 Hymn: Come down, O Love divine
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Opening Sentence
On this day the Lord has acted;
we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
Confession
Let us confess our sins against
God and our neighbor.
Most merciful God, we confess
that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by
what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not
loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors
as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the
sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us;
that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the
glory of your Name. Amen.
Almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us all our sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen
us in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep us
in eternal life. Amen.
Versicle and Response
Lord, open our lips.
And our mouth shall proclaim
your praise.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Alleluia. The Lord is risen
indeed: Come let us adore him. Alleluia.
Invitatory Psalm
Venite
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Come let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving
*
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, *
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the caverns of the earth, *
and the heights of the hills are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it, *
and his hands have molded the dry land.
Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, *
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
*
Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!
Antiphon
Alleluia. The Lord is risen indeed: Come let us adore him. Alleluia.
Psalm 66
or
Coverdale
Jubilate Deo
1
Be joyful in God, all you lands;*
sing the glory of his Name;
sing the glory of his praise.
2
Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!*
because of your great strength your enemies cringe before you.
3
All the earth bows down before you,*
sings to you, sings out your Name."
4
Come now and see the works of God,*
how wonderful he is in his doing toward all people.
5
He turned the sea into dry land,
so that they went through the water on foot,*
and there we rejoiced in him.
6
In his might he rules for ever;
his eyes keep watch over the nations;*
let no rebel rise up against him.
7
Bless our God, you peoples;*
make the voice of his praise to be heard;
8
Who holds our souls in life,*
and will not allow our feet to slip.
9
For you, O God, have proved us;*
you have tried us just as silver is tried.
10
You brought us into the snare;*
you laid heavy burdens upon our backs.
11
You let enemies ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water;*
but you brought us out into a place of refreshment.
12
I will enter your house with burnt-offerings
and will pay you my vows,*
which I promised with my lips
and spoke with my mouth when I was in trouble.
13
I will offer you sacrifices of fat beasts
with the smoke of rams;*
I will give you oxen and goats.
14
Come and listen, all you who fear God,*
and I will tell you what he has done for me.
15
I called out to him with my mouth,*
and his praise was on my tongue.
16
If I had found evil in my heart,*
the Lord would not have heard me;
17
But in truth God has heard me;*
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
18
Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer,*
nor withheld his love from me.
Psalm 67
or
Coverdale
Deus misereatur
1
May God be merciful to us and bless us,*
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.
2
Let your ways be known upon earth,*
your saving health among all nations.
3
Let the peoples praise you, O God;*
let all the peoples praise you.
4
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,*
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide all the nations upon earth.
5
Let the peoples praise you, O God;*
let all the peoples praise you.
6
The earth has brought forth her increase;*
may God, our own God, give us his blessing.
7
May God give us his blessing,*
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.
Gloria Patri
sung
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
Old Testament Lesson
or KJV
Exodus 3:1-12
(NRSV)
1
Moses was keeping the flock of his fatherinlaw Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.
3
Then Moses said, "I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up."
4
When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
5
Then he said, "Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
6
He said further, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
7
Then the LORD said, "I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,
8
and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9
The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.
10
So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."
11
But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
12
He said, "I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain."
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Canticle 8 The Song of Moses
Cantemus Domino Exodus 15:1-6, 11-13, 17-18
chanted
I will sing to the Lord, for he is lofty and
uplifted; *
the horse and its rider has he hurled into the sea.
The
Lord is my strength and my refuge; *
the Lord has become my Savior.
This
is my God and I will praise him, *
the God of my people and I will exalt him.
The
Lord is a mighty warrior; *
Yahweh is his Name.
The
chariots of Pharoah and his army has he hurled into the sea
the finest of those who bear armor have been drowned in the Red
Sea.
The
fathomless deep has overwhelmed them; *
they sank into the depths like a stone.
Your
right hand, O Lord, is glorious in might; *
your right hand, O Lord, has overthrown the enemy.
