Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022

                 Welcome to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church!

PRELUDE   Meditation on “Lord, Throughout These Forty Days”                 Portman     

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FIRST READING: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

1Blow the trumpet in Zion;

            sound the alarm on my holy mountain!

Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,

            for the day of the LORD is coming, it is near—

2a day of darkness and gloom,

            a day of clouds and thick darkness!

Like blackness spread upon the mountains

            a great and powerful army comes;

their like has never been from of old,

            nor will be again after them

            in ages to come.

12Yet even now, says the LORD,

            return to me with all your heart,

with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

                13rend your hearts and not your clothing.

Return to the LORD, your God,

            for he is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,

            and relents from punishing.

14Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,

            and leave a blessing behind him,

a grain offering and a drink offering

            for the LORD, your God?

15Blow the trumpet in Zion;

            sanctify a fast;

call a solemn assembly;

                16gather the people.

Sanctify the congregation;

            assemble the aged;

gather the children,

            even infants at the breast.

Let the bridegroom leave his room,

            and the bride her canopy.

17Between the vestibule and the altar

            let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep.

Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD,

            and do not make your heritage a mockery,

            a byword among the nations.

Why should it be said among the peoples,

            'Where is their God?'"

 

PSALM: Psalm 51:1-17

1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your | steadfast love;

            in your great compassion blot out | my offenses.

2Wash me through and through | from my wickedness,

            and cleanse me | from my sin.

3For I know | my offenses,

            and my sin is ev- | er before me.

4Against you only have I sinned and done what is evil | in your sight;

            so you are justified when you speak and right | in your judgment. 

5Indeed, I was born | steeped in wickedness,

            a sinner from my | mother's womb.

6Indeed, you delight in truth | deep within me,

            and would have me know wisdom | deep within.

7Remove my sins with hyssop, and I | shall be clean;

            wash me, and I shall be pur- | er than snow.

8Let me hear | joy and gladness,

            that the body you have broken | may rejoice. 

9Hide your face | from my sins,

            and blot out | all my wickedness.

10Create in me a clean | heart, O God,

            and renew a right spir- | it within me.

11Cast me not away | from your presence,

            and take not your Holy Spir- | it from me.

12Restore to me the joy of | your salvation

            and sustain me with your boun- | tiful Spirit. 

13Let me teach your ways | to offenders,

            and sinners shall be re- | stored to you.

14Rescue me from bloodshed, O God of | my salvation,

            and my tongue shall sing | of your righteousness.

15O LORD, o- | pen my lips,

            and my mouth shall pro- | claim your praise.

16For you take no delight in sacrifice, or | I would give it.

            You are not pleased | with burnt offering.

17The sacrifice of God is a | troubled spirit;

            a troubled and broken heart, O God, you will | not despise.

SECOND READING: 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

20bWe entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

 6:1As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. 2For he says,

            "At an acceptable time I have listened to you,

                        and on a day of salvation I have helped you."

See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation! 3We are putting no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4but as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, 7truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see—we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; 10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

 

GOSPEL: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

[Jesus said to the disciples:] 1"Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

            2"So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

            5"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

            16"And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

            19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

 

SERMON                                             Pastor Muse

Hymn:            Savior, When in Dust to You         # 601 v. 1,2



APOSTLES CREED

 I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.   Amen

+ Kneel or sit (The minister leads the confession.)

Most holy and merciful God,

we confess to you and to one another, and before the whole company of heaven, that we have sinned by our fault, by our own fault,

by our own most grievous fault, in thought, word, and deed,

by what we have done and by what we have left undone.

 

We have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not forgiven others as we have been forgiven.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

We have shut our ears to your call to serve as Christ served us. We have not been true to the mind of Christ. We have grieved your Holy Spirit.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

Our past unfaithfulness, the pride, envy, hypocrisy, and apathy that have infected our lives, we confess to you.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

Our self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our exploitation of other people, we confess to you.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

Our negligence in prayer and worship, and our failure to share the faith that is in us, we confess to you.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

Our neglect of human need and suffering, and our indifference to injustice and cruelty, we confess to you.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

Our false judgments, our uncharitable thoughts toward our neighbors, and our prejudice and contempt toward those who differ from us, we confess to you.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

Our waste and pollution of your creation, and our lack of concern for those who come after us, we confess to you.

Have mercy on us, O God.

 

Restore us, O God, and let your anger depart from us.

Hear us, O God, for your mercy is great.

 

     Sit                                     Imposition of Ashes

 

Accomplish in us, O God, the work of your salvation,

that we may show forth your glory in the world.

By the cross and passion of your Son, of Savior,

bring us with all your saints to the joy of his resurrection.

 

Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us in eternal life.

Amen.

                                   

Prayers of the Church

Greeting of Peace

Offering                                            

Prayer

Words of Institution

 

LORD'S PRAYER

 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen

 The Distribution of Communion

Post Communion Proclamation

Post Communion Prayer

Benediction

Hymn:  Lord Jesus, Think on Me               # 599

  


Dismissal     

 Postlude              Departing Blessing                        Stainer                                              

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