Liturgical Ordo for All Saints Sunday (4 November 2012)

All SAints

4 November 2012

The Gathering of the Community

Processional Hymn

‘All People Who on Earth Do Dwell’  Common Praise #349

Introductory Responses

Splendour and honour and sovereign power

are yours by right, O Lord our God,

for you created everything that is,

and by your will they were created and have their being;

and yours by right, O Lamb that was slain,

for with your blood you have redeemed for God,

from every family, language, people and nation,

a kingdom of priests to serve our God on earth.

Hymn of Praise

‘Come, Let Us Join’  Common Praise #319

Collect

Let us pray.

Source of all being,

beginning and end,

we praise you for those who have served you faithfully.

For the sake of Jesus Christ,

replenish our hope in your eternal kingdom,

that we may have life in all its fullness,

unfettered by the fear of death.  Amen.[i]

The Proclamation of the Word

First Reading

Isaiah 25.6-9

The Psalm

Psalm 24 in Songs for the Holy One

The Second Reading

Revelation 21.1-6a

The Gradual Hymn

‘Blessed Feasts of Blessed Martyrs’  Common Praise #284

The Gospel

John 11.32-44

The Homily

The Affirmation of Faith

Let us confess our faith, as we say,

We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirit

was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary

and became truly human.

For our sake he was crucified

under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father,

who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic

and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism

for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come.  Amen.[ii]

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

‘The Eternal Gifts of Christ the King’  Common Praise #285 (sung to #599)

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.[iii]

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.[iv]

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

‘Before the World Began’  Common Praise #621

The Sending Forth of the Community

Stewardship Moment

Prayer after Communion

O God of our salvation,

bless us who have received this eucharist

with your healing presence;

make us hungry for justice;

strengthen our faith;

and increase our love for others,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.[v]

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

‘For All the Saints’  Common Praise #276 vv. 1, 2, 4, 7, 8

Dismissal

The text of the Dismissal is at the discretion of the Deacon or Assisting Minister.

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[i] Scripture Prayer for All Saints, Year B in Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 227.

[ii] The Nicene Creed as printed in Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 104.

[iii] Thematic Prayer for All Saints in Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 226, as adapted by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.

[iv] Thanksgiving at the Table VI from Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 66, with the All Saints Preface from The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 224.

[v] Concluding Intercessory Prayer for All Saints in Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 226, as adapted by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.