tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45631513004840116782024-03-12T11:20:36.526-03:00The Order of ServiceSt. Paul's Church, Charlottetown, PEJohn Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.comBlogger724125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-89650984639679506852024-03-12T11:19:00.002-03:002024-03-12T11:19:34.847-03:00The Holy Eucharist St. Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI March 17, 2024 Lent 4<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk157188275"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy
Eucharist<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St.
Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">March
17, 2024<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lent
4<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes:
Jesus, I Will Ponder J.G. Walther; Have Mercy, O God J.S. Bach; In Memoriam
Frank Bridge<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be
with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">614
Forgive Our Sins<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Compassion
and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against
God. Let us then renounce our wilfulness and ask God’s mercy by confessing our
sins in penitence and faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most merciful
God,<br /> </span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our
neighbours as ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us to
amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; that we may do justly, love
mercy, and walk humbly with you, our God. Amen.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">431
Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect for Saint Patrick’s Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God, we thank you for Patrick, whom you took
into your service, to bring within the freedom of your household those who once
enslaved him. Encourage us through his example, that we may know your power
made perfect in our weakness, and delight in serving others for the sake of him
who became servant of all, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span class="authorortitle"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Karen Armstrong, </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the
suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our
world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every
single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute
justice, equity and respect.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Jeremiah 31:31-34<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A
Reading From The Book Of Jeremiah<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the
house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I
made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the
land of Egypt a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the
Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it
on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No
longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the
Lord," for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,
says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no
more.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>John 12:20-33<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ according To John<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now
among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came
to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, "Sir, we
wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip
went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son
of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls
into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it
bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their
life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow
me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the
Father will honour. Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say - 'Father,
save me from this hour'? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this
hour. Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I
have glorified it, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing there
heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has spoken
to him." Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for
mine. Now is the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world will be
driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to
myself." He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gospel of Christ<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk161048560"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">77 My Soul Cries Out</span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk161048560;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(SNC)<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">An
Affirmation of Faith</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<i>(Colossians 3.10-16)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
affirm our faith in a compassionate God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We clothe ourselves with the new self, according
to the image of God our creator. We clothe ourselves without distinction of
race, Creed or colour, we are one humanity; but Christ is all and in all! We
clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and
patience. <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We clothe ourselves with forgiveness; just as
the Lord has forgiven us, so we also will forgive. We clothe ourselves
with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. We clothe
ourselves with the peace of Christ in our hearts. We clothe ourselves with
gratitude for all wisdom and praise. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayers of the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With confidence and trust let us pray to the God of all
creation, saying: <i>in your mercy hear us.<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the Church universal, for Linda our Primate, Sandra
our Bishop, that you will give us courage to give up our preoccupation with
ourselves and to give more of ourselves to your mission in the world. Lord of
compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the vision and mission of this Parish, that in
faithful witness we may show your love and justice in all that we do. We ask
you will</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
give us the nourishment we need to bear the fruit of repentance, so that we too
may be a people of forgiveness and mercy. <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord
of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
help to be a people of radical inclusion, that we may honour the
recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; help us create
equality and safety for visible minorities, women, and for everyone. <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For peace in the world, that a spirit of respect and
reconciliation may grow among nations and peoples. Give all people the courage
to give up war, bitterness, hatred, and to seek peace. We pray especially at
this time for peace in places of violence. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and all who
suffer. We give thanks for development and aid agencies and pray for refugees,
prisoners, and all in danger; that they may be relieved and protected. Give us
the courage to give up quarrels, strife and jealousy in our families,
neighbourhoods and communities. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For those we know who are ill at home or in the
hospital, <i>especially…<br /><a name="_Hlk127774328"><o:p></o:p></a></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…and
for others, we may name out loud or in our hearts…<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For those whom we have injured or offended, for grace to
amend our lives and to further your reign of love and mercy. Bless us in our
efforts to bring an end to poverty. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In communion with all those who have walked in the way of
holiness we pray for those who have died, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…and we pray for comfort and peace to all those who
mourn. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, who in your wisdom chose people like Patrick to proclaim the Gospel of
love: keep alive in us the fire of the faith he kindled and strengthen us in
our pilgrimage towards the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ your
Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Since
we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has given us access to God’s grace.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">545
We Will Lay Our Burden Down<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eternal God, your only Son suffered death upon
the cross to bring the world salvation. Accept the praise and thanksgiving we
offer you this day, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Great Thanksgiving (EP 3)<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift
up your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth, because you bid your
faithful people to cleanse their hearts and to prepare with joy for the paschal
feast; that reborn through the waters of baptism and renewed in the eucharistic
mystery, we may be more fervent in prayer and more generous in the works of
love.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
we raise our voices to you in praise to proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known
to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken
through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For
in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the
Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and
made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error
into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On
the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely
accepted, 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.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink
it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we remember his death,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they
may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite
us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and
bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and
daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the
head of the Church, and the author of our salvation;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by
whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour
and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Breaking of the Bread </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Lent
and Holy Week)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
break this bread,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Communion in Christ’s body once broken.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
your Church be the wheat<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">which
bears its fruit in dying.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If we have died with him,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we shall live with him;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">if we hold firm,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we shall reign with him.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb
of God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us your peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HYMNs
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during
communion<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">160
Spirit, Open My Heart (SNC)<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB
81<b> In His Time</b> (verses 1, 2)<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB
81 <b>In His Time</b> (verses 1, 2)<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayer<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
your works praise you, O Lord.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And your faithful servants bless you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious God we thank you for feeding us with
the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. May we, who share his body, live
his risen life; we, who drink his cup, bring life to others; we, whom the
Spirit lights, give light to the world.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us,
so that we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth live to
praise your name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May
the God of mercy transform you by his grace. May you journey with a Saviour who
has come. For we are all God’s children, in the Spirit we are one. And the
blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among
you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">482
Come and Journey<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dismissal<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go
forth into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">remembering
that the Lord<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is
full of compassion and mercy,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">slow
to anger and of great kindness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-90277489423662295632024-03-06T10:55:00.002-04:002024-03-06T10:55:47.012-04:00The Holy Eucharist St. Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI March 10, 2024 @ 10:00 Lent 4<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk157188275"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">St. Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">March 10, 2024 @ 10:00<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lent 4 – Daylight Savings Time starts</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Preludes: <i>O Lamb of God</i> G.P Telemann; <i>Come,
Holy Spirit</i> F.W. Zachau; <i>Praise Be to You</i> J.S. Bach<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">be with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">614 Forgive Our Sins<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the
Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he
was tempted. Let us confess our sins remembering before God the times when we
have fallen from temptation into sin.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Most merciful God,<br /> </span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">we
have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbours as
ourselves. In your mercy <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>forgive what we
have been, help us to amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; that we
may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you, our God. Amen.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">524 O Christ, the
Great Foundation<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk160481939"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Collect of the
Day<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us pray.<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came from heaven to be
the true bread which gives life to the world, evermore give us this bread, that
he may live in us, and we in him, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span class="authorortitle"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Karen Armstrong, </span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">“A truly compassionate person touches a chord in us that resonates
with some of our deepest yearnings. People flock to such individuals, because
they seem to offer a haven of peace in a violent, angry world. This is the
ideal to which we aspire, and it is not beyond our capacity. But even if we
achieve only a fraction of this enlightenment and leave the world marginally
better because we have lived in it, our lives will have been worthwhile.”<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Reading</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">: <i>Numbers 21:4-9<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Reading
from The Book of Numbers<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">From Mount
Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but
the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and
against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable
food." Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they
bit the people, so that many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and
said, "We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray
to the Lord to take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for the
people. And the Lord said to Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent, and set it
on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live." So Moses
made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit
someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hear what
the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gospel</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <i>John 3:14-21<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord be
with you<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Holy
Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according To John<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Jesus said,
"Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God
so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in
him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son
into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved
through him. Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not
believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of
the only Son of God. And this is the judgement, that the light has come into
the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were
evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that
their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the
light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in
God."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Gospel
of Christ<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sermon: </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Rev. Ann Turner<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481939;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">400 What Wondrous Love is This<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">An Affirmation of Faith</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <i>(<a name="_Hlk160444666">Colossians 3.10-16</a>)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We affirm our faith in a compassionate God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We clothe ourselves
with the new self, according to the image of God our creator. We clothe
ourselves without distinction of race, Creed or colour, we are one humanity; but
Christ is all and in all! We clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness,
humility, meekness, and patience. <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We clothe ourselves
with forgiveness; just as the Lord has forgiven us, so we also will
forgive. We clothe ourselves with love, which binds everything together in
perfect harmony. We clothe ourselves with the peace of Christ in our hearts. We
clothe ourselves with gratitude for all wisdom and praise. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk160481981"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Prayers of the
People<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">With confidence and trust let us pray to the God of all
creation, saying: <i>in your mercy hear us.<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the Church universal, for Linda our Primate, Sandra
our Bishop, that you will give us courage to give up our preoccupation with
ourselves and to give more of ourselves to your mission in the world. Lord of
compassion,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the vision and mission of this Parish, that in
faithful witness we may show your love and justice in all that we do. We ask
you to</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> give us
the nourishment we need to bear the fruit of repentance, so that we too may be
a people of forgiveness and mercy. <span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For help to
be a people of radical inclusion, that we may honour the recommendations of the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission; help us create equality and safety for
visible minorities, women, and for everyone. <span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For peace in the world, that a spirit of respect and
reconciliation may grow among nations and peoples. Give all people the courage
to give up war, bitterness, hatred, and to seek peace. We pray especially at
this time for peace in places of violence. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and all who
suffer. We give thanks for development and aid agencies and pray for refugees,
prisoners, and all in danger; that they may be relieved and protected. Give us
the courage to give up quarrels, strife and jealousy in our families,
neighbourhoods and communities. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For those we know who are ill at home or in the hospital, <i>especially…<br /><a name="_Hlk127774328"><o:p></o:p></a></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-<br /> </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">…and for
others, we may name out loud or in our hearts…<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For those whom we have injured or offended, for grace to
amend our lives and to further your reign of love and mercy. Bless us in our
efforts to bring an end to poverty. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In communion with all those who have walked in the way of
holiness we pray for those who have died, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-<br /> </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">…and we pray for comfort and peace to all those who
mourn. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God of
infinite goodness, throughout the ages you have persevered in claiming and
reclaiming your people. Renew for us your call to repentance, surround us with
witnesses to aid us in our journey, and grant us the time to fashion our lives
anew, through Jesus Christ our Savior. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Since we
are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, who
has given us access to God’s grace.<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The peace
of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><a name="_Hlk157792978"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Announcements<br /></span></a></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160481981;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157792978;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157792978;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Happy Birthday<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157792978;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">371 To God Be the Glory<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk160482010"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us pray.<br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160482010;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God of mercy and compassion, your Word calls us home to faith and
love. Accept all we offer you this day, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Great Thanksgiving (S3)<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We lift them to the
Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It is right to give
our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It is indeed right to thank you and praise you,
holy and gracious God, creator of all things, ruler of heaven and earth,
sustainer of life, for you are the source of all goodness, rich in mercy and
abounding in love; you are faithful to your people in every generation, and
your word endures for ever.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Therefore with angels and archangels, with the
fellowship of saints and the company of heaven, we glorify your holy name,
evermore praising you and singing,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy, holy, holy
Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God of power and
might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">heaven and earth
are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hosanna in the
highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hosanna in the
highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We praise you, merciful Father, not as we ought,
but as we are able, because in your tender love you gave the world your only
Son, in order that the world might be saved through him. He made you known by
taking the form of a servant, healing the sick, liberating the oppressed,
reaching out to the lost.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Betrayed, reviled, and nailed to the cross, he
confronted the power of sin and disarmed it for ever. In his offering of
himself, he became the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the
whole world. Redeemed by Christ, we have been adopted as your children; by your
pardon you have made us worthy to praise you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On the night he was betrayed, Jesus, at supper
with his friends, took bread, gave you thanks, broke the bread, gave it to
them, and said, “Take and eat: this is my body which is given for you. Do this
for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">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 many for the
forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In obedience to him and with grateful hearts we
approach your holy table, remembering our Saviour’s sacrifice, and rejoicing in
his victory. Confident in his sovereign purpose, we declare our faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Christ has died,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Christ is risen,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Christ will come
again.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Send your Holy Spirit on us that as we receive
this bread and this cup we may partake of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">May we be renewed in his risen life, filled with
love, and strengthened in our will to serve others; and make of our lives, we
pray, a pure and holy sacrifice, acceptable to you, knitting us together as one
in your Son Jesus Christ, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honour
and glory, now and forever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Breaking of the Bread </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(Lent and
Holy Week)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We break this bread,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Communion in
Christ’s body once broken.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let your Church be the wheat<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">which bears its fruit in dying.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If we have died
with him,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">we shall live with
him;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">if we hold firm,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">we shall reign with
him.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">grant us your
peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">HYMNs </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">during communion<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Gift</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, <i>written and
performed by Ken Campbell<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk160445137"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">PB 123 God So Loved
the World</span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk160445137;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> (verses 1,
2)<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">PB 123 God So Loved the World</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> (verse 1)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Prayer<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All your works praise you, O Lord.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And your faithful
servants bless you. Gracious God we thank you for feeding us with the body and
blood of your Son Jesus Christ. May we, who share his body, live his risen
life; we, who drink his cup, bring life to others; we, whom the Spirit lights, give
light to the world.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Keep us firm in the
hope you have set before us, so that we and all your children shall be free, and
the whole earth live to praise your name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">May the God of mercy transform you by his grace,
and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be
among you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">386 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dismissal<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Go forth into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">remembering that the Lord<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">is full of compassion and mercy,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">slow to anger and of great kindness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-34077550576058530562024-02-29T09:30:00.002-04:002024-02-29T09:30:35.383-04:00<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk157188275"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">St. Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">March 3, 2024<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lent 3<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US">Preludes: <i>Voluntary in A Minor</i> John Robinson; <i>Fond d’Orgue</i>
Louis Marchand<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">be with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">614 Forgive Our Sins</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Aptos",sans-serif;">Compassion and forgiveness
belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against God. Let us then
renounce our wilfulness and ask God’s mercy by confessing our sins in penitence
and faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Most merciful God,<br /> </span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">we
have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbours as
ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us to amend what we
are, and direct what we shall be; that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk
humbly with you, our God. Amen.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US">389 O God of Font and Altar<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us pray.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Father of mercy, alone
we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves. When we are discouraged by our
weakness, strengthen us to follow Christ, our pattern and our hope; who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span class="authorortitle"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Karen
Armstrong, </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><i>“Saint Augustine … insisted that scripture taught
nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any
passage that seemed to preach hatred and was not conducive to love must be
interpreted allegorically and made to speak of charity.”</i><br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">: <i>Exodus 20:1-17<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">A Reading From The Book Of Exodus<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your
God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you
shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol,
whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down
to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing
children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of
those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of
those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not make wrongful use of
the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses
his name. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labour
and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God;
you shall not do any work - you, your son or your daughter, your male or female
slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the
seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
Honour your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land
that the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not
commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against
your neighbour. You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet
your neighbour's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything
that belongs to your neighbour.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">: <i>John 2:13-22<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord be with you<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
According To John<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Glory to you, Lord
Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went
up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and
doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords,
he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also
poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told
those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop
making my Father's house a marketplace!" His disciples remembered that it
was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." The Jews then
said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus
answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it
up." The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for
forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he was
speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his
disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and
the word that Jesus had spoken.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Gospel of Christ<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Praise to you, Lord
Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US">476 God, You Have Caused to Be Written<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">An Affirmation of Faith</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> <i>(Colossians
3.10-16)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We affirm our faith in a compassionate God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We clothe ourselves
with the new self, according to the image of God our creator. We clothe
ourselves without distinction of race, Creed or colour, we are one humanity; but
Christ is all and in all! We clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness,
humility, meekness, and patience. <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We clothe ourselves
with forgiveness; just as the Lord has forgiven us, so we also will
forgive. We clothe ourselves with love, which binds everything together in
perfect harmony. We clothe ourselves with the peace of Christ in our hearts. We
clothe ourselves with gratitude for all wisdom and praise. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Prayers of the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US">O Lord, our God, help us keep you first in our lives. Help us
speak only good things in your name. Help us rest and worship more fully. Help
us honor our forebears in faith. Help us safeguard all life. Help us
be faithful to those we love. Help us be generous. Help us speak
truth. Help us celebrate the gifts of others. Help us to want to
share. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lord of
compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the Church
universal, for Linda our Primate, Sandra our Bishop, that you will give us
courage to give up our preoccupation with ourselves and to give more of
ourselves to your mission in the world. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the vision
and mission of this Parish, that in faithful witness we may show your love and
justice in all that we do. We ask you will</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> give us the
nourishment we need to bear the fruit of repentance, so that we too may be a
people of forgiveness and mercy. <span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord
of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For help to be a people of radical inclusion,
that we may honour the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission; help us create equality and safety for visible minorities, women,
and for everyone. <span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord of
compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For peace in the
world, that a spirit of respect and reconciliation may grow among nations and
peoples. Give all people the courage to give up war, bitterness, hatred, and to
seek peace. We pray especially at this time for peace in places of violence. Lord
of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For the poor,
the persecuted, the sick, and all who suffer. We give thanks for development
and aid agencies and pray for refugees, prisoners, and all in danger; that they
may be relieved and protected. Give us the courage to give up quarrels, strife
and jealousy in our families, neighbourhoods and communities. Lord of
compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For those we know who
are ill at home or in the hospital, <i>especially…<br /><a name="_Hlk127774328"><o:p></o:p></a></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br />
</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">…and for others, we may name out loud or in our
hearts…<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lord of
compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">For those whom
we have injured or offended, for grace to amend our lives and to further your
reign of love and mercy. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In communion
with all those who have walked in the way of holiness we pray for those who
have died, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">…and we pray for
comfort and peace to all those who mourn. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God of infinite goodness, throughout the ages you
have persevered in claiming and reclaiming your people. Renew for us your call
to repentance, surround us with witnesses to aid us in our journey, and grant
us the time to fashion our lives anew, through Jesus Christ our Savior. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Since we are justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us access to God’s grace.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US">We Are One in the Spirit<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us pray.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gracious God, we
know your power to triumph over weakness. May we who ask forgiveness be ready
to forgive one another, in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Great Thanksgiving – Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We lift them to the
Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">It is right to give
our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of heaven
and earth, because you bid your faithful people to cleanse their hearts and to
prepare with joy for the paschal feast; that reborn through the waters of
baptism and renewed in the eucharistic mystery, we may be more fervent in
prayer and more generous in the works of love.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Therefore we raise our voices to you in praise to
proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Holy, holy, holy
Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God of power and
might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">heaven and earth
are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hosanna in the
highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hosanna in the
highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the
goodness and love you have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to
be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the
Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be
incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In
him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In
him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into
righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On the night he was handed over to suffering and
death, a death he freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">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 many for the
forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Therefore, Father, according to his command,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">we remember his
death,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">we proclaim his
resurrection,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">we await his coming
in glory;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this
bread and this wine.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy
Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and
his blood of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we,
made acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all things in
Christ, and make them new, and bring us to that city of light where you dwell
with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn
of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity
of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and
for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Breaking of the Bread </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(Lent and
Holy Week)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">We break this bread,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Communion in
Christ’s body once broken.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Let your Church be the wheat<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">which bears its fruit in dying.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">If we have died
with him,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">we shall live with
him;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">if we hold firm,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">we shall reign with
him.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">grant us your peace.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">HYMNs </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">during communion<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US">56 I Am the Bread, the Bread of Life<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US">PB 68 <b>In His Presence</b> (verses 1, 2 repeated)<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US">PB 68 <b>In His Presence</b> (verse 1)<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The Prayer<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">All your works praise you, O Lord.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">And your faithful
servants bless you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Gracious God we
thank you for feeding us with the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. May
we, who share his body, live his risen life; we, who drink his cup, bring life
to others; we, whom the Spirit lights, give light to the world. Keep us firm in
the hope you have set before us, so that we and all your children shall be
free, and the whole earth live to praise your name; through Christ our Lord.
Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">May the God of mercy transform you by his grace,
and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be
among you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US">508 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Dismissal<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Go forth into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">remembering that the Lord<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">is full of compassion and mercy,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">slow to anger and of great kindness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-47009601651304068962024-02-23T10:46:00.005-04:002024-02-23T10:46:51.567-04:00The Holy Eucharist St. Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI February 25, 2024<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk157188275"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy
Eucharist<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St.
Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI & the Annual Meeting<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">February
25, 2024<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lent 2, Freedom Sunday<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Preludes:
<i>Two Lenten Chorale Preludes</i> Johann Pachelbel; <i>Prelude and Fugue in G
Minor</i> J.S. Bach<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be
with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">614
Forgive Our Sins<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Compassion
and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against
God. Let us then renounce our wilfulness and ask God’s mercy by confessing our
sins in penitence and faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most merciful
God,<br /> </span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our
neighbours as ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us to
amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; that we may do justly, love
mercy, and walk humbly with you, our God. Amen.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk159401712"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">468 To Abraham and Sarah<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God, whose Son was revealed in
majesty before he suffered death upon the cross, give us faith to perceive his
glory, that being strengthened by his grace we may be changed into his
likeness, from glory to glory; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span class="authorortitle"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Karen Armstrong, </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“It is also necessary in both public and
private life to refrain consistently and empathically from inflicting pain. To
act or speak violently out of spite, chauvinism or self-interest, to
impoverish, exploit or deny basic rights to anybody, and to incite hatred by
denigrating others—even our enemies—is a denial of our common humanity.”</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A
Reading From The Book Of Genesis<br /> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When
Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him,
"I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my
covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous." Then
Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, "As for me, this is my
covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No
longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have
made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly
fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. I will
establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you
throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and
to your offspring after you. As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her
Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give
you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings
of peoples shall come from her."<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Mark 8:31-38<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ According To Mark<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus
began to teach his disciples that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering,
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be
killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his
disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are
setting your mind not on divine things but on human things." He called the
crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my
followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For
those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life
for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit
them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give
in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed
when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gospel of Christ<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What
Does the Lord Require?<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">An
Affirmation of Faith</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<i>(Colossians 3.10-16)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
affirm our faith in a compassionate God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We clothe ourselves with the new self, according
to the image of God our creator. We clothe ourselves without distinction of
race, Creed or colour, we are one humanity; but Christ is all and in all! We
clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and
patience. <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We clothe ourselves with forgiveness; just as
the Lord has forgiven us, so we also will forgive. We clothe ourselves
with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. We clothe
ourselves with the peace of Christ in our hearts. We clothe ourselves with
gratitude for all wisdom and praise. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayers of the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With confidence and trust let us pray to the
God of all creation, saying: <i>in your mercy hear us.<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the Church universal, for Linda our
Primate, Sandra our Bishop, that you will give us courage to give up our
preoccupation with ourselves and to give more of ourselves to your mission in
the world. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the vision and mission of this Parish,
that in faithful witness we may show your love and justice in all that we do.
We ask you to</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
give us the nourishment we need to bear the fruit of repentance, so that we too
may be a people of forgiveness and mercy. And we seek your blessing upon our
parish annual meeting, may it help us discern your will. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord
of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Today is </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Freedom Sunday and so we
seek your light to shine on the grief caused by human trafficking, labour
exploitation and discrimination, and we pray for missing and murdered
Indigenous women and girls, and the hardships faced by 2SLGBTQI+ persons</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Help us be a people of radical
inclusion; help us create equality and safety for visible minorities, women,
and for everyone. <span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord of
compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For peace in the world, that a spirit of
respect and reconciliation may grow among nations and peoples. Give all people
the courage to give up war, bitterness, hatred, and to seek peace. We pray
especially at this time for peace in places of violence. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and
all who suffer. We give thanks for development and aid agencies and pray for
refugees, prisoners, and all in danger; that they may be relieved and
protected. Give us the courage to give up quarrels, strife and jealousy in our
families, neighbourhoods and communities. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For those we know who are ill at home or in the
hospital, <i>especially…<br /><a name="_Hlk127774328"><o:p></o:p></a></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br />
</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…and
for others, we may name out loud or in our hearts…<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For those whom we have injured or offended,
for grace to amend our lives and to further your reign </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of love and
mercy. <span style="color: black;">Bless us in our efforts to bring an end to
poverty</span><i>.</i> Lord of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In communion with all those who have walked
in the way of holiness we pray for those who have died, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…and we pray for comfort and peace to all
those who mourn. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God
of infinite goodness, throughout the ages you have persevered in claiming and
reclaiming your people. Renew for us your call to repentance, surround us with
witnesses to aid us in our journey, and grant us the time to fashion our lives
anew, through Jesus Christ our Savior. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Since
we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has given us access to God’s grace.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk159401669"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 85 This is the Day</span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159401669;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (extra
verses from Voices United)<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of wisdom, may the light of the eternal
Word, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, guide us to your glory. We ask this in
his name. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Great Thanksgiving – Supplementary Eucharistic Prayer 3 (S3)<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift
up your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It
is indeed right to thank you and praise you, holy and gracious God, creator of
all things, ruler of heaven and earth, sustainer of life, for you are the
source of all goodness, rich in mercy and abounding in love; you are faithful
to your people in every generation, and your word endures for ever.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
with angels and archangels, with the fellowship of saints and the company of
heaven, we glorify your holy name, evermore praising you and singing,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
praise you, merciful Father, not as we ought, but as we are able, because in
your tender love you gave the world your only Son, in order that the world
might be saved through him. He made you known by taking the form of a servant,
healing the sick, liberating the oppressed, reaching out to the lost.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Betrayed,
reviled, and nailed to the cross, he confronted the power of sin and disarmed
it for ever. In his offering of himself, he became the perfect and sufficient
sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. Redeemed by Christ, we have been
adopted as your children; by your pardon you have made us worthy to praise you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On
the night he was betrayed, Jesus, at supper with his friends, took bread, gave
you thanks, broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, “Take and eat: this is
my body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
obedience to him and with grateful hearts we approach your holy table,
remembering our Saviour’s sacrifice, and rejoicing in his victory. Confident in
his sovereign purpose, we declare our faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ has died,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ is risen,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ will come again.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Send
your Holy Spirit on us that as we receive this bread and this cup we may
partake of the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and feed on him in our
hearts by faith with thanksgiving.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May
we be renewed in his risen life, filled with love, and strengthened in our will
to serve others; and make of our lives, we pray, a pure and holy sacrifice,
acceptable to you, knitting us together as one in your Son Jesus Christ, to
whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, now and forever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Breaking of the Bread </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Lent
and Holy Week)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
break this bread,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Communion in Christ’s body once broken.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
your Church be the wheat<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">which
bears its fruit in dying.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If we have died with him,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we shall live with him;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">if we hold firm,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we shall reign with him.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb
of God</span></b></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us your peace. </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during
communion<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB
118 Holy Ground</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(verses 1, 2 repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk159405775"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB177 Make Me a Servant</span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk159405775;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(repeated)<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB177
Make Me a Servant</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayer<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
your works praise you, O Lord.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And your faithful servants bless you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious God we thank you for feeding us with
the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. May we, who share his body, live
his risen life; we, who drink his cup, bring life to others; we, whom the
Spirit lights, give light to the world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set
before us, so that we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth
live to praise your name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May
the God of mercy transform you by his grace, and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you
always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">602
Lift High the Cross<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dismissal<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go
forth into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">remembering
that the Lord<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is
full of compassion and mercy,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">slow
to anger and of great kindness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-13656248925099261332024-02-15T09:14:00.000-04:002024-02-15T09:14:02.421-04:00The Holy Eucharist St. Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI February 18, 2024 Lent 1<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk157188275"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy
Eucharist<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St.
Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">February
18, 2024<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lent
1<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes:
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Voluntary</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
W.G. Alcock; <i>Adagio</i> (from <i>Modale Suite</i>) Flor Peeters<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be
with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">614
Forgive Our Sins (V 1 & 2)<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus,
full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted. Let us confess our
sins remembering before God the times when we have fallen from temptation into
sin.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most merciful
God,<br /> </span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our
neighbours as ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us to
amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; that we may do justly, love
mercy, and walk humbly with you, our God. Amen.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk158659717"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158630418;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(SNC 46) Jesus,
Tempted in the Desert<br /></span></b></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Whose Son fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are but did not sin, give us grace to discipline
ourselves in submission to your Spirit, that as you know our weakness, so we
may know your power to save; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span class="authorortitle"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Karen Armstrong, </span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Compassion
derives from the Latin patiri and the Greek pathein, meaning "to suffer,
undergo or experience." So "compassion" means "to endure
[something] with another person," to put ourselves in somebody else's
shoes, to feel her pain as though it were our own, and to enter generously into
his point of view. That is why our hearts, discover what gives us pain, and
then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody
else. Compassion can be defined, therefore, as an attitude of principled,
consistent altruism.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Genesis 9:8-17<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A
Reading From The Book Of Genesis<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God
said to Noah and to his sons with him, "As for me, I am establishing my
covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living
creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of
the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark. I establish my covenant
with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood,
and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth." God said,
"This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every
living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow
in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will
remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of
all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all
flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the
everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is
on the earth." God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant
that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">647 Sprit of the Living God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Holy Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
<i>Mark 1:9-15<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Holy Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">According
To Mark<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the
Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn
apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from
heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased."
And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the
wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and
the angels waited on him. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee,
proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and
the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news."<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gospel of Christ<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PEERS
Alliance Presentation<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Anthem</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">: Walk with Me <i>(Patrick M. Lieberman)<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">An
Affirmation of Faith</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<i>(Colossians 3.10-16)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
affirm our faith in a compassionate God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We clothe ourselves with the new self, according
to the image of God our creator. We clothe ourselves without distinction of
race, Creed or colour, we are one humanity; but Christ is all and in all! We
clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and
patience. <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We clothe ourselves with forgiveness; just as
the Lord has forgiven us, so we also will forgive. We clothe ourselves
with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. We clothe
ourselves with the peace of Christ in our hearts. We clothe ourselves with
gratitude for all wisdom and praise. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayers of the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With confidence and trust let us pray to the
God of all creation, saying: <i>in your mercy hear us.<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the Church universal, for Linda our
Primate, Sandra our Bishop, that you will give us courage to give up our
preoccupation with ourselves and to give more of ourselves to your mission in
the world. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the vision and mission of this Parish,
that in faithful witness we may show your love and justice in all that we do. <a name="_Hlk158725134">We ask that you give</a></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158725134;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
us the nourishment we need to bear the fruit of repentance, so that we too may
be a people of forgiveness and mercy. </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord
of compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
help to be a people of radical inclusion, that we may honour the
recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; help us create
equality and safety for visible minorities, women, and for everyone. <a name="_Hlk158725225">We ask you to continue to bless the mission of PEERS
Alliance. </a><span style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Lord of
compassion,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For peace in the world, that a spirit of
respect and reconciliation may grow among nations and peoples. Give all people
the courage to give up war, bitterness, hatred, and to seek peace. We pray
especially at this time for peace in places of violence. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and
all who suffer. We give thanks for development and aid agencies and pray for
refugees, prisoners, and all in danger; that they may be relieved and
protected. Give us the courage to give up quarrels, strife and jealousy in our
families, neighbourhoods and communities. Help those seeking work find
meaningful employment. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For those we know who are ill at home or in the
hospital, <i>especially…<br /><a name="_Hlk127774328"><o:p></o:p></a></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br />
</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…and
for others, we may name out loud or in our hearts…<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For those whom we have injured or offended,
for grace to amend our lives and to further your reign of love and mercy. Bless
us in our efforts to bring an end to poverty. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In communion with all those who have walked
in the way of holiness we pray for those who have died, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">…and we pray for comfort and peace to all
those who mourn. Lord of compassion,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in your mercy hear us.<br /></span></strong></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God
of infinite goodness, throughout the ages you have persevered in claiming and
reclaiming your people. Renew for us your call to repentance, surround us with
witnesses to aid us in our journey, and grant us the time to fashion our lives
anew, through Jesus Christ our Savior. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Since
we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has given us access to God’s grace.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">418 Draw the Circle Wide<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God our refuge and our strength, receive all
we offer you this day, and through the death and resurrection of your Son
transform us to his likeness. We ask this in his name. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Great Thanksgiving - </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic
Prayer 3<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift
up your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; we give you thanks and
praise through Jesus Christ our Lord, who was tempted in every way, yet did not
sin. By his grace we are able to triumph over every evil, and to live no longer
for ourselves alone, but for him who died for us and rose again.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
with angels and archangels and all who have served you in every age, we raise
our voices to proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known
to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken
through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the
Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and
made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error
into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On
the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely
accepted, 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.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink
it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we remember his death,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they
may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite
us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and
bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and
daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the
head of the Church, and the author of our salvation;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by
whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour
and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Breaking of the Bread </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Lent
and Holy Week)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
break this bread,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Communion in Christ’s body once broken.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
your Church be the wheat<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">which
bears its fruit in dying.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If we have died with him,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we shall live with him;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">if we hold firm,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we shall reign with him.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb
of God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HYMNs
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during
communion<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><a name="_Hlk158630913"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Spirit, Open My Heart<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">PB 121 We Remember You</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> (repeated)<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">PB 121 We Remember You<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Prayer<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
your works praise you, O Lord.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And your faithful servants bless you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious God we thank you for feeding us with
the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. May we, who share his body, live
his risen life; we, who drink his cup, bring life to others; we, whom the
Spirit lights, give light to the world. Keep us firm in the hope you have set
before us, so that we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth
live to praise your name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May
the God of mercy transform you by his grace, and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you
always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">628 O Love, How Deep, How
Broad, How High <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Dismissal<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go
forth into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">remembering
that the Lord<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">is
full of compassion and mercy,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">slow
to anger and of great kindness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk157188275;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-38103626569155797772024-02-08T19:17:00.004-04:002024-02-08T19:17:40.022-04:00Last after Epiphany (Transfiguration) St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI February 11, 2024, 10:00 am<div style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk158136336"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Last after Epiphany (Transfiguration)<br /></span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136336;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St.
Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136336;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">February 11, 2024, 10:00 am<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Preludes:
<i>Voluntary</i> Jonathan Battishill; <i>Trumpet Voluntary</i> Simon Stubbly; <i>Improvisation
on ‘Veni Creator Spiritus’ </i>Noel Rawsthorne<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be
with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect for Purity<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">385 Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear, O Israel<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear, O Israel,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Lord our God,
the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with all your
heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is the first
and the great commandment.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The second is like
it: Love your neighbour as yourself.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is no
commandment greater than these.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk158136380"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, on the holy mount you revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son,
wonderfully transfigured: mercifully deliver us from the darkness of this
world, and change us into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus
Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First Reading</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:<i>
</i>2 Corinthians 4:3-6<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading From The Second Letter Of
Paul To The Corinthians<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Even if our gospel is veiled, it is
veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has
blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the
gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not proclaim
ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for
Jesus' sake. For it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of
darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the
Church<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mark
9:2-9<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ according to Mark.<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Six days later, Jesus took with him
Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white,
such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah
with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi,
it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what to say, for they were terrified.
Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice,
"This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!" Suddenly when they
looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. As they were
coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had
seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136380;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Children of the Light</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Prayers of the People<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk158136406"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the power of the Spirit and in union with Christ, let
us pray to God, our creator saying, <i>hear our prayer.<br /></i></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of glory, it
is good that we are here. In peace we make our prayer to you. In trust we
confirm our faith in you, that </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">this
Parish of St. Paul’s may shine before others as a beacon of love and justice
and give you glory. <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">Help us to set our faces
steadfastly to where you would have us go.</span> God of love,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of glory,
look with favour on your Church, proclaiming your beloved Son to the world and
listening to the promptings of his Spirit. W</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">e
pray for Linda our Primate, Sandra our bishop and all who minister in your
name, m<span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">ay your Spirit renew us in holiness
that we may reflect your glory.</span> God of love,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of glory,
look with favour on the nations of the world, scarred by hatred, strife and
war. May </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">world leaders be inspired to seek
peace and mercy. We pray for peace in all places of war and violence. <span style="letter-spacing: .15pt;">May we all be healed by the touch of your hand.</span>
God of love,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of glory,
look with favour on those in need and distress, suffering as your Son has
suffered and waiting for the salvation you promise. M</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ay
we know the power of reconciliation. Wherever there is division between us and
others, because of our race or ethnicity, we pray that we may all be led to
reconciliation. We pray for all who work to bring communities together in ways
that are just and equal for all. God of love,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of glory, look with favour on all
who are ill, at home or in hospital, and those in need of our prayers, <i>remembering
especially,<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And others we may name aloud or in our
hearts.<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that they may know the peace and hope
of abundant life in Christ. God of love,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord of glory, look with favour on all
who have died, <i>remembering especially,<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that they may be raised with Christ;
and we pray for all who mourn, that they may be strengthened in their faith.
God of love,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136406;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">According to your
promise help us see Christ in all his majesty with our own eyes and be changed
into his likeness from glory to glory. To him be praise, dominion and worship
now and for all eternity. <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amen.<br /></span></strong></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></em></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Happy
Birthday<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk156895374"><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">I Am the Light of the World<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk156895374;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk158136428"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136428;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136428;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy God, receive
all we offer you this day, and bring us to that radiant glory which we see in
the transfigured face of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136428;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic
Prayer 3<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift
up your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
we praise you, joining our voices to proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known
to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken
through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For
in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the
Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and
made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error
into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On
the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely
accepted, 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.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we remember his death,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all;
presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they
may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant.
Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and
bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and
daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the
head of the Church, and the author of our salvation;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by
whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour
and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
break the bread of life,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
that life is the light of the world.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God here among us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">light in the midst of us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bring us to light and life.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[sung]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us
your peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns-</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during-communion <br />
</span></i></span><a name="_Hlk155032757"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158100734;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">166
We Have Come At Christ’s Own Bidding<br /></span></b></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155033117"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">PB <b>218 Spirit Song</b>
(verses 1, 2 repeated)<br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">PB
218 Spirit Song (verse 1)<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
after Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk158136455"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136455;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy God, we
see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ. May we who are partakers of his
table reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know his power
to change and save. We ask this in his name. Amen.<br /></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
doxology<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory
to God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk158136473"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Let
light shine out of darkness,<br /> </span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136473;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">for God has shone in our hearts<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136473;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136473;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">in the face of Jesus Christ,<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136473;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">a</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136473;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">nd may the blessing of God almighty,<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136473;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit,<br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk158136473;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among you and remain with you
always.<b> <span class="saytogether">Amen.<br /></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk158224965"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5 Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies</span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155032660"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Mark
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-7447087681293960402024-02-01T19:08:00.004-04:002024-02-01T19:08:56.112-04:00Fifth Sunday after Epiphany St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI February 4, 2024, 10:00 am<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk155689706"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fifth Sunday after Epiphany<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">February 4,
2024, 10:00 am<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Voluntary</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Jonathan Battishill<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trumpet Voluntary</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Simon
Stubley<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Improvisation on ‘Veni Creator Spiritus’ </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Noel
Rawsthorne<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with
you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect for Purity<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">381
Praise, My Soul</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>(altered
text)<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear, O Israel<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear, O Israel,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Lord our God, the Lord
is one. Love the Lord your God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with all your heart, with
all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is the first and the
great commandment.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The second is like it: Love
your neighbour as yourself.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is no commandment
greater than these.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Merciful
Lord, grant to your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed
from all our sins and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First
Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:<i> 1
Corinthians 9:16-23<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading
From The First Letter Of Paul To The Corinthians<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If I
proclaim the gospel, this gives me no ground for boasting, for an obligation is
laid on me, and woe to me if I do not proclaim the gospel! For if I do this of
my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a
commission. What then is my reward? Just this: that in my proclamation I may
make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the
gospel. For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to
all, so that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order
to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I
myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law. To those
outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from
God's law but am under Christ's law) so that I might win those outside the law.
