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The Exalted One

Therefore God has highly exalted him:
and bestowed on him
the Name above every name;
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow:
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord:
to the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

Gospel Reading - Following more nearly

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57As they were walking along someone said to Jesus, “I will always follow you no matter where you go.”

58But Jesus replied, “Remember, I don’t even own a place to lay my head. Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but I, the Messiah,a have no earthly home at all.”

59Another time, when he invited a man to come with him and to be his disciple, the man agreed—but wanted to wait until his father’s death.b

60Jesus replied, “Let those without eternal life concern themselves with things like that.c Your duty is to come and preach the coming of the Kingdom of God to all the world.”

61Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will come, but first let me ask permission of those at home.”d

62But Jesus told him, “Anyone who lets himself be distracted from the work I plan for him is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”

. . . . .Luke 9:57-62
  1. Literally, “the Son of Man.”
  2. Literally, “but he said, ‘Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father,’” perhaps meaning that the man could, when his father died, collect the inheritance and have some security.
  3. Or “Let those who are spiritually dead care for their own dead.”
  4. Literally, “bid them farewell at home.”

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
     hallowed be your name,
     your kingdom come,
     your will be done,
          on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
     as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
     and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
     now and for ever.
Amen.