National Aboriginal Day of Prayer
21 June 2017
The Gathering of the Community
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.
We are one in Christ;
we are a new creation.
What was cast down is being
raised up;
what has grown old is being made new.
In Christ we have been reconciled
to God
and we have been entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation.
We entreat one another and the
whole world:
Be reconciled with God and with all our sisters and brothers.
Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
Creator God, from you every family in heaven and earth takes its name. You
have rooted and grounded us in your covenant love, and empowered us by your Spirit to speak the truth in love and to walk in your way towards justice and
wholeness. Mercifully grant that your people, journeying together in partnership, may be strengthened and guided to
help one another to grow into the full stature of Christ, who is our light and our life. Amen.
The Proclamation of the Word of God
The First Reading: Isaiah 40.25-31
A reading
from the prophet Isaiah.
To whom then will you compare
me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high and see:
Who created these? He who brings
out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because he is great
in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and
speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting
God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the
powerless. Even youths will faint and be
weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall
renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall
run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm of the Day: Psalm 19
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.
5 In the deep has God set a pavilion for the sun; *
it
comes forth like a bridegroom out of the chamber of the heavens;
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.
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.
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.
The Gospel:
John 1.1-18
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ according to John.
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
In
the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with
God. All things came into being through
him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and
the life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
There
was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe
through him. He himself was not the
light, but he came to testify to the light.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He
was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did
not know him. He came to what was his
own, and his own people did not accept him.
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to
become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh
or of the will of man, but of God.
And
the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory
as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (John testified to him and cried out, “This
was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was
before me.’”) From his fullness we have
all received, grace upon grace. The law
indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the
Father’s heart, who has made him known.
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Sermon
The Prayers of the Community
Intercessions,
Thanksgivings and Petitions
With all our brothers and sisters
and with people of goodwill in this Diocese and in our country, let us offer
our intercessions, thanksgivings and petitions, saying, ‘Creator God, have
mercy.’ Creator God, hear our prayer.
We accept and confess before God
and one another our church’s failures in the residential schools. We failed indigenous people. We failed you. Creator God, hear our prayer.
We give thanks for the voices
that have spoken of pain and hurt experienced in the schools and of the scars
which endure to this day. We honour the
sacredness of the stories and hold in highest honour those who have told
them. We pray for all people who are
still living with the effects of the schools.
Creator God, hear our prayer.
We give thanks for the people and
communities who work for healing and reconciliation. Creator God, hear our prayer.
You have given us land and
knowledge for our self-sufficiency. You
have given us bodies and strength to work hard.
We will pass these on to our children.
Creator God, hear our prayer.
You teach us about honesty and
being fair. You tell us to have respect
for ourselves and for others. You teach
us about our responsibilities to our community and the value of working
together. You show us how to make life
better for other people. We will pass
these on to our children. Creator God, hear our prayer.
You have given us children to
love and through this love we live long after we are gone. Our children are our present not just our
future. When we love them, they love
others. This is the way it is supposed
to be. We will pass these on to our
children. Creator God, hear our prayer.
You help us to grow old and in
our journey you provide us with knowledge and wisdom for living. Our elders are our way to the past to learn
those things we must carry on. We will
pass these on to our children. Creator
God, hear our prayer.
You put us upon this great land
and put things here that we need to survive.
You show us how to care for the land and treat land, animals, trees,
waters, plants and weather with respect.
We will pass these on to our children.
Creator God, hear our prayer.
You made us a part of a larger
family and we must remember where we come from and how we came to be where we
are. We will pass these on to our
children. Creator God, hear our prayer.
To you, loving Creator, be
honour, praise and thanksgiving, now and for ever. Amen.
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of Christ be with
you all.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Creator, you bless us with many good gifts returned to you from your creation.
Feed us with the Bread of Life,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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.
Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; you are the source of light
and life for all your creation, you made us in your own image, and call us to
new life in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Therefore
we praise you, joining 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. Hosanna in the highest.
Holy God, you alone are holy, you
alone are God. The universe declares your
praise: beyond the stars; beneath the
sea; within each cell; with every breath.
Generations bless your
faithfulness: through the water; by
night and day; across the wilderness; out of exile; into the future.
We give you thanks for your dear
Son: at the heart of human life; near to
those who suffer; beside the sinner; among the poor; with us now.
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.
Remembering his love for us on
the way, at the table, and to the end, we proclaim the mystery of faith.
Christ has died. Christ is
risen. Christ will come again.
We pray for the gift of your
Spirit: in our gathering; within this
meal; among your people; throughout the world.
Blessing, praise and thanks to
you, holy God, through Christ Jesus, by your Spirit, in your church, without
end. 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, now and for ever. Amen.
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.
The gifts of God for the people
of God.
Thanks be to God.
Communion
The Sending Forth of the Community
The Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
Great Creator, you have fed us with bread from heaven.
Continue
to renew us in your truth, to give
light to our minds, strength to our
bodies and seal us with your Holy
Spirit. We ask this in Christ’s name.
Amen.
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.
The Dismissal
Go in peace as ambassadors of
God’s reconciling love.
Thanks be to God.
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