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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