To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all
things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the
sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what
the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mark
1:29-39<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As soon as
they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James
and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told
Jesus about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up.
Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them. That evening, at sundown,
they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And the whole
city was gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick with various
diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to
speak, because they knew him. In the morning, while it was still very dark, he
got up and went out to a deserted place and there he prayed. And Simon and his
companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him,
"Everyone is searching for you." He answered, "Let us go on to
the neighbouring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that
is what I came out to do." And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the
message in their synagogues and casting out demons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel
of Christ.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk157417863"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">613 We Lay Our Broken World<br /> </span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers of
the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We trust
in your love, O God, which is like a spring of water, that never fails, receive
our prayers as may be best for us and this world, as we say: <i>hear<b> </b>our
prayer.<br /></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the
Church, that in our vocation and ministry we may truly, devoutly and
courageously serve you, praying especially for Linda our Primate, and Sandra
our bishop. Help us choose an acceptable fast: to loose the bonds of injustice,
to let the oppressed go free, to share bread with the hungry, to house the
homeless; to clothe the naked, and to see ourselves as kin to one another. God
of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For this
Parish of St. Paul’s, let our light shine before others, that they may see your
good works of love and justice in all that we do, and give you glory. Deepen
our trust in you, and help us keep your commandments to love you with our whole
being and to love our neighbours as ourselves. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For Black
History month, you are the God and creator of all peoples, whose Son reached
across the ethnic boundaries between Samaritan, Roman and Jew, help us to break
down the barriers in our communities, enable us to see the reality of racism
and bigotry, and free us to challenge and uproot it from ourselves, our society
and our world. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For those
whose lives are bound together in mutual love, for those who are lonely, for
our families and friends and those who live in celibacy: be their joy and their
strength, give them satisfaction in all that they do. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For world
leaders, that they may be inspired to new efforts to seek peace, and eliminate
strife, famine, disease, poverty, and oppression, from all corners of the
earth. We pray for peace in all places of war and violence. We pray for Truth
and Reconciliation with Indigenous people. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For those
who are ill, at home or in hospital, and those in need of our prayers,
remembering especially,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And others
we may name aloud or in our hearts.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that they
may know the peace and hope of abundant life in Christ. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For those
who have died, <i>remembering especially,<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk126224846"><span style="font-family: "Candara",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Candara; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Candara;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">–<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that they
may be raised with Christ; and we pray for all who mourn, that they may be
strengthened in their faith. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God of
light, your searching Spirit reveals and lights up your presence in creation.
Shine your radiant holiness into our lives, that we may offer our hands and
hearts to your work: to heal and shelter, to feed and clothe, to break every
yoke and silence misguided voices. In Christs’ name we pray. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></em></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the
Lord be always with you<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk156895374"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">545 We Will Lay Our Burden Down<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk156895374;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
Over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of compassion
and forgiveness, receive our offering this day, and make us one with him who is
our peace, Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic
Prayer 1<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up
your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift
them to the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
indeed right that we should praise you, gracious God, for you created all
things. You formed us in your own image: <i>as your children</i> 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.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and
earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 Father 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.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious
God, his perfect sacrifice destroys the power of sin and death; by raising him
to life you give us life for evermore.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
we proclaim the mystery of faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ has
died.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ is
risen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ
will come again.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Recalling
his death, proclaiming his resurrection, and looking for his coming again in
glory, we offer you, Father, this bread and this cup. Send your Holy Spirit
upon us and upon these gifts, 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.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Through
Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory
is yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our
Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Breaking of the
Bread<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We break
the bread of life,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and that
life is the light of the world.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God here
among us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">light in
the midst of us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bring us
to light and life.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts
of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[sung]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us
your peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns-</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during-communion <br />
</span></i></span><a name="_Hlk155032757"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">292 We
Cannot Measure How You Heal<br /></span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155033117"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 218 Spirit Song</span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155033117;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (verses 1, 2 repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 218
Spirit Song</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (verse 1)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer after
Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eternal
God, in you we find peace beyond all telling. May we who share in this heavenly
banquet be instruments of your peace on earth, in the name of Jesus Christ the
Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
doxology<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose
power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do
infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we
can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the
Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sing to
the Lord with thanksgiving;<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">make music
to God our creator…<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">nd may the
blessing of God almighty,<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among
you and remain with you always.<b> <span class="saytogether">Amen.<br /></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">352
Amazing Grace</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155032660"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Mark
4:20)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go forth
into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">rejoicing
in the power of the Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-4403047340598439202024-01-25T11:17:00.004-04:002024-01-25T11:17:34.828-04:00Fourth Sunday after Epiphany St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI January 28, 2024, 10:00 am<div style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk155689706"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fourth
Sunday after Epiphany<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s
Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January
28, 2024, 10:00 am<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes:<br />
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Voluntary in C minor </span></i><span lang="EN-US">Maurice Greene<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Two Chorale Preludes on ’St. Peter’</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> 1 C.
Hylton Stewart 2. Paul Bouman<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be
with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect for Purity<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US">397 Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Living God, in Christ you make all things new.
Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the
renewal of our lives make known your glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who
is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First
Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
<i>1 Corinthians 8:1-13<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A
Reading From The First Letter Of Paul To The Corinthians<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now
concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that "all of us possess
knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Anyone who claims to
know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; but anyone who loves
God is known by him. Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know
that "no idol in the world really exists," and that "there is no
God but one." Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or
on earth - as in fact there are many gods and many lords - yet for us there is
one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one
Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. It
is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so
accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food
offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. "Food
will not bring us close to God." We are no worse off if we do not eat, and
no better off if we do. But take care that this liberty of yours does not
somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if others see you, who
possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their
conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to
idols? So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are
destroyed. But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound
their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is
a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of
them to fall.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 111<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hallelujah! I will give thanks
to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, in the
congregation. Great are the deeds of the Lord! they are studied by all who
delight in them.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His work is full of majesty and
splendour, and his righteousness endures for ever. He makes his marvellous
works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He gives food to those who fear
him; he is ever mindful of his covenant. He has shown his people the power of
his works in giving them the lands of the nations.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The works of his hands are
faithfulness and justice; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for
ever and ever, because they are done in truth and equity.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He sent redemption to his
people; he commanded his covenant for ever; holy and awesome is his name. The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; those who act accordingly have a
good understanding; his praise endures for ever.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mark
1:21-28<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They
went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, Jesus entered the synagogue and
taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their synagogue a man
with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, "What have you to do with us,
Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy
One of God." But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out
of him!" And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud
voice, came out of him. They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one
another, "What is this? A new teaching - with authority! He commands even
the unclean spirits, and they obey him." At once his fame began to spread
throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br />
</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US">620 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers
of the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">United
in the same mind and the same purpose, let us pray in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ for the whole human family, saying: <i>hear<b> </b>our prayer.<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
the Church and for the unity of purpose of all Christian people. We pray
especially for Linda our Primate and Sandra our bishop, and that all of us may be
liberated from being stumbling blocks to the weak and that all of us are
empowered to follow Jesus. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
this parish, that we will allow the Word to penetrate our hearts, call us to
new life and motivate us to serve you with love. Bless us as we work towards
making this a more compassionate world. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For a spirit of hope, that all who find themselves
walking in darkness may be renewed in mind and spirit with a vision and promise
of life and wholeness. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
peace in all places of war and conflict, that you will change the hearts of
those inflicting violence and open opportunities for dialogue so that peace and
justice may prevail<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.</span> God of
love,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
all who are suffering, that you will protect all who have fled violence, guide
the homeless to safe shelter, and open pathways for food, water, and medicine
for those in need. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">For the members of
the various levels of government, that your Spirit will give them wisdom,
insight and courage to lead in ways that are just and righteous</span>. God of
love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
all who help us deepen our relationship with you, that they may share the good
news of Jesus in life-giving and healing ways. For greater care for the earth
and its resources, that you will guide us in being good stewards who seek to
preserve and protect its resources for future generations. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
all healthcare providers and those who guide us through illness. For all who
the people we know who are ill at home or in hospital, especially,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br />
</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
others we may name out loud or in our hearts,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that
the light of your love will bring them joy and wholeness. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
all those who have died who’ve died in your peace and whose faith is known to
you alone, <i>remembering especially,<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that
the light of Christ may shine upon them forever and bring comfort to their
loved ones and all who mourn. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God
of every land and nation, you have created all people and you dwell among us in
Jesus Christ. Listen to the cries of those who pray to you, and grant that, as
we proclaim the greatness of your name, all people will know the power of love
at work in the world. We ask this through Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></em></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk156895374"><b><span lang="EN-US">632 The King of Glory Comes<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk156895374;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
Over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of steadfast love, may our offering this
day, by the power of your Holy Spirit, renew us for your service. We ask this
in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Eucharistic Prayer 5<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">Lift up
your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We lift them to the
Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">Let us
give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">It is right to give
our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Italic;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">We give
you thanks and praise, almighty God, for the gift of a world full of wonder, and
for our life which comes from you. By your power you sustain the universe.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Italic;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">You
created us to love you with all our heart, and to love each other as ourselves,
but we rebel against you by the evil that we do. In Jesus, your Son, you bring
healing to our world and gather us into one great family.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">Therefore,
with all who serve you on earth and in heaven, we praise your wonderful name,
as we sing (say),<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Holy, holy, holy
Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">God of power and
might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">heaven and earth
are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Hosanna in the
highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Hosanna in the
highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Italic;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">We give
you thanks and praise, loving Father, because in sending Jesus, your Son, to us
you showed us how much you love us. He cares for the poor and the hungry. He
suffers with the sick and the rejected. Betrayed and forsaken, he did not
strike back but overcame hatred with love. On the cross he defeated the power
of sin and death. By raising him from the dead you show us the power of your
love to bring new life to all your people.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Italic;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">On the
night before he gave up his life for us, Jesus, at supper with his friends, took
bread, gave thanks to you, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “Take this,
all of you, and eat it: this is my body which is given for you.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">After
supper, Jesus took the cup of wine, said the blessing, gave it to his friends, and
said, “Drink this, all of you: this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the
new and eternal covenant, which is shed for you and for many, so that sins may
be forgiven. Do this in memory of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Italic;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">Gracious
God, with this bread and wine we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus,
and we offer ourselves to you in him. Send your Holy Spirit on us and on these
gifts, that we may know the presence of Jesus in the breaking of bread, and
share in the life of the family of your children.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Italic;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">Father,
you call us to be your servants; fill us with the courage and love of Jesus, that
all the world may gather in joy at the table of your kingdom.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Palatino-Roman;">We sing
your praise, almighty Father, through Jesus, our Lord, in the power of the Holy
Spirit, now and for ever. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
break the bread of life,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
that life is the light of the world.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God here among us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">light in the midst of us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bring us to light and life.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[sung]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us
your peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns-</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during-communion <br />
</span></i><a name="_Hlk155032757"><b><span lang="EN-US">74 For the Bread Which
You Have Broken<br /></span></b></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155032757"><b><span lang="EN-US">74 For the Bread Which
You Have Broken<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155033117"><b><span lang="EN-US">PB 80 Great Are You, Lord<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US">PB 80 Great Are You, Lord<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
after Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Source of all goodness, in this eucharist we
are nourished by the bread of heaven and invigorated with new wine. May these
gifts renew our lives, that we may show your glory to all the world, in the
name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
doxology<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory
to God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The God of all grace,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">opens us to new dimensions of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
and heal us of all that separates us<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>from
God and one another,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">
and may the blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">be among you and remain with you
always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US">598 Go to the World</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155032660"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Mark
4:20)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go
forth into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">rejoicing
in the power of the Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-47860662693303193432024-01-18T14:37:00.003-04:002024-01-18T14:37:31.703-04:00Third Sunday after Epiphany St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI January 21, 2024<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk155689706"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Third Sunday after Epiphany<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 21,
2024, 10:00 am<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes:
Adagio A. Vivaldi; Aria G.F. Handel; Serenade Jeremiah Clarke<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with
you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect for Purity<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">273 Sing
of Andrew, God’s Disciple<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, by grace alone you call us and accept us in your service. Strengthen us by
your Spirit, and make us worthy of your call; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First
Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Jonah
3:1-5, 10<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading
From The Book Of Jonah<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The word
of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, "Get up, go to Nineveh,
that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you." So Jonah
set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was
an exceedingly large city, a three days' walk across. Jonah began to go into
the city, going a day's walk. And he cried out, "Forty days more, and
Nineveh shall be overthrown!" And the people of Nineveh believed God; they
proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. When God
saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind
about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do
it.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what
the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 62:6-14<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For God alone my soul in silence waits; truly,
my hope is in him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold, so that
I shall not be shaken.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Take refuge in God, all
you people.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In God is my safety and my honour; God is my
strong rock and my refuge. Put your trust in him always, O people, pour out
your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Take refuge in God, all
you people.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Those of high degree are but a fleeting breath,
even those of low estate cannot be trusted. On the scales they are lighter than
a breath, all of them together.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Take refuge in God, all
you people.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Put no trust in extortion; in robbery take no
empty pride; though wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Take refuge in God, all
you people.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God has spoken once, twice have I heard it,
that power belongs to God. Steadfast love is yours, O Lord, for you repay
everyone according to his deeds.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Take refuge in God, all
you people.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mark
1:14-20<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now after
John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and
saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near;
repent, and believe in the good news." As Jesus passed along the Sea of
Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea - for
they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make
you fish for people." And immediately they left their nets and followed
him. As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother
John, who were in their boat mending the nets. Immediately he called them; and
they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed
him.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel
of Christ.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">455 Dear
God, Compassionate and Kind<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers of
the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">United in
the same mind and the same purpose, let us pray in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ for the whole human family, saying: <i>hear<b> </b>our prayer.<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the
Church and for the unity of purpose of all Christian people. We pray especially
for Linda our Primate and Sandra our bishop, and that all of us may have the
freedom to follow Jesus’ call to service. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For this
parish, that we who are called to be fishers of people may use our diverse
gifts to show the love and mercy of God in all that we do. Bless us as we work
for Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous people and the acceptance of
everyone in the church and community. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For a spirit of hope, that all who find themselves walking in darkness
may be renewed in mind and spirit with a vision and promise of life and
wholeness. For all war-torn places in the world, for food and shelter for those
in need.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> God of
love,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the members of the various levels of government, that your Spirit
will give them wisdom, insight and courage to lead in ways that are just and
righteous, and that everyone will have enough of what they need.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> God of love,<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For all
who help us deepen our relationship with you, that they may share the good news
of Jesus in life-giving and healing ways. We pray for all healthcare providers
and those who guide us through illness. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For all
who struggle with the burdens of life, and for the people we know who are ill
at home or in hospital, especially,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And others
we may name out loud or in our hearts,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that the
light of your love will bring them joy and wholeness. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For
victims of our society, that we may be moved to help protect the innocent. We
pray for all those who have died, <i>remembering especially,<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk124183818"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that the
light of Christ may shine upon them forever and bring comfort to their loved
ones and all who mourn. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of all
dawning light, hear our prayers and give us courage to answer quickly the call
to follow you, letting nothing in us interfere with the good news of your
realm. Glory to you for ever and ever. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></em></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the
Lord be always with you<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">430 Will You Come and Follow Me<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
Over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Loving
God, before the world began you called us. Make holy all we offer you this day,
and strengthen us in that calling. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the
Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Supplementary
Eucharistic Prayer 3 (S3)<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up
your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift
them to the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
indeed right to thank you and praise you, holy and gracious God, creator of all
things, ruler of heaven and earth, sustainer of life, for you are the source of
all goodness, rich in mercy and abounding in love; you are faithful to your
people in every generation, and your word endures for ever.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
with angels and archangels, with the fellowship of saints and the company of
heaven, we glorify your holy name, evermore praising you and singing,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and
earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We praise
you, merciful Father, not as we ought, but as we are able, because in your
tender love you gave the world your only Son, in order that the world might be
saved through him. He made you known by taking the form of a servant, healing
the sick, liberating the oppressed, reaching out to the lost.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Betrayed,
reviled, and nailed to the cross, he confronted the power of sin and disarmed
it for ever. In his offering of himself, he became the perfect and sufficient
sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. Redeemed by Christ, we have been
adopted as your children; by your pardon you have made us worthy to praise you.<br />
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the
night he was betrayed, Jesus, at supper with his friends, took bread, gave you
thanks, broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, “Take and eat: this is my
body which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In
obedience to him and with grateful hearts we approach your holy table,
remembering our Saviour’s sacrifice, and rejoicing in his victory. Confident in
his sovereign purpose, we declare our faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ has
died,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ is
risen,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ
will come again.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Send your
Holy Spirit on us that as we receive this bread and this cup we may partake of
the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and feed on him in our hearts by
faith with thanksgiving.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May we be
renewed in his risen life, filled with love, and strengthened in our will to
serve others; and make of our lives, we pray, a pure and holy sacrifice,
acceptable to you, knitting us together as one in your Son Jesus Christ, to
whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, now and forever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our
Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Breaking of the
Bread<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We break
the bread of life,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and that
life is the light of the world.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God here
among us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">light in
the midst of us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bring us
to light and life.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts
of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[sung]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy
on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us
your peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns-</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during-communion <br />
</span></i></span><a name="_Hlk155032757"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">494 Not
for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels<br /></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155033117"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 88 Make Me Like You<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 88 Make
Me Like You<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anthem</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: Children of the Light, <i>Eugene Reilly<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer after
Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious
God, our hands have taken holy things; our lives have been nourished by the
body of your Son. May we who have eaten at this holy table be strengthened for
service in your world. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
doxology<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose
power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do
infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we
can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the
Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May the
God of infinite goodness<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">scatter
the darkness of sin<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
brighten your hearts with holiness;<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among
you and remain with you always.<b> <span class="saytogether">Amen.<br /></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">431 Take
Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155032660"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Mark
4:20)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go forth
into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">rejoicing
in the power of the Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-86456928929125867242024-01-12T18:53:00.004-04:002024-01-12T18:53:41.994-04:00Second Sunday after Epiphany St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI January 14, 2024, 10:00 am<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk155689706"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Second Sunday after Epiphany<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 14,
2024, 10:00 am<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Preludes: </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Air</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and <i>Gavotte</i> Samuel
Wesley; <i>Two Voluntaries</i> W. G. Alcock<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with
you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect for Purity<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">508 I
Heard the Voice of Jesus Say<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ is the light of the world. May your
people, illumined by your word and sacraments, shine with the radiance of his
glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First
Reading</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>1
Samuel 3:1-10<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading
From The First Book Of Samuel<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now the
boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare
in those days; visions were not widespread. At that time Eli, whose eyesight
had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; the
lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of
the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called, "Samuel!
Samuel!" and he said, "Here I am!" and ran to Eli, and said,
"Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie
down again." So he went and lay down. The Lord called again,
"Samuel!" Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am,
for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down
again." Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had
not yet been revealed to him. The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And
he got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me."
Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to
Samuel, "Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, Lord,
for your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Now the Lord came and stood there, calling as before, "Samuel!
Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is
listening."<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what
the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">John 1:43-51<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The next
day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,
"Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and
Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about
whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from
Nazareth." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of
Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." When Jesus saw
Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, "Here is truly an Israelite
in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael asked him, "Where did you get
to know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you under the fig tree before
Philip called you." Nathanael replied, "Rabbi, you are the Son of
God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered, "Do you believe
because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater
things than these." And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you
will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the
Son of Man."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel
of Christ.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here I Am,
Lord<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers of
the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God of
steadfast love, encouraging us to live lives worthy of you: Accept our prayers
on behalf of your creation, and gather all people into your presence, as we
pray: hear our prayer.<br /></span></em></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-style: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></em></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You have
called your church into a ministry of service: Inspire our generosity of word
and deed, that we may join in your work of reconciliation on behalf of the
whole earth, inviting everyone to come and see your love and forgiveness. God
of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You humble
the exalted and exalt the humble: Be with the leaders of the nations and all in
authority that they may work for an end to war and find a path of everlasting
peace. May there be a spirit of compassion, with the hope that everyone will
come and see your call to justice and peace. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You lift
the burden of those who suffer – help us work for truth and reconciliation with
Indigenous people: Hear your children when we cry out to you in trouble, and
deliver us from distress, that we will come and see in you a place of comfort
and belonging. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You have
led us to this place in our lives: Lead us as you led Philip, Andrew, Peter,
Nathanael, Mary Magdalene and the whole company of followers to create a
peaceful and fruitful community. Help us to come and see your presence with us
today and continue to inspire us with the lives of people like the Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You bless
the servant-leadership of this congregation: Grant us strength to be a people
of love and justice, a people of hospitality and peace, a people of joy and
generosity: that we may also come and see your glory with grateful hearts. God
of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You hear
the hearts of all who are burdened: Accept our prayers on behalf of those for
whom we pray, people we know who are ill at home or in hospital, especially,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And others
we may name out loud or in our hearts;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We thank
you for the abundance of creation; hear our prayers of gratitude, especially
for World Religion Day; for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and for our
Outreach & Social Justice committee. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You bring
into your eternal land of promise those who have died; <i>we remember
especially:<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk124183818"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And help
those who mourn to come and see your presence in their lives, helping to be
strengthened in the midst of their grief. God of love,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Perfect Light of revelation, shine in us and through us,
that we may become beacons of truth and compassion, enlightening all creation
with acts of justice and mercy. We pray this in the name of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the
Lord be always with you<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and also with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155688654"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mine Eyes
Have Seen the Glory<br /></span></b></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
Over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Living
God, you have revealed your Son as the Messiah. May we hear his word and follow
it, and live as children of light. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the
Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic
Prayer 1<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up
your hearts.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift
them to the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
indeed right that we should praise you, gracious God, for you created all
things. You formed us in your own image: <i>as your children</i> 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.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and
earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 Father 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.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious
God, his perfect sacrifice destroys the power of sin and death; by raising him
to life you give us life for evermore.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
we proclaim the mystery of faith.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ has
died.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ is
risen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ
will come again.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Recalling
his death, proclaiming his resurrection, and looking for his coming again in
glory, we offer you, Father, this bread and this cup. Send your Holy Spirit
upon us and upon these gifts, 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.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Through
Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory
is yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our
Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Breaking of the
Bread<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We break
the bread of life,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and that
life is the light of the world.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God here
among us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">light in
the midst of us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bring us
to light and life.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts
of God for the People of God.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[sung]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us your peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns-</span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during-communion <br />
</span></i></span><a name="_Hlk155032757"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">70 Jesus,
the Joy of Loving Hearts<br /></span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155688319"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155033117;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 101 Dwelling Place</span></b></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155688319;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155033117;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (repeated)<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 101
Dwelling Place </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(repeated)<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer after
Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
glory, you nourish us with bread from heaven. Fill us with your Holy Spirit, that
through us your light may shine in all the world. We ask this in the name of
Jesus Christ. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
doxology<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose
power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do
infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we
can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the
Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May the
God of infinite goodness<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">scatter
the darkness of sin<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and
brighten your hearts with holiness;<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among
you and remain with you always.<b> <span class="saytogether">Amen.<br /></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">560 God,
Whose Almighty Word</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><a name="_Hlk155032660"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Mark
4:20)<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go forth
into the world,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">rejoicing
in the power of the Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155689706;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-72805259712103963852024-01-04T11:24:00.005-04:002024-01-04T11:24:56.808-04:00The Epiphany of Our Lord St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI January 7, 2024<div style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Epiphany of Our Lord<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 7, 2024, 8:00 am & 10:00 am<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Preludes: “How
Brightly Shines the Morning Star” <i>1. J.C. Bach 2. D. Buxtehude; </i>God’s
Son Has Come <i>Georg Andreas Sorge<br /></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Land Acknowledgement<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May all the earth be filled with God’s glory.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Light has sprung up for the righteous,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And joyful gladness for those who are true-hearted.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God in the highest,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And peace
to God’s people on earth.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US">143 Angels, from the Realms of Glory<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eternal
God, who by a star led magi to the worship of your Son. Guide by your light the
nations of the earth, that the whole world may know your glory; through Jesus
Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First Reading</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: Isaiah
60:1-6<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading from The Book of Isaiah<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the
glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and
thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory
will appear over you. Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the
brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather
together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far away, and your
daughters shall be carried on their nurses' arms. Then you shall see and be
radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice, because the abundance of the sea
shall be brought to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you. A
multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all
those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall
proclaim the praise of the Lord.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give the king your justice, O God, and your
righteousness to the king's son; That he may rule your people righteously and
the poor with justice; That the mountains may bring prosperity to the people,
and the little hills bring righteousness.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
nations shall serve him.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He shall defend the needy among the people; he
shall rescue the poor and crush the oppressor. He shall live as long as the sun
and moon endure, from one generation to another. He shall come down like rain
upon the mown field, like showers that water the earth. In his time shall the
righteous flourish; there shall be abundance of peace till the moon shall be no
more.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
nations shall serve him.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall
pay tribute, and the kings of Arabia and Saba offer gifts. All kings shall bow
down before him, and all the nations do him service. For he shall deliver the
poor who cries out in distress, and the oppressed who has no helper.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
nations shall serve him.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He shall have pity on the lowly and poor; he
shall preserve the lives of the needy. He shall redeem their lives from
oppression and violence, and dear shall their blood be in his sight.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All
nations shall serve him.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">161
Wise Men, They Came to Look for Wisdom<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matthew 2:1-12<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking,
"Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed
his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage." When King Herod
heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him; and calling together
all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the
Messiah was to be born. They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it
has been written by the prophet: 'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are
by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler
who is to shepherd my people Israel. '" Then Herod secretly called for the
wise men and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then
he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and search diligently for the
child; and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay
him homage." When they had heard the king, they set out; and there, ahead
of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising, until it stopped over
the place where the child was. When they saw that the star had stopped, they
were overwhelmed with joy. On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary
his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their
treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And
having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own
country by another road.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PRESIDER:<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for God’s faithfulness to be known in
our world.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In a world of change and hope, of fear and
adventure, in human rebellion and obedience, in our seeking and our finding,
faithful God…<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Remain
with us.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the common life of our society, in
prosperity and need, as your Church proclaims your goodness in words and
action, faithful God…<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Remain
with us.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Among our friends and in our homes, in our
times of joy, in our days of sorrow, faithful God…<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Remain
with us.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In our strengths and triumphs, in our weakness
and at our death, in your saints in glory and on the day of Christ’s coming,
faithful God…<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Remain
with us.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">LITANIST:<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
We join together at this holy time to praise God, the creator and maker of all
saying, <i>“Hear our prayer.”<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks for the birth of Jesus the
Christ-child, born in Bethlehem, the city of David, of the line of David’s
family, to be the Saviour of the world. We are grateful, O God, that you have
made it possible for your Spirit to be born in each of us; that we may rejoice
that you have blessed humanity and all of creation by your presence in the
world. God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks that messengers were sent to the
shepherds, with news of great joy and peace for the whole world. We are
grateful, O God, that the Good News is a comfort to the weak and a challenge to
the strong; that we may embrace and ever hold fast to the Gospel proclaiming
your love. God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks that Magi, wise people from the
east, came to worship the One born in time, the timeless Son of God, God with
us, God with everyone. We are grateful, O God, that your people everywhere are
blessed with the spirit of love; that we may worship fully and without fear.
God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks for the Holy Family, for Joseph
and Mary, who lived as refugees in a time of great cruelty and hardship, and we
ask you to look with mercy on all who are poor, powerless and who suffer. We
are grateful, O God, that this extraordinary story of a birth, so long ago,
fills us with hope and courage to do your will in this world. God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks for your son, who heralds peace,
and we pray for people in war-torn places throughout the world. O God, grant an
abundance of peace to your world; we pray for all your creatures, of land and
sea and air; we pray for streams, rivers and oceans; we give thanks for all of
creation; we pray for people of every <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">nation,
race and language.</span> God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for those who are without a home; without
food or water; we pray for refugees and those who are persecuted for their
beliefs. We seek their protection. We pray for <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">those in particular need</span>; for the sick and the suffering,
especially those who are dear to us. Especially,<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rejoicing in the fellowship we share – we pray
for the faithful departed, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(especially
for:<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">… we commend ourselves and all people to your
unfailing love. God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God, your love was so great for us that you
gave us your Son to be born in the world and to shine in our darkness. Help us
to make your light and love known in all the world, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PRESIDER:<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
God of mercy, hear us as we confess our sins.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the sin that has made us slow to learn
from Christ, reluctant to follow him and afraid to bear the cross: Lord, have
mercy.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord,
forgive.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the sin that has caused the poverty of our
worship, the formality and selfishness of our prayers, our neglect of
fellowship and the means of grace, and our hesitating witness for Christ: Lord,
have mercy.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord,
forgive.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the sin that has led us to misuse your
gifts, evade our responsibilities and fail to be good stewards of your creation:
Lord, have mercy.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord,
forgive.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the sin that has made us unwilling to
overcome evil with good, tolerant of injustice, quick to condemn and selfish in
sharing your love with others: Lord, have mercy.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord,
forgive.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Silence is kept.<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Have mercy
on me, O God, in your great goodness; according to the abundance of your
compassion blot out my offences. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and
cleanse me from my sin. Make in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right
spirit within me. Give me again the joy of your salvation and sustain me with
your gracious spirit. </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 51.1, 2, 11, 13<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The presiding minister says<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May the God of all healing and forgiveness<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">draw <i>us</i> to himself,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and cleanse <i>us</i> from all our
sins<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that <i>we</i> may behold the glory
of his Son,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Word made flesh,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I Am the Light of
the World<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious
God, accept the offering of your Church, the hearts of your people joined in
praise and thanksgiving, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift them
to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of
heaven and earth; you have revealed your eternal plan of salvation, and have
shown your Son Jesus Christ to be the light of all peoples. Therefore with
angels and archangels we raise our voices in joyful praise to proclaim the
glory of your name.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and
earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the
goodness and love you have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to
be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the
Word made flesh, Jesus your Son.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For in these last days you sent him to be
incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In
him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you.
In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into
righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the night he was handed over to suffering
and death, a death he freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for
the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of
me.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore, Father, according to his command,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we
remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we
proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we await
his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this
bread and this wine.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy
Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ
and his blood of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that
we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all things
in Christ, and make them new, and bring us to that city of light where you
dwell with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the
firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our
salvation;<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty Father, now
and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rejoicing in the
presence of God here among us,<br /></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">as our Saviour
taught us, so we pray<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We break the bread of life,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and that life is the light of the world.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God here
among us,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">light in
the midst of us,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bring us
to light and life.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb
of God </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">[sung]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us your peace.<br /> </span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns-</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during-communion <br />
</span></i><a name="_Hlk155032757"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">48 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence<br /></span></b></a><a name="_Hlk155033117"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PB
99 Great is the Lord</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk155033117;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the
Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PB 99 Great is the
Lord</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
(repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer After Communion<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of all
the nations of the earth, guide us with your light. Help us to recognize Christ
as he comes to us in this eucharist and in our neighbours. May we welcome him
with love, for he is Lord now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The doxology<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose
power, working in us,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do
infinitely more<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we
can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the
Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Blessing<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May the God of infinite goodness<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">scatter the darkness of sin<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and brighten your hearts with holiness;<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among you and remain with you always.<b> <span class="saytogether">Amen.<br /></span><o:p></o:p></b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">139
The First Nowell</span></b><a name="_Hlk155032660"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Mark 4:20)<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go forth into the world, rejoicing in the
power of the Spirit.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.</span></b></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-81890308973645415172023-12-28T11:18:00.004-04:002023-12-28T11:18:36.723-04:00The First Sunday after Christmas St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI December 31, 2023, 10:00 am<div style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The First Sunday after Christmas<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">December 31, 2023, 10:00 am<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">Preludes: Chorale Prelude on ‘Quem
Pastores' Healey Willan; In Dulci Jubilo. J.S. Bach<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Light and peace, in Jesus Christ our Lord.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">153 Good Christians All, Rejoice<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, you have shed upon us the new light of your incarnate Word. May this
light, enkindled in our hearts, shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ
our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>Galatians
4:4-7<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading From The Letter Of Paul To The
Galatians<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the fullness of time had come, God sent
his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were
under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you
are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying,
"Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a
child then also an heir, through God.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 148<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him
in the heights. Praise him, all you angels of his; praise him, all his host.
Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hallelujah!<br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise him, heaven of heavens, and you waters
above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he commanded, and
they were created. He made them stand fast for ever and ever; he gave them a
law which shall not pass away.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hallelujah!<br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise the Lord from the earth, you
sea-monsters and all deeps; Fire and hail, snow and fog, tempestuous wind,
doing his will; Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars; Wild
beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged birds;<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hallelujah!<br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes
and all rulers of the world; Young men and maidens, old and young together. Let
them praise the name of the Lord, for his name only is exalted, his splendour
is over earth and heaven.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hallelujah!<br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He has raised up strength for his people and
praise for all his loyal servants, the children of Israel, a people who are
near him.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hallelujah!<br />
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US">256 Yours the Hand That Made Creation<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel: </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luke
2:22-40<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the time came for their purification
according to the law of Moses, Jesus' parents brought him up to Jerusalem to
present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every
firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"), and they offered
a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of
turtledoves or two young pigeons." Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose
name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the
consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed
to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the
Lord's Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the
parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the
law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, "Master, now you
are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have
seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a
light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel."
And the child's father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him.
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "This child is destined
for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be
opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed and a sword will
pierce your own soul too." There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of
Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her
husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of
eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and
prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to
speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they
returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became
strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon:<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading: </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Charlotte
Massey<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><a name="_Hlk150253711"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A
Confession of Faith</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<i>based on the Beatitudes<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let
us confess our faith<br /> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe that Jesus came to show us:<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in his words and in the manner of his life; a
different, truer pattern of human life.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe that we are called to share the
spirit of the poor:<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the spirit of those who mourn for the pain of
our world;<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the spirit of the meek, the merciful, the pure
in heart;<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the spirit of those who hunger and thirst for
justice;<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the spirit of all who strive for peace amidst
violence and anger;<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the spirit of all who suffer persecution and
hardship for their commitment to God’s values.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe that is what it means to be a
disciple of Christ:<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150253711;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">may he make us willing and worthy of our
calling. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US">As we join with angels, shepherds, and
magi in celebration and joy for the birth of Jesus Christ, let us offer prayers
to God who shines the light of Christ on all creation, saying: <i>Hear our
prayer.<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For the Church in all places,
remembering our bishops and the clergy of this parish, that our worship and
praise may give glory to you, and our witness and ministry bring new hope to
many. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For this Parish, that we like the
angels, may announce the good news of your saving love and be instruments of
peace to all who walk the human journey with us. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For people of faith everywhere, that your
Holy Spirit will open new pathways of peace and hope to all who live in danger
and fear. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For those who live in places of war and
conflict, especially for the people of Ukraine and the Holy Land, that the
Prince of Peace will guide all hearts to strive for peace and justice. God of
love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For all those who are caring for others
this Christmas season, that you will strengthen and protect healthcare workers,
public safety and utility workers, and those who care for the poor and
vulnerable. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For all who find Christmas difficult,
for those whose lives are touched by fear, anxiety, or depression, and for all
those who are ill at home or in hospital, especially, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US">… and other’s we may name in our hearts
or out loud,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">that Christ will bring healing light and
hope to their hearts. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For all the blessings you have given us,
that we may receive them thankfully and rejoice that Christ is born again in
our hearts and lives. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">For those who have died, remembering
especially,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US">… that they may rejoice in the light of your
incarnate Word. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">Lifting our voices with all creation,
with Mary the God-bearer, and with all the heavenly host, let us offer
ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ. God of love,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">Source of light and gladness, accept the
prayers we offer on this joyful feast. May the Rising Sun of Christ spread
across the world and brighten all humanity. Glory to God in the Highest and
peace among those whom God favors. In Christ’s name and for his sake we pray. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God have mercy upon you,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">pardon and
deliver you from all your sins,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">confirm
and strengthen you in all goodness,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and keep
you in eternal life;<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">through
Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk154570360"><b><span lang="EN-US">317 Praise
the Lord, Sing Hallelujah<br /></span></b></a><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
light, in the birth of your Son we see your glory. May we who share in this
mystery grow daily in your love. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ the
Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift
them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of
heaven and earth; you have revealed your eternal plan of salvation, and have
shown your Son Jesus Christ to be the light of all peoples. Therefore with
angels and archangels we raise our voices in joyful praise to proclaim the
glory of your name.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and
earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the
goodness and love you have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to
be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the
Word made flesh, Jesus your Son.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For in these last days you sent him to be
incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In
him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you.
In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into
righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the night he was handed over to suffering
and death, a death he freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for
the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of
me.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore, Father, according to his command,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we
remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we
proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we await
his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this
bread and this wine.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy
Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ
and his blood of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that
we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all things
in Christ, and make them new, and bring us to that city of light where you
dwell with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the
firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our
salvation;<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty Father, now
and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rejoicing in the
presence of God here among us,<br /></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">as our Saviour
taught us, so we pray<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We break the bread of life,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and that life is the light of the world.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God here
among us,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">light in
the midst of us,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">bring us
to light and life.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb
of God<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">have mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you
take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">grant us your peace.<br /> </span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns-</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during-communion<br /> </span></i><a name="_Hlk154570484"><b><span lang="EN-US">563 In God
alone my soul can find rest and peace</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (repeated)<br /></span></a><b><span lang="EN-US">PB 68 In His Presence</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (verses 1, 2, repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the
Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US">PB 68 In His Presence</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (verses 1, 2, repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer After Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Source of
truth and joy, may we who have received the gift of divine life always follow
the way of your Son. This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The doxology<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose
power, working in us,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do
infinitely more<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we
can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the
Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Blessing<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May the God of infinite goodness<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">scatter the darkness of sin<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and brighten your hearts with holiness;<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among you and remain with you always.<b> <span class="saytogether">Amen.<br /></span><o:p></o:p></b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US">394 Eternal, Unchanging<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">(Mark
4:20)<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go forth into the world,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">rejoicing in the birth of our Saviour.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-89870699581932704742023-12-22T10:21:00.004-04:002023-12-22T10:21:53.327-04:00Christmas Eve 2023 St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI 4:00 pm & 7:00 p<div style="text-align: left;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Christmas Eve 2023<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">St. Paul’s Church, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">4:00 pm & 7:00 pm<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US">PRELUDES: From Heaven Above</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> J.G. Walther; <i>Praise to God in the Highest</i> F.W. Zachau; <i>Wake,
Awake, for Night</i> is Flying Flor Peeters; <i>Meditation on ’Silent Night’</i>
Gilbert Martin; <i>Now Come, Saviour</i> J.S. Bach<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Clergy & Choir in their place AND THE lights
are dimmed.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Short Lesson of Scripture:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>John 1:1-5<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lighting of the Altar & Wreath<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Prayer for Light </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[Presider]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God, you have poured upon us
the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, enkindled in our
hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">During the hymn, the candles at the altar and wreath are now
lighted.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">118 O Come, All Ye Faithful </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">(v 1-5)<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Collect<br /></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God our Father, whose Word has come
among us in the Holy Child of Bethlehem, may the light of faith illumine our
hearts and shine in our words and deeds; through him who is Christ our Lord, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">Amen.<br /></span></b><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Titus 3:4-7 </i>[@ 7:00 pm only]<br /><o:p></o:p></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading From The Letter Of Paul To Titus<br /> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Saviour
appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had
done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by
the Holy Spirit. This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ
our Saviour, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.<br /> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 97 </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[@ 7:00 pm only]<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Refrain</span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: All the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation of our God.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord is king; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of the
isles be glad. Clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness and
justice are the foundations of his throne. <b>R.<br /> <o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies on every side. His
lightnings light up the world; the earth sees it and is afraid. <b>R. </b>The
mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the
Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the
peoples see his glory. <b>R.<br /> </b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confounded be all who worship carved images and delight in false
gods! Bow down before him, all you gods. Zion hears and is glad, and the cities
of Judah rejoice, because of your judgements, O Lord. <b>R. </b>For you are the
Lord, most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods. The
Lord loves those who hate evil; he preserves the lives of his saints and
delivers them from the hand of the wicked. <b>R. </b>Light has sprung up for
the righteous, and joyful gladness for those who are truehearted. Rejoice in
the Lord, you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name. <b>R.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
</span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Luke
2:8-20<br /></span></i><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping
watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them,
and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the
angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for see - I am bringing you good
news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you
will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising
God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace
among those whom he favours!" When the angels had left them and gone into
heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and
see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us."
