080 So please fill out 00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.860 Our digital welcome card 00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:20.059 There's also that QR code 00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.019 Is on the welcome desk 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.640 On your way out 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:23.039 So you can catch it there as well 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:24.259 And we have a mug 00:31:24.259 --> 00:31:25.240 For newcomers 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.819 So we'd love for you 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.920 To pick up one of those as well 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.019 There are a couple of ways 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.759 To get involved 00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.519 Whether you're new 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.340 Or not new 00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:33.039 Coming up in the coming weeks 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:34.140 So the first of all is 00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:35.880 To register for a summer supper club 00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.720 So these are groups 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.680 Small groups of people 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.680 Who meet throughout the summer 00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:41.480 Once in June, July, and August 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.400 For dinner in homes across the city 00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:45.420 And so we have a number of hosts 00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.020 Who have signed up 00:31:46.020 --> 00:31:47.460 So this is the window opportunity 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.340 For you to sign up 00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:49.560 To participate in 00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.880 One of these summer supper clubs 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.820 So please sign up 00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.760 In the next couple of weeks 00:31:52.760 --> 00:31:54.200 And then we'll match you 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.700 With your hosts 00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:56.080 And they'll take it from there 00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.460 And then we also have 00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.420 Our annual church picnic 00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.640 On June 5th 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:00.580 That will be at a park 00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.360 In Brooklyn 00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.839 And so please be sure 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:04.779 To RSVP for that as well 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:06.679 Over the years 00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.619 Advent has co-hosted 00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.279 A number of events 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.219 On science and faith 00:32:09.219 --> 00:32:10.099 With the Trinity Forum 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.839 And there was one 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:12.479 That happened this past Friday 00:32:12.479 --> 00:32:14.579 Ard Lewis and Tremper Longman 00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.579 One is a professor 00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:17.259 Of theoretical physics 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.500 And one of biblical studies 00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:20.519 Discussed how we can cultivate 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.679 A faithful epistemology 00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:22.839 So I know some people 00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:24.099 From Advent participate in that 00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.839 If you didn't 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.899 You can catch that online 00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.599 It's on YouTube 00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:28.579 On the Trinity Forum's website 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.599 And there's going to be 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.460 A follow-up dinner 00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.720 This coming Wednesday night 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.699 At the City Tap House 00:32:32.699 --> 00:32:33.319 Penn Quarter 00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.559 So dinner and drinks 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.519 Are provided as an opportunity 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.539 To meet and to discuss 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.759 That event 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:39.099 And so there's still room 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.119 If you'd like to participate 00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.519 In that 00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:42.039 And then finally 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.019 We've been announcing 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.799 The last few weeks 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.279 That we have 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.619 We were planning on hosting 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:47.379 A child protective training 00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.279 This afternoon 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.839 So Advent has a very strong culture 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:51.299 Of safeguarding for our children 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.319 And our diocese 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.220 Has recently introduced 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.439 Another aspect of that 00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:55.159 Which is a training 00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:56.019 In their policy 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.960 That's going to be required 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.119 For everyone who works 00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.879 With children and youth 00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.859 Our clergy 00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.919 Our staff 00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.939 And our parish council 00:33:01.939 --> 00:33:03.039 And we were planning 00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.679 On hosting that 00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.339 This afternoon 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.119 After the service 00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.219 But the person 00:33:06.219 --> 00:33:07.000 Who's training us 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.979 The canon reverend 00:33:07.979 --> 00:33:08.819 Meg Gretto 00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.659 Who is the canon 00:33:09.659 --> 00:33:10.179 For ethics 00:33:10.179 --> 00:33:10.819 And safeguarding 00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.919 For the diocese 00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.819 Was not able to 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.539 Because of COVID 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.299 In her household 00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.699 And so we move that 00:33:15.699 --> 00:33:16.099 It's going to be 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.759 A Zoom training 00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.339 This evening 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.019 We're hoping that 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.799 Makes it