Holy Cross Day
14 September
2014
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance Hymn
‘Today I Awake’ Common Praise #9
Greeting
Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God,
the
fountain of living water,
the
rock who gave us birth,
Fountain of living water,
for the times when we have used your gifts
carelessly
and acted ungratefully;
have
mercy upon us.
Rock who gave us birth,
we enjoy the fruits of the harvest,
but sometimes forget that you have given
them to us;
have
mercy upon us.
Light that brightens our darkness,
we belong to a people who are full and
satisfied,
but ignore the cry of the hungry;
have
mercy upon us.
Salvation that restores us,
we are thoughtless,
and do not care enough for the world you
have made;
have
mercy upon us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
we store up goods for ourselves alone,
as if there were no God and no promised
reign of justice and peace;
Gracious God,
you loved the world so much
that you sent your Son to be our Saviour.
Forgive our sins
and make us ready to serve you in all times
and in all places;
Canticle
‘Glory, Glory in the Highest’ Common Praise #366
Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
God of compassion,
Jesus
was lifted up on the cross,
a
sign of your steadfast love
and
a pledge of your will to save.
Grant
healing of soul and life eternal
to
those who look upon the cross in faith;
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The First Reading
A Reading from Numbers (21.4-9).
From
Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of
Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against
Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we
detest this miserable food.” Then the Lord sent
poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many
Israelites died. The people came to
Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to the
Lord to
take away the serpents from us.” So
Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to
Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is
bitten shall look at it and live.” So
Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent
bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm of the Day
Psalm 98 with the refrain from Songs for the
Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): Sing
to the Holy One! Sing a new song!
1 Sing a new song to the Lord,
who has done marvellous things, *
whose strong
hand and holy arm have won the victory.
2 O Lord, you have made known the
victory; *
you have
openly shown your righteousness in the sight of the nations.
Refrain:
Sing to the Holy One! Sing a new song!
3
You remember your mercy and faithfulness to the house of Israel, *
and all the
ends of the earth have seen your victory, O God.
4 Shout with joy to the Lord, all
you lands; *
lift up your
voice, rejoice and sing.
Refrain:
Sing to the Holy One! Sing a new song!
5
Sing to the Lord with the harp, *
with the harp
and the voice of song.
6
With trumpets and the sound of the horn *
shout with joy
before our sovereign, the Lord.
Refrain:
Sing to the Holy One! Sing a new song!
The Second Reading
A Reading from Paul’s First Letter to the
Corinthians (1.18-25).
For
the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to
us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the
discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of
this age? Has not God made foolish the
wisdom of the world? For since, in the
wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through
the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire
wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and
foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human
wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing’ Common Praise #211 vv. 1, 3, 4
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to John (3.13-17).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
[Jesus
said,] “No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from
heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him
may have eternal life.
“For God so loved the world that he
gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may
have eternal life.
“Indeed, God did not send the Son
into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved
through him.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
An Affirmation of Faith
Let us affirm our faith in folly of God
made known in the cross of Christ.
The
cross is the way of the lost;
the
cross is the staff of the lame;
the
cross is the guide of the blind;
the
cross is the strength of the weak;
the
cross is the hope of the hopeless;
the
cross is the freedom of the slaves;
the
cross is the water of the seeds;
the
cross is the consolation of the bonded labourers;
the
cross is the source of those who seek water;
The Prayers of the Community
The Prayers of the People
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the Lord be always with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘The Kingdom of God is Justice and Joy’ Common Praise #631
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O God,
maker
of all things.
Through
your goodness
you
have blessed us with these gifts:
our
selves, our time and our possessions.
Use
us, and what we have gathered,
in
feeding the world with your love,
through
the one who gave himself for us,
The 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.
It is indeed
right
that we
should praise you, gracious God,
for you
created all things.
You formed
us in your own image:
male and
female you created us.
When we
turned away from you in sin,
you did not cease
to care for us,
but opened a
path of salvation for all people.
You made a
covenant with Israel,
and through
your servants Abraham and Sarah
gave the
promise of a blessing to all nations.
Through
Moses you led your people
from bondage
into freedom;
through the
prophets
you renewed
your promise of salvation.
Therefore,
with them and with all your saints
who have
served you in every age,
we give
thanks and 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.
Holy God, source of life and goodness,
all creation rightly gives you praise.
In the fullness of time,
you sent your Son Jesus Christ,
to share our human nature,
to live and die as one of us,
to reconcile us to you,
the God and Creator of all.
He healed the sick
and ate and drank with outcasts and sinners;
he opened the eyes of the blind
and proclaimed the good news of your kingdom
to the poor and to those in need.
In all things he fulfilled your gracious
will.
On the night he freely gave himself to
death,
our Lord Jesus Christ took bread,
and when he had given thanks to you,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples,
and said, “Take, eat:
this is my body which is given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.”
After supper he took the cup of wine;
and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them,
and said, “Drink this, all of you:
this is my blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for you and for all people
for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this for the remembrance of me.”
Gracious God,
his perfect sacrifice
destroys the power of sin and death;
by raising him to life
you give us life for evermore.
Therefore we proclaim our hope.
Dying
you destroyed our death,
rising you restored our life.
Lord Jesus, come in glory.
Recalling his death,
proclaiming his resurrection,
and looking for his coming again in glory,
we offer you, God of abundance, this bread
and this cup.
Send your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these gifts,
so that all who eat and drink at this table
may be one body and one holy people,
a living sacrifice in Jesus Christ, our
Lord.
Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory is yours, Holy One of Israel,
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,
The Breaking of the Bread
We break
this bread,
communion in Christ’s body once broken.
Let your
Church be the wheat
which bears
its fruit in dying.
If we have died with him,
we shall live with him;
if we hold firm,
we shall reign with him.
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn after Communion
‘May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour’ Common Praise #481
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The Prayer after Communion
Healer of the nations,
your
beloved was lifted on the wood of the cross
and
exalted as Lord of all creation.
Grant
that all who believe in him
may
have the gift of eternal life
and
share in the glory
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
‘Lift High the Cross’ Common Praise #602
The Dismissal
The Deacon sends the People forth with a
Dismissal for the occasion.
[i] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 95.
[ii] Common
Worship (2000), 126 alt.
[iii] Common
Worship (2000), 136 alt.
[iv]
Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects from Pentecost to the Reign of Christ
Year A’, 16.
[v]
Janet Morley, ed., Bread of Tomorrow:
Prayers for the Church Year (1992), 96.
[vi] Evangelical
Lutheran Worship (2006), 107 alt.
[vii] Common
Praise #726.
[viii]
Eucharistic Prayer 1 in The Book of Alternative Services (1985), 193-195 alt.
[ix]
‘Our Father in Heaven’, Common Praise #744.
[x]
Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects from Pentecost to the Reign of Christ
Year A’, 16.
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