Who
can be compared with you, O Lord, among the gods? *
who is like you, glorious in holiness,
awesome in renown, and worker of wonders?
You
stretched forth your right hand; *
the earth swallowed them up.
With
your constant love you led the people you redeemed; *
with your might you brought them in safety to your holy dwelling.
You
will bring them in and plant them *
on the mount of your possession,
The
resting-place you have made for yourself, O Lord, *
the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hand has established.
The
Lord shall reign *
for ever and for ever.
Glory
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.
New Testament Lesson
or KJV
Hebrews 12:18-29
(NRSV)
18
You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,
19
and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them.
20
(For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death."
21
Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear.")
22
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
23
and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
24
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
25
See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!
26
At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven."
27
This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of what is shakenthat is, created thingsso that what cannot be shaken may remain.
28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe;
29
for indeed our God is a consuming fire.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Canticle 21 You are God
Te Deum laudamus
You are God: we praise you;
You are the Lord; we acclaim you;
You are the eternal Father:
All creation worships you.
To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,
Cherubim and Seraphim, sing in endless praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
The glorious company of apostles praise you.
The noble fellowship of prophets praise you.
The white-robed army of martyrs praise you.
Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you;
Father, of majesty unbounded,
your true and only Son, worthy of all worship,
and the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.
You, Christ, are the king of glory,
the eternal Son of the Father.
When you became man to set us free
you did not shun the Virgin's womb.
You overcame the sting of death
and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
You are seated at God's right hand in glory.
We believe that you will come and be our judge.
Come then, Lord, and help your people,
bought with the price of your own blood,
and bring us with your saints
to glory everlasting.
Gospel
or KJV
Luke 10:17-24
(NRSV)
17
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!"
18
He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.
19
See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you.
20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
21
At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
22
All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
23
Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
24
For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it."
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Commemoration
Biography: Dunstan of Canterbury, monk and archbishop (19 May 988)
Dunstan was born near Glastonbury
in the southwest of England about the year 909, ten years after
the death of King
Alfred. During the Viking
invasions of the ninth century, monasteries had been favorite
targets of the invaders, and by Dunstan's time English monasticism
had been wiped out. In its restoration in the tenth century, Dunstan
played the leading role. He was born of an upper-class family,
and sent to court, where he did not fit in. At the urging of his
uncle, the Bishop of Westminster, he became a monk and a priest,
and returned to Glastonbury, where he built a hut near the ruins
of the old monastery, and devoted himself to study, music, metal
working (particularly the art of casting church bells, an art
which he is said to have advanced considerably), and painting.
A manuscript illuminated by him is in the British
Museum. He returned to court and was again asked to leave;
but then King
Edmund had a narrow escape from death while hunting, and in
gratitude recalled Dunstan and in 943 commissioned him to re-establish
monastic life at Glastonbury. (Glastonbury is one of the oldest
Christian sites in England, and is associated in legend with King Arthur
and his Court, with Joseph
of Arimathea, and with other worthies. It has been said that
the Holy
Grail, the chalice of the Last Supper, is hidden somewhere
near Glastonbury.) Under Dunstan's direction, Glastonbury became
an important center both of monasticism and of learning. The next
king, Edred,
adopted Dunstan's ideas for various reforms of the clergy (including
the control of many cathedrals by monastic chapters) and for relations
with the Danish settlers. These policies made Dunstan popular
in the North of England, but unpopular in the South.
Edred was succeeded by his sixteen-year-old
nephew Edwy,
whom Dunstan openly rebuked for unchastity. The furious Edwy drove
Dunstan into exile, but the North rose in rebellion on his behalf.
