The Third Sunday in Lent
8 March 2015
The Gathering of the Community
Gathering Music
Greeting and Litany
The Presider
greets the Community from the door to the Nave.
Blessed are you,
Lord God,
our maker and
redeemer:
this is your world and we are your people;
come among us and save us.
During the
procession to the Sanctuary, the biddings of the Litany are intoned and the
response is sung using Common Worship #707.
When we willfully
misuse your gifts of creation:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us.
When we see the
ill-treatment of others
and do not go to
their aid:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us.
When we condone
evil and dishonesty
and fail to strive
for justice:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us.
When we hear the
good news of Christ
but fail to share
it with others:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us.
When we do not
love you with all our hearts
nor our neighbours
as ourselves:
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy immortal one,
have mercy upon us.
The Presider then
says the following,
May the God of
love and power
forgive us and
free us from our sins,
heal and
strengthen us by the Spirit,
and raise us to
new life in Christ our Lord. Amen. [i]
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
God of the
covenant,
give us zeal to discern the foolishness
and the wisdom of this present age,
so that we may proclaim Christ crucified;
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen. [ii]
The Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from Exodus
(20.1-17)
1 Then God spoke all
these words:
2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of
the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no
other gods before me.
4 You shall not make for
yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or
that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 You shall not bow down
to them or worship them; for I the Lord
your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to
the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but
showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and
keep my commandments.
7 You shall not make
wrongful use of the name of the Lord
your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
8 Remember the sabbath
day, and keep it holy. 9 Six
days you shall labour and do all your work.
10 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work
— you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or
the alien resident in your towns. 11
For in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day;
therefore the Lord blessed the
sabbath day and consecrated it.
12 Honour your father and
your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 You shall not
murder.
14 You shall not commit
adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not bear
false witness against your neighbour.
17 You shall not covet
your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or
female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 19 (NRSV)
with refrain from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain (sung
twice): The heavens are telling the Holy One's glory.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God, *
and the firmament
shows the handiwork of the Lord.
2 One day tells its tale to
another, *
and one night imparts knowledge to
another.
3 Although they have no words or language, *
and their voices
are not heard,
4 their sound has gone out
into all lands, *
and their message to the ends of the
world.
Refrain:
5 In the deep has God set a pavilion for the sun; *
it comes forth
like a bridegroom out of his chamber;
it rejoices like
a champion to run its course.
6 It goes forth from the
uttermost edge of the heavens
and runs about to the end of it again; *
nothing is hidden from its burning
heat.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect and revives the soul; *
the testimony of
the Lord is sure
and gives wisdom
to the innocent.
8 The statutes of the Lord
are just and rejoice the heart; *
the commandment of the Lord is clear
and gives light to the eyes.
Refrain:
9 The fear of the Lord is clean and endures for ever; *
the judgements of
the Lord are true
and righteous
altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, *
more than much fine gold,
sweeter far
than honey, *
than honey in the comb.
11 By them also is your servant enlightened, *
and in keeping
them there is great reward.
12 Who can tell how often
they offend? *
Cleanse me from my secret faults.
Refrain:
13 Above all, keep your
servant from presumptuous sins; *
let them not get
dominion over me;
then shall I be whole and sound, *
and innocent of a
great offense.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart
be acceptable
in your sight; *
O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.
Refrain:
The Second Reading
A reading from Paul’s
First Letter to the Corinthians (1.18-25).
18 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.
19 For it is written, “I
will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I
will thwart.” 20 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? 21 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. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks
desire wisdom, 23 but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling
block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are
the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of
God. 25 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.
The Hymn before the Gospel
‘God, You Have
Caused to Be Written’ Common Praise #476
The Gospel
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to John (2.13-22).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
13 The Passover of the
Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people
selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their
tables. 15 Making a whip of
cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money
changers and overturned their tables. 16
He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” 17 His disciples remembered that it
was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18 The Jews then said to him, “What
sign can you show us for doing this?” 19
Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it
up.” 20 The Jews then said,
“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you
raise it up in three days?” 21
But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22 After he was raised from the
dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the
scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
The Gospel of
Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
The Affirmation of Faith
Let us declare our
faith in God.
