The Congregation at Prayer

For the Week of Pentecost 20 (October 27 - November 1, 2025)

Invocation: In the Name of the Father and of the (+) Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Speak the Apostles’ Creed. 

Verse: Matthew 5:11-12a – “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.”

Hymn of the Week:  Lutheran Service Book #677 “For All the Saints”

Hymns for Sunday: 677, 676, 633, 673, 675, 672

Readings for the Week: [The readings for Thursday-Saturday are the Scriptures for this coming Sunday.]

Monday: Isaiah 1:10–18

Why did Gd reject some sacrifices? What did He want instead of them? What did He want to do for His people? How?

Tuesday: 2 Thessalonians 1:1–12

What was growing and increasing in the Thessalonian Christians? So why were they suffering? How could they glorify God?

Wednesday: Luke 19:1-10

Why was Zacchaeus so generous? What changed in him? Who changed it? Is the same true for you? Why or why not?

Thursday: Revelation 7:9–17

Who is this great multitude? Where have they come from? What does that mean? What was their lot in this life? What will happen to them in the next?

Friday: 1 John 3:1-3

How has God shown His love to us? How does He not? Why not? When will we see that love? 

Saturday: Matthew 5:1–12

How does Jesus help us understand true blessedness? Why might we be confused about that? Who wants us to be confused? Why?

The Catechism - Confession: What sins should we confess? Before God we should plead guilty of all sins, even those we are not aware of, as we do in the Lord’s Prayer; but before the pastor we should confess only those sins which we know and feel in our hearts.

Collect for the Week: Almighty and everlasting God, You knit together Your faithful people of all times and places into one holy communion, the mystical body of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Grant us so to follow Your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living that, together with them, we may come to the unspeakable joys You have prepared for those who love You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

The Prayers:  Please pray for . . .

+ yourself and for all in need (remembering especially those on our prayer list).

+ God’s blessing, wisdom, and guidance for our congregation’s Church Technology Council.

+ the Lutheran Church of Uruguay, for God’s wisdom, blessing, guidance, and provision.

+ God’s blessing, guidance, and provision for the Lutheran Heritage Foundation.

Conclude with the Lord’s Prayer and Luther’s Morning or Evening Prayer from the Catechism.

Now joyfully go about your day (or to bed) in good cheer, child of God!

Collect for the Week © 2018 Concordia Publishing House.

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