The Holy Eucharist
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
June 25, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.
St. Paul’s Parish
Organ Prelude: Morning Psalm and Celebration, by Phil Lehenbauer
The Gathering of the Community
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with you all.
And also with you.
Almighty God,
to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
355 All Creatures of Our God and King (v 1-4, 7)
The Collect of the Day
Let us pray.
O God our defender, storms rage about us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us all from unbelief; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and ever. Amen.
The Proclamation of the Word
First Readings: Romans 6:1b-11
Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Hear What the Spirit is saying to the Church
Thanks be to God.
Anthem: Psalm 47
The Gospel: Matthew
10:24-39
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus said, "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's foes will be members of one's own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it."
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Sermon
465 Gather Us In
Affirmation of Faith: Hear, O Israel
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
The Prayers of the People
Creator God, you call us to be a people of love and justice – strengthen us in body, mind, and spirit: open our hearts with compassion and receive these our prayers on behalf of the church and world, as we say, hear our prayer.
Make
us to be alive to you in Christ, give life to the Church, give life and
vitality to Linda, our Primate; and Sandra, our bishop, that together we may so
witness to the light of Christ that all may know the breadth and depth of your
love. For we know that the whole law is summed up in a single commandment,
"You shall love your neighbour as yourself." Keep us faithful to our
commitment to truth and reconciliation with Indigenous people. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make
us to be alive to you in Christ, give life and vitality to this parish family,
that we may come to know Christ in a new way and see him in everyone we meet.
Give us courage to live by the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no
law against such things. Help us keep women and children free from
exploitation. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, fearless from entering the places of great hurt, and so we pray for all who are in positions of leadership in government, business, education and research, that you will give them insight, wisdom and courage. Let them live by the Spirit, so that they will also be guided by the Spirit. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and enable us to bring peace to Ukraine and all war-torn places, that the world may be delivered from madness of war, and from its devastation. We give thanks to aid agencies and all who work to help refugees. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and enable us to pray for all who are sick or in any need, remembering especially,
–
… and others we may name out loud or in our hearts…
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…that they may know your presence and healing power. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and so we pray for all those you have died in your peace and whose faith is known to you alone, remembering especially,
…that they may live forever in your presence with joy and gladness,
and we hold before you all who mourn. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and so we pray for Elizabeth Borman and give thanks for the gift of music and leadership that she has given to the Church and shared so easily with us in worship. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Holy One, hear our prayers and make us faithful stewards of the fragile bounty of this earth so that we may be entrusted with the riches of heaven. This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Confession and Absolution
Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; welcoming sinners and invites us to this table. Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.
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 neighbours 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 upon you, pardon and deliver you from all
your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Peace
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
460 Shine, Jesus, Shine
The Celebration of the Eucharist
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray,
Eternal God, you have made our Saviour Jesus Christ the head of all creation. Receive all we offer you this day and renew us in his risen life, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
The Great Thanksgiving
Eucharistic Prayer 2
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.
We give you thanks and praise, almighty God, through your beloved
Son, Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer. He is your living Word, through
whom you have created all things.
By the power of the Holy Spirit he took flesh of the Virgin Mary and
shared our human nature. He lived and died as one of us, to reconcile us to
you, the God and Father of all.
In fulfilment of your will he stretched out his hands in
suffering, to bring release to those who place their hope in you; and so he won
for you a holy people.
He chose to bear our griefs and sorrows, and to give up his life
on the cross, that he might shatter the chains of evil and death, and banish
the darkness of sin and despair. By his resurrection he brings us into the
light of your presence.
Now with all creation we 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.
Holy and gracious God, accept our praise, through your Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ; who on the night he was handed over to suffering and
death, took bread and gave you thanks, saying, “Take, and eat: this is my body
which is broken for you.” In the same way he took the cup, saying, “This is my
blood which is shed for you. When you do this, you do it in memory of me.”
Remembering, therefore, his death and resurrection, we offer you
this bread and this cup, giving thanks that you have made us worthy to stand in
your presence and serve you.
We ask you to send your Holy Spirit upon the offering of your holy
Church. Gather into one all who share in these sacred mysteries, filling them
with the Holy Spirit and confirming their faith in the truth, that together we
may praise you and give you glory through your Servant, Jesus Christ.
All glory and honour are yours, Father and Son, with the Holy
Spirit in the holy Church, 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, now and for ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
“I am the bread which has come down from
heaven,” says the Lord.
Give us this bread for ever.
“I am the vine, you are the branches.”
Lamb of God
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world
grant us your peace.
The Communion
The gifts of God for the People of God.
Thanks be to God.
Hymns-during-communion
307 When Long Before Time
73 One Bread, One Body
465 Gather Us In
The Sending Forth of the Community
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray,
Almighty God, guide and protect your people who share in this sacred mystery, and keep us always in your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The doxology
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 Blessing
May God, who in Christ
gives us a spring of water welling up to eternal life,
perfect in you the image of his glory;
and the blessing of God almighty,
be among you and remain with you always. Amen.
Hymn: When In Our Music God Is
Glorified
Dismissal
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Postlude: Festive
Finale by Phil Lehenbauer
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
June 25, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.
St. Paul’s Parish
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with you all.
And also with you.
to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us pray.
O God our defender, storms rage about us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us all from unbelief; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and ever. Amen.
First Readings: Romans 6:1b-11
Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Hear What the Spirit is saying to the Church
Thanks be to God.
And also with you.
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.
Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus said, "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and one's foes will be members of one's own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it."
The Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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
Creator God, you call us to be a people of love and justice – strengthen us in body, mind, and spirit: open our hearts with compassion and receive these our prayers on behalf of the church and world, as we say, hear our prayer.
Hear our prayer.
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, fearless from entering the places of great hurt, and so we pray for all who are in positions of leadership in government, business, education and research, that you will give them insight, wisdom and courage. Let them live by the Spirit, so that they will also be guided by the Spirit. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and enable us to bring peace to Ukraine and all war-torn places, that the world may be delivered from madness of war, and from its devastation. We give thanks to aid agencies and all who work to help refugees. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and enable us to pray for all who are sick or in any need, remembering especially,
–
-
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and so we pray for all those you have died in your peace and whose faith is known to you alone, remembering especially,
Hear our prayer.
Make us to be alive to you in Christ, and so we pray for Elizabeth Borman and give thanks for the gift of music and leadership that she has given to the Church and shared so easily with us in worship. God of love,
Hear our prayer.
Holy One, hear our prayers and make us faithful stewards of the fragile bounty of this earth so that we may be entrusted with the riches of heaven. This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; welcoming sinners and invites us to this table. Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.
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 neighbours 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.
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you.
The Prayer over the Gifts
Let us pray,
Eternal God, you have made our Saviour Jesus Christ the head of all creation. Receive all we offer you this day and renew us in his risen life, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
Eucharistic Prayer 2
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.
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.
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.
“I am the bread which has come down from
heaven,” says the Lord.
Give us this bread for ever.
“I am the vine, you are the branches.”
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world
grant us your peace.
The gifts of God for the People of God.
Thanks be to God.
307 When Long Before Time
73 One Bread, One Body
465 Gather Us In
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray,
Almighty God, guide and protect your people who share in this sacred mystery, and keep us always in your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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.
May God, who in Christ
gives us a spring of water welling up to eternal life,
perfect in you the image of his glory;
and the blessing of God almighty,
be among you and remain with you always. Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
