Our Common Worship

Christ Our Hope Anglican Church

September 27, 2020

Proper 21

OPENING SONG V3. Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name The wormwood and the gall V1. All hail the power of Jesus’ name Go spread your trophies at His feet Let angels prostrate fall; And crown Him Lord of all Bring forth the royal diadem, Go spread your trophies at His feet And crown Him Lord of all. And crown Him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all. V4. O that with yonder sacred throng We at His feet may fall! V2. Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, We'll join the everlasting song, Ye ransomed from the fall, And crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him who saves you by His grace, We'll join the everlasting song, And crown Him Lord of all. And crown Him Lord of all. Hail Him who saves you by His grace, And crown him Lord of all. “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” - Edward Perronet | John Rippon Words and music in public domain Used by permission - CCLI License #2965776

OPENING ACCLAMATION & THE GLORIA COLLECT FOR PURITY Leader: We shout to God with a cry of joy: People: Let us shout with our whole lives! Celebrant: Blessed be God: the Father, the Son, and ​ the Holy Spirit. Leader: Glory to the Father People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and People: Glory to the Son forever. Amen. Leader: Glory to the Spirit The Celebrant prays (and the people are invited to join) People: Forever three in One.

Almighty God: to you all hearts are open, all Leader: Be glorified in America. desires known, and from you no secrets are People: Be glorified in Africa. hid. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may Leader: Be glorified in Egypt and perfectly love you and worthily magnify your People: Be glorified in Uruguay. holy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. Leader: Be glorified in Ecuador People: Be glorified in Canada. CALL TO WORSHIP Bless the Lord (10,000 Reasons) Leader: Be glorified by every tongue Chorus People: Be glorified by every tribe. Bless the Lord O my soul, O my soul Worship His holy name Leader: Be glorified at home. Sing like never before, O my soul People: Be glorified in the Church. I'll worship Your holy name Leader: Be glorified on earth. V1. The sun comes up it's a new day dawning People: Be glorified in heaven. It's time to sing Your song again Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me Leader: Glory to the Father Let me be singing when the evening comes People: Glory to the Son (Chorus) Leader: Glory to the Spirit V2. You're rich in love and You're slow to anger People: Forever three in One. Your name is great and Your heart is kind For all Your goodness I will keep on singing Leader: Hallelujah! Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find People: Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! Amen! (Chorus) (repeat)

V3. And on that day when my strength is failing THE COLLECT FOR THE DAY The end draws near and my time has come Celebrant The Lord be with you. Still my soul will sing Your praise unending ​ People And also with you. Ten thousand years and then forever more ​ (Chorus) Celebrant Let us pray.

“10,000 Reasons” - Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman O merciful Lord, grant to your faithful people Copyright © 2011 Atlas Mountain Songs pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from Used by permission - CCLI License #2965776 all our sins and serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and

reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and his seed shall inherit the land. and forever. Amen. 13 The Lord reveals his secret counsel to those ​ ​ who fear him, * and he will show them his covenant. FIRST READING – Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 14 My eyes are ever looking to the Lord, * for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, THE PSALM – 25:1-14 is now and ever shall be, world without end. 1 Unto you, O Lord, will I lift up my soul; my Amen. God, I have put my trust in you; * O let me not be ashamed, neither let my SECOND READING – Phil 2:1-13 enemies triumph over me. 2 For all those who hope in you shall not be The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. ashamed, * ​ but those who deal untruly shall be put to GOSPEL READING – Matt 21:28-32 confusion. ​ 3 Show me your ways, O Lord, * Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus and teach me your paths. ​ 4 Lead me forth in your truth and teach me, * Christ according to Matthew for you are the God of my salvation; in People Glory to you, Lord Christ. you has been my hope all the day long. ​ 5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, your tender mercies, * After the Gospel, the Reader says and your loving-kindnesses, which have The Gospel of the Lord been from of old. People Praise to you, Lord Christ. 6 O remember not the sins and offenses of my youth, * THE but according to your mercy think on THE NICENE CREED me, O Lord, in your goodness. 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord; * Celebrant and People together therefore will he teach sinners in the way. We believe in one God, 8 Those who are meek shall he guide in the Father, the Almighty, judgment, * maker of heaven and earth, and those who are gentle shall he teach of all that is, visible and invisible. his way. 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, * the only-begotten Son of God, to those who keep his covenant and his eternally begotten of the Father, testimonies. God from God, Light from Light, 10 For your Name’s sake, O Lord, * true God from true God, forgive my sin, for it is great. begotten, not made, 11 Who is the one who fears the Lord? * of one Being with the Father; He shall teach him in the way that he through him all things were made. ​ shall choose. For us and for our salvation he came 12 He shall dwell at ease, * down from heaven, was incarnate from

the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may and was made man. delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to For our sake he was crucified under the glory of your Name. Amen. Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. The Bishop or Priest stands and says On the third day he rose again in accordance Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all and is seated at the right hand of the Father. those who sincerely repent and with true faith turn He will come again in glory to judge the to him, have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver living and the dead, you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you and his kingdom will have no end. in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ​ We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, THE COMFORTABLE WORDS who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is Hear the Word of God to all who truly turn to worshiped and glorified, him. who has spoken through the prophets. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, We believe in one holy catholic and and I will give you rest. apostolic Church. Matthew 11:28 We acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. God so loved the world, that he gave his We look for the resurrection of the dead, only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him and the life of the world to come. Amen. should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance; that Christ Jesus came into the world Let us pray for the Church and for the world... to save sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15 Reader Lord, in your mercy: If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the People Hear our prayer. Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but The Celebrant concludes with a prayer. also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:1-2 CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION OF SIN Please stand. Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God. THE PEACE Silence Celebrant: The Peace of the Lord be always with Most merciful God, you. we confess that we have sinned against you in People: And also with you. thought, word and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our OFFERTORY SONG whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly Hark the Voice of Jesus Calling repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,

DOXOLOGY into the world for our salvation. By the Holy Spirit Praise God from Whom all blessings flow and the Virgin Mary he became flesh and dwelt Praise Him all creatures here below among us. In obedience to your will, he stretched Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts. out his arms upon the Cross and offered himself Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. once for all, that by his suffering and death we might be saved. By his resurrection he broke the THE SURSUM CORDA bonds of death, trampling Hell and Satan under his feet. As our great high priest, he ascended to your The Lord be with you. right hand in glory, that we might come with And also with you. confidence before the throne of grace.

