Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Remembrance Sunday: A Sunday for Peace

Here is a Liturgical Ordo for the Sunday following Remembrance Day.

remembrance Sunday
A Sunday for Peace
13 November 2011

The Gathering of the Community

Processional Hymn
 “We, the Lord’s People”  Common Praise #10

Introductory Responses
In the days to come
the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall tower as the highest of mountains
and be raised above the hills.
Nations shall beat their swords into ploughshares,
their spears into pruning-knives;
nation shall not lift sword against nation;
they shall never train for war again.
O people of Jacob, come,
let us walk in the light of the Lord.  [1]

Hymn of Praise
 “Confitemini Domino”  Common Praise #402 (x 4)

Collect
Let us pray.

O God,
it is you will to hold both heaven and earth in a single peace.
Let the design of your great love
shine on the waste of our wraths and sorrows,
and give peace to your Church,
peace among nations,
peace in our homes
and peace in our hearts;
through your Son Jesus Christ.  Amen.  [2]

The Proclamation of the Word

First Reading
Micah 4.1-5

The Psalm
Psalm 85.8-13 in Songs for the Holy One

The Second Reading
Ephesians 2.13-18

The Gradual Hymn
 “In Christ There Is No East or West”  Common Praise #484

The Gospel
Matthew 5.38-48

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.  [3]

The Prayers of the Community

Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings

Moment of Silence with ‘Last Post’

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
 “Let Streams of Living Justice”  Common Praise #575

Prayer over the Gifts
God of unfailing light,
in your realm of glory
the poor are blessed,
the hungry filled,
and every tear is wiped away.
Strengthened by this vision,
may we who offer these gifts
follow in the way of holiness
that your Son made known in life and death.  Amen.  [4]




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;
in the multitude of your saints
you have surrounded us
with so great a cloud of witnesses,
that we, rejoicing in their fellowship,
may run with patience the race that is set before us,
and together with them receive the crown of glory
that never fades away.
Therefore with angels and archangels
and with all who have served you in every age,
we raise 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.  [5]



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
God of promise,
you prepare a banquet for us in your kingdom.
Happy are those who are called
to the supper of the Lamb.

The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.

The Communion

Communion Hymn
 “Come Now, O Prince of Peace”  Common Praise #588

The Sending Forth of the Community

Stewardship Moment




Prayer after Communion
Bread of life,
you taught us to put away bitterness and anger,
and with tenderhearted kindness
to share the fruit of our labour with the needy.
Strengthen us by your grace,
that in communion with you,
we may forgive one another
and live in love as Christ loved us.  Amen.  [6]

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
 “Let There Be Light”  Common Praise #572

Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the God of justice.
Thanks be to God.

Liturgical Notes

The Readings are those appointed in The Book of Common Prayer (USA 1979) for ‘Peace’, p. 930.

All the Hymns are chosen from Common Praise (Canada 1995).

[1]  Isaiah 2.2, 4b, 5 as published in The Book of Alternative Services (Canada 1985), pp. 75-76.

[2]  Collect for Peace in The Book of Alternative Services (Canada 1985), p. 677.

[3]  The Affirmation of Faith is the ‘Hear, O Israel’ as published in The Book of Alternative Services (Canada 1985), p. 53, and arranged by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.

[4]  The Prayer over the Gifts is the ‘Thematic Prayer for All Saints’ in Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), p. 226.

[5]  The Thanksgiving at the Table is Prayer VI from Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), p. 66, with the ‘All Saints’ Preface from The Book of Alternative Services (Canada 1985), p. 224.

[6]  The Prayer after Communion is the ‘Scripture Prayer’ for Proper 14 [19], Year B in Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), p. 172.


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