Evening Prayers September 20th 2020, 晚上祈禱2020年9月20

 

We stand against hunger

Against injustice

And we hope for a better world

Where everyone is housed

And fed

A world of abundance

Bless us in that journey

 

Song “Little things with great love”

https://youtu.be/DnlT_wopACk

 

You entrusted the earth to us

And we have destroyed it

The forests are burning

Animals are dying

Our world is sick

Forgive us

Restore our vision and help us to act bravely to save this precious world

 

We say the Lord’s Prayer in our own language

 

Reading Romans 6v3 For sins power over us was broken when we became Christians and were baptised to become part of Jesus Christ , through his death the power of your sinful life was shattered. 

 

We pray tonight for those in lockdown, for children and teaching staff, for doctors and health workers, for people who are isolated and exhausted, for wise decisions by government, for the people of Belarus, Syria, Yemen and Hong Kong, for the unrest in the US and the chaos in the UK and all those we know who need our help and prayers who we carry in our hearts tonight. 

 

Spirit of the Living God present with us now heal our bodies, minds and spirits and help us to turn away from that which harms us. Let your angels be beside us at this time and protect us. In Jesus Name we pray.  

 

Closing Responses

 

In the depth of silence

No words are needed

We are just called to listen

To the movement of the Spirit

And in the midst of confusion

To hear your voice. 

 

 Amen. 

 

©Iona Community and Janet Morley adapted

 

 

我們反對飢餓

反對不公正

我們希望有一個更美好的世界

每個人都住的地方

和餵

豐富的世界

在那段旅程中祝福我們

 

歌曲“充滿愛的小事”

https://youtu.be/DnlT_wopACk

 

您把地球託付給了我們

我們已經摧毀了它

森林在燃燒

動物快死了

我們的世界病了

原諒我們

恢復我們的視野並幫助我們採取勇敢的行動來拯救這個寶貴的世界

 

我們用自己的語言說主禱文

 

閱讀羅馬書6v3因為當我們成為基督徒並受洗成為耶穌基督的一部分時，罪對我們的能力被打破了； 通過他的死，你有罪天性的力量被粉碎了

 

今晚我們為禁閉者，兒童和教學人員，醫生和衛生工作者，為孤立和精疲力竭的人們祈禱，為政府明智的決定祈禱，為白俄羅斯，敘利亞，也門和香港人民祈禱，為動亂祈禱在美國和在英國的混亂中，以及我們認識的所有今晚需要我們幫助和祈禱的人。

 

與我們同在的永生上帝的靈現在可以治愈我們的身體，思想和精神，並幫助我們擺脫傷害我們的事物。此時，讓您的天使在我們身邊，保護我們。我們奉耶穌的名祈禱。

 

結束回應

 

在寂靜的深處

無需說話

我們只是被要求聽

為了聖靈的運動

在混亂中

聽到你的聲音。

 

 阿們

 

©Iona Community和Janet Morley改編

 

 

Pentecost 16 2020, Matthew 20v1-16, The workers in the Vineyard, Gods fairness, 五旬節2020年，馬太福音20v1-16節，葡萄園的工人，上帝的公平

 

 
Song “Waymaker”
https://youtu.be/BfdOP8139i4
 
Song “How can I keep from singing”
https://youtu.be/Li2hddmy63U
 
 
Song “Peacemaker”
https://youtu.be/l3zRo3G32d8
 
Song “Lead kindly light”
https://youtu.be/7g2xe7RlD9k
 
 
Song “I will praise you in the storm”
https://youtu.be/0YUGwUgBvTU
 
Song “Little things with great love”
https://youtu.be/pm5VQAxdMrc
 
 
Opening Responses
 
The world belongs to God
The earth and all its people
How good and lovely it is 
To live together in unity
Love and faith come together
Justice and peace join hands
 
Song “Let your Holy Spirit”
https://youtu.be/vjFmmC7wDzg
 
Let us in silence remember our faults and failings
Christ have mercy on us, and deliver us from our sins and may we amend our lives
Amen.