Lift up your hearts. At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant We lift them up to the Lord. is to hold it, or lay a hand upon it, and here* may break the bread; and at the words concerning the cup, to hold or Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. place a hand upon the cup and any other vessel containing It is right to give Him thanks and praise. the wine to be consecrated.

The Celebrant continues On the night that he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus It is right, our duty and our joy, always and Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks, everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, he broke it,* and gave it to his disciples, saying, Creator of heaven and earth. “Take, eat; this is my Body, which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of me.” Here a Proper Preface (pages 152-158) is normally sung or said. Likewise, after supper, Jesus took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, Therefore, we praise you, joining our voices with saying, “Drink this, all of you; for this is my Blood Angels and Archangels and with all the company of the New Covenant, which is shed for you, and of heaven, who forever sing this to proclaim for many, for the forgiveness of sins: Whenever the glory of your Name: you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.”

THE SANCTUS Therefore, we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Celebrant and People together Celebrant and People say together ​ ​ Christ has died. ​ Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of power and Christ is risen. might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Christ will come again. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. Hosanna in We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O the highest. Father, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, and we offer you these gifts. THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION Sanctify them by your Word and Holy Spirit to be The People kneel or stand. The Celebrant continues for your people the Body and Blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Sanctify us also, that we may worthily Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you receive this holy Sacrament, and be made one made us for yourself; and when we had sinned body with him, that he may dwell in us and we in against you and become subject to evil and death, him. In the fullness of time, put all things in you, in your mercy, sent your only Son Jesus Christ subjection under your Christ, and bring us with all

your saints into the joy of your heavenly kingdom, mercy. where we shall see our Lord face to face. Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear son Jesus All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ:: By Christ, and to drink his blood, him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the that our sinful bodies may be made clean by Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is yours, Almighty his body and our souls washed through his Father, now and forever. Amen. ​ most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen The Celebrant then says Celebrant The gifts of God for the people of And now as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died bold to pray: for you and feed on him in your hearts by faith, Celebrant and People together pray with thanksgiving.

Our Father, who art in heaven, We will partake of the elements together in our hallowed be thy Name, various locations. For those who did not receive thy kingdom come, pre-consecrated bread, you may join us in thy will be done, Spiritual Communion. on earth as it is in heaven. FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, Spiritual Communion is an ancient prayer, maintained as we forgive those within by the high church, Anglo-Catholic who trespass against us. stream. In essence, one is praying to receive Christ And lead us not into temptation, spiritually, just as we would through Communion even but deliver us from evil. though the elements are absent. It was used commonly For thine is the kingdom, during both World Wars by English soldiers who were and the power, and the glory, unable to participate in the on the battlefield. If forever and ever. Amen you are unable to partake of Communion physical, you may

use the following prayer to practice Spiritual Communion THE FRACTION

Dear Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in Celebrant Alleluia. Christ our Passover ​ the Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things, Lamb has been sacrificed, once for and I desire to possess you within my soul. And all upon the Cross. since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I People Therefore let us keep beseech you to come spiritually into my heart. I the feast. Alleluia. unite myself to you, together with all your faithful

people [gathered around every altar of your THE PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS Church], and I embrace you with all the affections

of my soul. Never permit me to be separated from We do not presume to come to this your table, you. Amen. O merciful Lord, trusting in our own ​ ​

righteousness, but in your abundant and After Communion, the Celebrant says great mercies.

Apart from Your grace, we are not worthy so Let us pray. much as to gather up the ​ Heavenly Father, crumbs under your table; but you are the We thank you for feeding us with the spiritual same Lord whose character is always to have food of the most precious Body and Blood of

your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for Alleluia, alleluia! Glorious in His faithfulness! assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the body of your Son, and V3. Angels, help us to adore Him. heirs of your eternal Kingdom. And now, Ye behold Him face to face! Father, send us out to do the work you have Sun and moon bow down before Him given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful Dwellers all in time and space. witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you Alleluia, alleluia! Praise with us the God of grace! and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and forever. Amen. “Praise My Soul the King of Heaven” -Henry F. Lyte, John Goss Words and music in the public domain Used by permission - CCLI License #2965776 THE BLESSING (Kenyan)

All Stand ​ Celebrant All our problems of this life on earth THE DISMISSAL People We send to the cross of Christ. The Deacon, or the Priest, may dismiss the People with Celebrant All the difficulties of our circumstances these words People We send to the cross of Christ. Alleluia, Alleluia! Let us go forth into the world, Celebrant All the devil’s works from his rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit! temporary power People Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia! ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ People We send to the Cross of Christ.

Celebrant All our hopes for wholeness and eternal life People We set on the risen Christ. Celebrant Christ, the Sun of Righteousness shine upon you and scatter the darkness from before your path: and the blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you, always.

CLOSING SONG

Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven V1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; To His feet thy tribute bring Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Evermore His praises sing. Alleluia, alleluia! Praise the everlasting King!

V2. Praise Him for His grace and favor To His people in distress. Praise Him still the same as ever, Slow to chide and swift to bless.