Weekly Reading: Proper 18

• First reading and Psalm
  
  • Exodus 12:1-14
    
  • Psalm 149
    
• Second reading
  
  • Romans 13:8-14
    
• Gospel
  
  • Matthew 18:15-20
    

Theme: Love each other as yourselves and if someone should harm you, reconcile, bring that person back to your side, so that together you may praise the Lord. Our lives involve praising God as a community for the salvation given to us.

Prayer: Gracious God teach me how to praise you in a community for the great things you have accomplished. Teach me how to love that community, and when necessary, reconcile with its members. In the name of Jesus the Christ. Amen.