Please note that at Saint Faith's we are using the complementary series
for the First Reading and Psalm.
The Fourteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
10 September 2017
The Gathering
of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘Alleluia! Glory
to God’ Common Praise #457 (Ref; vv 1, 2; Ref; vv 3, 4; Ref; vv 5, 6; Ref)
The 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.
The Deacon offers the Bidding and the Community
responds with the Kyrie.
Holy One, you raise
the dead to life in the Spirit:
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us. [ii]
You bring pardon
and peace to the broken in heart:
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
You make the torn
and divided one by your Spirit.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
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. [iii]
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
O Lord God,
enliven and preserve your church with your
perpetual mercy.
Without your help, we mortals will fail;
remove far from us everything that is
harmful,
and lead us toward all that gives life and
salvation,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and
Lord. Amen.
[iv]
The
Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from the prophet
Ezekiel (33.7-11).
33.7 So you, mortal, I
have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my
mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 If I say to the wicked, “O wicked
ones, you shall surely die,” and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from
their ways, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but their blood I will
require at your hand. 9 But
if you warn the wicked to turn from their ways, and they do not turn from their
ways, the wicked shall die in their iniquity, but you will have saved your
life.
10 Now you, mortal, say
to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: “Our transgressions and our sins weigh upon
us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?” 11 Say to them, As I live, says the
Lord God, I have no pleasure in
the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from their ways and live;
turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of
Israel?
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 119.33-40 from Songs for the Holy One.
Refrain (sung twice): Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
Holy One, teach me
the course laid down in your laws
that I may always
obey them.
Give me understanding so I may follow your
teaching
and keep it with all my heart.
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
Direct me in the
path you command.
That is my delight!
Turn my heart to your decrees,
not to love of wealth.
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
Prevent me from
seeing falsehood;
grant me life in
your own ways.
Fulfill your promise to your servant,
the promise you give to all who revere you.
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
Divert the disgrace
I dread.
Your just rules are
excellent.
How I long for your decrees!
By your true justice, give me life!
Refrain: Holy
One, teach us your way, and help us walk in it.
The Second Reading
A reading Paul’s
Letter to the Romans (13.8-14).
13.8 Owe no one anything,
except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the
law. 9 The commandments, “You
shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall
not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your
neighbour as yourself.” 10
Love does no wrong to a neighbour; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the
law.
11 Besides this, you know
what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we
became believers; 12 the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness
and put on the armour of light; 13 let us live honorably as in the
day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness,
not in quarrelling and jealousy. 14
Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to
gratify its desires.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #711 (refrain only, sung
twice)
The Gospel
The Lord be with
you.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew (18.15-20).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
18.15 [Jesus said,] “If
another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when
the two of you are alone. If the member
listens to you, you have regained that one. 16 But if you are not listened to,
take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by
the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17
If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the
offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a
Gentile and a tax collector. 18
Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 Again, truly I tell you, if two
of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my
Father in heaven. 20 For
where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”
The Gospel of
Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #711 (refrain only, sung
twice)
The Homily
An Affirmation of Faith
As our Lord Jesus Christ said, let us now affirm:
Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the
Lord is one.
Love the Lord your
God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your
strength.
This is the first and
the great commandment.
The second is like
it:
Love your neighbour
as yourself.
There is no
commandment greater than these. [v]
The Prayers of
the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Prayers of
the Community
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings
The Exchange of the Peace
May the peace of
Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
The Holy
Communion
Offertory Hymn
‘Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive’ Common
Praise #614
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Great and holy God,
accept
our offering of labour and love.
May we
bring you true and spiritual worship
and be
one with you.
We ask
this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.
Amen.
[vi]
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;
who on this day overcame death and the grave,
and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the
way of everlasting life.
And so, with all the choirs of angels, with the
church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their
unending hymn: [vii]
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.
O God most mighty, O God most merciful, O God our
rock and our salvation,
hear us as we praise, call us to your table, grant
us your life.
When the world was a formless void, you formed order
and beauty.
When Abraham and Sarah were barren, you sent them a
child.
When the Israelites were enslaved, you led them to
freedom.
Ruth faced starvation, David fought Goliath, and the
psalmists cried out for healing,
and full of compassion, you granted the people your
life.
You entered our sorrows in Jesus our brother.
He was born among the poor, he lived under
oppression, he wept over the city.
With infinite love, he granted the people your 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.
Remembering his death, we cry out Amen. Amen.
Celebrating his resurrection, we shout Amen. Amen.
Trusting his presence in every time and place, we
plead Amen. Amen.
O God, you are Breath: send your Spirit on this meal.
O God, you are Bread: feed us with yourself.
O God, you are Wine:
warm our hearts and make us one.
O God, you are Fire:
transform us with hope.
O God most majestic, O God most motherly,
O God our strength and our song,
you show us a vision of a tree of life
with fruits for all and leaves that heal the
nations.
Grant us such life, the life of the Father to the
Son,
the life of the Spirit of our risen Saviour,
life in you, now and forever. Amen.
[ix]
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
Jesus, Lamb of God,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of
our sins,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, redeemer of
the world,
give us your peace. [xi]
These are the gifts
of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘Jesus, the Joy of
Loving Hearts’ Common Praise #70
The Sending
Forth of the Community
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
God of abundance,
with
this bread of life and cup of salvation
you have
united us with Christ,
making
us one with all your people.
Now send
us forth in the power of your Spirit,
so that
we may proclaim your redeeming love to the world
and
continue forever in the risen life of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. [xii]
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
‘To Show by Touch and Word’ Songs
for a Gospel People #134
Dismissal
The Deacon sends the Community forth with an
appropriate Dismissal.
[i] Common Worship (2000),
133 alt.
[ii] Common Praise (1995),
#678.
[iii] Common Worship (2000),
135.
[iv] Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 46 alt.
[v] The Book of Alternative
Services (1985), 53. Introductory
sentence prepared by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett.
[vi] The Book of Alternative
Services (1985), 379.
[vii] Evangelical Lutheran
Worship: Leaders Desk Edition
(2006), 180.
[viii] Common Praise (1995)
#689.
[ix] Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(2006), 69.
[x] Common Praise (1995)
#744.
[xi] Common Praise (1995),
#747 said.
[xii] Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006),
114 alt.
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