Proper 18 (Sunday between Sept 4-10)
Year B · Season after Pentecost · liturgical color: green · All Sundays in Year B
First Reading
Isaiah 35:4-7a
Say to those with fearful hearts: God will come; the blind see, deaf hear
Psalm
Psalm 146
Praise the Lord, O my soul; he opens the eyes of the blind; lifts up the bowed down
Second Reading
James 3:1-12
Not many teachers; taming tongue; from same mouth blessing
Gospel
Mark 8:27-38
Who do you say I am? The Christ. Take up cross follow me
Hymns connected to the psalm
Blest Are They
Blest are they, the poor in spirit,
Canticle of the Turning
My soul cries out with a joyful shout that the God of my heart is great,
For Everyone Born
For everyone born, a place at the table,
Joyously I'll Praise My Savior
Joyously I'll praise my Savior
Oh Bless the Lord My Soul
Oh bless the Lord my soul
Oh Praise the Lord My Soul
Oh praise the Lord my soul
Oh Sing My Soul Your Maker's Praise
Oh sing my soul your Maker's praise
Praise the Almighty
Praise the Almighty, my God, the King of creation
Hymns connected to the gospel
"Come, Follow Me," the Savior Spake
Come, follow me, the Savior spake
Jesus I My Cross have Taken
Jesus I my cross have taken
Jesus O how Could It be True
Jesus, O how could it be true
Jesus and Shall It Ever Be
Jesus and shall it ever be
LCMS — Proclaim
Hymn of the Day
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
Forgive our sins as we forgive
Take Up Your Cross the Savior Said
Take up your cross, the Savior said
Hymn Suggestions
Come Follow Me Said Christ the Lord
Come follow me, said Christ the Lord
Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace
Lord of all nations, grant me grace
O God of Mercy God of Light
O God of mercy, God of light
Take My Life O Lord Renew
Take my life, O Lord, renew
The Church of Christ in Every Age
The church of Christ in every age
Where Cross the Crowded Years of Life
Where cross the crowded ways of life