So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the
manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this
child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But
Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it
had been told them.<br /> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><i><o:p> <br /></o:p></i><i>4:00 p.m., Winter Carol</i> Sherri Porterfield, sung
by Katherine Lowings<br />7:00 p.m., Anthem: <i>Arise! </i>Joseph M. Martin<br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Sermon:<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">126 Away in a Manger<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Prayers of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Confession and
Absolution<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Peace<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Announcements<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">154 Joy to the World<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Generous Creator, in faith and joy we
celebrate the birth of your Son. Increase our understanding and our love of the
riches you have revealed in him, who is Lord now and for ever.<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb
of God<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Hymns-during-communion<br />
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See Amid the Winter’s Snow<br /></span></i></a><a name="_Hlk153782635"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk121999099;"><i>122 In the Bleak Midwinter<br /></i></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk121999099;"><a name="_Hlk153452717"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">135 Shepherds in the Field Abiding<br /></span></i></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk121999099;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">137
What Child Is This<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk121999099;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">153
Good Christians All, Rejoice<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk121999099;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Sending Forth of the
Community<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk153452460"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">138
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing<br /></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Prayer
after Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Father of all, the child born for us
is the Saviour of the world. May he who made us your children welcome us into
your kingdom, where he is alive and reigns with you now and for ever. <span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">Amen.<br /></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Blessing<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Scattering </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">(Mark 4:20)<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">House lights are dimmed as before, and
everyone has a candle lit.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Candle Lighting: </span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Isaiah 9:2; John 8:12<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">119 Silent Night<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Clergy process to the entrance.<br /> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .2pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Please extinguish your candle and you can place it in
a basket near the church entrance.</span></i></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-81586473174156962022023-12-22T09:47:00.003-04:002023-12-22T09:47:44.929-04:00Christmas Day at St. Paul's, Charlottetown PEI 2023<div style="margin-right: -.9pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 13.9pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /><a name="_Hlk153870808"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Christmas Day 2023<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes:
Noël nouvelet</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
arr. Nicki Iles; <i>In the Bleak Midwinter</i> arr. Nicki Iles; <i>A Clifton
Christmas</i> Dean Perry<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Christmas <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Responses<br /></span></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Unto us a child is born.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Unto us a Son is given.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">O God, your love was so great for us that you gave us your
Son to shine out in our darkness. Help us to make that love known to all the
world, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">and the love of God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">be with you all.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And also with
you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymn
143: Angels from the Realms of Glory<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Let us pray.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Almighty God, you wonderfully created and yet more
wonderfully restored our human nature. May we share the divine life of your Son
Jesus Christ, who humbled himself to share our humanity, and now lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">A</span>men.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">A Reading From The Book Of Isaiah<br /> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
those who lived in a land of deep darkness - on them light has shined. You have
multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as
with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder. For the yoke of
their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian. For all the boots of the tramping
warriors and all the garments rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the
fire. For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon
his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace. His authority shall grow continually, and there shall
be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and
uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and
forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. <i>9:2-7<br /> </i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Thanks be to
God.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Holy Gospel:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Luke 2:1-20<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Lord be with you<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And also with
you<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Glory to you,
Lord Jesus Christ<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that
all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was
taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be
registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to
the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and
family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and
who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to
deliver her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in
bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them
in the inn. In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping
watch over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them,
and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the
angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for see - I am bringing you good
news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of
David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you
will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger." And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising
God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace
among those whom he favours!" When the angels had left them and gone into
heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and
see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us."
So they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the
manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them about this
child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them. But
Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it
had been told them.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Gospel of Christ<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Glory to you,
Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Hymn: I Saw Three Ships<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">I saw three ships come sailing in<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
I saw three ships come sailing in<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day in the morning.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">And what was in those ships all three,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day?<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
And what was in those ships all three,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day in the morning?<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day in the morning.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">O they sailed into Bethlehem,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
O they sailed into Bethlehem,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day in the morning.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">And all the bells on earth shall ring,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
And all the bells on earth shall ring,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">
On Christmas Day in the morning.<b> <br /></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Carol-sing - </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">see hymnal - 88-162<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Prayers of the People<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">God of love.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Let us confess our sins,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Most merciful God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Peace<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And also with
you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">136 While Shepherds Watched<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharistic<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">God of peace, your Son Jesus Christ has reconciled us to
you. May all we offer you today renew us as members of your household. We ask
this in his name. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Eucharistic Prayer</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <i>(Prayer 3)<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And also with
you.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We lift them to
the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It is right to
give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth,
because in the mystery of the Word made flesh you have caused a new light to
shine in our hearts, to give knowledge of salvation in the face of your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Now with angels and archangels and the whole company of
heaven, we lift our voices to proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">heaven and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and
love you have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your
people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word
made flesh, Jesus your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate
from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you
have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him,
you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out
of death into life.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a
death he freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">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 many for the forgiveness of
sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Therefore, Father, according to his command,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">we remember his death,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">we proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">we await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to
you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this
wine.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon
these gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood
of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made
acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ,
and make them new, and bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all
your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all
creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation; by whom, and
with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory
are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">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.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Breaking of the Bread</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> – <i>Incarnation<br />
<o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">We break the bread of life,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">and that life is the light of the world.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">God here among us,<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">light in the midst of us,<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">bring us to light and life.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world - have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world - have mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the
world - grant us your peace.<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Giving of Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Christ is the true bread<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">which has come down from heaven.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Lord, give us
this bread always.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Hymns</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">-during-communion<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">151 All Poor Folk and Humble<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Scattering</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> (<i>Mark 4:20)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Prayer after Communion<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Father of all, the child born for us is the Saviour of the
world. May he who made us your children welcome us into your kingdom, where he
is alive and reigns with you now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The doxology<br /></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Glory to God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Glory to God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">May the God of infinite goodness scatter the darkness of
sin and brighten your hearts with holiness; and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you
always. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">153 Good Christians All, Rejoice<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"> <br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">The Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Alleluia! Go in peace.<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;">Proclaim the Word made flesh.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153870808;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Glory, thanks
and praise to God. Alleluia!</span></b></span></div>
John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-25932798298961202842023-12-22T08:57:00.001-04:002023-12-22T08:57:43.939-04:00The Holy Eucharist Advent IV - Love Dec. 24, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. St. Paul’s Parish<div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">Preludes:<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Divinum
mysterium</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
Wilbur Held;<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Noël: Joseph
est bien Marié</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Claude Balbastre<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk153779626"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">155 From
East to West, from Shore to Shore</span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (verses 1
- 4)<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The Lighting of the Advent Wreath – Love </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(light four
candles)<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">368</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> He Came Down<br /><o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Heavenly
Father, who chose the Virgin Mary, full of grace, to be the mother of our Lord
and Saviour, now fill us with your grace, that we in all things may embrace
your will and with her rejoice in your salvation; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">First Reading:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> <i>Romans 16:25-27<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">A Reading from The Letter
of Paul to the Romans<br /> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Now to God who is
able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus
Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for
long ages but is now disclosed, and through the prophetic writings is made
known to all the Gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to
bring about the obedience of faith - to the only wise God, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.<br /> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Hear what the Spirit
is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel: </span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Luke 1:26-38<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ<br /> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">according
to Luke.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to
a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her
and said, "Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you." But she
was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might
be. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and
you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the
Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.
He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be
no end." Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a
virgin?" The angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be
born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative
Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month
for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with
God." Then Mary said, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be
with me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">269 Heavenly Message<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon:<br />
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Solo:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Mary, Did
You Know? <i>sung by Amanda Rae Donovan<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayers
of the People<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk153794741"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of love:<br /> </span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Peace<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">128 The Virgin Mary
Had a Baby Boy<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayer
over the Gifts<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let
us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gracious God, by the power of the Spirit who
sanctified the mother of your Son, make holy all we offer you this day. We ask
this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer 5<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk1731512"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b></a><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">117 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><a name="_Hlk153779882"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">130 Born in the Night<br /></span></i></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 84 I Love You, Lord (repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sending
forth of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 84 I Love You,
Lord<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prayer
after Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></i><a name="_Hlk1731596"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Faithful God, in this sacrament we receive
the promise of salvation. May we, like the Virgin Mary, be obedient to your
will. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 8.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The doxology<br /></span></i></b><a name="_Hlk1731633"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessing<br /></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">132 Of
Eternal Love Begotten<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Scattering<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Go forth into the world,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">rejoicing in the Love of God the Creator.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Thanks
be to God.</span></b></div>
John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-1549007881655595852023-12-13T09:06:00.000-04:002023-12-13T09:06:22.988-04:00The Holy Eucharist Advent III - Joy Dec. 17, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Advent III - Joy<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dec. 17, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">St. Paul’s Parish<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">98 Hark the Glad Sound! The Saviour Comes<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The Lighting of the Advent Wreath – Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We light the third candle of Advent: the candle of joy.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(light three candles)<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We look with joy to John the Baptist, the one you sent,
to point the world to your light. The light will come into our world and
enlighten everyone and bring us joy. John prepares us for the coming of Jesus
Christ, the Light of the World. John called for people to repent and to live
faithfully. He baptized with water and proclaimed the new life that Christ, the
one who would follow him, would bring.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">This Advent, we ask for God’s mercy and a joyful new
beginning.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Merciful God, we give
thanks that you send messengers<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">like John to call us
to a deeper faith.<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We ask that in these
days we prepare for you in prayer<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and with acts of
compassion.<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Forgive us and lead
us to your light. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">368</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> He Came Down.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of power and mercy, you call us once again to celebrate the coming of your Son.
Remove those things which hinder love of you, that when he comes, he may find
us waiting in awe and wonder for him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">First Reading:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> <i>Isaiah 61:1-4,
8-11<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">A Reading from The Book of Isaiah<br /> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the
Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to
the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour, and the day of
vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn
in Zion - to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead
of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called
oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory. They
shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. For
I the Lord love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give
them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Their
descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the
peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the
Lord has blessed. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall
exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has
covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a
garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings
forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so
the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the
nations.<br /> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel: </span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">John 1:6-8, 19-28<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to John.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">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. This is the testimony given by John when the
Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are
you?" He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, "I am not the
Messiah." And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He
said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered,
"No." Then they said to him, "Who are you? Let us have an answer
for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" He said, "I am
the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the
Lord,'" as the prophet Isaiah said. Now they had been sent from the
Pharisees. They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither
the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" John answered them, "I
baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is
coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal." This
took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon:<br /> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><a name="_Hlk120088191"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Anthem: <i>Bring Us
Hope</i> Ruth Elaine Schramm<br /></span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">In this Season of Advent, we pray
for ourselves and the world, placing before you our hope, confident in your peace,
mindful of your joy, basking in your love, saying, <i>hear our prayer.<br /></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We are watchful at all times, we pray
for strength to stand with confidence before you, O God, our Maker and
Redeemer. Give us hope to live in the light of your coming and give us a longing
for your realm of justice and mercy. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of joy:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that you will establish among
the nations your rule of righteousness, come to the world and the church with peace.
We pray for Linda our Primate, Sandra our Bishop. We pray for an end to racial discrimination,
an end to gender-based violence, and for truth and reconciliation with Indigenous
people. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of joy:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that we may seek Christ in holy
scriptures, know him in the breaking of bread, and recognize him in one
another. Break into our lives, where we struggle with sickness and pain, and set
us free to serve you forever. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of joy:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk153276318"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We
pray for those in any distress from floods, drought, fire, earthquakes and war.
We pray for those in need as we approach the Christmas season, especially for
our outreach efforts. We pray for all those affected by tragedy on our Island
roads; that somehow your peace and comfort will break into their lives. </span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153276318;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of joy:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153276318;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that you will bind up the
brokenhearted and restore the sick. We pray f</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">or
those we know who are ill at home or in the hospital, <i>remembering especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">… and others we may name out loud, or in
our hearts…<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of joy:<br /> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We remember those who have died in your peace and whose
faith is known to you alone, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">-<br /> </span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">…that, with all the saints in light,
we may shine forth as lights for the world, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of joy:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Almighty God, as your blessed Son Jesus Christ first came
to seek and to save the lost; so may he come again to find in us the completion
of his redeeming work; for he is now alive and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, God for ever and ever. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us confess our sins, confident in
God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most merciful God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Almighty God have mercy upon you,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">pardon and deliver you from all your sins,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">confirm and strengthen you in all
goodness,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Announcements<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">I’ve Got the Joy, Joy, Joy<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of hope, renew in us the joy of your salvation and
make us a living sacrifice to you, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Great
Thanksgiving: </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lift up
your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us give
thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; we give you thanks and praise
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who in the fullness of time came among us in our
flesh, and opened to us the way of salvation. Now we watch for the day when he
will come again in power and great triumph to judge this world, that we,
without shame or fear, may rejoice to behold his appearing.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore
we praise you, joining our voices with angels and archangels and with all the
company of heaven, who for ever proclaim the glory of your name, <i>as we
sing...<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">heaven and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We give
thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known to
us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through
the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For in these
last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour
and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us
worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth,
out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On the
night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do
this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and we
offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray
you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be
the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite us
to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctified
by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In the
fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and bring
us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and daughters; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and
the author of our salvation;<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">by whom,
and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and
glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of
promise,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">you prepare
a banquet for us in your kingdom.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Happy are those who are called<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">to the supper of the Lamb.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks
be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant
us your peace.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><a name="_Hlk153298586"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">107 Prepare the Way</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153298586;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (repeated)<br /></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk153298809"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 135 Gathered In
His Name</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk153298809;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (repeated)<br /></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sending forth of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 135 We Are Gathered</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prayer after Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><a name="_Hlk1731596"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Merciful
God, may this eucharist free us from our sins, fill us with unending joy, and
prepare us for the birthday of our Saviour. We ask this in the name of Jesus
Christ, who is Lord now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
doxology<br /></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><a name="_Hlk1731633"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Be steadfast in
faith, joyful in hope,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and untiring in love all
the days of your life;<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the blessing of
God almighty,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">be among you and
remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">88 Come, Thou
Long-expected Jesus<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Go
forth into the world,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">rejoicing
in the Joy of God the Creator.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks be to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-85004597467503617002023-12-05T12:22:00.004-04:002023-12-05T12:22:57.251-04:00The Holy Eucharist Advent II - Peace Dec. 10, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. St. Paul’s Parish<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Advent II - Peace<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dec. 10, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">St. Paul’s Parish</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Preludes:
<i>Fantasia</i> J. Pachelbel; <i>God’s Time</i> J.S. Bach, <i>Prelude on 'Veni
Emmanuel'</i> Gordon Young<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">89 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i>(verses 1, 2, 4,
6, 7)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The Lighting of the Advent Wreath – Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O God, we light the second candle of
Advent: the candle of peace.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(light two candles)<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Kindle in us an everlasting peace. You
come to us, tenderly and with great strength. Prepare our hearts to be transformed
by you. The Prophet Isaiah announced the coming of the Messiah to a broken and
parched wilderness: a highway in the desert and rough places made smooth. Like a
shepherd—feeding, leading, and cradling the weary flock.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">This Advent, we seek such a God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O God
of our salvation, look upon your world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and
heal the land and people.<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prepare
us to be changed.<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
Advent, teach us to be peaceful, tender and just. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">368</span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> He Came Down.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Almighty
God, who sent your servant John the Baptist to prepare your people to welcome
the Messiah, inspire us, the ministers and stewards of your truth, to turn our
disobedient hearts to you, that when the Christ shall come again to be our
judge, we may stand with confidence before his glory; who is alive and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">First Reading:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> <i>2 Peter 3:8-15a<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">A Reading From The Second Letter Of Peter<br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with
the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one
day. The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is
patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. But
the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away
with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth
and everything that is done on it will be disclosed. Since all these things are
to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading
lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the
day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and
the elements will melt with fire? But, in accordance with his promise, we wait
for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. Therefore,
beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at
peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our Lord as
salvation.<br /> </span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel: </span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Mark 1:1-8<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Mark.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">The beginning of
the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet
Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare
your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of
the Lord, make his paths straight,'" John the baptizer appeared in the
wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem
were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing
their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around
his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed, "The one who
is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and
untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit."<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk152574267"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk152574267;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">103 On
Jordan’s Bank<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk152574267;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon:<br /> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Anthem: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Born To Set Us Free <i>(Jay Althouse)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">In this Season of
Advent, we pray for ourselves and the world, placing before you our hope, confident
in your peace, mindful of your joy, basking in your love, saying, <i>hear our
prayer.<br /></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We are watchful at
all times, we pray for strength to stand with confidence before you, O God, our
Maker and Redeemer. Give us hope to live in the light of your coming and give
us a longing for your realm of justice and mercy. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of peace:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that you
will establish among the nations your rule of righteousness, come to the world and
the church with peace. We pray for Linda our Primate, Sandra our Bishop. We pray
for an end to racial discrimination, an end to gender-based violence, and for truth
and reconciliation with Indigenous people. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of peace:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray that on this Hanukkah (this Festival of Lights),
the light of the Word of God will shine brighter from Jerusalem, and that the
light of truth will flood the forces of darkness and establish peace for all people.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of peace:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray that on this UN Human Rights Day, you will fill every
heart with love and the desire to ensure justice for every human being. By
sharing the good things of the earth, may we secure justice and equality for all
people, an end to division, and a society built on love and peace. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of peace:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that we may
seek Christ in holy scriptures, know him in the breaking of bread, and recognize
him in one another. Break into our lives, where we struggle with sickness and pain,
and set us free to serve you forever. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of peace:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray for those
in any distress from floods, drought, fire, earthquakes and war. We pray for
those in need as we approach the Christmas season, especially for our outreach
efforts. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of peace:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that you
will bind up the brokenhearted and restore the sick. We pray f</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">or
those we know who are ill at home or in the hospital, <i>remembering especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">… and others we may name out loud, or in
our hearts…<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of peace:<br /> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We remember those who have died in your peace and whose
faith is known to you alone, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /> </span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">…that, with all the saints in light,
we may shine forth as lights for the world, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of hope:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our
prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Almighty God, as your blessed Son
Jesus Christ first came to seek and to save the lost; so may he come again to
find in us the completion of his redeeming work; for he is now alive and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us confess our sins, confident in
God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most merciful God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Almighty God have mercy upon you,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">pardon and deliver you from all your sins,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">confirm and strengthen you in all
goodness,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Announcements<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Happy Birthday<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 154 Jesus Is My Lord</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i>(verse 1 repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God our strength, we are nothing without you. Receive all
we offer you this day as you sustain us with your mercy; in the name of Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Great
Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer 5<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We
lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">It
is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We give you thanks and praise, almighty
God, for the gift of a world full of wonder, and for our life which comes from
you. By your power you sustain the universe.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">You created us to love you with all our
heart, and to love each other as ourselves, but we rebel against you by the
evil that we do. In Jesus, your Son, you bring healing to our world and gather
us into one great family.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore, with all who serve you on
earth and in heaven, we praise your wonderful name, as we sing (say),<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">heaven
and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We give you thanks and praise, loving
Father, because in sending Jesus, your Son, to us you showed us how much you
love us. He cares for the poor and the hungry. He suffers with the sick and the
rejected. Betrayed and forsaken, he did not strike back but overcame hatred
with love. On the cross he defeated the power of sin and death. By raising him
from the dead you show us the power of your love to bring new life to all your
people.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On the night before he gave up his life
for us, Jesus, at supper with his friends, took bread, gave thanks to you, broke
it, and gave it to them, saying, “Take this, all of you, and eat it: this is my
body which is given for you.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">After supper, Jesus took the cup of
wine, said the blessing, gave it to his friends, and said, “Drink this, all of
you: this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant, which
is shed for you and for many, so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory
of me.”<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gracious God, with this bread and wine we
celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, and we offer ourselves to you in
him. Send your Holy Spirit on us and on these gifts, that we may know the
presence of Jesus in the breaking of bread, and share in the life of the family
of your children.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Father, you call us to be your servants;
fill us with the courage and love of Jesus, that all the world may gather in
joy at the table of your kingdom.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We sing your praise, almighty Father, through
Jesus, our Lord, in the power of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to you for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of promise,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">you prepare
a banquet for us in your kingdom.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Happy are those who are called<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">to the supper of the Lamb.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks
be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant
us your peace.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">94 Wait for the Lord<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk152520134"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 68 In His Presence<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk152520134;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sending forth of the Community<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk152520833"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 68 In His Presence<br /></span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prayer after Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><a name="_Hlk1731596"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Faithful
God, we thank you for feeding us with this heavenly banquet. Help us always to
hear the prophet's call to turn our hearts to you; in the name of Jesus Christ
the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
doxology<br /></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><a name="_Hlk1731633"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Be
steadfast in faith, joyful in hope,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and
untiring in love all the days of your life;<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and
the blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">be
among you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">111 Herald! Sound the
Note of Judgement</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i>(verses
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Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Go
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-29895378906584516152023-11-29T18:31:00.002-04:002023-11-29T18:31:31.252-04:00The Holy Eucharist Advent I - Hope Dec. 3, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <br /><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Advent I - Hope<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Dec. 3, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">St. Paul’s Parish<br /></span></i><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Preludes:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Toccata
<i>Pachelbel; </i>Now Come, Saviour <i>Buxtehude; </i>Wake, Awake! <i>Walther<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">114
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">The Lighting of the Advent Wreath – Hope<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O
God, we light the first candle of Advent; the candle of hope.<br /></span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">(light
one candle)<br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Kindle
in us a living hope. We long for you to come to our world, to break through and
reign with compassion, justice, and peace. The prophet Isaiah also cried out to
you to tear open heaven and come down. He called your people to righteousness,
to be refashioned like clay in the potter’s hands.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">This
Advent, we call out to God.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mighty God, creator of the world,<br /> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">break through all that keeps us from you.<br /> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We seek your mercy, that you will reform us
in your image.<br /> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">This Advent, by your justice, love, and peace
bring us hope. Amen.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">368</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> He Came Down.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Almighty God, give us grace
to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light, now in the
time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great
humility, that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through
him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">First Reading:</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> <i>Isaiah 64:1-9<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">A Reading from The Book of Isaiah<br />
</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,
so that the mountains would quake at your presence - as when fire kindles
brushwood and the fire causes water to boil - to make your name known to your
adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did
awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down, the mountains quaked at
your presence. From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye
has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him. You meet
those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were
angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed. We have all
become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy
cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us
away. There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of
our iniquity. Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our
potter; we are all the work of your hand. Do not be exceedingly angry, O Lord,
and do not remember iniquity forever. Now consider, we are all your
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span></span><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to
the Church<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Gospel: </span></b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Mark 13:24-37<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.<br /></span></i><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Jesus said, "In those days, after that suffering, the sun will be
darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling
from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see
'the Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory. Then he will send
out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the
earth to the ends of heaven. From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its
branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.
