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Prayer of the Day
Lord of the feast, you have prepared a table before all peoples and poured out your life with abundance. Call us again to your banquet. Strengthen us by what is honorable, just, and pure, and transform us into a people of righteousness and peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Scripture readings
Isaiah 25:1-9
Psalm 23:1-6 
Philippians 4:1-9 
Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon 
"The Party Won’t Stop"
Matthew 22:1-14; Isaiah 25:1-9
Party planning is exhausting but exhilarating. The cleaning and the cooking are work, but they are also signs of the celebration about to unfold. But what if no one comes? If they make light of it? If they kill the messenger who bears the invitation? This is the picture painted in today’s parable. God simply desires to enjoy time with humanity, but we would rather go our own way. Jesus is put to death. But death will not stop the party. Jesus journeys with us all the way through the valley of the shadow of death until death itself is swallowed up. Rejoice in the Lord always! Once inside the party, why would you remove the robe of faith? God has done all the work. Christ who was dead is alive. Rejoice!

Hymns

 In our prayers we remember Lutheran Social Services of Illinois.