The twentieth
Sunday after Pentecost
26 October 2014
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance Hymn
‘O God, Our Help in Ages Past’ Common Praise #528 vv. 1, 2, 3
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 to God’ Common Praise #702
Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
Lord of the teasing riddle,
whose questions undo our certainty
and set us on a different path:
give us a heart of passion,
a searching mind,
gentle strength of body
and unseen depths of soul,
so that we might love you wholly
and our neighbour as ourselves;
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The First Reading
A Reading from Deuteronomy (34.1-12).
Then
Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,
which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land
of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the
Negeb, and the Plain — that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees —
as far as Zoar. The Lord said to
him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants’; I have let you see it with your
eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died
there in the land of Moab, at the Lord’s command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab,
opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he
died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigour had not abated. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of
Moab thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended.
Joshua
son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands
on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Never
since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew
face to face. He was unequaled for all
the signs and wonders that the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh
and all his servants and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and all
the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all
Israel.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm of the Day
Psalm 90.1-6, 13-17 with the refrain from Songs
for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): Gracious
God, strengthen our hands that we may serve.
1 Lord, you have been our refuge *
from one generation to another.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or the land and the earth were
born, *
from
age to age you are God.
3 You turn us back to the dust and
say, *
“Go back, O child of earth.”
4 For a thousand years in your sight
are like yesterday when it is
past *
and
like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep us away like a dream;
*
we fade away suddenly like the
grass.
6 In the morning it is green and flourishes; *
in
the evening it is dried up and withered.
Refrain:
Gracious God, strengthen our
hands that we may serve.
13 Return, O Lord; how long will
you tarry? *
Be gracious to your servants.
14 Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the morning; *
so
shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.
15 Make us glad by the measure of
the days that you afflicted us *
and the years in which we suffered
adversity.
16 Show your servants your works *
and
your splendour to their children.
17 May the graciousness of the Lord
our God be upon us; *
prosper
the work of our hands; prosper our handiwork.
Refrain:
Gracious God, strengthen our
hands that we may serve.
The Second Reading
A Reading from Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians
(2.1-8).
You
yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain,
but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi,
as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in
spite of great opposition. For our
appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as
we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel,
even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our
hearts. As you know and as God is our
witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor
did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we
might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse
tenderly caring for her own children. So
deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the
gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘What Does the Lord Require’ Common Praise #171
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew (22.34-46).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
When
the Pharisees heard that [Jesus] had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered
together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher,
which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and
the prophets.”
Now
while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by
the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right
hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be
his son?” No one was able to give him an
answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
An Affirmation of Faith
Let us affirm our faith as we say,
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.
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
‘For the Fruit of All Creation’ Common Praise #259
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 faith.
Christ
has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
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
“I am the bread
which has come down from heaven,”
says the
Lord.
Give us this bread for ever.
“I am the
vine, you are the branches.”
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn after Communion
‘We Are Called’ Evangelical Lutheran Worship #720
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The Prayer after Communion
All your works praise you, O Lord.
And
your faithful servants bless you.
Gracious
God
we
thank you for feeding us
with
the body and blood of your Son
Jesus
Christ.
May
we, who share his body,
live
his risen life;
we,
who drink his cup,
bring
life to others;
we,
whom the Spirit lights,
give
light to the world.
Keep
us firm in the hope you have set before us,
so
that we and all your children shall be free,
and
the whole earth live to praise your name;
Closing Hymn
‘O God, Our Help in Ages Past’ Common Praise #528 vv. 4, 5, 6
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 for Year A’, 12.
[v] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 53.
[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] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 212 alt.
[xi] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 214-215.
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