Please note that Saint Faith's is using the Hebrew Bible reading suggested by the English Language Liturgical Consulation for the first reading and Psalm in Easter.
The Collect is taken from the Trial Use Texts prepared by the Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada.
17 April 2016
The Gathering of the
Community
Entrance
Hymn
‘Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain’ Common Praise #215
Greeting
Alleluia!
Christ is risen.
The
Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
May his grace and peace be with us.
May
he fill our hearts with joy.
There is one body and one Spirit;
there
is one hope in God’s call to us;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one
God, the Source of all being.
Canticle
‘Gloria, Gloria, in Excelsis Deo’ Common Praise #376 (thrice in English)
Collect
of the Day
Let us pray.
Eternal God,
from whose gentle hands
none can snatch us away:
give us faith to believe
that we are known and loved
with a passion strong enough
to bring the whole world back to you;
through Jesus Christ, who is one with you,
The Proclamation of the
Word of God
The
First Reading
A Reading from Isaiah (53.1-6).
Who
has believed what we have heard? And to
whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For
he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he
had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance
that we should desire him. He was
despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with
infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we
held him of no account.
Surely
he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him
stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon
him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have
all turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
The
Psalm of the Day
Psalm 114 with Refrain from Songs for the
Holy One
Refrain (twice): Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
1 Hallelujah!
When Israel
came out of Egypt, *
the house of Jacob from a people of
strange speech,
2 Judah became the
sanctuary of the Lord *
and
Israel the dominion of God.
3 The sea beheld it and fled; *
Jordan turned and went back.
4 The mountains skipped
like rams, *
and
the little hills like young sheep.
Refrain:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
5 What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? *
O Jordan, that you turned back?
6 You mountains, that you
skipped like rams? *
You
little hills like young sheep?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, *
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turned the hard
rock into a pool of water *
and
flint-stone into a flowing spring.
Refrain:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
The
Second Reading
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles (9.36-43).
Now
in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas.
She was devoted to good works and acts
of charity. At that time she became ill
and died. When they had washed her, they
laid her in a room upstairs. Since Lydda
was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to
him with the request, “Please come to us without delay.” So Peter got up and went with them; and when
he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and
showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
Peter put all of them outside, and then
he knelt down and prayed. He turned to
the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then
she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed
her to be alive. This became known
throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. Meanwhile he stayed in Joppa for some time
with a certain Simon, a tanner.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
church.
Thanks
be to God.
Hymn
before the Gospel
‘I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say’ Common Praise #508 vv. 1, 2
The
Gospel
The Lord be with you.
And
also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to John (10.22-30).
Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
At
that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the
temple, in the portico of Solomon. So
the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in
suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell
us plainly.” Jesus answered, “I have
told you, and you do not believe. The
works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me; but you do not believe,
because you do not belong to my sheep. My
sheep hear my voice. I know them, and
they follow me. I give them eternal
life, and they will never perish. No one
will snatch them out of my hand. What my
Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of
the Father’s hand. The Father and I are
one.”
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn
after the Gospel
‘I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say’ Common Praise #508 v. 3
The
Sermon
The
Apostles’ Creed
Do you believe in God the Father?
I
believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator
of heaven and earth.
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of
God?
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.
Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?
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,
Petitions and Thanksgivings
The
Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of the risen Christ be with
you all.
And
also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory
Hymn
‘The King of Love My Shepherd Is’ Common Praise #520
The
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
God of loving care,
you
spread before us the table of life,
and
give us the cup of salvation to drink.
Keep
us always in the fold of your Son 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.
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,
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,
so 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 every 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, Creator of
all,
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.
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
Hymn
after Communion
‘Command Your Blessing from Above’ Common Praise #452 (sung to #96)
The Sending Forth of the
Community
The
Prayer after Communion
God of steadfast love,
watch
over the Church redeemed by the blood of your Son.
May
we who share in these holy mysteries
come
safely to your eternal kingdom,
where
there is one flock and one shepherd.
May the light of God illumine your hearts.
May the flame of Christ kindle your love.
May the fire of the Spirit free you to live
boldly.
And the blessing of holy and undivided
Trinity:
✚ Source of all being, Word of redemption and Spirit
of wisdom,
Closing
Hymn
‘Through the Red Sea Brought at Last’ Common Praise #226
The
Dismissal
Let us go forth in the name of risen Christ. Alleluia, alleluia!
Thanks
be to God. Alleluia, alleluia!
[i]
Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects and Prayers over the Gifts and after
Communion for Year C: Easter during the Day
through Pentecost’ (2015), 4.
[ii]
The Book of Alternative
Services (1985), 339.
[iii]
Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Leaders
Desk Edition (2006), 275.
[iv]
Common Praise #719.
[v]
Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 66 alt.
[vi]
Songs for a Gospel People #12.
[vii]
The Book of Alternative
Services (1985), 340.
[viii]
J. Philip Newell, Celtic Benediction:
Morning and Night Prayer (2000), 5 alt.
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