Seventeeth Sunday After Pentecost | September 15
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Three weeks ago we heard Peter’s confession of faith as told in John’s gospel. This week we hear Mark’s version, when Peter says, “You are the Messiah.” In John, the stumbling block is Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh, given for the life of the world. In Mark too the scandal has to do with Jesus’ words about his own coming death, and here Peter himself stumbles over Jesus’ words. But Jesus is anointed (the meaning of messiah) in Mark only on the way to the cross (14:3); so we are anointed in baptism with the sign of the cross.
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Hymns:
“O God, My Faithful God”
Text: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878, alt.
“Lift High the Cross”
Text: George W. Kitchin, 1827-1912; rev. Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956
Text © 1974 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
“O Jesus, I Have Promised”
Text: John E. Bode, 1816-1874, alt.
Readings:
First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9 - The servant is vindicated by God
Psalm 116:1-9 - I will walk in the presence of the Lord.
Second Reading: James 3:1-12 - Dangers of the unbridled tongue
Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 - Peter’s confession of faith
Liturgy reprinted from “Evangelical Lutheran Worship”, copyright 2006 Augsburg Fortress, used by permission of license #SBT004670 and One License A-709549; Prayers are from “Sundays & Seasons”, copyright 2023 Augsburg Fortress. Introductions to the readings are written by The Rev. Mark Oldenburg, Ph.D., Steck-Miller Professor Emeritus of the Art of Worship, United Lutheran Seminary.