more accessible 00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.439 For people 00:33:19.439 --> 00:33:20.919 That'll start at 7pm 00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:22.339 It's a very interactive training 00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.859 So we're really 00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:24.699 Looking forward to that 00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:26.019 Again it's required 00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.759 For anyone who works 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.559 With children and youth 00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.139 So please be sure 00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:28.700 To participate 00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.720 In that this evening 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:38.940 Before we come to the table 00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:40.740 We have an opportunity 00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.099 To worship the Lord 00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:44.000 By giving tithes 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.579 And offerings 00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.859 And you can do that 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.659 In one of three ways 00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.779 You can give online 00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:50.359 You can give in the QR code 00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:51.119 On the screen 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.839 Or you can give up front here 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:54.200 In these boxes 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.700 By this stage 00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:57.340 During the Eucharist 00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:58.779 And we really see 00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.580 This opportunity 00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:01.700 In this part of the surface 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.900 To continue our worship 00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:04.900 By reflecting on 00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.779 The generosity 00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.019 And grace of God 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.860 Towards us 00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:09.579 Any generosity 00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.960 That we give to God 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:13.079 Is only a small reflection 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:15.019 Of how incredibly generous 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.400 He has been with us 00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.699 By sending his son 00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.420 Jesus Christ 00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.599 Into the world 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.420 And so I'd encourage you 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:22.039 To meditate on that 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.559 During this time 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:25.680 So let's ascribe 00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.180 To the Lord 00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.720 The honor 00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.599 Due his name 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.159 Bring offerings 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.480 And come into his courts 00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:50.179 How firm a foundation 00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:53.719 You saints of the Lord 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:57.780 It is laid for your faith 00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:02.260 In his excellent words 00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:05.940 What more can he say 00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:10.040 Than to you he hath said 00:35:10.040 --> 00:35:14.820 To you for refuge 00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:18.660 To Jesus have fled 00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:26.319 Fear not 00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:28.599 I am with you 00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:32.019 You will be not dismayed 00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:35.799 For I am your God 00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:40.199 And will still give you aid 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:44.460 I'll stray side and help you 00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:47.619 And cause you to stand 00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:52.259 Upheld by my righteous 00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:56.480 Boniface and air 00:35:56.480 --> 00:36:06.079 When through the deep waters 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:09.259 I call you to go 00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:13.659 The long rivers of sorrow 00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:16.639 Shall not overflow 00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:21.779 For I will be with you 00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:24.900 Your troubles to bless 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:28.799 And make it my soul 00:36:28.799 --> 00:36:32.559 Your deepest distress 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:42.820 When through fiery trials 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:46.480 Your path we shall lie 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:50.880 My grace all-sufficient 00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:54.199 Shall be your supply 00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:58.820 The flame shall not burn 00:36:58.820 --> 00:37:01.080 I only desire 00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:02.360 I only desire 00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:06.080 Your trust to consume 00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:10.080 And your gold to revive 00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:20.460 The soul that on Jesus 00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:24.139 Has sleep for repose 00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:27.219 I will not 00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:29.840 I will not desert 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:32.779 To his foes 00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.780 That soul 00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.820 That soul 00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:36.660 Though all hell 00:37:36.660 --> 00:37:38.040 Should endeavor 00:37:38.040 --> 00:37:40.820 To shake 00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:43.480 I'll never 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:45.519 No, never 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.820 No, never 00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:49.780 For save 00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:59.040 Praise God 00:37:59.040 --> 00:37:59.720 Praise God 00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:03.040 From all blessings 00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:04.039 Sings flow 00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:08.539 Praise Him 00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:10.300 All creatures 00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:13.300 Here below 00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:17.699 Praise Him 00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:20.179 Above ye 00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:22.300 Heavenly host 00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:25.060 Praise God 00:38:25.060 --> 00:38:26.760 Praise the Lord 00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.860 Of earth 00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.640 Son 