TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
November 16, 2025
THE FATHER IS MY HOPE; THE SON IS MY REFUGE;
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY PROTECTION.
ALL HOLY TRINITY, GLORY TO THEE!
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON: Isaiah 65:17-25
17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating;
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it,
or the cry of distress. 20 No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days,
or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed. 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord— and their descendants as well. 24 Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox;
but the serpent—its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
THE LESSON: 1 Peter 2:1-10
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in scripture: ‘See, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious;
and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.’ 7 To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner’, 8 and ‘A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.’ They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
THE GOSPEL: Matthew 21:10-16
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, ‘Who is this?’ 11 The crowds were saying, ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’ 12 Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’ 14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did, and heard the children crying out in the temple, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’, they became angry 16 and said to him, ‘Do you hear what these are saying?’Jesus said to them, ‘Yes; have you never read, “Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise for yourself”?’
PARISH LIFE NOTES
CONFIRMATION CLASS DATES Confirmation classes will begin on November 15. The following sessions will take place on December 13, January 10, and January 17, in preparation for the Confirmation Service on January 25.
Time & Place: 3:00–4:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church, upstairs lounge.
ST. NICHOLAS FESTIVAL 2025 – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
St. Mary’s fourth annual St. Nicholas Festival will take place on Saturday, December 6th, from 11am to 3:30pm. We need volunteers from the parish to make this event run smoothly. It is a big fundraiser for us.
The day will include a barbecue/bonfire, bake sale, market (including used books this year), children’s activities, a café with music, and church tours, culminating in a short Lessons & Carols service with a visit from St. Nicholas!
If you are interested in volunteering or need general information about the event, please email Katherine and she will direct you to the relevant team leader. You can also talk to the relevant team leader directly:
- Children’s Activities – Shelley
- Market – Clara
- Bake Sale – Amy & Sharon
- Café – Chelsey
- Barbecue – Lyndon
Please let your friends and family know about the event!
Also, we encourage everyone to contribute what you can for our bake sale (other food items, such as jams, also accepted) and market. As well as a used book sale, we also have a table for selling gently-used toys, children’s items, and Christmas decorations.
- Drop off items for the marketplace between Sunday, November 30 and Friday, December 5 at the church, unless otherwise arranged.
- If you need help with items, please contact Clara or Grace. Thank you all for your support and prayers!”
FREE ADVENT RETREAT
Join the last day of the church year for a short, fun, and meaningful session to ready yourself for the Advent season.
When: Saturday, November 29, from 10 a.m. 2 p.m.
Where: All Saints Anglican, Weyburn
Led by Rev. Christine Burton, we will have videos, readings, discussion, and contemplation, as well as LUNCH! (Soup and a few other bits; you’re welcome to contribute, but nothing required). Please register in advance by contacting Rev. Christine “so she can make enough food”!
Nothing required except your heart, mind, and spirit!
WORSHIP THIS WEEK
- Morning Prayer: Tuesday at 8:30a.m.
- Evening Prayer: Wednesday at 5.30 p.m.
- Sunday night prayer: Sunday 7:00 p.m.