Labor Day

September 2, 2013: Monday, 22nd week, Ordinary Time (and Labor Day)

Readings

• 1 Thes 4:13-18  Hope; don't grieve:  God will raise the dead.  Lord will come; the dead will rise; we'll meet the Lord.

• Ps 96:1, 3-5, 11-13  "The Lord comes to judge the earth."  Sing to Lord; tell wonders; let heavens, earth, sea, plains, trees exult.  Lord is great, awesome, praiseworthy; made heavens; comes to rule earth with justice.

• Lk 4:16-30  Jesus went into synagogue, read Isaiah:  "Lord's Spirit is upon me, anointed/sent me to the poor, captives, blind, oppressed. "  “Today this is fulfilled in your hearing.”  “No prophet is accepted in his native place."  Fury-filled people drove him out, tried to hurl him; he passed through and went away.

Music (Feel free to comment with other related music!)

• The trumpet shall sound/ Handel, from Messiah (actually 1 Cor 15, but related to first reading)

• Sing all the earth/ O'Connor, from The Steadfast Love (psalm) (signable)

• Proclaim his marvelous deeds/ Fishel (audio and sheet music), from Songs of Praise, volume 3 (psalm)

• You have anointed me (formerly He has anointed me)/ Balhoff, Daigle, Ducote (gospel)

• Great is the Lord (Mission Hymn)/ Toolan, from Living Waters, the same collection that introduced her I am the Bread of Life (gospel)

Scales:  Lord comes to rule with justice (psalm)

• Dove:  Spirit of the Lord (gospel, quoting Isaiah 61)
• Piano:  [accompaniment for] singing to the Lord (psalm)

(I thought I had a trumpet but can't find it.)

Today's word cloud