So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at
the very gates. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all
these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words
will not pass away. But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not
know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he
leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the
doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake - for you do not know when
the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at
cockcrow, or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly.
And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake."<br /> </span><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon:<br /> </span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><a name="_Hlk151988469"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk120088191;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">115 Awake, O Sleeper, Rise from Death<br /></span></b></span></a><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">In this Season of Advent, we pray for ourselves and the
world, placing before you our hope, confident in your peace, mindful of your
joy, basking in your love, saying, <i>hear our prayer.<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We are watchful at all times, we pray for strength to
stand with confidence before you, O God, our Maker and Redeemer. Give us hope to
live in the light of your coming and give us a longing for your realm of justice
and mercy. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of hope:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that you will establish among the nations your
rule of righteousness, come to the world and the church with peace. We pray for
Linda our Primate, Sandra our Bishop. We pray for an end to racial discrimination,
an end to gender-based violence, and for truth and reconciliation with Indigenous
people. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of hope:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that we may seek Christ in holy scriptures, know
him in the breaking of bread, and recognize him in one another. Break into our
lives, where we struggle with sickness and pain, and set us free to serve you forever.
</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of hope:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray that all of us know that we are worthy of love and care
and that no one deserves to live in fear or violence. May we work to dismantle
the systems of power, control, and oppression that teach that some are worth
less because of gender, race, age, or ability. May all people live with dignity.
God of hope,<br /></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray for victims and survivors of family violence, for healing and
restoration. We strive for justice and peace. We give thanks for the helping
professionals, working with victims and survivors; for first responders and
shelter workers and counsellors; for doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers;
for employees in the justice system; and for faith leaders and others, that
they will be nurtured in their communities and that they will be kept well and
safe. God of hope,<br /></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray for those in any distress from floods, drought,
fire, earthquakes and war. We pray for those in need as we approach the
Christmas season, especially for our outreach efforts. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of hope:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We pray that you will bind up the brokenhearted and restore
the sick. We pray f</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">or those we know who are ill at home or in the hospital, <i>remembering
especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br />
</span></i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">… and others we may name out loud, or in our hearts…<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of hope:<br /> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">We remember
those who have died in your peace and whose faith is known to you alone, <i>especially…<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br />
</span></em><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">…that, with all the saints in light, we may shine forth
as lights for the world, </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of hope:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: .15pt;">Almighty God, as your blessed Son Jesus Christ first came
to seek and to save the lost; so may he come again to find in us the completion
of his redeeming work; for he is now alive and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, God for ever and ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most merciful God,<br /></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Almighty God have mercy upon you,<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">pardon and deliver you from all your sins,<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,<br /></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk151988668"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 75 Rejoice in the Lord Always</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk151988668;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (repeated . . .)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayer over the Gifts<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of love and power, your word stirs within us the expectation of the coming of
your Son. Accept all we offer you this day, and sustain us with your promise of
eternal life. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Great Thanksgiving:
</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Eucharistic
Prayer 3<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We
lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us give thanks to
the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">It
is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessed are you,
gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; we give you thanks and praise through
Jesus Christ our Lord, who in the fullness of time came among us in our flesh, and
opened to us the way of salvation. Now we watch for the day when he will come
again in power and great triumph to judge this world, that we, without shame or
fear, may rejoice to behold his appearing.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore we praise
you, joining our voices with angels and archangels and with all the company of
heaven, who for ever proclaim the glory of your name, <i>as we sing...<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">heaven
and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We give thanks to
you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known to us in creation;
in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and
above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For in these last days you
sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer
of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to
stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of
sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On the night he was
handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for
the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore, Father, according
to his command,<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we
remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we
proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we
await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and we offer our
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting to you,
from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray you, gracious
God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be the sacrament of
the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in
his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy
Spirit.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In the fullness of time,
reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and bring us to that city of
light where you dwell with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of
our salvation;<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">by whom, and with
whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are
yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of promise,<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">you prepare a banquet
for us in your kingdom.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Happy
are those who are called<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">to
the supper of the Lamb.<br /></span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God<br /> </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant
us your peace.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731512;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">94
Wait for the Lord, Whose Day is Near</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk151989058"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 227 Such Love</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk151989058;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> (verses 1, 2, repeated)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sending forth of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB
Such Love</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
(verses 1, 2)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prayer after Communion<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><a name="_Hlk1731596"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God
for whom we wait, you have fed us with the bread of eternal life. Keep us ever
watchful, that we may be ready to stand before the Son of man. We ask this in the
name of Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
doxology<br /></span></i></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to God,<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">whose
power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">can
do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">than
we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory
to God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">in
the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><a name="_Hlk1731633"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Be steadfast in
faith, joyful in hope,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and untiring in love all
the days of your life;<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the blessing of
God almighty,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">be among you and
remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">599 Awake! Awake!
Fling off the Night<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Go
forth into the world,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">rejoicing
in the Hope of God the Creator.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-1210906040040652622023-11-23T11:27:00.000-04:002023-11-23T11:27:06.031-04:00The Holy Eucharist Reign of Christ Sunday November 26, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reign of Christ Sunday<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">November 26, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Parish<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes: <i>Siciliano</i> John Alcock; <i>Allegro</i> Thomas
Arne; <i>Christ, Who is My Life</i> J.G. Walther<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">378 Crown Him with Many Crowns<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty and everlasting God, whose
will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, our Lord and King, grant
that the peoples of the earth, now divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed
and brought together under his gentle and loving rule; who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading: </span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading From The Book Of Ezekiel<br /> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For thus says the Lord God: I myself will search for my sheep, and
will seek them out. As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among
their scattered sheep, so I will seek out my sheep. I will rescue them from all
the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick
darkness. I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them on the
mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the
land. I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel
shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and
they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. I myself will be
the shepherd of my sheep, and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God. I
will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the
injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will
destroy. I will feed them with justice. Therefore, thus says the Lord God to
them: I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because you
pushed with flank and shoulder, and butted at all the weak animals with your
horns until you scattered them far and wide, I will save my flock, and they
shall no longer be ravaged; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. I will
set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he
shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and
my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.<br /> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 100<br /> </span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Refrain</span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> We are God's people, the sheep of his
pasture.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands; serve the Lord with gladness
and come before his presence with a<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">song.<b> R </b>Know this: The Lord himself is God; he himself has
made us, and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.<b> R </b>Enter
his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise; give thanks to him
and call upon his name.<b> R </b>For the Lord is good; his mercy is
everlasting; and his faithfulness endures from age to age. <b>R<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">504 Jesu, Jesu,
Fill Us with Your Love<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gospel: </span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Matthew 25:31-46<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus said, "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all
the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the
nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from
another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the
sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to
those at his right hand, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and
you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a
stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick
and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.' Then the
righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave
you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we
saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when
was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?' And the king will
answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these
who are members of my family, you did it to me.' Then he will say to those at
his left hand, 'You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire
prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no
food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you
did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison
and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that
we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and
did not take care of you?' Then he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as
you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' And
these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal
life."<br /> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anthem: How Can I Keep From
Singing?<br /> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Traditional American, arr. Bradley
Ellingboe<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kathleen Wiens, oboe<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us with confidence present our prayers to the throne of grace,
saying, “hear our prayer.”<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for all those in positions of power, that they may govern
with wisdom and integrity, serving the needs of all people. We pray this day
for people with HIV/Aids and their caregivers and their families and friends.
We give thanks for researchers and all who help the suffering. O God, may your
reign come;<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for the Church, the sign of your reign, that we may extend
a welcome to people of every race and background. We pray this day for peace in
our hearts, community and the world, remembering especially all war-torn places
on Earth. O God, may your reign come;<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for Christians of every denomination, that together we may
come to understand the royal priesthood you bestowed on us in baptism. We pray
this day for ecumenical cooperation seen in events like the Prince Street
Advent series and the Charlottetown Christian Council. O God, may your reign
come;<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for those whose commitment to truth brings them into
conflict with earthly powers, that they may have the courage to endure. We pray
this day that the spin-doctors loose their momentum and that the influence of
advertisers weakens as we approach the holidays. O God, may your reign come;<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for this community of faith, that attentive to your word
we may always worship in spirit and in truth. We pray this day for a renewed
commitment to showing your transforming love and justice in all that we do. O
God, may your reign come;<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">We pray for everyone who is ill at this time, remembering especially
those we know who are ill at home or in the hospital,<br /></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And others we may name out loud or in our hearts…<br /></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">… that they may find hope in Christ’s love and forgiveness. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God, may
your reign come;<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">We pray for those who have died in your peace and whose faith is known
to you alone, <i>remembering especially,<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">-<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">… and we hold before you all who mourn and in need of comfort. God of
peace.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Loving God, you have taught us that the power of the heart is
greater than the power of wealth and might. Hear us as we pray for the
fulfilment of your reign. We ask this through Jesus Christ our King; to him be
glory and power for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most merciful God,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PB 197 I Will
Enter His Gates<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eternal God, by your grace you have
raised us up and enthroned us with Christ in the heavenly realms. Receive all
we offer you this day, and lead us in those good works for which you have
created us. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give our thanks and
praise.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; we
give you thanks and praise through Jesus Christ our Lord. You exalted him as
Lord of all creation that he might present to you an eternal and universal
kingdom: a kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a
kingdom of justice, love, and peace.<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow as heaven and
earth proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and earth are full of your
glory.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you
have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your
Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus
your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin
Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered
us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought
us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into
life.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he
freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of
sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore, Father, according to his command,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord
of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these
gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of
the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made
acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make
them new, and bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons
and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation,
the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation;<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy
Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I am the bread which has come down from<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven,” says the Lord.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give us this bread for ever.<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I am the
vine, you are the branches.”<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May we dwell in him, as he lives in
us.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts of God for the People of God.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb
of God<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant us
your peace.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">85 Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and
Bless<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 222 Communion Song</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>(verses
1 – 3)<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Sending Forth<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 222 Communion Song</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>(verses
1 and 2)<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer After Communion<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God, you have made us a royal
priesthood in the kingdom of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Make known his
victory through us, we pray, that all the world may see his light. We ask this
in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The doxology<br /></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God from generation to
generation,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Blessing<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God, in Jesus Christ we celebrate your power at work.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
You raised him from the dead to rule with you forevermore.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
Enlighten the eyes of our hearts,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
that we may see the hope<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
to which Christ calls us,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">And, </span>may
the blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk151533496"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What
Does the Lord Require?<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk151533496;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To commemorate the 250<sup>th</sup> of St.
Paul’s, Charlottetown, PEI<br /></span></i></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go forth in the name of Christ.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-62346559246031527662023-11-17T10:38:00.000-04:002023-11-17T10:38:00.145-04:00The Holy Baptism & Eucharist Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost November 19, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Baptism & Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">November 19, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Parish<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes: <i>Cornet Voluntary</i> John James; <i>Song</i> Ned
Rorem<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with
you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><a name="_Hlk136968291"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There is one body and one Spirit,<br /></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136968291;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There
is one hope in God’s call to us;<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136968291;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">One Lord, one faith, one baptism,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk136968291;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">One
God and Father of all.<br /></span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">67 God of All Time, All Seasons of
Our Living<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect
of the Day<br /></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, you sent your Son Jesus Christ to be the light of the world. Free us from
all that darkens and ensnares us, and bring us to eternal light and joy; through
the power of him who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<i>Matthew 25:14-30<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jesus said, "For it is as if a man, going
on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he
gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his
ability. Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went off
at once and traded with them, and made five more talents. In the same way, the
one who had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received
the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with
them. Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing
five more talents, saying, 'Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I
have made five more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and
trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in
charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' And the one with the
two talents also came forward, saying, 'Master, you handed over to me two
talents; see, I have made two more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well
done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I
will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' Then
the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, 'Master, I
knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering
where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent
in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master replied, 'You
wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and
gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with
the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with
interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten
talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an
abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken
away. As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'"<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk150843895"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">35
Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daughters<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150843895;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Presentation
and Examination of the Candidates<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The celebrant says,<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The candidate for Holy Baptism will now be
presented.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Parents and sponsors,<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I present <a name="_Hlk136860040"><i>Liam
Ralph Bruce Josey</i> to receive the sacrament of baptism</a>.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The celebrant asks the parents and sponsors,<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you be responsible for seeing that the
child you present is nurtured in the faith and life of the Christian community?<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Parents and sponsors,<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will,
with God’s help.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celebrant<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you by your prayers and witness help this
child to grow into the full stature of Christ?<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Parents and sponsors,<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will,
with God’s help.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then the celebrant asks the following
questions of the parents and sponsors.<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you renounce Satan and all the spiritual
forces of wickedness that rebel against God?<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I renounce
them.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you renounce the evil powers of this world
which corrupt and destroy the creatures of God?<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I renounce
them.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you renounce all sinful desires that draw
you from the love of God?<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I renounce
them.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you turn to Jesus Christ and accept him as
your Saviour?<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I do.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you put your whole trust in his grace and
love?<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I do.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you promise to obey him as your Lord?<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I do.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After all have been presented, the celebrant
addresses the congregation, saying,<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you who witness these vows do all in your
power to support <i>this person </i>in <i>their </i>life in Christ?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We will.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers
for the Candidates<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us now pray for <i>this person </i>who <i>is
</i>to receive the sacrament of new birth.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Deliver <i>them</i>, O Lord, from the way of
sin and death.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord, hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Open <i>their hearts </i>to your grace and
truth.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord, hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Fill <i>them </i>with your holy and
life-giving Spirit.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord, hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Teach <i>them </i>to love others in the power
of the Spirit.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord, hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Send <i>them </i>into the world in witness to
your love.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord, hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bring <i>them </i>to the fullness of your
peace and glory.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lord, hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Grant, O Lord, that all who are baptized into
the death of Jesus Christ your Son may live in the power of his resurrection
and look for him to come again in glory; who lives and reigns now and for ever.
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen.<br /></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Celebration of Baptism<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanksgiving
over the Water<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We thank you, Almighty God, for the gift of
water. Over water the Holy Spirit moved in the beginning of creation. Through
water you led the children of Israel out of their bondage in Egypt into the
land of promise. In water your Son Jesus received the baptism of John and was
anointed by the Holy Spirit as the Messiah, the Christ, to lead us, through his
death and resurrection, from the bondage of sin into everlasting life.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We thank you, Father, for the water of baptism.
In it we are buried with Christ in his death. By it we share in his
resurrection. Through it we are reborn by the Holy Spirit. Therefore in joyful
obedience to your Son, we bring into his fellowship those who come to him in
faith, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now sanctify this water by the power of your
Holy Spirit, that those who are here cleansed from sin and born again, may
continue for ever in the risen life of Jesus Christ our Saviour.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be all
honour and glory, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The celebrant then says these or similar
words.<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us join with those who are committing
themselves to Christ and renew our own baptismal covenant.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Baptismal Covenant<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you believe in God the Father?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I believe in God,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Father almighty,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">creator of heaven and earth.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of
God?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and born of the Virgin Mary.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He suffered under Pontius Pilate,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">was crucified, died, and was buried.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He descended to the dead.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the third day he rose again.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the
Father.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He will come again to judge the living and the dead.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I believe in God the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the holy catholic Church,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the communion of saints,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the forgiveness of sins,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you continue in the apostles’ teaching
and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in the prayers?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will, with God’s help.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you persevere in resisting evil and,
whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will, with God’s help.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you proclaim by word and example the good
news of God in Christ?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will, with God’s help.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons,
loving your neighbour as yourself?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will, with God’s help.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Will you strive for justice and peace among
all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I will, with God’s help.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Will you strive to safeguard the
integrity of God’s creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the
Earth?<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0cm;">I will, with God’s help.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Baptism<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The celebrant, or an assisting priest or
deacon, pours water upon, the candidates, saying,<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Liam Ralph Bruce Josey, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
baptize you in the name of the Father,<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I sign you with the cross,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and mark you as Christ’s own for ever.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Celtic Alleluia!<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The celebrant, prays over the newly baptized,
saying,<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water
and the Holy Spirit you have bestowed upon <i>these </i>your <i>servants </i>the
forgiveness of sin, and have raised <i>them </i>to the new life of grace.