When the dust settled, Edwy was dead, his brother Edgar
was king, and Dunstan was Archbishop
of Canterbury. The coronation service which Dunstan compiled
for Edgar is the earliest English coronation service of which
the full text survives, and is the basis for all such services
since, down to the present. With the active support of King Edgar,
Dunstan re-established monastic communities at Malmesbury, Westminster,
Bath, Exeter, and many other places. Around 970 he presided at
a conference of bishops, abbots, and abbesses, which drew up a
national code of monastic observance, the Regularis
Concordia. It followed Benedictine
lines, but under it the monasteries were actively involved in
the life of the surrounding community. For centuries thereafter
the Archbishop of Canterbury was always a monk.
Dunstan took an active role in politics under
Edgar and his successor Edward,
but under the next king, Ethelred , he retired from politics and concentrated on running
the Canterbury
cathedral school for boys, where he was apparently successful
in raising the academic standards while reducing the incidence
of corporal punishment. On Ascension Day in 988, he told the congregation
that he was near to death, and died two days later.
written by James Kiefer
Prayer
O God of truth and beauty, who richly endowed
your bishop Dunstan with skill in music and the working of metals,
and with gifts of administration and reforming zeal: Teach us,
we pray, to see in you the source of all our talents, and move
us to offer them for the adornment of worship and the advancement
of true religion; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his
only son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He 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,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
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.
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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.
Suffrages A
Show us your mercy, O Lord;
And grant us your salvation.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness;
Let your people sing with joy.
Give peace, O Lord, in all the world;
For only in you can we live in safety.
Lord, keep this nation under your care;
And guide us in the way of justice and truth.
Let your way be known upon earth;
Your saving health among all nations.
Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;
Nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Create in us clean hearts, O God;
And sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
Collect of the Day: The Sunday after Ascension Day
O God, the King of glory, you have exalted
your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom
in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy
Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our
Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
A Collect for Sundays
O God, the King of glory, you have exalted
your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom
in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy
Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our
Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
For Mission
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit
the whole body of your faithful people is governed and sanctified:
Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before you
for all members of your holy Church, that in their vocation and
ministry they may truly and devoutly serve you; through our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
World Cycle of Prayer
We pray for the people of
Chad.
Ecumenical Cycle of Prayer
We pray for our sisters and brothers members of the
China Christian Council.
Prayers and Intercessions
Let us pray now for our own needs and those
of others.
Birthdays
Anniversaries
For Recovery from Sickness
For Travelers
For a Person in Trouble or Bereavement
For Those to be Baptized
For the Departed
Full list of prayers
For the Church
Gracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic
Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where
it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where
in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen
it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided,
reunite it; for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior.
Amen.
For Church Musicians and Artists
O God, whom saints and angels
delight to worship in heaven: Be ever present with your servants
who seek through art and music to perfect the praises offered
by your people on earth; and grant to them even now glimpses of
your beauty, and make them worthy at length to behold it unveiled
for evermore; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Families
Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
who places solitary persons in families: We commend to your continual
care the homes in which your people dwell. Put far from them,
we beseech you, every root of bitterness, the desire of vainglory,
and the pride of life. Fill them with faith, virtue, knowledge,
temperance, patience, and godliness. Knit together in constant
affection those who, in marriage, have been made one flesh. Turn
the hearts of the parents to the children, and the hearts of the
children to the parents; and so enkindle fervent charity among
us all, that we may evermore be kindly one to another; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn: Lord, thy Word abideth
choir
A Prayer Attributed
to St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where
there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where
there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where
there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be
consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to
be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is
in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we
are born to eternal life. Amen.
General Thanksgiving
Almighty
God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you
humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us
and to all whom you have made. We bless you for our creation,
preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all
for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our
Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of
glory. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies,
that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise,
not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves
to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness
all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you
and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. Amen.
A Prayer of St.
Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us
grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication
to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that
when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be
in the midst of them: Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions
as may be best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of
your truth, and in the age to come life everlasting. Amen.
Benediction
Let us bless the Lord. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Thanks be to God. Alleluia. Alleluia.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be
with us all evermore. Amen. 2 Corinthians 13:14
Hymn: God Be With You
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