With this Sunday Saint Faith's turns to its 'All Saints Ordo' with its specific (i) Greeting, (ii) Gloria, (iii) Hymn before and after the Gospel, (iv) the Apostles' Creed (ELW translation) (v) Prayer over the Gifts, (vi) Thanksgiving at the Table, (vii) Breaking of the Bread, (viii) Prayer after Communion and (ix) Dismissal. We will use this Ordo until the First Sunday of Advent.
We are introducing the congregation to David Haas' setting of the Lord's Prayer. We will use the Trial Use texts for the collect, the psalm and the prayer over the gifts.
The Twenty-Fourth
Sunday after Pentecost
30 October 2016
The Gathering of the
Community
The Opening Hymn
‘Come,
Thou Fount of Every Blessing’ Common
Praise #354
The All Saints
Greeting
Blessed
are you, Author of creation,
for
all the saints who went before us,
who
have spoken to our hearts and touched us with your fire.
Blessed are you for ever and
ever.
Blessed
are you, Word of redemption,
for
all the saints who live beside us,
whose
weaknesses and strengths are woven with our own.
Blessed are you for ever and
ever.
Blessed
are you, Spirit of wisdom,
for
all the saints who live beyond us,
who
challenge us to change the world with them.
Blessed are you for ever and ever.
Blessed
are you, holy and undivided Trinity, one God.
Blessed are you for ever and
ever. Amen. [i]
The Hymn of Praise
‘Glory
to God’ Common Praise #702
The Collect of the Day
Let
us pray.
Lord
of the lost,
you come into our homes and call
us your own:
may our tables be graced by your
presence as guest
and our possessions freed to
serve the poor;
through Jesus Christ, the Seeker. Amen. [ii]
The Proclamation of the
Word
The First Reading
A
reading from Habakkuk (1.1-4; 2.1-4)
1.1 The oracle that the
prophet Habakkuk saw. 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry
for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see
wrongdoing and look at trouble? Destruction and violence
are before me; strife and contention
arise. 4 So the law becomes slack and justice never prevails. The wicked surround the
righteous — therefore judgement comes forth perverted.
2.1 I will
stand at my watch-post, and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to
see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my
complaint. 2 Then the Lord answered me and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so
that a runner may read it. 3 For there is still a
vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will
surely come, it will not delay. 4 Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the
righteous live by their faith.
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm
119.137-144 with the refrain from Songs for the Holy One
Refrain
(sung twice): Holy One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
137 You are righteous, O Lord, *
and upright are your judgements.
138 You have issued your
decrees *
with
justice and in perfect faithfulness.
139 My indignation has consumed me, *
because my enemies forget your
words.
140 Your word has been tested
to the uttermost, *
and
your servant holds it dear.
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
141 I am small and of little account, *
yet I do not forget your commandments.
142 Your justice is an
everlasting justice *
and
your law is the truth.
143 Trouble and distress have come upon me, *
yet your commandments are my
delight.
144 The righteousness of your
decrees is everlasting; *
grant
me understanding, that I may live.
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
The Second Reading
A
reading from Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians (1.1-4, 11-12).
1.1 Paul, Silvanus, and
Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We must always give thanks
to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is
growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is
increasing. 4 Therefore we ourselves
boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during
all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.
11 To this end we always pray for you,
asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and will fulfill by his
power every good resolve and work of faith, 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may
be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Hymn before the
Gospel
‘Adoremus
Te Jesu Christe’ Common Praise #338 (sung once in English)
The Gospel
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (19.1-10).
19.1
[Jesus] entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a
chief tax-collector and was rich. 3 He was trying to see
who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short
in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and
climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up
and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house
today.’ 6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. 7 All who saw it began to grumble and said,
‘He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.’ 8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the
Lord, ‘Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I
have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.’ 9 Then Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation
has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to
save the lost.’
The
gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Hymn after the
Gospel
‘Adoremus
Te Jesu Christe’ Common Praise #338 (sung once in English)
The Sermon
The Apostles’ Creed
Let
us confess the faith of our baptism,
the
faith we share with all the saints, past, present and future.
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 again 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. [iii]
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions,
Thanksgivings and Petitions
The Exchange of the
Peace
The
peace of the Lord be with you all.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘Will
You Come and Follow Me’ Common Praise
#430
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Holy God, gracious and
merciful,
you bring forth food from the earth
and nourish your whole creation.
Turn our hearts toward those
who hunger in any way,
so that all may know your care;
and prepare us now to feast on the bread of life,
Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord.
Amen. [iv]
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, through our Saviour Jesus Christ.
By
the witness of the saints you show us the hope of our calling,
and
strengthen us to run the race set before us,
so
that we may delight in your mercy, and rejoice with them in glory.
And
so, with all the saints with the choirs of angels and the hosts of heaven,
we
praise your name and join their unending hymn: [v]
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. [vi]
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, almighty Father, now and forever. Amen. [vii]
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. [viii]
The Breaking of the
Bread
Creator of all,
you gave us
golden fields of wheat,
whose many
grains we have gathered
and made into
this one bread.
So may your Church be gathered
from the ends of the earth
into your reign of justice and peace. [ix]
The
gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The Communion of the
Community
The Communion Hymn
‘How
Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds’ Common
Praise #620
The Sending Forth of the Community
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
Lord of hosts,
we praise your glory reflected in your saints.
May we who share at this table
be filled with the joy of your eternal kingdom,
where Jesus is Lord, now and for ever.
Amen. [x]
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
‘O
God of Every Nation’ Common Praise
#593 (sung to #434)
Dismissal
With
all the company of heaven above,
let
us go forth in praise to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
[i] Adapted by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey
Leggett from Janet Morley, All Desires Known, 3rd ed. (2006), 148.
[ii] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects for
Years A, B & C and Seasonal Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion’
(2016), 144.
[iii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 105.
[iv] Liturgy Task Force, ‘Trial Use Collects for
Years A, B & C and Seasonal Prayers over the Gifts and after Communion’
(2016), 159.
[v] Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Leaders Desk Edition (2006), 193 alt.
[vii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), 66 alt.
[viii] Voices United (1996) #959.
[ix] ‘The Breaking of Bread 3’ in The Book of
Alternative Services (1985), 212 alt.
[x] The Book of Alternative Services (1985),
428-429 alt.
