Litany for Proper 13, Year A

(August 2, 2026)

One: God is good, 

All: God shows compassion over all the earth.

One: So too Jesus felt compassion for the people and cured their sick.

All: God is good to all and abounds in steadfast love.

One: And Jesus saw that the crowd was hungry, and asked them to sit down. He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves.

All: God upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.

One: Then Jesus gave the loaves to the disciples, who gave them to the crowds. And all ate and were filled.

All: God is gracious and merciful! Let us give thanks to God!

          from Matthew 14: 13-21 and Psalm 145

Litany for 3 August 2014 - Proper 13, Year A

3 Aug 2014 - Proper 13

One: There are times, God, when we struggle to find the right path.

All: Like Jacob we feel alone or adrift,

One: We wrestle to find meaning in our lives.

All: And sometimes we actively resist your direction in our lives.

One: We want you to incline an ear to us,

All: And yet we do not even listen for your answer.

One: Sometimes we even ignore your calls to us.

All: Open our ears, God, that we may listen for your voice in our hearts.

       From Psalm 17:6 and Genesis 32:22-31

            Call to Worship by K. K. Hudson-Bates

Litany 4 August 2013

2013 August 4 Call to Worship

Proper 13 - Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

One: O give thanks to God, for God is good.

All: God’s steadfast love endures forever.

One: God takes us up in loving arms.

All: and teaches us to walk.

One: Even when we turn away from God,

All: Even when we seek war and become greedy,

One:: Even then, God’s compassion grows warm and tender.

All: God does not give up on us.

      O give thanks to God for God is good.

                     from Psalm 107:1-7 and Hosea 11:1-11

Litany for 5 Aug 2012

Proper 13
Call to Worship
L:  God, you desire truth in our inward beings;
P:    teach us wisdom in our inmost hearts.
L:  When we repent of the wrongs we have done,
P:    let us hear joy and gladness once again;
L:  Create in us clean hearts, O God,
P:    and put a new and right spirit within us.
L:  Restore to us the joy of your salvation,
P:    and sustain in us willing spirits to do your work.  Amen.
                  from Psalm 51:1-12
                                         Call to Celebration by K.K. Hudson-Bates

Litany for 31 July 2011

Seventh Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 13)       31 July 2011
Call to Worship
L: Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish.
P: The LORD is gracious and merciful.
L: Jesus looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves,
P: The LORD is good, and has compassion over all the earth.
L: Jesus gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
P: The LORD raises up all who are bowed down.
L: All ate and were filled;
All: God is gracious and merciful! Thanks be to God!
           from Matthew 14: 13-21 and Psalm 145
                             Call to Worship by K.K. Hudson-Bates