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2

THE

PREL

UD

E: L

argo

by

Viv

aldi

CO

NFE

SSIO

N A

ND

AB

SOLU

TIO

N

In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

and

of t

he S

on a

nd o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Am

en

Let u

s mak

e co

nfes

sion

to G

od.

Alm

ight

y G

od, m

erci

ful F

athe

r:

I, a

trou

bled

and

pen

itent

sinn

er, c

onfe

ss to

you

all m

y sin

s and

iniq

uitie

s with

whi

ch I

have

offe

nded

you

and

for

whi

ch I

just

ly d

eser

ve y

our

puni

shm

ent.

But I

am

sorr

y fo

r th

em, a

nd r

epen

t of t

hem

,

and

pray

for y

our

boun

dles

s mer

cy.

For

the

sake

of t

he su

fferi

ng a

nd d

eath

of y

our

Son,

Jes

us C

hrist

,

be g

raci

ous a

nd m

erci

ful t

o m

e, a

poo

r sin

ful b

eing

;

forg

ive

my

sins,

gi

ve m

e yo

ur H

oly

Spir

it fo

r th

e am

endm

ent o

f my

sinfu

l life

,

and

brin

g m

e to

life

eve

rlas

ting.

Am

en

Alm

ight

y G

od, i

n hi

s mer

cy, h

as g

iven

his

Son

to d

ie fo

r us a

nd, f

or h

is

sake

, for

give

s us a

ll ou

r sin

s. Th

roug

h hi

s Hol

y Sp

irit h

e cl

eans

es u

s an

d gi

ves u

s pow

er to

pro

clai

m th

e m

ight

y de

eds o

f God

who

cal

led

us

out o

f dar

knes

s int

o th

e sp

lend

or o

f his

ligh

t. A

s a c

alle

d an

d or

dain

ed

min

iste

r of t

he C

hurc

h of

Chr

ist,

and

by h

is a

utho

rity,

I th

eref

ore

decl

are

to y

ou th

e en

tire

forg

iven

ess o

f all

your

sins

, in

the

nam

e of

the

Fath

er, a

nd o

f the

+ S

on, a

nd o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

A

men

HY

MN

: “W

hat F

east

of L

ove”

vs 1

,2,3

WO

V

3

TH

E FI

RST

REA

DIN

G

Exod

us 2

4:3-

11

3 M

oses

cam

e an

d to

ld th

e pe

ople

all

the

wor

ds o

f the

LO

RD

and

all

the

ordi

nanc

es; a

nd a

ll th

e pe

ople

ans

wer

ed w

ith o

ne v

oice

, and

sai

d, “

All

the

wor

ds t

hat

the

LOR

D h

as s

poke

n w

e w

ill d

o.”

4 A

nd M

oses

wro

te

dow

n al

l the

wor

ds o

f the

LO

RD

. He

rose

ear

ly in

the

mor

ning

, and

bui

lt an

alta

r at

the

foo

t of

the

mou

ntai

n, a

nd s

et u

p tw

elve

pill

ars,

corr

espo

ndin

g to

the

twel

ve tr

ibes

of I

srae

l. 5 H

e se

nt y

oung

men

of t

he

4

peop

le o

f Is

rael

, w

ho o

ffer

ed b

urnt

off

erin

gs a

nd s

acrif

iced

oxe

n as

of

ferin

gs o

f wel

l-bei

ng to

the

LOR

D. 6

Mos

es to

ok h

alf o

f the

blo

od a

nd

put i

t in

basi

ns, a

nd h

alf o

f the

blo

od h

e da

shed

aga

inst

the

alta

r. 7 Th

en

he to

ok th

e boo

k of

the c

oven

ant,

and

read

it in

the h

earin

g of

the p

eopl

e;

and

they

said

, “A

ll th

at th

e LO

RD

has

spok

en w

e w

ill d

o, a

nd w

e w

ill b

e ob

edie

nt.”

8 M

oses

took

the

bloo

d an

d da

shed

it o

n th

e pe

ople

, and

said

, “S

ee t

he b

lood

of

the

cove

nant

tha

t th

e LO

RD

has

mad

e w

ith y

ou i

n ac

cord

ance

with

all

thes

e w

ords

.”

9 Th

en M

oses

and

Aar

on, N

adab

, and

Abi

hu, a

nd s

even

ty o

f the

eld

ers

of Is

rael

wen

t up,

10 an

d th

ey sa

w th

e G

od o

f Isr

ael.

