Fourteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
30 August 2015
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance Hymn
‘The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky’ Common Praise #267 (sung to #8)
Greeting
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
And
also with you.
Kyrie [i]
O God, be gracious to us and bless us
and make your face shine upon us.
Kyrie
eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
May your ways be known on the earth
and your saving power among the nations.
Kyrie
eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
You have made known your salvation
and reveal your justice in the sight of the
nations.
Kyrie
eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O Lord and Lover,
source of beauty and
depth of passion.
Strengthen and
inspire us to do the word we hear
and live the faith
we confess,
through Jesus, our
Saviour and Friend. Amen. [ii]
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The First Reading
A reading from the Song of Solomon (2.8-13).
8
The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes,
leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or
a young stag. Look, there he stands behind
our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. 10 My beloved speaks and says to
me: “Arise, my love, my fair one, and
come away; 11 for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 12 The flowers appear on the
earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in
our land. 13 The fig tree
puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks
be to God.
The Psalm of the Day
Psalm 45.1-2, 5b-8 (NRSV) with a refrain from
Songs for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): Gracious
God, we thank you for the gift of love.
1 My heart is stirring with a
noble song;
let
me recite what I have fashioned for the king; *
my tongue shall be the pen of a skilled
writer.
2 You are the fairest of mortals; *
grace
flows from your lips,
because
God has blessed you for ever.
Refrain:
Gracious God, we thank you for
the gift of love.
the
peoples are falling at your feet, *
and your enemies are losing heart.
6 Your
throne, O God, endures for ever and ever, *
a
sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of your dominion;
Refrain:
Gracious God, we thank you for
the gift of love.
7 you love righteousness and hate
iniquity. *
Therefore God, your God, has anointed
you
with the oil of gladness above your
companions.
8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia, *
and
the music of strings from ivory palaces makes you glad.
Refrain:
Gracious God, we thank you for
the gift of love.
The Second Reading
A reading from the Letter of James (1.17-27).
17
Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming
down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due
to change. 18 In fulfillment
of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would
become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
19
You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to
speak, slow to anger; 20 for your anger does not produce God’s
righteousness. 21 Therefore
rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome
with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.
22
But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. 23 For if any are hearers of the
word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; 24
for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they
were like. 25 But those who
look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers
who forget but doers who act — they will be blessed in their doing.
26
If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive
their hearts, their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and
undefiled before God, the Father, is this:
to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained
by the world.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
Alleluia. Alleluia.
Alleluia.
The Father brought us forth by the word of
truth,
that we should be a kind of first fruits of
his creatures.
Alleluia. Alleluia.
Alleluia. [iii]
The Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according
to Mark (7.1-8, 14-15, 21-23).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
1
Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem
gathered around [Jesus], 2 they noticed that some of his disciples
were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the
Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the
tradition of the elders; 4 and they do not eat anything from the
market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they
observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) 5 So the Pharisees and the
scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition
of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”
6
[Jesus] said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is
written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from
me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as
doctrines.’ 8 You abandon the
commandment of God and hold to human tradition.”
14
Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and
understand: 15 there is
nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out
are what defile.”
21 “For
it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, 22
adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly.
23 All these evil things come
from within, and they defile a person.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
The Apostles’ Creed
Let us confess the faith of our baptism.
I
believe in God,
the
Father almighty,
creator
of heaven and earth.
I
believe in Jesus Christ,
God’s
only Son, our Lord,
who
was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born
of the virgin Mary,
suffered
under Pontius Pilate,
was
crucified, died and was buried;
he
descended to the dead.
On
the third day he rose again;
he
ascended into heaven,
he
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and
he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the
holy catholic church,
the
communion of saints,
the
forgiveness of sins,
the
resurrection of the body,
and
the life everlasting. Amen.
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions, Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the Lord be always with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘Womb of Life and Source of Being’ Common Praise #390 (sung to #284)
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
God of all creation,
all you have made is
good,
and your love
endures forever.
You bring forth
bread from the earth
and fruit from the
vine.
Nourish us with
these gifts,
so that we might be
for the world
signs of your
gracious presence in Jesus Christ,
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.
We give you
thanks and praise, almighty God,
through your
beloved Son, Jesus Christ,
our Saviour
and Redeemer.
He is your
living Word,
through whom
you have created all things.
By the power
of the Holy Spirit
he took
flesh of the Virgin Mary
and shared
our human nature.
He lived and
died as one of us,
to reconcile
us to you,
the God and
Father of all.
In
fulfillment of your will
he stretched
out his hands in suffering,
to bring
release to those who place their hope in you;
and so he
won for you a holy people.
He chose to
bear our griefs and sorrow,
and to give
up his life on the cross,
so that he
might shatter the chains of evil and death,
and banish
the darkness of sin and despair.
By his
resurrection
he brings us
into the light of your presence.
Now with all
creation 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.
Holy and gracious God,
accept our praise,
through your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ;
who on the night he was handed over
to suffering and death,
took bread and gave you thanks,
saying, “Take, and eat:
this is my body which is broken for you.”
In the same way he took the cup,
saying, This is my blood which is shed for you.
When you do this, you do it in memory of
me.”
Remembering, therefore, his death and
resurrection,
we offer you this bread and this cup,
giving thanks that you have made us worthy
to stand in your presence and serve you.
We ask you to send your Holy Spirit
upon the offering of your holy Church.
Gather into one
all who share in these sacred mysteries,
filling them with the Holy Spirit
and confirming their faith in the truth,
so that together we may praise you
and give you glory
through your Servant, Jesus Christ.
All glory and honour are yours,
Author of life and Word of redemption,
with the Holy Spirit
in the holy Church,
now and for ever. Amen.
[vi]
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. [vii]
The Breaking of the Bread
Be known to
us, Lord Jesus,
in the
breaking of the bread.
Be known to us, Lord Jesus,
in the breaking of the bread.
The bread
which we break, alleluia,
is the
communion of the body of Christ.
Be known to us, Lord Jesus,
in the breaking of the bread.
One body are
we, alleluia,
for though
many, we share one bread.
Be known to us, Lord Jesus,
in the breaking of the bread. [viii]
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn after Communion
‘Blest Are the Pure in Heart’ Common Praise #439
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The Prayer after Communion
O God,
we give you thanks
that you have set
before us this feast,
the body and blood
of your Son.
By your Spirit strengthen
us to serve all in need
and to give
ourselves away as bread for the hungry,
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. [x]
Closing Hymn
‘Sing Ye Praises to the Father’ Common Praise #391
The Dismissal
The Deacon sends the People forth with a
Dismissal for the occasion.
[i] Common Worship (2000), 134 alt
with ‘Kyrie’ from Common Praise #706.
[ii] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use
Collects, Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion: Propers 10 to 22’ (2015), 7.
[iii] Common
Praise #710 with Sentence for Proper 22B sung by the presider.
[iv] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use
Collects, Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion: Propers 10 to 22’ (2015), 8.
[v] Common Praise #732.
[vi] ‘The Great Thanksgiving 2’ in The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 196-197 alt.
[vii] Songs for a Gospel People #12.
[viii] The Book of Alternative Services
(1985), 227.
[ix] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use
Collects, Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion: Propers 10 to 22’ (2015), 8.
[x] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 214.
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