The Lords Prayer in our own language

Song “Peace like a river”
https://youtu.be/mF6n49nKrXA

Reading Matthew 20v1-16
 
For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. ² He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
³ About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. ⁴ He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ ⁵ So they went.
He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. ⁶ About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ ⁷ Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’
⁸ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’
⁹ The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. ¹⁰ So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. ¹¹ When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ¹² ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’
¹³ But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? ¹⁴ Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. ¹⁵ Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ ¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.
 
Song “My dwelling place”
https://youtu.be/eiuNq2OWgzg
 
Reflection
 
This is a story about settling accounts. 
 
It's about receiving from God , not earning our salvation. It follows the story of Jesus' encounter with the rich young ruler. There is a link saying, "the first will be last, and the last will be first." Like all the parables, it’s a riddle with many layers. Its enigmatic. In Gods upside down kingdom people receive the same, whatever they have done. This can cause charges of unfairness! It’s the crux of the gospel. We come to God as equals. No-one is worth more or less.
 
The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner, who hires workers for his fields. He employs them early in the morning, then later in the morning, at about 9am.
  
A denarius was a Roman silver coin that was the equivalent of the daily wage for a labourer.

  
When the evening came he instructed the manager to pay the wages, starting with those employed last. They all got the same- a denarius! They began to grumble about the landowner, despite the fact they had all been unemployed at the beginning of the day. 
 
The landlord calls them friends and says, “I am not being unfair to you. I made an agreement to pay you a denarius. Leave now! I have the right to do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous? Do you begrudge my generosity because I am generous?”
 
The disciples, like the rich young ruler, think that getting God’s blessing depends on doing, so they are told to watch out. Those who think they are secure may well come undone.
 
So Jesus concluded, the first (the self-righteous, the Pharisees) will become the last and the last (outcasts, non Jews, sinners) will become first. It is the meek who will inherit the earth. And that’s us-hopefully!
 
Song “Pilgrim”
https://youtu.be/XaQnYSbgnM0
 
Our Prayers
We pray for people and situations we are concerned about including people having to go back into lockdown, to work, school and those still in lockdown, the desperate people crossing the sea in dinghies, continuing deaths from Covid 19, the ongoing unrest in Belarus, Hong Kong and Syria and other places, the rise of fascism, the government, the Rohinga Muslims, Muslims being persecuted in China, protection for key workers and adequate PPE, protection for Black and Asian people, for people on low or no incomes, for those with underlying health conditions and those over 60, care for those who are alone and those suffering with depression, protection for asylum seekers and refugees and ensuring that food is reaching the vulnerable and global warming. 
May we not fail you. Amen
 
Song “In Christ alone”
https://youtu.be/16KYvfIc2bE
 
The blessing of God be upon you 
On those you love and those you meet
This day and forevermore. Amen
 
