Three-Year Lectionary
Study the appointed readings, prayers and resources for Series A, Series B and Series C through the Church Year.
September 5, 2027
See TodayProper 18
Three-Year Lectionary · Series B
- First Reading
-
Isaiah 35:4–7a (read in ESV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
ESV Scripture text
Scripture text is in high demand right now. Cached readings remain available; other readings can be opened on Bible Gateway. Read Isaiah 35:4-7a in ESV on Bible Gateway (new tab)
Select NIV to load this Scripture text.
Select KJV to load this Scripture text.
Select NKJV to load this Scripture text.
- Psalm
-
Psalm 146 (read in ESV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
ESV Scripture text
Scripture text is in high demand right now. Cached readings remain available; other readings can be opened on Bible Gateway. Read Psalm 146 in ESV on Bible Gateway (new tab)
Select NIV to load this Scripture text.
Select KJV to load this Scripture text.
Select NKJV to load this Scripture text.
- Epistle
-
James 2:1–10, 14–18 (read in ESV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
ESV Scripture text
Scripture text is in high demand right now. Cached readings remain available; other readings can be opened on Bible Gateway. Read James 2:1-10, 14-18 in ESV on Bible Gateway (new tab)
Select NIV to load this Scripture text.
Select KJV to load this Scripture text.
Select NKJV to load this Scripture text.
- Gospel
-
Mark 7:(24–30) 31–37 (read in ESV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab)
ESV Scripture text
Scripture text is in high demand right now. Cached readings remain available; other readings can be opened on Bible Gateway. Read Mark 7:(24-30) 31-37 in ESV on Bible Gateway (new tab)
Select NIV to load this Scripture text.
Select KJV to load this Scripture text.
Select NKJV to load this Scripture text.
Proper 18
Three-Year Lectionary · Series B
About this service
Our Merciful Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Does All Things Well
The Lord proclaims the Gospel “to those who have an anxious heart” to comfort and encourage them with His presence. He comes not only with threats of “vengeance” and “recompense,” but with His gracious salvation (Is. 35:4). He opens “the eyes of the blind” and “the ears of the deaf,” and He loosens “the tongue of the mute” to “sing for joy” (Is. 35:5–6). Like water on thirsty ground, He speaks His life-giving Word to people of all nations. With His Word and the touch of His hand, He does “all things well,” so that you may now speak “plainly” (Mark 7:31–37). You confess the truth of God in Christ to the glory of His holy name, and you call upon His name in every trouble, confident that He will hear and answer. As you pray and confess with your tongue, so also “love your neighbor as yourself” (James 2:8). Show your faith “in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory,” by loving without partiality. For God has “chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom” (James 2:1–5).
Source: LCMS Worship, Lectionary Summaries — Three-Year Lectionary Series B (opens in a new tab). Used by permission. These pages may be reproduced for congregational use only. Commercial reproduction, or reproduction for sale of this work or any portion of this work, without the written permission of the copyright holder, is prohibited. © The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Scripture quoted in the summary is from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Introit, Gradual and Verse
- Gradual (seasonal)
- Psalm 34:9, 19 (read in ESV on Bible Gateway, opens in a new tab), alt.
Source: LCMS Three-Year Series (B) Propers Chart (opens in a new tab). Citations only; no liturgical or Scripture text is reproduced.
Prayers of the Church
Prayers of the Church for September 8, 2024 — Responsive Form
Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.
Heavenly Father, by Your Spirit open our deaf ears to hear Your Word, that our tongues would be released to proclaim with zeal how Your Son has done all things well. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Gracious God, You have commanded Your Church to take the Word of life to the ends of the earth. Strengthen and support all who travel to foreign lands on behalf of the Church’s mission. Give them wisdom and courage as they tell others about Christ. Bless their hearers with hearts that are receptive to Your gifts. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, help parents to raise up their children to know You as their help and hope, that they may not put their trust in princes in whom there is no salvation. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, we place our hope in You and ask Your blessing on _____________ and all rulers, that their plans would be ordered for the welfare of those they govern and that You would execute Your justice for the oppressed. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, graciously behold the sick and those in any need [especially _____________]. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, give us a humble and urgent faith that would beg even for crumbs from Your Son’s table, that as Your children we may receive the fullness of the feast He gives in His body and blood. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, create and sustain in us a lively faith in Christ Jesus, and lead us by Your Spirit to be active in all good works. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, Source of all life and the life that never ends, receive our prayers this day in the name of Your beloved Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Source: LCMS Worship, Prayers of the Church — Series B 2023–2024 (opens in a new tab). Prepared by LCMS Worship for congregational use. Used by permission. © The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Prayers of the Church for September 8, 2024 — Ektene Form
In peace, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For the gift of the Holy Spirit, who opens deaf ears with His Word, that our tongues would be released to proclaim with zeal how God’s Son has done all things well, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For missionaries, that the Lord would strengthen and support them as they travel to foreign lands on behalf of the Church’s mission, so that all who hear may receive the Good News of Christ, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For parents, that they would raise up their children to know Christ as their help and hope, and not put their trust in princes in whom there is no salvation, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For _____________ and all rulers, that God — in whom alone we place all our hope — would bless them, order their plans for the welfare of the governed, and execute His justice for the oppressed, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For the sick and those in any need, [especially _____________,] let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For all who commune, that God would give us a humble and urgent faith that would beg even for crumbs from Christ’s table, so we may receive the fullness of our Lord’s Supper worthily as His children, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
For a lively faith in Christ Jesus, that we would be fruitful and active in all good works, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have mercy.
Heavenly Father, Source of all life and the life that never ends, receive our prayers this day in the name of Your beloved Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Source: LCMS Worship, Prayers of the Church — Series B 2023–2024 (opens in a new tab). Prepared by LCMS Worship for congregational use. Used by permission. © The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Hymn of the Day
LSB 797 Praise the Almighty, My Soul, Adore Him
The LCMS Hymn of the Day list appoints this hymn as the Hymn of the Day for Proper 18 (Series B).
Source: LCMS Worship, Hymn of the Day — Arranged by Church Year, pp. 169, 171 (opens in a new tab). Appointment identity only. Lutheran Service Book text and LCMS study content are not reproduced.
Suggested hymns
- Entrance LSB 839 O Christ, Our True and Only Light
- Distribution LSB 545 Word of God, Come Down on Earth
- Distribution LSB 793 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
- Distribution LSB 832 Jesus Shall Reign
- Closing LSB 841 O Son of God, in Galilee
Source: LCMS Worship, Hymn Suggestions — Three-Year Lectionary Series B 2023–24 (opens in a new tab). Hymn numbers and titles only; hymn texts are not reproduced. Reproduction for individual, church or school use does not require permission. © The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.