Pentecost 21
6 November
2011
The Gathering
of the Community
Processional Hymn
‘Lo,
He Comes with Clouds Descending’ Common Praise #114
Introductory Responses
The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy
Spirit be with you all.
And also with you.
Collect for Purity
Almighty
God,
to you all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from you no secrets are hidden.
Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy
Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you,
and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn of Praise
‘Glory
to God on High’ Common Praise #365
Collect
Let
us pray.
Eternal
God,
who caused all holy scriptures
to be written for our learning,
grant us so to hear them,
read, mark, learn and inwardly
digest them,
that we may embrace and ever hold
fast
the blessed hope of everlasting
life,
which you have given us in our
Saviour Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The
Proclamation of the Word
First Reading
Joshua
24.1-3a, 14=25
The Psalm
‘God’s
Promise: Psalm 78.1-7’ in Songs for the Holy One
The Second Reading
1
Thessalonians 4.13-18
The Gradual Hymn
‘You
Servants of the Lord’ Common Praise #93 (sung to #496)
The Gospel
Matthew
25.1-13
The Homily
The Affirmation of
Faith
Hear,
O Israel,
the
Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
This
is the first and the great commandment.
The
second is like it:
Love
your neighbour as yourself.
There is no commandment greater than
these.
Lord, have mercy upon us,
and write both these laws in our
hearts,
we beseech you.
The Prayers
of the Community
Intercessions,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the
Peace
May
the peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy
Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘We
Praise You, O God’ Common Praise #342
Prayer over the Gifts
Gracious
God,
your word to us is food indeed.
Receive all we offer you this day,
and let your loving-kindness be our
comfort,
for the sake of Jesus Christ, your
living Word. Amen.
Thanksgiving at the
Table
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift
up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and
praise.
Blessed
are you, gracious God,
creator
of heaven and earth;
you
are the source of light and life for all your creation,
you
made us in your own image,
and
call us to new life in Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Therefore
we praise you,
joining
our voices to proclaim the glory of your name.
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your
glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Holy
God, mighty Lord, gracious Father:
Endless
is your mercy and eternal your reign.
You
have filled all creation with light and life’
heaven
and earth are full of your glory.
We
praise you for the grace shown to your people in every age:
the
promise to Israel, the rescue from Egypt,
the
gift of the promised land, the words of the prophets;
and,
at this end of all the ages, the gift of your Son,
who
proclaimed the good news in word and deed
and
was obedient to your will, even to giving his life.
In
the night in which he was betrayed,
our
Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks;
broke
it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take
and eat; this is my body, given for you.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.
Again,
after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,
and
gave it for all to drink, saying:
This
cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed
for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.
For
as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup,
we
proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Therefore,
O God, with this bread and cup
we
remember the life our Lord offered for us.
And,
believing the witness of his resurrection,
we
await his coming power to share with us
the
great and promised feast.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Send
now, we pray, your Holy Spirit,
that
we who share in Christ’s body and blood
may
live to the praise of your glory
and
receive our inheritance with all your saints in light.
Amen. Come, Holy Spirit.
Join
our prayers with those of your servants of every time and place,
and
unite them with the ceaseless petitions of our great high priest
until
he comes as victorious Lord of all.
Through
him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all
glory and honour is yours, almighty Father, now and for ever.
Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against
us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the
Bread
Creator
of all,
you
gave us golden fields of wheat,
whose
many grains we have gathered
and
made into this one bread.
So may your Church be gathered
from the ends of the earth
into your kingdom.
The
gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The Communion
Communion Hymn
‘Thou,
Who at Thy First Eucharist’ Common Praise #57
The Sending
Forth of the Community
Stewardship Moment
Prayer after Communion
Living
God,
in the eucharist you fill us with
new hope.
May the power of your love,
which we have known in word and
sacrament,
continue your saving work among us,
and bring us to the joy you promise.
We ask this in the name of Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Glory
to God,
whose power, working in us,
can do infinitely more
than we can ask or imagine.
Glory to God from generation to
generation,
in the Church and in Christ Jesus,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Closing Hymn
‘Rejoice,
the Lord Is King’ Common Praise #379
Dismissal
Let
the light of Christ shine forth in you as you go to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Liturgical Notes
The Greeting
is from Evangelical Lutheran Worship,
98.
The Collect,
Prayer over the Gifts and Prayer after Communion are from The Book of Alternative Services, 391-392.
The
Affirmation of Faith is an adaptation of the Summary of the Law as used in The Book of Alternative Services.
The
Thanksgiving at the Table is ‘Thanksgiving at the Table VI’ from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 66 with
the ‘Lord’s Day 1’ preface from The Book
of Alternative Services, 218.
The
Dismissal was prepared by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.
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