With thanks to the ©Iona Community adapted
 
 
歌曲“ Waymaker”
https://youtu.be/BfdOP8139i4
 
歌曲“我如何避免唱歌”
https://youtu.be/Li2hddmy63U
 
 
歌曲“和平締造者”
https://youtu.be/l3zRo3G32d8
 
歌曲“鉛友善的光”
https://youtu.be/7g2xe7RlD9k
 
 
歌曲“我會在暴風雨中讚美你”
https://youtu.be/0YUGwUgBvTU
 
歌曲“充滿愛的小事”
https://youtu.be/pm5VQAxdMrc
 
 
開幕回應
 
世界屬於上帝
地球及其所有人
多麼可愛
團結在一起
愛與信仰匯聚
正義與和平攜手
 
歌曲“讓你的聖靈”
https://youtu.be/vjFmmC7wDzg
 
讓我們默默地記住我們的過失和失敗
基督憐憫我們，拯救我們脫離罪惡，願我們改變自己的生命
阿們
 
上議院的禱告用我們自己的語言
 
歌曲“和平如河”
https://youtu.be/mF6n49nKrXA
 
 
讀馬太福音20v1-16
 
因為天國就像一個土地所有者，他一大早出去為他的葡萄園僱用工人。 2他同意給他們一天的通行費，然後將它們送到他的葡萄園。
3大約早上九點，他出去了，看到站在市場上的其他人甚麼也沒做。 4他告訴他們，‘您也去我的葡萄園工作，我會付給您一切正確的東西。’5他們就去了。
他大約中午和下午三點再次出門，做了同樣的事情。 6大約下午五點，他出去了，發現還有其他人站在附近。他問他們：“為什麼您整天站在這裡什麼也不做？” 7因為沒有人僱用我們，所以他們回答。他對他們說：‘您也去我的葡萄園工作。’
8晚上到了，葡萄園的主人對他的工頭說：“給工人打電話，付給他們工資，從最後僱用的人開始，一直到第一個。”
9大約下午五點被雇用的工人來了，每個人都被拒絕了。 10因此，當那些首先被錄用的人來時，他們期望得到更多。但是他們每個人也得到了拒絕。 11收到禮物後，他們開始對土地所有者發牢騷。 12“他們最後一次被雇用的人只工作了一個小時，”他們說，“而您使他們與我們一樣，承擔了工作的重擔和一天中的辛苦。”
13但他回答其中一個說：“我對你不公平，朋友。您不同意為拒絕工作嗎？ 14付錢就走。我想給我最後一個被錄用的人。 15我不有權用自己的錢做自己想做的事嗎？還是因為我慷慨而羨慕您？” 16因此，最後一個將是第一個，最後一個將是最後一個。
 
歌曲“我的住所”
https://youtu.be/eiuNq2OWgzg
 
反射
 
這是有關結算帳戶的故事。
 
這是關於從上帝那裡得到，而不是贏得我們的救贖。它講述了耶穌與富有的年輕統治者相遇的故事。有一個鏈接說，“第一個將是最後一個，而最後一個將是第一個。”像所有寓言一樣，這是一個多層的謎語。其神秘感。在顛倒的神國中，無論他們做什麼，人民都會得到同樣的結果。這可能會導致不公平的指控！這是福音的癥結所在。我們平等地來到上帝面前。沒有人或多或少地值得。
 
天國就像一個地主，為他的田地僱用工人。他在清晨僱用他們，然後在早上9點左右僱用他們。
  
拒絕金是羅馬的銀幣，相當於一個工人的日工資。
  
傍晚時分，他指示經理從最後僱用的工人開始支付工資。他們都一樣-拒絕！他們開始抱怨土地所有者，儘管事實上他們一開始都是失業的。
 
房東叫他們朋友，說：“我對你不公平。我已同意支付您一筆定金。現在離開！我有權用自己的錢做自己想做的事。你吃醋了嗎您是否因為我的慷慨而討厭我的慷慨？”
 
門徒們像富有的年輕統治者一樣，認為獲得上帝的祝福取決於做事，因此被告知要當心。那些認為自己安全的人可能會被撤銷。
 
因此耶穌得出結論，第一個（自以為是，法利賽人）將成為最後一個，最後一個（流放者，非猶太人，罪人）將成為最後一個。溫柔的人將繼承大地。這就是我們，希望如此！
 
歌曲“朝聖者”
https://youtu.be/XaQnYSbgnM0
 
 
我們的祈禱
我們為人們關心的人和情況祈禱，其中包括必須重返鎖定狀態，工作，學習和仍處於鎖定狀態的人們，絕望的人在小艇中過海，因Covid 19持續死亡，白俄羅斯持續的動亂，香港和敘利亞等地，法西斯主義的興起，政府，羅欣加穆斯林，在中國受到迫害的穆斯林，保護關鍵工人和適當的個人防護裝備，保護黑人和亞裔，低收入或無收入者，