The twenty-fifth Sunday in ordinary time

First Reading: Isaiah 55.6-9: The Lord says: My thoughts are not your thoughts.

Responsorial Psalm: 145.2-3, 8-9, 9-10, 17-18 (R. 18)

Response:

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Second Reading: Philippians 1.20-24, 27: To me, living is Christ.

 Gospel Acclamation:

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Gospel: Matthew 20.1-16

Motet: Sing, my soul, his wondrous love – Ned Rorem (born 1923)

[Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge]

            Sing, my soul, his wondrous love,
            who, from yon bright throne above,
            ever watchful o’er our race,
            still to man extends his grace.

            Heaven and earth by him were made;
            all is by his scepter swayed;
            what are we that he should show
            So much love to us below?

            God, the merciful and good,
            bought us with the Saviour’s blood,
            and, to make our safety sure,
            guides us by his Spirit pure.

            Sing, my soul, adore his Name!
            let his glory be thy theme:
            praise him till he calls thee home;
            trust his love for all to come. 

                                    Words: Anonymous (c.1800)
                                    Music:  from Ned Rorem, Three Hymn-Anthems (1955)

Angus Gordon