The Fifth Sunday of Easter
14 May 2017
The Gathering of the
Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘Here in This Place New Light Is
Streaming’ Common Praise #465
Introductory Responses
Alleluia!
Christ is risen.
The
Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
May his grace and peace be with you.
May
he fill our hearts with joy.
The Hymn of Praise
‘Glory, in the Highest Glory’ Common
Praise #366
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
Risen
Christ,
give us grace to love one
another,
to search for truth
and to walk in the ways of
justice and peace,
The Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from Proverbs (4.10-18).
4.10 Hear, my child, and accept my
words, that the years of your life may be many.
11 I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the
paths of uprightness. 12 When
you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble. 13 Keep hold of instruction; do
not let go; guard her, for she is your life.
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in
the way of evildoers. 15
Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless
they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have
made someone stumble. 17 For
they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the righteous
is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm
119.25-32 from Songs for the Holy One.
Refrain
(sung twice): Holy One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
My life is stuck in the dust of the grave;
restore
my life as you promised.
I
tell you everything I have done.
You answer! Teach me your laws.
Make me understand the intent of your
precepts
so
I may rejoice in your wonders.
My
life flows away in grief!
Sustain me, as you promised!
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
Remove all false ways from me,
Favour
me with your teaching.
I
have chosen the path of fidelity.
Your commandments I have taken to
heart.
Firmly I observe your decrees, Holy One;
do
not let me be disgraced!
Earnestly
I follow your commandments,
for you enlarge my understanding!
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
The Second Reading
A reading from the First Letter of Peter (2.2-10).
2.2 Like newborn infants, long
for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation — 3
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4
Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious
in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones, let yourselves be built
into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6
For it stands in scripture: “See, I am
laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious; and whoever believes
in him will not be put to shame.”
7
To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, “The
stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner,” 8
and
“A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock
that makes them fall.” They stumble
because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,
in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light. 10
Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not
received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’
Common Praise #715 (‘Alleluia’
refrain only)
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to John (14.1-14).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
14.1
[Jesus said,] “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house there are
many dwelling places. If it were not so,
would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am,
there you may be also. 4 And
you know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do
not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way,
and the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through me. 7
If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen
him.”
8
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been
with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in
the Father and the Father is in me? The
words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in
me does his works. 11 Believe
me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then
believe me because of the works themselves. 12 Very truly, I tell you, the one
who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do
greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 I will do whatever you ask in my
name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If in my name you ask me for
anything, I will do it.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Alleluia’
Common Praise #715 (‘Alleluia’
refrain only)
The Homily
The Nicene Creed
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,
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.
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the risen Christ be always
with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘Come, People of the Living God’ Common
Praise #554
Prayer over the Gifts
Let
us pray.
Gracious
God,
you show us your way
and give us your divine life.
May everything we do be
directed
by the knowledge of your
truth.
We ask this in the name of
Jesus Christ the risen Lord. Amen. [ii]
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, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all
places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, for the
glorious resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ, the true Paschal Lamb who
gave himself to take away our sin, who in dying has destroyed death, and in
rising has brought us to eternal life.
And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses of the
resurrection, with earth and sea and all their creatures, and with angels and
archangels, cherubim and seraphim, we praise your name and join their unending
hymn:
You
are holy, you are whole.
You
are always ever more
than
we ever understand.
You
are always at hand.
Blessed
are you coming near.
Blessed
are you coming here
to
your church in wine and bread,
raised
from soil, raised from dead.
You
are holy,
you
are wholeness,
you
are present.
Let
the cosmos praise you, Lord!
Sing
hosanna in the highest!
Blessed
are you, O God of the universe. Your
mercy is everlasting and your faithfulness endures from age to age.
Praise
to you for creating the heavens and the earth.
Praise to you for saving the earth from the waters of the flood. Praise to you for bringing the Israelites
safely through the sea. Praise to you
for leading your people through the wilderness to the land of milk and honey. Praise to you for the words and deeds of
Jesus, your anointed one. Praise to you
for the death and resurrection of Christ.
Praise to you for your Spirit poured out on all nations.
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.
With
this bread and cup we remember our Lord’s passover from death to life as we
proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
O
God of resurrection and new life: Pour
out your Holy Spirit on us and on these gifts of bread and wine. Bless this feast. Grace our table with your presence. Come,
Holy Spirit.
Reveal
yourself to us in the breaking of the bread.
Raise us up as the body of Christ for the world. Breathe new life into us. Send us forth, burning with justice, peace,
and love. Come, Holy Spirit.
With
the ever-blessed virgin Mary, blessed Joseph, blessed Faith and your holy ones
of all times and places, with the earth and all its creatures, with sun and
moon and stars, we praise you, O God, blessed and holy Trinity, now and
forever. 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,
The Breaking of the Bread
Lord, we died with you on the cross.
Now
we are raised to new life.
We were buried in your tomb.
Now
we share in your resurrection.
Live
in us, that we may live in you.
These are the gifts of God for the people of
God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life’ Common
Praise #569
The Sending Forth of the
Community
Prayer after Communion
Let
us pray.
God
of love,
in this eucharist we have
heard your truth
and shared in your life.
May we always walk in your
way,
in the name of Jesus Christ
the Lord. Amen. [vi]
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
‘Splendour and Honour’ Common
Praise #364
Dismissal
The
Deacon sends the Community forth with an appropriate Dismissal.
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