Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost	October 5, 2025
Prayer of the Day
Generously pardon and give peace to your faithful people, O Lord, that being cleansed from every sin, we may be free and glad to serve; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
First Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
1The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. 2O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? 3Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. 4So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted. 
1I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. 2And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. 3For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end — it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. 4Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.”
Psalm 62 (LBW)*
1For God alone my soul in | silence waits;*
	from him comes | my salvation.
2He alone is my rock and | my salvation,*
	my stronghold, so that I shall not be | greatly shaken.
3How long will you assail me to crush me, all of | you together,*
	as if you were a leaning fence, a | toppling wall?
4They seek only to bring me down from my | place of honor;*
	lies are their | chief delight.
5They bless | with their lips,*
	but in their | hearts they curse.
6For God alone my soul in | silence waits;*
	truly, my hope | is in him.
7He alone is my rock and | my salvation,*
	my stronghold, so that I shall | not be shaken.
8In God is my safety | and my honor;*
	God is my strong rock | and my refuge.
9Put your trust in him al- | ways, O people,*
	pour out your hearts before him, for God | is our refuge.
10Those of high degree are but a | fleeting breath,*
	even those of low estate can- | not be trusted.
11On the scales they are lighter | than a breath,*
	all of | them together.
12Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no | empty pride;*
	though wealth increase, set not your | heart upon it.
13God has spoken once, twice | have I heard it,*
	that power be- | longs to God.
14Steadfast love is | yours, O Lord,*
	for you repay everyone according | to his deeds.
Psalm 62 (ESV)*
1For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
2He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
3How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
4They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse.
5For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
6He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
7On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
8Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.
9Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
10Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
11Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God,
12and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.

*The Book of Common Prayer verse numbers for this psalm are different from the numbering in the ESV.
Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-14
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, 2To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 8Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, 9who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, 10and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, 12which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. 13Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
Gospel: Luke 17:1-10
1{Jesus} said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, 4and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” 5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. 7Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? 8Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? 9Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”
Lessons for Next Week
Ruth 1:1-19a; Psalm 111; 2 Timothy 2:1-13; Luke 17:11-19