00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:32.060 And Holy Ghost 00:38:32.060 --> 00:38:35.060 Amen 00:38:35.060 --> 00:38:43.039 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness 00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.980 And the power 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.820 And the glory 00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.580 And the victory 00:38:45.580 --> 00:38:46.280 And the majesty 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:47.900 For everything in heaven 00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:49.200 And on earth is yours 00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:51.160 Yours is the kingdom, O Lord 00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.339 And you are exalted 00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:53.559 As head above all 00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:55.879 All things come from you, O Lord 00:38:55.879 --> 00:38:57.739 And of your own 00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.739 Have we given you 00:38:58.739 --> 00:39:00.659 We're about to come to this meal 00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:02.139 That God has prepared for us 00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:04.139 That Jesus ordained for us 00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:05.399 To participate in 00:39:05.399 --> 00:39:06.719 So this is not a table 00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.559 Church of the Advent 00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.299 This is the table 00:39:08.299 --> 00:39:09.199 Of Jesus Christ 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.460 And so all who are 00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.940 A baptized believer 00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.179 In Jesus 00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:14.299 Baptized in the name of 00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:15.119 The Father, Son 00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.879 And the Holy Spirit 00:39:15.879 --> 00:39:17.319 And are seeking to follow 00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:18.259 Jesus in trust 00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.799 And in faith 00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:20.399 Are welcome to participate 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.440 In this table 00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.440 By eating and drinking 00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.519 If what I said 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.460 Doesn't describe you 00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.099 You're still welcome 00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.720 To participate 00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.480 We ask you 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.579 That as everyone 00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:28.160 Comes forward 00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:29.260 You would come forward too 00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:30.160 And instead of 00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:30.960 Receiving the bread 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.460 And the wine 00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.079 You would cross 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.019 Your arms like this 00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:34.700 And one of the pastors 00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:36.559 Can pray for you 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.760 When you do come forward 00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:39.700 And you are participating 00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:40.680 By eating and drinking 00:39:40.680 --> 00:39:41.220 We ask that you 00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:42.200 Come forward with your 00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:43.260 Hands 00:39:43.260 --> 00:39:44.500 Shaped like a cross 00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.280 Just like that 00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:46.639 No snatching the bread 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.859 You actually receive 00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.900 The body and the blood 00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.339 Of Jesus 00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:49.980 Okay 00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.940 And then once you 00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:53.239 File through 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.079 You're welcome to eat 00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.920 As soon as you receive 00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:56.259 And head back to your seat 00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:57.139 If there's anything 00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:58.139 You'd like prayer for 00:39:58.139 --> 00:40:00.159 We have Eucharistic prayer ministers 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:01.199 Who are willing to pray 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:01.799 For anything 00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:02.299 Okay 00:40:02.299 --> 00:40:03.619 And they're going to be 00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.759 Over here I think 00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.039 Right 00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.679 Yes 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:05.980 Great 00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.379 Okay 00:40:06.379 --> 00:40:07.719 They're over here 00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.839 And happy to pray 00:40:08.839 --> 00:40:09.799 Eager to pray for you 00:40:09.799 --> 00:40:10.119 Okay 00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:12.559 And I think that's it 00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:13.900 Great 00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.760 So 00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:16.680 The Lord be with you 00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:18.960 Lift up your hearts 00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:21.460 Let us give thanks 00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.460 To the Lord our God 00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:23.480 It is right 00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:27.280 Our duty and joy 00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:28.380 Always and everywhere 00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.500 To give thanks to you 00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.480 Father Almighty 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:32.280 Creator of heaven and earth 00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:33.579 But chiefly 00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:35.200 Are we bound to praise you 00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:36.559 For the glorious resurrection 00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.539 Of your son 00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.880 Jesus Christ our Lord 00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:39.579 Yes 00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.940 For he is the true 00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.760 Paschal Lamb 00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:43.220 Who was offered for us 00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:44.039 And has taken away 00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:45.139 The sin of the world 00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:46.579 Who by his death 00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.579 Has destroyed death 00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:49.379 And by his rising to life again 00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:50.219 Is one for us 00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:51.299 Everlasting life 00:40:51.299 --> 00:40:53.039 Therefore we praise you 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:54.000 Joining our voices 