remembrance Sunday
A Sunday for Peace
10 November 2013
The Gathering of the Community
Processional
Hymn
‘Rise
Up, O Saints of God’ Songs for a Gospel People #47
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.
Hymn
of Praise
‘Let
There Be Peace on Earth’ Songs for a Gospel People #128
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.
The Proclamation of the Word
First
Reading
A
Reading from Micah (4.1-5)
In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the
highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above the hills. Peoples shall stream to it, and many nations
shall come and say: “Come, let us go up
to the mountain of the Lord, to the
house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk
in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go
forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, and
shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords
into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall all
sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make
them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord
of hosts has spoken.
For all the peoples walk, each in
the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The
Psalm
Psalm 85.8-13 with the Refrain
from Songs for
the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): Holy
One, help us to listen and follow your teachings.
8 I will listen to what you,
Lord God, are saying, *
for
you are speaking peace to your faithful people
and
to those who turn their hearts to you.
9 Truly, your salvation is very near to those who fear you, *
that your glory may dwell in our
land.
10 Mercy and truth have met
together; *
righteousness
and peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall spring up from the earth, *
and righteousness shall look down
from heaven.
Refrain: Holy One, help us to listen and follow your
teachings.
12 Lord, you will indeed grant
prosperity, *
and
our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before you, *
and peace shall be a pathway for
your feet.
Refrain: Holy One, help us to listen and follow your
teachings.
The
Second Reading
A
Readings from Ephesians (2.13-18)
But now in Christ Jesus you who once
were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made
both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the
hostility between us. He has abolished
the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself
one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile
both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that
hostility through it. So he came and
proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for
through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The
Gradual Hymn
‘Christus
Paradox’ Songs for a Gospel People #64
The
Gospel
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew (5.38-48)
Glory to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.
[Jesus said,] “You have heard that
it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek,
turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give
your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second
mile. Give to everyone who begs from
you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.
“You
have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so
that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on
the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the
unrighteous. For if you love those who
love you, what reward do you have? Do
not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and
sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father
is perfect.”
The
gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.
The
Homily
The
Affirmation of Faith
Let
us affirm our 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.
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
‘We
Are Called to Follow Jesus’ Songs for a Gospel People #18
Prayer
over the Gifts
Let
us pray.
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.[i]
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;
we
give you thanks and praise
through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
You
exalted him as Lord of all creation
that
he might present to you
an
eternal and universal kingdom:
a
kingdom of truth and life,
a
kingdom of holiness and grace,
a
kingdom of justice, love and peace.
Therefore
at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow
as
heaven and earth proclaim the glory of your name.[ii]
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, 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 in 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,
The
Breaking of the Bread
God
of promise,
you
prepare a banquet for us in your reign of justice and peace.
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
‘O
God of Love, O Power of Peace’ Songs for a Gospel People #32
The Sending Forth of the Community
Prayer
after Communion
Let
us pray.
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. [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
‘Walls
That Divide’ Songs for a Gospel People #32
Dismissal
Go
forth in the power of the Spirit to work for justice and peace.
Thanks be to God.
[i] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 226.
[ii] Preface for the Last Sunday
after Pentecost: The Reign of Christ in The Book of Alternative Services (1985),
223.
[iii] Common Praise #689.
[iv] Thanksgiving at the Table VI
in Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 66.
[v] Common Praise #744.
[vi] Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 172.
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