Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2025: July 13, 2025

We invite you to St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, located at 216 E. Chandler Blvd., Burlington, WI, for our Holy Eucharist service at 9:00 a.m. Where we celebrate the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2025

We will be using the Track II readings, and the theme for this service is “Near to You and Sending Us in Love.”

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Collect of the Day for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2025

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Readings for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2025 (Proper 10C, Track II)

Here are the readings for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2025. A link to print them out is provided below if needed.

Old Testament: Deuteronomy 30:9–14

God promises abundant prosperity to His people when they obey the commandments with all their heart and soul. The word of God is always accessible—it is near enough “in your mouth and your heart.”

⁹and the Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all your undertakings, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your soil. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, just as he delighted in prospering your ancestors, ¹⁰when you obey the Lord your God by observing his commandments and decrees that are written in this book of the law, because you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

¹¹Surely, this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away. ¹²It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up to heaven for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?” ¹³Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us, and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?” ¹⁴No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.

Psalm 25:1–9

A prayer for guidance and forgiveness: “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. All the paths of the Lord are filled with love and faithfulness.”

¹ To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;
  my God, I put my trust in you; *
        let me not be humiliated,
        nor let my enemies triumph over me.
² Let none who look to you be put to shame; *
        let the treacherous be disappointed in their schemes.
³ Show me your ways, O Lord, *
        and teach me your paths.
⁴ Lead me in your truth and teach me, *
        for you are the God of my salvation;
        in you have I trusted all the day long.
⁵ Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love, *
        for they are from everlasting.
⁶ Remember not the sins of my youth and my transgressions; *
        remember me according to your love
        and for the sake of your goodness, O Lord.
⁷ Gracious and upright is the Lord; *
        therefore he teaches sinners in his way.
⁸ He guides the humble in doing right *
        and teaches his way to the lowly.
⁹ All the paths of the Lord are love and faithfulness *
        to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Epistle: Colossians 1:1–14

Paul expresses gratitude for the Colossians’ faith and love, praying for their growth in spiritual wisdom, endurance, and understanding of their shared hope: being rescued from darkness and brought into the kingdom of Christ.

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, ²To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

³In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, ⁵because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel ⁶that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God. ⁷This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, ⁸and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

⁹For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. ¹¹May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully

¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Gospel: Luke 10:25–37

In response to the question, “Who is my neighbor?”, Jesus shares the parable of the Good Samaritan. In this story, religious figures pass by a wounded traveler without offering help, but a Samaritan stops to show great compassion. This parable illustrates that mercy and love for one another are the true measures of our faith.

²⁵Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” ²⁷He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” ²⁹But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ³⁰Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. ³¹Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. ³⁴He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.³⁵The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ ³⁶Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” ³⁷He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Proper 10C, Track 2Download

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Reflection for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 2025

As a community, let us demonstrate God’s presence by showing compassion to others, guided by love and empowered by the Spirit.

• Deuteronomy teaches us that the life path is closer than we might realize.
• The Psalm requests divine guidance for living faithfully.
• Paul inspires us to live purposefully, empowered by grace.
• Jesus teaches us about the importance of performing concrete acts of mercy through the example of the Good Samaritan.

As a community, let us demonstrate God’s presence by showing compassion to others, guided by love and empowered by the Spirit.

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