Und

er h

is fe

et th

ere

was

som

ethi

ng li

ke a

pav

emen

t of s

apph

ire s

tone

, lik

e th

e ve

ry h

eave

n fo

r cle

arne

ss. 11

God

did

not

lay

his h

and

on th

e ch

ief m

en o

f the

peo

ple

of Is

rael

; als

o th

ey b

ehel

d G

od, a

nd th

ey a

te a

nd d

rank

. TH

E PS

ALM

Psal

m 1

16:1

0-16

10H

ow sh

all I

repa

y th

e LO

RD

fo

r all

the

good

thin

gs h

e ha

s don

e fo

r me?

11I w

ill li

ft up

the

cup

of sa

lvat

ion

an

d ca

ll up

on th

e na

me

of th

e LO

RD

.

12I w

ill fu

lfill

my

vow

s to

the

LOR

D

in th

e pr

esen

ce o

f all

his p

eopl

e.

13

Prec

ious

in th

e sig

ht o

f the

LO

RD

is

the

deat

h of

his

serv

ants

.

14O

LO

RD

, I a

m y

our s

erva

nt;

I am

you

r ser

vant

and

the

child

of y

our h

andm

aid;

yo

u ha

ve fr

eed

me

from

my

bond

s.

15I w

ill o

ffer y

ou th

e sa

crifi

ce o

f tha

nksg

ivin

g

an

d ca

ll up

on th

e na

me

of th

e LO

RD

.

16I w

ill fu

lfill

my

vow

s to

the

LOR

D

in th

e pr

esen

ce o

f all

his p

eopl

e.

THE

SEC

ON

D R

EAD

ING

1

Cor

inth

ians

10:

16-2

1 16

The

cup

of b

less

ing

that

we

bles

s, is

it n

ot a

sha

ring

in th

e bl

ood

of

Chr

ist?

The

bre

ad t

hat

we

brea

k, i

s it

not

a sh

arin

g in

the

bod

y of

C

hris

t? 17

Bec

ause

ther

e is

one

bre

ad, w

e w

ho a

re m

any

are

one

body

, fo

r we

all p

arta

ke o

f the

one

bre

ad. 18

Con

side

r the

peo

ple

of Is

rael

; are

no

t tho

se w

ho e

at th

e sa

crifi

ces p

artn

ers i

n th

e al

tar?

19 W

hat d

o I i

mpl

y th

en?

That

foo

d sa

crifi

ced

to i

dols

is

anyt

hing

, or

tha

t an

ido

l is

an

ythi

ng?

20 N

o, I

im

ply

that

wha

t pa

gans

sac

rific

e, t

hey

sacr

ifice

to

dem

ons

and

not

to G

od.

I do

not

wan

t yo

u to

be

partn

ers

with

de

mon

s. 21

You

can

not d

rink

the

cup

of th

e Lo

rd a

nd th

e cu

p of

dem

ons.

You

can

not p

arta

ke o

f the

tabl

e of

the

Lord

and

the

tabl

e of

dem

ons.

THE

GO

SPEL

Luk

e 10

:25-

37

5

25 Ju

st th

en a

law

yer

stoo

d up

to te

st J

esus

. “Te

ache

r,” h

e sa

id, “

wha

t m

ust I

do

to in

herit

ete

rnal

life

?” 26

He

said

to h

im, “

Wha

t is

writ

ten

in

the

law

? W

hat d

o yo

u re

ad th

ere?

” 27

He

answ

ered

, “Y

ou s

hall

love

the

Lord

you

r God

with

all

your

hea

rt, a

nd w

ith a

ll yo

ur s

oul,

and

with

all

your

st

reng

th,

and

with

al

l yo

ur

min

d;

and

your

ne

ighb

or

as

your

self.

” 28

And

he

said

to h

im, “

You

hav

e gi

ven

the

right

ans

wer

; do

this

, and

you

will

live

.”