Sustain <i>them</i>, O Lord, in your Holy Spirit. Give <i>them </i>an inquiring
and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know
and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Giving
of the Light<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The newly baptized receives a lighted candle,<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Receive the light of Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">to show that you have passed from darkness to
light.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When all of the newly baptized have received
candles, the people say,<br /></span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let your light so shine before others<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that they may see your good works<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and glorify your Father in heaven.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us welcome the newly baptized.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We receive you into the household of God.<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confess the faith of Christ crucified,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and share with us in his eternal priesthood.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk144114130"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">460 Lord, the Light of Your Love Is Shining<br /></span></b></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of
the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy God, in
this eucharist we renew our baptismal covenant. Help us, through our offering
this day, to renounce all things that draw us from your love. This we ask in
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In peace,
let us join in prayer with God’s faithful people throughout the world: for the
unity of the church, that our life may reflect the love you have shown us, the
peace you call us to and that we will be transformed by your love and mercy. We
pray for people who endure hardships and disasters; we give special thanks for
first responders and emergency workers. We seek your peace and justice in our
world, our country, and our community, and that those who are in any need may
never be forgotten, that a way forward to peace may be found and pursued in all
war-torn places on earth. We are truly thankful for the bounty of creation,
that you bless us with the richness of land and sea; We name before those we
know who are ill at home or in the hospital:<i>…</i> and those we may name
out loud, or in our hearts:… praying that you are with them in their distress
and are a comfort to them at this time. We commend to you all who have died in
your peace and whose faith is known to you alone, <i>especially:<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">… and we
trust that you will keep them safe in your care, and we pray for your comfort
to all who mourn. Redeeming Sustainer, visit your people and pour out your
strength and courage upon us, that we may hurry to make you welcome not only in
our concern for others, but by serving them generously and faithfully in your
name. <b>Amen.<br /> <o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 2<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift
them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now with all creation we raise our voices to
proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and
earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">All glory and honour are yours, Father and
Son, with the Holy Spirit in the holy Church, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s
Prayer<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our
Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Creator of all, you gave us golden fields of
wheat,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose many grains we have gathered<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and made into this one bread.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So may
your Church be gathered<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">from the
ends of the earth<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">into your
kingdom.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Communion<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts of God for the people of God<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of
God<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during
Communion:<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><a name="_Hlk150842942"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB
42 Holy Spirit, We Welcome You<br /></span></b></a><a name="_Hlk144193903"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150843270;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 43 Commune With Me<br /></span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk150843270;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Sending forth of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PB 43 </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(verse 1)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer After Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious
God, in this sacrament we have shared the body and blood of Christ. May we who
have been nourished by holy things bear witness to his light, and share in his
eternal priesthood; for he is Lord for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
doxology<br /></span></i></b><a name="_Hlk138500132"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory
to God,<br /></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Remember that you are all children of light.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">and children of the day.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">So, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">may the blessing of God almighty,<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">434 The Love of
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-81507644297987627362023-11-09T08:42:00.003-04:002023-11-09T08:42:39.924-04:00The Holy Eucharist 24th Sunday after Pentecost - An Act of Remembrance November 12, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy
Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">24<sup>th</sup>
Sunday after Pentecost - An Act of Remembrance<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">November 12,
2023, at 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">St. Paul’s
Parish<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Preludes: A Voluntary</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Christopher Tambling<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In Memoriam</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Frank Bridge<br /><o:p></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Chorale Prelude on “St. Anne”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Healey Willan<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the
love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">be with
you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Song of Peace</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i>(Isaiah
2:2-5)<o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In the days to come<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>the mountain of the house of the
Lord<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">shall tower as the highest
of mountains.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and be raised above the
hills.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
There shall all the nations flow;<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>many peoples shall come and say,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">"Let us go up to
the mountain of the Lord,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>to the house of the God of
Jacob,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">that he may teach us
his ways<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>that we may walk in his paths.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">For the law shall go
out from Zion,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>from Jerusalem the word of the
Lord,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
He shall judge between many nations<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and decide for many peoples.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
They shall beat their swords into ploughshares,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>their spears into pruning knives.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
nation shall not lift sword against nation;<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>they shall never train for
war again.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
O people of Jacob, come,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>let us walk in the light of
the Lo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span><a name="_Hlk117860041"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">528 O God
Our Help in Ages Past<br /></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Collect for Peace<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O God, it
is your will to hold both heaven and earth in a single peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let the desire of your great love shine on
the waste of our wraths and sorrows, and give peace to your Church, peace among
nations, peace in our homes, and peace in our hearts; through your Son Jesus
Christ our Lord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Reading of the
Names: <i>Lest We Forget<o:p></o:p></i></span></b><span style="height: 620px; margin-left: -953px; margin-top: 294px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 420px; z-index: 251657728;"><img height="496" src="file:///C:/Users/jwgc/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026" width="336" /></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In Loving Remembrance<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">World War I,
1914 - 1918<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">George A. Adams<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ernest W. Auld<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Wendell B. Bearisto<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">William B. Brady<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Albert L. Cannon<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Norman S. Craswell<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">John C. Davies<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Roland T.W. Day<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">J. Walter Ings<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Frederick J. Longworth<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">John J. Lowe<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">J. Frederick McInnis<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">William F. McInnis<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Weston J. Newberry<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thomas G. Owen<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Frederick E. Rice<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">S. Frederick Robison<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Henry F. Stewart<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Scott Stewart<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">J. William Stanway<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">W.B. VanIderstine<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hugh C. Warburton<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Richard E. Warburton<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">World War
II, 1939 - 1945<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Henry Gordon Aitken<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Roland H. Butler<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">William Carmody<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">James E. Dalling<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Gordon R. DeBlois<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Otto A. Dunning<br /></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Arthur Hilton Ingram<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk117860060"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Last
Post</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk117860060;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <i>(silence) <b>and </b></i><b>Reveille<br />
<o:p></o:p></b></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">An Act of Remembrance<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">They shall grow not
old,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
as we who are left grow old.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
Age shall not weary them,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
nor the years condemn.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
At the going down of the sun,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
and in the morning we will remember them.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We will remember them.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk117860075"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O Canada<br /></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O Canada!
Our home and native land!<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
True patriot love in all of us command.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
The true north strong and free!<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
From far and wide, O Canada,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we stand
on guard for thee.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
God keep our land glorious and free!<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Collect of the
Day<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Eternal
God, who caused all holy scriptures to be written for our learning, grant us so
to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace
and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given
us in our Saviour Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Proclamation
of the Word<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk86339489"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Reading:</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">1
Thessalonians 4:13-18<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">A Reading
From The First Letter Of Paul To The Thessalonians<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We do not
want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so
that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him
those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that
we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means
precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with
the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from
heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are
left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in
the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one
another with these words.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear what
the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gospel: </span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Matthew
25:1-13<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.<br /> </span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Jesus said, "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like
this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of
them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they
took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the
bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But at midnight
there was a shout, 'Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' Then
all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the
wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise
replied, 'No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to
the dealers and buy some for yourselves.' And while they went to buy it, the
bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding
banquet; and the door was shut. Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying,
'Lord, Lord, open to us.' But he replied, 'Truly I tell you, I do not know
you.' Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour."<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sermon<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayers
of the People<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk497207865"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: normal;">Generous God, you raise up
the humble and poor; you inspire us to generosity and love: Hear us as we
pray for all creation, saying: </span></em></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Fill us
with generosity and faith, that we may reflect your loving compassion and grace
throughout creation. We pray for veterans of the Canadian Forces; and the
ministry of Forces chaplains. We pray this day for all members of the Forces
who are in danger, remembering family, friends and all who pray for their safe
return. God of love:<br /> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We pray for
civilian women, children and men whose lives are harmed by war or terror,
calling to mind in penitence the anger and hatreds of humanity; we pray for
peacemakers and peacekeepers, and all who seek to keep this world secure and
free; God of love:<br /> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O God, enlighten
our leaders and all in authority to forego the appearance of piety, the abuse
of privilege, and the selfishness of power, that they may lead generously on behalf
of the humble. We pray for all who bear the burden and privilege of leadership,
political, military and religious; asking for gifts of wisdom and resolve in
the search for reconciliation and peace. God of love:<br /> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">You call
all in our community to the responsibilities of stewardship and mutual care:
Grant us everything necessary for our common life and the wisdom and generosity
to use our resources so that no one may be in want. We pray for all who suffer
as a result of conflict and ask that we may know peace: we pray for the service
men and women who have died in war and for those who love them. God of love:<br /> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">You love
the humble and needy: Be with all for whom we pray, for those we know who are
ill at home or in the hospital, especially…<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /> </span></i></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And others
we may name out loud, or in our hearts…<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">… that
they will find strength and healing, God of love:<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Receive
into your eternal and glorious reign those who have died in your peace, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">especially:<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">-<br /></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">… and we
pray for all who mourn. God of love:<br /> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk497207865;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk502826768;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk527098744;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">O God of
truth and justice, we hold before you those whose memory we cherish, and those
whose names we will never know. Help us to lift our eyes above the torment of
this broken world, and grant us the grace to pray for those who wish us harm.
As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future; for you are the
source of life and hope, now and for ever. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us confess
our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Most merciful
God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Almighty
God have mercy upon you,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">pardon and
deliver you from all your sins,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">confirm and
strengthen you in all goodness,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and keep
you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The peace
of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Announcements
& Happy Birthday<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let There Be Peace on Earth<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Celebration
of the Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Prayer
over the Gifts<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us
pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Gracious God, your word to us is food indeed. Receive all
we offer you this day, and let your loving-kindness be our comfort, for the sake
of Jesus Christ, your living Word. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Great
Thanksgiving: </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lift
up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; we give you thanks and
praise through Jesus Christ our Lord, whose victorious rising from the dead has
given to us the hope of resurrection and the promise of eternal life. Therefore
with angels and archangels and all who have served you in every age, we raise
our voices to proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">heaven and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We
give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known
to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken
through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For
in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the
Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and
made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error
into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">On
the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely accepted,
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.”<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it,
do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">we await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and
we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">We
pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they
may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite
us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctified
by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">In
the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and bring
us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and daughters; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and
the author of our salvation;<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">by
whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour
and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Lord’s
Prayer<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">As our
Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">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.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Creator of
all,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">you gave us
golden fields of wheat,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">whose many
grains we have gathered<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">and made into
this one bread.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">So may your Church be gathered<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">from the ends of the earth<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">into your kingdom.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The gifts of
God for the People of God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk1731512"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lamb of
God<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Hymns
during communion<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 4 My
Peace (x3)<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">PB 115 Where
the Spirit of the Lord Is (x2)<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">191 Peace
I give to Thee<br /></span><a name="_Hlk117860148"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk117860148;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Sending
Forth of the Community<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk117860148;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">191 Peace I give to Thee<br /></span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prayer
after Communion<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Living God, in the eucharist you fill us with new hope. May
the power of your love, which we have known in word and sacrament, continue
your saving work among us, and bring us to the joy you promise. We ask this in
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><a name="_Hlk1731596"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The doxology<br /></span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to God,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">whose power,
working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">can do infinitely
more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">than we
can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Glory to
God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">in the Church
and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731596;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><a name="_Hlk1731633"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Blessing<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">May
the love and mercy of God for ever hold you, and keep you from all harm and
oppression; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">572 Let there Be
Light<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Scattering<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Go forth into the world,<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">rejoicing in the power of the Spirit.<br /></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk1731633;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Thanks be
to God.</span></b></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-52950746818484316082023-11-01T10:46:00.004-03:002023-11-01T10:46:40.790-03:00The Holy Eucharist Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost November 5, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">November 5, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Parish<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Preludes</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
In Thy Love Let Us Perish <i>J.S. Bach; </i>As the Deer<i> Nystrom/arr. John
Carter; </i>Sheep May Safely Graze <i>J.S. Bach. With Frances Gray, piano<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">342 We Praise You, O God<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, whose chosen servant Abraham obeyed your call, rejoicing in your promise that
in him the family of the earth is blessed, give us faith like his, that in us
your promises may be fulfilled; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and
reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>1
Thessalonians 2:9-13<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading From The First Letter Of Paul To The
Thessalonians<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You remember our labour and toil, brothers and
sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you while
we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and God also, how
pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was toward you believers. As you know,
we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children, urging and
encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you
into his own kingdom and glory. We also constantly give thanks to God for this,
that when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it
not as a human word but as what it really is, God's word, which is also at work
in you believers.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and
his mercy endures for ever. Let all those whom the Lord has redeemed proclaim
that he redeemed them from the hand of the foe.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give
thanks to the Lord for he is good.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He gathered them out of the lands; from the
east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Some wandered in
desert wastes; they found no way to a city where they might dwell.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give
thanks to the Lord for he is good.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits
languished within them. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he
delivered them from their distress. He put their feet on a straight path to go
to a city where they might dwell.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give
thanks to the Lord for he is good.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord changed rivers into deserts, and
water-springs into thirsty ground, A fruitful land into salt flats, because of
the wickedness of those who dwell there.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give
thanks to the Lord for he is good.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He changed deserts into pools of water and dry
land into water-springs. He settled the hungry there, and they founded a city
to dwell in. They sowed fields, and planted vineyards, and brought in a
fruitful harvest.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Give
thanks to the Lord for he is good.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">476 God, You Have Caused to Be
Written<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<i>Matthew 23:1-12<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Matthew.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his
disciples,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on
Moses' seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; but do not do
as they do, for they do not practise what they teach. They tie up heavy
burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they
themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them. They do all their deeds
to be seen by others; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes
long. They love to have the place of honour at banquets and the best seats in
the synagogues, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have
people call them rabbi. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one
teacher, and you are all students. And call no one your father on earth, for
you have one Father the one in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors,
for you have one instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your
servant. All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble
themselves will be exalted.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to
you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">No Sermon<br /></span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Anthem</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:
You Are Mine <i>David Haas<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Affirmation of Faith</span></b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (cf Ephesians 3)</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us declare our faith in God.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in
God the Father,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">from whom
every family<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in heaven and
on earth is named.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in
God the Son,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">who lives in
our hearts through faith,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and fills us
with his love.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in
God the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">who
strengthens us<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with power
from on high.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in
one God;<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Father, Son
and Holy Spirit. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Prayers of
the People<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In peace, let us join in prayer with God’s
faithful people throughout the world, saying <i>“hear our prayer.”<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For the Church: especially for Linda, our Primate, and Sandra, our
bishop, that through our deeds of compassion and faithful witness, we may be a
light in times of confusion, despair and turmoil. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For this Parish of St. Paul’s, that we may see and respond to your
presence and call each day, that we may be a people of love and justice,
working to end poverty here and around the world. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For all those who live daily amidst violence and mass shootings, that
they may be strong in the face of oppression, and that together we will work relentlessly
to bring about peace and safety for women, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>children and all people. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For the gift of hope, that no matter what challenges we face, we may
remain confident that with you all things are possible, that we will continue
our work to bring about a real chance for truth and reconciliation with
Indigenous people. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For your peace and justice in our world, our
country, and our community, and that those who are in any need may never be
forgotten, that a way forward to peace may be found and pursued in all war-torn
places on earth; we pray for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine. God of
peace:<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our
prayer.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For all those in any anguish of body, mind, and spirit, remembering
especially those we know who are ill at home or in the hospital,<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And others we may name out loud or in our
hearts…<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">… that they may find hope in Christ’s love and forgiveness. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">For those who have died in your peace, <i>remembering especially,<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">… we pray that all who have died may awaken to everlasting life and we hold
before you all who mourn. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">God of all times and places, hear the prayers we offer this day, and
grant us grace to hold fast to the confession of our hope, without wavering, in
the assurance of your faithfulness, through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s
forgiveness.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most merciful God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God have mercy upon you,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">pardon and deliver you from all your sins,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and keep you in eternal life;<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">through Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">104 Joy Shall Come</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(repeat as needed)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of
the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
freedom, accept all we offer you this day. May we embrace the law of your
service and know the glorious liberty of the children of God. We ask this in
the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 4<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also
with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift
them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is
right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give you thanks and praise, O
Lord, our God, sustainer of the universe, you are worthy of glory and praise.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At your command all things came to be: the
vast expanse of interstellar space, galaxies, suns, the planets in their
courses, and this fragile earth, our island home; by your will they were
created and have their being.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the primal elements you brought forth the
human race, and blessed us with memory, reason, and skill; you made us the
stewards of creation.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But we turn against you, and betray your
trust; and we turn against one another. Again and again you call us to return.
Through the prophets and sages you reveal your righteous law. In the fullness
of time you sent your Son, born of a woman, to be our Saviour. He was wounded
for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. By his death he opened
to us the way of freedom and peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore we praise you, joining with the
heavenly chorus, with prophets, apostles, and martyrs, and with those in every
generation who have looked to you in hope, to proclaim with them your glory, in
their unending hymn:<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of
power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and
earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in
the highest.<br /></span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed are you, Lord our God, for sending us
Jesus, the Christ, who on the night he was handed over to suffering and death,
took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread, gave it to his friends, and
said, “Take this, and eat it: this is my body which is given for you. Do this
for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the same way, after supper, he took the cup
of wine; he gave you thanks, and said, “Drink this, all of you: this is my
blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the
forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious God, we recall the death of your Son
Jesus Christ, we proclaim his resurrection and ascension, and we look with
expectation for his coming as Lord of all the nations. We who have been
redeemed by him, and made a new people by water and the Spirit, now bring you
these gifts. Send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon this offering of your
Church, that we who eat and drink at this holy table may share the divine life
of Christ our Lord.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you for ever and ever.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pour out your Spirit upon the whole earth and
make it your new creation. Gather your Church together from the ends of the
earth into your kingdom, where peace and justice are revealed, that we, with
all your people, of every language, race, and nation, may share the banquet you
have promised;<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ,
all honour and glory are yours, creator of all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
you for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Creator of all, you gave us golden fields of
wheat,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose many grains we have gathered<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and made into this one bread.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">So may
your Church be gathered<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">from the
ends of the earth<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">into your
kingdom.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Communion<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts of God for the people of God<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of
the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of
the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of
the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant
us your peace.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during
Communion:<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 246 As the Deer<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk148388933"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">73
One Bread, One Body<br /></span></b></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Sending forth of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">73 One Bread, One Body<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer After Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Heavenly
Father, bring to perfection within us the communion we share in this sacrament.