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.899 With angels 00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.919 And archangels 00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:56.799 And with all 00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:57.779 The company of heaven 00:40:57.779 --> 00:40:59.279 Who forever sing this hymn 00:40:59.279 --> 00:41:00.579 To proclaim the glory 00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.139 Of your name 00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:08.139 Holy Holy Holy Lord 00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:13.139 God of power and light 00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:17.960 Heaven and earth are full 00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:20.400 Of your glory 00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:29.400 Holy Holy Holy Lord 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:34.360 God of power and light 00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:38.360 Heaven and earth are full 00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:40.880 Of your glory 00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:58.460 Hos 00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.720 Hosanna 00:41:59.720 --> 00:42:05.220 Hosanna 00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:19.739 Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. 00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:30.739 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:48.579 Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. 00:42:48.579 --> 00:43:09.940 Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. 00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:16.380 Holy and gracious Father, in your infinite love, you made us for yourself. 00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:19.960 And when we had sinned against you and become subject to evil and death, 00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:25.920 you, in your mercy, sent your only Son, Jesus Christ, into the world for our salvation. 00:43:26.599 --> 00:43:30.700 By the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, he became flesh and dwelt among us. 00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:37.460 In obedience to your will, he stretched out his arms upon the cross and offered himself once for all, 00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:40.260 that by his suffering and death we might be saved. 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:46.059 By his resurrection, he broke the bonds of death, trampling hell and Satan under his feet. 00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:49.940 As our great high priest, he ascended to your right hand in glory, 00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:54.260 that we might come with confidence before the throne of grace. 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:59.699 On the night that he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread. 00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:02.880 And when he had given thanks, he broke it. 00:44:02.880 --> 00:44:05.360 And he gave it to his disciples, saying, 00:44:05.680 --> 00:44:08.460 Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you. 00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:10.320 Do this in remembrance of me. 00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:14.460 Likewise, after supper, Jesus took the cup. 00:44:17.579 --> 00:44:21.019 And when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, 00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:25.480 Drink this, all of you, for this is my blood of the new covenant, 00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:30.340 which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. 00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:34.260 Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me. 00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:37.019 Therefore, we proclaim the mystery of faith. 00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.400 Christ has died. 00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:39.740 Christ has risen. 00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:41.600 Christ will come again. 00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:44.600 We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, 00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:47.860 in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. 00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:49.680 And we offer you these gifts. 00:44:50.440 --> 00:44:52.840 Sanctify them by your word and Holy Spirit 00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:57.460 to be for your people the body and blood of your Son, Jesus Christ. 00:44:57.460 --> 00:45:02.440 Sanctify us also that we may worthily receive this holy sacrament 00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:04.460 and be made one body with him, 00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:06.880 that he may dwell in us and we in him. 00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:10.840 In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ 00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:15.139 and bring us with all your saints into the joy of your heavenly kingdom 00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:17.380 where we shall see our Lord face to face. 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:20.440 All this we ask through your Son, Jesus Christ. 00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:25.019 By him and with him and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:28.800 all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and forever. 00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:29.840 Amen. 00:45:30.500 --> 00:45:33.579 And now as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to pray. 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:37.960 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:39.539 Thy kingdom come. 00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:42.880 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:47.679 Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses 00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:50.820 as we forgive those who trespass against us. 00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:54.820 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:59.820 For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. 00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:00.620 Amen. 00:46:02.640 --> 00:46:03.280 Alleluia. 00:46:03.660 --> 00:46:08.019 Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed once for all upon the cross. 00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:10.620 Therefore, let us keep the feast. 00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:11.900 Alleluia. 00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:17.500 Together, we do not presume to come to this your table, O merciful Lord, 00:46:17.960 --> 00:46:22.460 trusting in your own righteousness, but in your abundant and great mercies. 00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:26.900 We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table, 00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:31.400 but you are the same Lord whose character is always to have mercy. 00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:37.480 Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear Son, Jesus Christ, 00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:42.719 and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, 00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:46.199 and our souls washed through his most precious blood, 00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:50.300 that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us. 00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:51.039 Amen. 00:46:51.039 --> 00:46:51.099 Amen. 00:46:54.619 --> 00:46:55.980 Lamb of God, 00:46:57.980 --> 00:47:06.880 you take away the sins of the world. 00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:16.240 Have mercy on us. 00:47:16.240 --> 00:47:20.719 Lamb of God, 00:47:20.719 --> 00:47:30.440 you take away the sins of the world. 00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:45.200 Lamb of God, 00:47:45.200 --> 00:47:54.860 you take away the sins of the world. 00:47:54.860 --> 00:48:03.620 Grant 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