Pentecost Sunday

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE COLLECT

Almighty God, on this day, through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, you revealed the way of eternal life to every race and nation: Pour out this gift anew, that by the preaching of the Gospel your salvation may reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.  Amen.

THE LESSONS OF THE DAY

Acts 2:1-11

¹When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. ² And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³ And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. ⁵ Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. ⁶ And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.⁷ And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸ And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, ¹¹ both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”

Psalm 104:24-35

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works; *

in wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

25 So is the great and wide sea also, *

in which are things creeping innumerable, creatures both small and great.

26 There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan, *

whom you made to take its pleasure therein.

27 These all wait upon you, *

that you may give them food in due season.

28 When you give it to them, they gather it, *

and when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

29 When you hide your face, they are troubled; *

when you take away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.

30 When you let your breath go forth, they shall be made, *

and you shall renew the face of the earth.

31 The glorious majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever; *

the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

32 He looks at the earth and it trembles; *

if he even touches the hills, they shall smoke.

33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; *

I will praise my God while I have my being,

34 And so shall my words please him; *

my joy shall be in the Lord.

35 As for sinners, they shall perish from the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end. *

Praise the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:4-13

⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ⁵ and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. ⁷ To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸ For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, ⁹ to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.¹² For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

John 20:19-23

¹⁹ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”²² And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

THE SERMON The Rev. Chris Hill, Associate Rector