May the unity we know this day live in our community and family. This we pray
in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The doxology<br /></span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">601 God, Whose Giving Knows No
Ending<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be
to God.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-16084391315532268962023-10-26T11:38:00.006-03:002023-10-26T11:38:49.130-03:00Before All Saints & All Souls Days October 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 36pt;"> <br /><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Before</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
All Saints & All Souls Days<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">October 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">St. Paul’s Parish, Charlottetown,
PEI<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; padding: 0cm;">Prelude: Variations on “Sine
Nominee” </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Denis Bédard<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and
the love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">be
with you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
sentences<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let
not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In
my Father<i>’</i>s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told
you<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">that
I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><i>John 14.1–3<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I
am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">nor
things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">nor
anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">in
Christ Jesus our Lord. <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><i>Romans
8.38–39<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">276 For All the Saints </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">(vv.1,
4, 7, 8)<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Collect of the Day<br /></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></i><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Almighty God, whose people are
knit together in one holy Church, the mystical Body of your Son, grant us grace
to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the
inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you; through your Son
Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word –<br /> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Reading:
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8<br /></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A
Reading From The First Letter Of Paul To The Thessalonians<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">You
yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain,
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. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure
motives or trickery, 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. As you know and as God is our witness, we
never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek
praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, 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. 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.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the church<br /></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Psalm
90:1-6, 13-17<br /></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Lord,
you have been our refuge from one generation to another. Before the mountains
were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from age to age you
are<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">God.<br /></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">From age to age you are God.<br /></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">You
turn us back to the dust and say, "Go back, O child of earth." For a
thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past and like a
watch in the night.<br /> </span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">From age to age you are God.<br /></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">You
sweep us away like a dream; we fade away suddenly like the grass. In the
morning it is green and flourishes; in the evening it is dried up and withered.<br />
</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">From age to age you are God.<br /></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Return,
O Lord; how long will you tarry? be gracious to your servants. Satisfy us by
your loving-kindness in the morning; so shall we rejoice and be glad all the
days of our life. Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us
and the years in which we suffered adversity.<br /> </span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">From age to age you are God.<br /></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Show
your servants your works and your splendour to their children. May the
graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; prosper the work of our hands;
prosper our handiwork.<br /> </span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">From age to age you are God.<br /></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><a name="_Hlk149034238"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">284
Blessed Feasts of Blessed Martyrs<br /></span></b></a><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Gospel:
<i>Matthew 22:34-46<br /> </i></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to <strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Matthew</span></strong>.<br />
</span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">When
the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. "Teacher,
which commandment in the law is the greatest?" 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.' This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second
is like it: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Now while the Pharisees
were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: "What do you think
of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of
David." He said to them, "How is it then that David by the Spirit
calls him Lord, saying, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet"'? If David thus calls him Lord,
how can he be his son?" No one was able to give him an answer, nor from
that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sermon</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">:
<i>The Rev Dawn Leger<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Passing Through</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> (Pete Seeger), <i>sung by and
additional verses by Tom White-Hassler<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Prayers of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Generous God, who shows mercy to
those who are oppressed and food to those who hunger: Hear us as we offer our
prayers on behalf of your creation, saying:<i> Hear our prayer.<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
pray for all your children, that everyone will learn to share what you have
given to live as one family in peace.<a name="_Hlk85982556"> God of peace.<br /><o:p></o:p></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk85982556;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
pray for the leaders of the church, bishops, priests and deacons, that with
your help they will be wise and generous in leading others to live as a holy
and forgiven people. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
pray for the lay leaders of the church, that you will continue to fill them
with strength and peace as they work to make our community a place of love,
justice and welcome. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
pray for our friends and relatives who have died.</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">THE LIST</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">…with
confidence we are assured of eternal joy, comfort and peace for all whom we’ve
listed, and those we’ve forgotten. God of love.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
pray for ourselves, that we will honour our Baptismal covenant, which has made
us one in Christ: and in communion with all saints. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
pray that you will open our eyes and hearts to serving Christ in each other.
And we pray for all people whose lives are disrupted by war and we ask that
everyone work for a lasting peace in all places ravaged by violence. We pray
especially for the people of Maine and victims of the shootings there and for
their families and friends. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who
walk as yet by faith, that your Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and
righteousness all our days. Grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in your
loving care that casting all their sorrow on you, they may know the consolation
of your love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">God
of peace.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, that
they may have strength to meet the days ahead in the comfort of a holy and
certain hope, and in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they
love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">God
of peace.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We pray for all those in need of prayers, for those who are ill at
home or in the hospital, <i>remembering especially,<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><a name="_Hlk144893062"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-<br /> </span></i></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">…
and others we may name out loud or in our hearts:<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">…
that they may be made strong in your healing love. God of peace.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Almighty God, Father of mercies
and giver of comfort, deal graciously, we pray, with all who mourn; that
casting all their care on you, they may know the consolation of your love,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Commendation<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Give
rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">where
sorrow and pain are no more,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">neither
sighing, but life everlasting.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“You
only are immortal, the creator and maker of all;<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and
we are mortal, formed of the earth,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and
to earth shall we return.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For
so did you ordain when you created me, saying,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">You
are dust, and to dust you shall return.”<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">All
of us go down to the dust;<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">yet
even at the grave we make our song:<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Alleluia,
alleluia, alleluia.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Give
rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">where
sorrow and pain are no more,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">neither
sighing, but life everlasting.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let
us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">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. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk149034447"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">PB
85 This Is the Day<br /></span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk149034447;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Prayer
over the Gifts<br /></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Gracious and righteous Lord, we are united in the love of Jesus
Christ. Accept all we offer you this day, and bring us, with all your faithful
people who have gone before us, into his eternal glory; who is Lord, now and
for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 3<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We
lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our
God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It
is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Blessed are you, gracious God,
creator of heaven and earth; we give you thanks and praise through Jesus Christ
our Lord, whose victorious rising from the dead has given to us the hope of
resurrection and the promise of eternal life. Therefore with angels and
archangels and all who have served you in every age, we raise our voices to
proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">God
of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">heaven
and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We give thanks to you, Lord our
God, for the goodness and love you have made known to us in creation; in
calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and
above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For in these last days you
sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer
of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to
stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of
sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">On the night he was handed over to
suffering and death, a death he freely accepted, 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.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">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
many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the
remembrance of me.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Therefore, Father, according to
his command,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">we
remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">we
proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">we
await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and we offer our sacrifice of
praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your
creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We pray you, gracious God, to send
your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body
of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite us to your Son in his
sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctified by the Holy
Spirit.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In the fullness of time, reconcile
all things in Christ, and make them new, and bring us to that city of light
where you dwell with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of
our salvation;<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">by whom, and with whom, and in
whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty
Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Creator of all, you gave us golden
fields of wheat,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">whose many grains we have gathered<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">and made into this one bread.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">So
may your Church be gathered<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">from
the ends of the earth<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">into
your kingdom.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lamb
of God<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have mercy on
us.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have mercy on
us.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant us your
peace.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Communion<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The gifts of God for the people of
God.<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hymns-</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">during-communion<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">PB
218 Spirit Song (verses 1, 2)<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">494
Not for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Sending Forth of the Community<br /></span></strong><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">PB
218 Spirit Song<br /></span></b><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Prayer
after Communion<br /></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Let
us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">God of love, may the death and resurrection of Christ, which we
celebrate in this eucharist, bring us, with the faithful departed, into the
peace of your eternal home. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our hope
and our salvation. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">May
the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great
shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with
everything good that you may do his will, working in you that which is pleasing
in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">565
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The
Scattering<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Go in peace to love and serve the
Lord.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Thanks
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-13578841828974847212023-10-19T16:28:00.003-03:002023-10-19T16:28:26.054-03:00The Holy Eucharist Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost October 22, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <br /><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">October 22, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Parish<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the love of God,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with you all.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">350 Stand Up and Bless the
Lord<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect of the Day<br /></span></strong><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty and everliving God, increase
in us your gift of faith, that forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to
what is before, we may run the way of your commandments and win the crown of
everlasting joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Reading:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10<br /><o:p></o:p></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading From The First Letter Of Paul To The Thessalonians<br /> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. We always
give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labour of love and
steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers and
sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, because our message of the
gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit
and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be
among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in
spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy
Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in
Achaia. For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in
Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so
that we have no need to speak about it. For the people of those regions report
about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from
idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven,
whom he raised from the dead Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is
coming.<br /> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">591 Our Cities Cry to You, O God<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel</span></i></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Matthew
22:15-22<br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said.
So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying,
"Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in
accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard
people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay
taxes to the emperor, or not?" But Jesus, aware of their malice, said,
"Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used
for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them,
"Whose head is this, and whose title?" They answered, "The
emperor's." Then he said to them, "Give therefore to the emperor the
things that are the emperor's, and to God the things that are God's." When
they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.<br /> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Affirmation of Faith</span></b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (cf Ephesians 3)</span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:<br /> <o:p></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us declare our
faith in God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in God the Father,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">from whom every family<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in heaven and on earth is named.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in God the Son,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">who lives in our hearts through faith,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and fills us with his love.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in God the Holy Spirit,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">who strengthens us<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">with power from on high.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We believe in one God;<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Prayers of the People<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In peace, let us join in prayer with God’s faithful people
throughout the world, saying <i>“hear our prayer.”<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray for the unity of your church, that our life may reflect
the love you have shown us, the peace you call us to and that we will be
transformed by your love and mercy. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We ask your grace for Linda our Primate, Sandra our bishop, and
for all who minister in word and action, that we may bear faithful witness to
your good news and proclaim with grateful hearts the love you have for all
people and all of creation. We pray for people who endure hardships and disasters
of earthquake, and we give special thanks for first responders and emergency
workers. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We seek your peace and justice in our world, our country, and our
community, and that those who are in any need may never be forgotten, that a
way forward to peace may be found and pursued in all war-torn places on earth;
we pray for peace in the Middle East. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">W</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e pray for a
deeper understanding of the challenges facing the poor. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We seek
your blessing on our letter writing campaign, that those in positions of power and
ability will hear the cry of people living in poverty and be moved to act to
lift up those in need so that all people can live with dignity and confidence.
God of peace,<br /><o:p></o:p></span><strong><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0in;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We ask your blessing on our homes, our friends and family, and on
those who live alone, that we may know your presence. We are truly thankful for
the bounty of creation, that you bless us with the richness of land and sea; that
in Christ our salvation is won; and that you fulfil your promise to be with us
through your Holy Spirit. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We name before those we know who are ill at home or in the
hospital:<br /></span><a name="_Hlk144893062"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /> </span></i></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">… and those we may name out loud, or in our hearts:<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">… praying that you are with them in their distress and are a
comfort to them at this time. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We commend to you all who have died in your peace and whose faith
is known to you alone, <i>especially:<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">… and we trust that you will keep them safe in your care, and we
pray for your comfort to all who mourn. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
offer our thanks and praise for all you have done for us, rejoicing in the
knowledge that you are with us always and we pray that same blessing on our
ministry in this place. <span style="color: black;">Cleanse our hearts of
prejudice and selfishness, and inspire us to hunger and thirst for what is
right. Teach us to use your creation for your greater praise, that all may
share the good things you provide.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most holy God, the source of all good desires, all right
judgements, and all just works, give to all people that peace which the world
cannot give, so that our minds may be fixed on doing your will, and that, freed
from the fear of war, we may pass our time in rest and quietness; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. <b>Amen</b>.<br /></span><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession and Absolution<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most merciful God,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty God have mercy upon you,<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">pardon and deliver you from all your sins,<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and keep you in eternal life;<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">through Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">618 Glorious in Majesty<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eternal God, your word inspires our
faith. May we who offer you our praise trust you in all things. We ask this in
the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic Prayer 1<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord be with you.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And also with you.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up your hearts.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is right to give our thanks and
praise.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is indeed right that we should praise you, gracious God, for
you created all things. You formed us in your own image: <i>as your children</i>
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.<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy, holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven and earth are full of your
glory.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna in the highest.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 Father 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.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.”<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of
sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gracious God, his perfect sacrifice destroys the power of sin and
death; by raising him to life you give us life for evermore.<br /></span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ has died.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ is risen.<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Christ will come again.<br /></span></b><i><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Recalling his death, proclaiming his resurrection, and looking for
his coming again in glory, we offer you, Father, this bread and this cup. Send
your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts, 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.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, all glory is yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s Prayer<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I am the bread of life,” says the Lord.<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Whoever comes to me will never be hungry;<br /></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whoever believes in me will never thirst.”<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Taste and see that the Lord is good;<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">happy are they who trust in him!<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Communion<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts of God for the people of God<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God<br /> </span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have
mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;">Lamb of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span style="color: #0d0d0d; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant
us your peace.<br /> </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns </span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during Communion:<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In Christ Alone<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk148388933"><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 81 In His Time</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk148388933;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>(verses 1 and 2)<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Sending forth of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 81 In His Time</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (verses 1)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer After Communion<br /></span></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of peace, you have nourished us in
this sacrament with the body and blood of Christ. May we who have taken holy
things keep faith in our hearts and lives, in the name of Jesus Christ the
Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The doxology<br /></span></i></b><a name="_Hlk138500132"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God,<br /></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose
power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do
infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we
can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to
God from generation to generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the
Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever
and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">May you continue in the work of faith<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and labour of love<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And may the blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">575 Let Streams of Living
Justice<br /></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Scattering<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.<br /></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks be to God.<br /></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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John Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521141719673295391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563151300484011678.post-48909420154967200462023-10-12T13:14:00.003-03:002023-10-12T13:14:53.499-03:00The Holy Eucharist Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 15, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">October 15, 2023 @ 10:00 a.m.<br /></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">St. Paul’s Parish<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Gathering of the Community<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
love of God,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit,<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be with
you all.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">428 God Who Gives to Life Its
Goodness<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Collect
of the Day<br /></span></strong><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God, in our baptism you adopted us for your own. Quicken, we pray, your Spirit
within us, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in
sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Proclamation of the Word<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1<sup>st</sup>
Reading</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Exodus 32:7-14<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading
From The Book Of Exodus<br /></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
said to Moses, "Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of
the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside
from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a
calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your
gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'" The Lord
said to Moses, "I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. Now
let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume
them; and of you I will make a great nation." But Moses implored the Lord
his God, and said, "O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your
people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a
mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that he
brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the
face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not
bring disaster on your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your
servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, 'I will
multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I
have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it
forever.'" And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he
planned to bring on his people.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what
the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks
be to God.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2<sup>nd</sup>
Reading</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: <i>Philippians 4:4-9<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Reading
From The Letter Of Paul To The Philippians<br /> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rejoice in
the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to
everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to
God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, beloved, whatever is true,
whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is
pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is
anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things
that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of
peace will be with you.<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear what
the Spirit is saying to the Church<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks
be to God.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">465 Here in This Place New Light
Is Streaming<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
<i>Matthew 22:1-14<br /> <o:p></o:p></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Holy
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once more
Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: "The kingdom of heaven may be
compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves
to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not
come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited:
Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been
slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.' But they
made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, while
the rest seized his slaves, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was
enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those invited were not
worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to the
wedding banquet.' Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all whom
they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with guests. But
when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not
wearing a wedding robe, and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here
without a wedding robe?' And he was speechless. Then the king said to the
attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' For many are called, but
few are chosen."<br /> </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Gospel
of Christ.<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Praise
to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sermon<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Choir Anthem:<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A Time For All Things.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i>Scottish
Folk Tune, arr. Douglas E. Wagner<br /></i><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayers of
the People<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In peace,
let us join in prayer with God’s faithful people throughout the world (Jew,
Muslim, Christian), saying <i>“hear our prayer.”<br /> </i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray
for the unity of your church, that our life may reflect the love you have shown
us, the peace you call us to and that we will be transformed by your love and mercy.
God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We ask
your grace for Linda our Primate, Sandra our bishop, and for all who minister
in word and action, that we may bear faithful witness to your good news and
proclaim with grateful hearts the love you have for every bit of creation. We
pray for people who are enduring disasters of earthquake, fire or flood and for
all those who are there to help. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We seek
your peace and justice in our world, our country, and our community, and that
those who are in any need may never be forgotten, that a way forward to peace may
be found and pursued in all war-torn places on earth. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray
for <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">this city of Charlottetown and </span>for
every community on this Island: for those who live here in faith. We pray that
cruel signs and thoughtless words will give way to truth and reconciliation. We
give thanks for those who visit our Island home this autumn and pray that their
stay is safe and fun. God of peace,<br /></span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Hear our prayer.<br /></span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We ask
your blessing on our homes, our friends and family, and on those who live
alone, that we may know that your presence and that we are truly thankful for
the bountiful creation, blessing us with the richness of land and sea. God of peace:<br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We name
before you all whom you have given us to pray for, especially those we know who
are ill at home or in the hospital:<br /></span><a name="_Hlk144893062"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-
Judy, June, Jim, Marion, Bob, Richard, David, Vicki, Joyce, Doug, Diane…<br /></span></i></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">… and
those we may name out loud, or in our hearts:<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">knowing
that you are doing for them better things than we can ask or imagine. God of peace:<br />
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We commend
to you all who have died in your peace, <i>especially:<br /><o:p></o:p></i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">-<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">that our
trust in you may deepen as you keep them safe in your care, and we pray for all
who mourn. God of peace:<br /> </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We offer
our thanks and praise for all you have done for us, rejoicing in the knowledge
that you are with us always and we pray that same blessing on our ministry in
this place. W</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e pray for a
deeper understanding of the challenges facing the poor that we may be generous
in finding dignified and positive solutions. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God of peace:<br />
<o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hear
our prayer.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">O God, the
author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life, to serve you
is perfect freedom. Defend civilians and other innocent victims from fear,
assaults, imprisonment and death, that everyone may come to trust in your love,
and live in the hope that enemies will be transformed into friends; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Confession
and Absolution<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.<br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Most
merciful God,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Almighty
God have mercy upon you,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">pardon and
deliver you from all your sins,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">confirm
and strengthen you in all goodness,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and keep
you in eternal life;<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">through
Jesus Christ our Lord. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Peace<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The peace
of the Lord be always with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Announcements<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><a name="_Hlk147836264"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB
197 He Has Made Me Glad</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk147836264;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(2x)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk147836264;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Celebration of the Holy Eucharist<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
Over the Gifts<br /></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God
of constant love, in this eucharist you renew the covenant made once with us in
baptism. As you are faithful in all things may we, in our offering, be faithful
to our calling. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Eucharistic
Prayer 3<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord
be with you.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And
also with you.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lift up
your hearts.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
lift them to the Lord.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
give thanks to the Lord our God.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It
is right to give our thanks and praise.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed
are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and earth; by water and the Holy
Spirit you have made us a holy people in Jesus Christ our Lord; you renew that
mystery in bread and wine and nourish us, to show forth your glory in all the
world.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore
with angels and archangels, and with all the holy people who have served you in
every age, we raise our voices to proclaim the glory of your name.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy,
holy, holy Lord,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">God
of power and might,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">heaven
and earth are full of your glory.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hosanna
in the highest.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We give
thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known to
us in creation; in calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken
through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son. For
in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the
Saviour and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and
made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error
into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the
night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death he freely accepted,
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.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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 many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you
drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore,
Father, according to his command,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we
remember his death,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we
proclaim his resurrection,<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">we
await his coming in glory;<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">and we
offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, Lord of all; presenting
to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We pray
you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be
the sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new covenant. Unite us
to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in him, may be
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the
fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and bring
us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and daughters;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the
Church, and the author of our salvation;<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">by whom,
and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and
glory are yours, almighty Father, now and for ever. <b>Amen.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lord’s
Prayer<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As our
Saviour taught us, let us pray,<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">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.<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Breaking of the Bread<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“I am the
bread of life,” says the Lord.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Whoever
comes to me will never be hungry;<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whoever
believes in me will never thirst.”<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Taste
and see that the Lord is good;<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">happy
are they who trust in him!<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Communion<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The gifts
of God for the people of God<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks
be to God.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb of
God<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb
of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb
of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have mercy on us.<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lamb
of God you take away the sin of the world<br /> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>grant us your peace.<br /> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hymns </span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">during
Communion:<br /><o:p></o:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">61 As We Gather at Your Table<br /></span><a name="_Hlk147836701"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PB 118 Holy
Ground (verses 1, 2)<br /></span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Sending forth of the Community<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Holy Ground</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
(verse 1)<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prayer
After Communion<br /></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let us
pray,<br /></span></i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Faithful
God, in baptism and eucharist we are made one with you. May we who have shared
in holy things always bear witness to your covenant, in the name of Jesus
Christ the Lord. Amen.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
doxology<br /></span></i></b><a name="_Hlk138500132"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory
to God,<br /></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">whose power, working in us,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">can do infinitely more<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">than we can ask or imagine.<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Glory to God from generation to
generation,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in the Church and in Christ Jesus,<br /></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk138500132;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for ever and ever. Amen.<br /></span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Blessing<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Stand firm in the Lord,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #F9F9F9; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">with love and joy as your crown,
and peace in your heart.<br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And may the
blessing of God almighty,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">be among
you and remain with you always. <b>Amen.<br /></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">598 Go to the World<br /></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Scattering<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Go in
peace to love and serve the Lord.<br /></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thanks
be to God.<br /></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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