2nd SUNDAY after PENTECOST 2025 Jun 22

 

The Church Year is divided into Festivals beginning with Christmas, which includes  4 Sundays in Advent and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

This is followed by Epiphany Season which begins with the Epiphany of Our Lord and ends 9 Sundays later with the Transfiguration of Our Lord. 

The Time of Easter follows beginning with Lent, followed by Holy Week starting with Palm Sunday and concludes with Good Friday.  Easter Season begins with the Resurrection of Our Lord and includes the Ascension of Our Lord  and ends with Pentecost.  

The first Pentecost took place on the 50th day after Easter Sunday when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, enabling them to testify boldly to spread the Good News of the Gospel. 

The Time of the Church is the Season after Pentecost, beginning with The Holy Trinity, the First Sunday after Pentecost through the Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost ending with the Sunday of Fulfillment, the Last Sunday after Pentecost.

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This week we mark 2nd SUNDAY after PENTECOST 2025 Jun 22​

​SERMON TEXT:  Luke 7:1-10 NIV​

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SERMON THEME: 

Humble, Fervent Prayer

 

The Faith of the Centurion

7 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 

2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 

3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 

4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 

5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 

6 So Jesus went with them.

He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 

7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 

8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 

10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.

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REFLECTION:

Just say the word, and that will be enough

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What faith this centurion had, Lord.

He knew You would heal.

He was sure one word would suffice.

He was aware of his unworthiness yet didn’t let that block his prayer for another.

Lord, you know the ones I pray for each day. The ones who need healing, strength, wisdom and hope from you.

Lord you know the ones I love, that I name daily and lift into your presence.

My friends who are lost, weary, confused and frustrated.

Just say the word, Lord and that will be enough.

Even a whisper or a slight loving glance or tender nod of your head.

Your breath heals and makes us whole.

One word.

One Word. 

The Word.

One Word is enough.

About the Author: Jean Wise RN is member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Edon, Ohio

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SERMON HYMN:​

Come My Soul with Every Care

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumul­tuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide-surveyor in Liverpool, England, Newton came under the influence of George Whitefield and John and Charles Wesley and began to study for the ministry. He was ordained in the Church of England and served in Olney (1764-1780) and St. Mary Woolnoth, London (1780-1807). His legacy to the Christian church includes his hymns as well as his collaboration with William Cowper (PHH 434) in publishing Olney Hymns (1779), to which Newton contributed 280 hymns, including “Amazing Grace.”

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1 Come, my soul, thy suit prepare,
Jesus loves to answer prayer.
He Himself has bid thee pray,
rise and ask without delay.

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2 Thou art coming to a King,
large petitions with thee bring,
for his grace and pow'r are such,
none can ever ask too much.

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3 With my burden I begin,
Lord, remove this load of sin!
Let Thy blood, for sinners spilt,
set my conscience free from guilt.

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4 Lord! I come to Thee for rest,
take possession of my breast;
there Thy blood-bought right maintain,
and without a rival reign.

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5 While I am a pilgrim here,
let Thy love my spirit cheer;
as my Guide, my Guard, my Friend,
lead me to my journey’s end.

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6 Show me what I have to do;
every hour my strength renew;
let me live a life of faith;
let me die Thy people's death.

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Hear the Sermon on YouTube

(posted shortly after the Service but not live streamed)

youtube.com/@oslcchatham6321

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