We believe in God the Creator of all,
from whom every family
in heaven and on earth is named.
We believe in God the Word of redemption,
who lives in our hearts through faith
and fills us with love and compassion.
We believe in God the Spirit of wisdom,
who strengthens us
with power from on high.
We believe in one God:
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions, Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the Peace
The peace of
Christ be with you all.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Offertory Hymn
‘God, Whose Giving
Knows No Ending’ Common Praise #601 (sung to #482)
The Prayer over the Gifts
God our provider,
you have not fed us with bread alone,
but with words of grace and life.
Bless us and these your gifts,
which we receive from your bounty,
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 right to
give you thanks and praise, O Lord, our God, sustainer of the universe, you are
worthy of glory and praise. Glory to you for ever and ever.
At your command
all things came to be: the vast expanse
of interstellar space, galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses, and this
fragile earth, our island home; by your will they were created and have their
being. Glory to you for ever and ever.
From the primal
elements you brought forth the human race, and blessed us with memory, reason,
and skill; you made us the stewards of creation. Glory
to you for ever and ever.
But we turn
against you, and betray your trust; and we turn against one another. Again and again you call us to return. Through the prophets and sages you reveal
your righteous law. In the fullness of
time you sent your Son, born of a woman, to be our Saviour. He was wounded for our transgressions, and
bruised for our iniquities. By his death
he opened to us the way of freedom and peace.
Glory to you for ever and ever.
Therefore we
praise you, joining with the heavenly chorus, with prophets, apostles, and
martyrs, and with those in every generation who have looked to you in hope, to
proclaim with them your glory, in their unending hymn.
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.
Blessed are you,
Lord our God, for sending us Jesus, the Christ, who on the night he was handed
over to suffering and death, took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread,
gave it to his friends, and said, “Take this, and eat it: this is my body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
In the same way,
after supper, he took the cup of wine; he gave you thanks, 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.” Glory to you for ever and ever.
Gracious God, we
recall the death of your Son Jesus Christ, we proclaim his resurrection and
ascension, and we look with expectation for his coming as Lord of all the
nations. We who have been redeemed by
him, and made a new people by water and the Spirit, now bring you these
gifts. Send your Holy Spirit upon us and
upon this offering of your Church, so that we who eat and drink at this holy
table may share the divine life of Christ our Lord. Glory
to you for ever and ever.
Pour out your
Spirit upon the whole earth and make it your new creation. Gather your Church together from the ends of
the earth into your kingdom, where peace and justice are revealed, so that we,
with all your people, of every language, race, and nation, may share the
banquet you have promised; through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, all
honour and glory are yours, creator of all.
Glory to you for ever and
ever. Amen.
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.
The Communion of the Community
Communion Hymn
‘And Now, O
Father, Mindful of the Love’ Common Praise #66
The Sending Forth of the Community
The Prayer after Communion
Compassionate God,
you have fed us with the bread of heaven.
Sustain us in our Lenten pilgrimage;
may our fasting be hunger for justice;
our alms, a making of peace;
and our prayer, the song of grateful hearts;
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen. [vii]
Closing Hymn
‘Lift High the
Cross’ Common Praise #602
The Dismissal
The Deacon sends
the Community forth with an appropriate Dismissal.
Sending Music
[i] The
Litany was crafted from the Confession for ‘City, World and Society’ and the
Absolution from Common Worship (2000), 127, 135 alt. The Trisagion is Common Praise #707.
[ii] The
Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Propers:
Ash Wednesday to Palm/Passion Sunday 2015’, 2.
[iii] Common
Worship (2000), 148 alt.
[iv]
The Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Propers:
Ash Wednesday to Palm/Passion Sunday 2015’, 4.
[v]
‘Sanctus’ by George Black in The Book of Alternative Services Altar Book.
[vi] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 918.
[vii]
The Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Propers:
Ash Wednesday to Palm/Passion Sunday 2015’, 4.
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