This day's lections (see here):

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

• Isa 55:10–13
• Ps 65:9–14
• Rom 8:1–11
• Mt 13: 1–9, 18–23

Note: during this current season of "Ordinary Time," we are following "Track 2" of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Preached on Sun, July 16, 2023 at St. George's Austin.