29 B

ut w

antin

g to

jus

tify

him

self,

he

aske

d Je

sus,

“And

who

is

my

neig

hbor

?” 30

Jesu

s rep

lied,

“A

man

was

goi

ng d

own

from

Jeru

sale

m to

Je

richo

, and

fell

into

the

hand

s of

robb

ers,

who

stri

pped

him

, bea

t him

, an

d w

ent a

way

, lea

ving

him

hal

f de

ad. 31

Now

by

chan

ce a

prie

st w

as

goin

g do

wn

that

road

; and

whe

n he

saw

him

, he

pass

ed b

y on

the

othe

r si

de. 32

So li

kew

ise

a Le

vite

, whe

n he

cam

e to

the

plac

e an

d sa

w h

im,

pass

ed b

y on

the o

ther

side

. 33 B

ut a

Sam

arita

n w

hile

trav

elin

g ca

me n

ear

him

; and

whe

n he

saw

him

, he

was

mov

ed w

ith p

ity. 34

He

wen

t to

him

an

d ba

ndag

ed h

is w

ound

s, ha

ving

pou

red

oil a

nd w

ine

on th

em. T

hen

he

put h

im o

n hi

s ow

n an

imal

, bro

ught

him

to

an in

n, a

nd to

ok c

are

of

him

. 35 Th

e nex

t day

he t

ook

out t

wo

dena

rii, g

ave t

hem

to th

e inn

keep

er,

and

said

, ‘Ta

ke c

are

of h

im; a

nd w

hen

I co

me

back

, I w

ill r

epay

you

w

hate

ver m

ore

you

spen

d.’ 36

Whi

ch o

f the

se th

ree,

do

you

thin

k, w

as a

ne

ighb

or to

the

man

who

fell

into

the

hand

s of t

he ro

bber

s?”

37 H

e sa

id,

“The

one

who

sho

wed

him

mer

cy.”

Jes

us s

aid

to h

im,

“Go

and

do

likew

ise.

”

HY

MN

: “O

ne T

here

Is, a

bove

All

Oth

ers”

vs 1

,2,3

LB

W

6

THE

SER

MO

N

H

YM

N: “

It H

appe

ned

on T

hat F

atef

ul N

ight

” vs

1,2

,3,4

7

TH

E O

FFER

ING

8 IN

STR

UC

TIO

N

In th

is L

ente

n se

ason

we

have

hea

rd o

ur L

ord’

s ca

ll to

inte

nsify

our

st

rugg

le a

gain

st s

in, d

eath

, and

the

dev

il –

all

that

kee

ps u

s fr

om

lovi

ng G

od a

nd e

ach

othe

r. Th

is is

the

stru

ggle

to w

hich

we

wer

e co

mm

itted

at B

aptis

m; G

od’s

forg

iven

ess a

nd th

e po

wer

of h

is S

pirit

to

am

end

our

lives

con

tinue

with

us

beca

use

of h

is lo

ve f

or u

s in

Je

sus,

our S

avio

r. W

e w

ho r

ecei

ve G

od’s

love

in J

esus

Chr

ist a

re c

alle

d to

love

one

an

othe

r, to

be

serv

ants

to e

ach

othe

r as J

esus

bec

ame

our s

erva

nt.

THE

PRA

YER

OF

THE

DA

Y

Hol

y G

od, s

ourc

e of

all

love

, on

the

nigh

t of h

is b

etra

yal,

Jesu

s gav

e hi

s di

scip

les

a ne

w c

omm

andm

ent:

To lo

ve o

ne a

noth

er a

s he

had

love

d th

em.

By

your

Hol

y Sp

irit

writ

e th

is c

omm

andm

ent

in o

ur h

earts

; th

roug

h yo

ur S

on, J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord,

who

live

s and

reig

ns w

ith y

ou

and

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

A

men

TH

E LO

RD

’S P

RA

YER

Our

Fat

her,

who

art

in h

eave

n,

hallo

wed

be

thy

nam

e,

thy

king

dom

com

e,

thy

will

be

done

,

on e

arth

as i

t is i

n he

aven

.

Giv

e us

this

day

our

daily

bre

ad;

an

d fo

rgiv

e us o

ur tr

espa

sses

,

as

we

forg

ive

thos

e

w

ho tr

espa

ss a

gain

st u

s;

an

d le

ad u

s not

into

tem

ptat

ion,

bu

t del

iver

us f

rom

evi

l.

For

thin

e is

the

king

dom

,

an

d th

e po

wer

, and

the

glor

y,

fore

ver

and

ever

. Am

en

THE

BEN

EDIC

TIO

N

STR

IPPI

NG

OF

THE

ALT

AR

Sile

nce