Readings:       Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23

Revelation 2:1-7

Sentence:        But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.’ Matthew 13:23

Collect:        Mighty God, strong, loving and wise, help us to depend

upon your goodness and to place our trust in your Son; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever. Amen.