1. This is the last Sunday of 'A Month of Thanksgiving'. Next Sunday, All Saints' Sunday, we will begin using our 'Month of All Saints' ordo.
2. We use the complementary series of readings from the Hebrew Scriptures and psalms.
The Twenty-First
Sunday after Pentecost
29 October 2017
The Gathering
of the Community
Gathering Music
Announcements
Opening Hymn
‘Where Charity and Love Prevail’ Common
Praise #487
The Greeting
Bless the Lord all you works of the Lord:
praise
and exalt the Holy One for ever.
Bless the Lord you angels of the Lord:
praise
and exalt the Holy One for ever.
O people of God bless the Lord:
praise
and exalt the Holy One for ever.
Bless the holy and undivided Trinity, one God:
The Deacon offers the Bidding and the Community
responds with the Kyrie.
God, be gracious to us and bless us,
and make your face shine upon us:
Kyrie,
Kyrie eleison.
May your ways be known on the earth,
your saving power among the nations:
Kyrie,
Kyrie eleison.
Make known your salvation,
and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:
Kyrie,
Kyrie eleison.
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.
Lord God our redeemer,
who
heard the cry of your people
and sent
your servant Moses
to lead
them out of slavery,
free us
from the tyranny of sin and death,
and by
the leading of your Spirit
bring us
to our promised land;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God
now and for ever. Amen. [iv]
The
Proclamation of the Word
The First Reading
A reading from Leviticus
(19.1-2, 15-18).
19.1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to all the
congregation of the people of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I
the Lord your God am holy.
15 You shall not render
an unjust judgement; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the
great: with justice you shall judge your neighbour. 16 You shall not go around as a
slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbour:
I am the Lord.
17 You shall not hate in
your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbour, or you will
incur guilt yourself. 18 You
shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you
shall love your neighbour as yourself: I
am the Lord.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm
Psalm 1 from Songs for the Holy One.
Refrain (sung twice): Happy
are they who trust the Holy One.
Happy are those who
follow no evil counsellors,
nor stand in
sinners’ ways,
nor sit with the
insolent.
Rather, they delight in the Holy One’s teaching;
on that teaching they meditate day and night.
They shall be like
trees beside flowing streams,
trees that yield
fruit in due season,
whose leaves never
wither.
All their work shall prosper.
Refrain: Happy
are they who trust the Holy One.
Not so for the
wicked!
They are like chaff blown away by the wind.
Therefore the
wicked shall not survive judgement,
nor sinners be
among the just and faithful.
Truly, the Holy One knows the way of the just
and faithful,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Refrain: Happy
are they who trust the Holy One.
The Second Reading
A reading Paul’s First
Letter to the Thessalonians (2.1-8).
2.1 You yourselves know,
brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, 2 but
though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as
you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in
spite of great opposition. 3
For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, 4
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of
the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who
tests our hearts. 5 As you
know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a
pretext for greed; 6 nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether
from you or from others, 7 though we might have made demands as
apostles of Christ. But we were gentle
among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. 8 So deeply do we care for you that
we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own
selves, because you have become very dear to us.
Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn before the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #714 (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 (22.34-46).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
22.34 When the Pharisees
heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35
and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which commandment in
the law is the greatest?” 37
He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first
commandment. 39 And a second
is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour
as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.”
41 Now while the
Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: 42 “What do you think of the
Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then
that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, 44 ‘The Lord said
to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”’? 45 If David thus calls him Lord,
how can he be his son?” 46 No
one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask
him any more questions.
The Gospel of
Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Hymn after the Gospel
‘Alleluia’ Common Praise #714 (refrain only, sung
twice)
The Homily
An Affirmation of Faith
Let us affirm our faith in God.
We long for you, O
God,
we confess our deep
desire;
for the heavens are
arrayed
with your unhidden
beauty.
You are the source of
our yearning, O Christ:
you are the way of
glory.
Bearing our sweet and
humble flesh,
fruit of a woman’s
womb,
you were made and
moulded as we are.
Spirit of
discernment, integrity and fire:
breathe on our
fearfulness,
refine our
truthfulness,
and sing through our
speechlessness;
so that we may daily
refuse what is evil,
and be taken up with
praise.
Merciful Creator, of
an infinite tenderness;
wounded Redeemer, by
whom all flesh is moved;
Comforter of fire,
who leads us into truth;
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
‘For the Fruit of All Creation’ Common
Praise #259
Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray.
Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things.
Through
your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts:
our
selves, our time, and our possessions.
Use us,
and what we have gathered,
in
feeding the world with your love,
through
the one who gave himself for us,
Jesus
Christ, our Saviour and 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 that we should praise you,
gracious God,
for you created all things.
You formed us in your own image:
male and female you created us.
When we turned away from you in sin,
you did not cease to care for us,
but opened a path of salvation for all people.
You made a covenant with Israel,
and through your servants Abraham and Sarah
gave the promise of a blessing to all nations.
Through Moses you led your people from bondage into
freedom;
through the prophets you renewed your promise of
salvation.
Therefore, with them, and with all your saints
who have served you in every age,
we give thanks and 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.
Hosanna in the highest. [vii]
Holy God, source of life and goodness,
all creation rightly gives you praise.
In the fullness of time, you sent your Son Jesus
Christ,
to share our human nature,
to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to
you,
the God and Creator of all.
He healed the sick and ate and drank with outcasts
and sinners;
he opened the eyes of the blind
and proclaimed the good news of your kingdom
to the poor and to those in need.
In all things he fulfilled your gracious will.
On the night he freely gave himself to death,
our Lord Jesus Christ took bread,
and when he had given thanks to you,
he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said,
“Take, eat:
this is my body which is given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.”
After supper he took the cup of wine;
and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them, and said,
“Drink this, all of you:
this is my blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for you and for all people for the
forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance
of me.”
Gracious God,
his perfect sacrifice destroys the power of sin and
death;
by raising him to life you give us life for
evermore.
Therefore we proclaim our hope.
Dying
you destroyed our death.
Rising
you restored our life.
Lord
Jesus, come in glory.
Recalling his death, proclaiming his resurrection,
and looking for his coming again in glory,
we offer you, Source of all life, this bread and
this cup.
Send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts,
so that all who eat and drink at this table
may be one body and one holy people,
a living sacrifice in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory is yours, Author of creation, now and for
ever. 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,
The Breaking of the Bread
You gave your people angels’ food
and sent
them bread from heaven,
so that your children might learn, O God,
This are the gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks
be to God.
Communion
The Hymn after Communion
‘Not for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels’ Common
Praise #494
The Sending
Forth of the Community
Stewardship Moment
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. [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
‘You Call Us, Lord, to Be’ Common
Praise #450
Dismissal
The Deacon sends the Community forth with an
appropriate Dismissal.
[i] Adapted by the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett from the Benedicite omnia opera as translated in Common Worship (2000), 778-779.
[iii] Common Worship (2000),
135.
[v] Adapted by
the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett from ‘Te Deum’ in Janet Morley, All Desires Known (2006), 53-54.
[viii] Common Praise (1995)
#744.
[ix] Adapted by
the Rev’d Dr Richard Geoffrey Leggett from Canticle 12 ‘The Bread of Heaven’ as
found in The Book of Alternative Services
(1985), 81-82.
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