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CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST Creation Emergency IV: ‘Restoration’ President The Very Revd David Monteith Dean of Leicester Deacon The Revd Canon Karen Rooms Canon Missioner Preacher The Revd Canon Emma Davies Canon Precentor 10.30am Sunday 20 June 2021 The Third Sunday after Trinity The Organist is David Cowen. The music is sung by the Senior Girls and Songmen of the Cathedral Choir. The Mass setting is Cantus Missae by Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901). THE GATHERING All stand as the Ministers enter and the Choir sings 1. Lord of beauty, thine the splendour 3. Lord of life, alone sustaining shown in earth and sky and sea, all below and all above, burning sun and moonlight tender, Lord of love, by whose ordaining hill and river, flower and tree: sun and stars sublimely move: lest we fail our praise to render in our earthly spirits reigning, touch our eyes that they may see. lift our hearts that we may love. 2. Lord of wisdom, whom obeying 4. Lord of beauty, bid us own thee, mighty waters ebb and flow, Lord of truth, our footsteps guide, while unhasting, undelaying, till as Love our hearts enthrone thee, planets on their courses go: and, with vision purified, in thy laws thyself displaying, Lord of all, when all have known thee, teach our minds thyself to know. thou in all art glorified. REGENT SQUARE (AM231) Cyril Argentine Alington (1872–1955) Henry Thomas Smart (1813–1879) The President leads The Greeting The God of all Life be with you. And also with you. Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, with you is the well of life: And in your light shall we see light. 2 The President leads the welcome and introduction. God our Creator, who laid the foundations of the earth and stretched out the heavens as a tent cloth; how glorious is your name in all the world. Give us grace to wonder at your gift, to treasure the earth and to work for its protection and renewal; through Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord. Amen. All remain standing. The Deacon leads The Prayers of Penitence As those who know the generosity of God, let us confess our sins, especially the ways in which we take creation and God’s gifts for granted. God has blessed us, but still God’s children go hungry. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. God has blessed us, but still the poor cry out for justice. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. God has blessed us, but still we see inequality and oppression in the earth. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. The President pronounces The Absolution May the Father of all mercies cleanse you from your sins, and restore you in his image to the praise and glory of his name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 3 All remain standing. The Choir sings Gloria in excelsis Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, hominibus bonae voluntatis. goodwill toward men. Laudamus te, benedicimus te, We praise thee, we bless thee, adoramus te, glorificamus te, we worship thee, we glorify thee, gratias agimus tibi we give thanks to thee propter magnam gloriam tuam: for thy great glory: Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, O Lord God, heavenly King, Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father almighty. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe: O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ; Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris: O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, qui tollis peccata mundi, that takest away the sins of the world, miserere nobis; have mercy upon us. qui tollis peccata mundi, Thou that takest away the sins of the world, suscipe deprecationem nostram; receive our prayer. qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the miserere nobis. Father, have mercy upon us. Quoniam tu solus sanctus, For thou only art holy; tu solus Dominus, thou only art the Lord; tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe, thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Amen. The President leads The Collect Let us pray. Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts whereby we call you Father: give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that we and all creation may be brought to the glorious liberty of the children of God; 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. Amen. 4 THE LITURGY OF THE WORD All sit for The First Reading Job 42.10–17 Read by Peter Collett A reading from the Book of Job. And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring. The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers. After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children, and his children’s children, four generations. And Job died, old and full of days. Hear the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 5 All stand. The Choir sings The Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and water the earth making it spring forth and grow, so shall my word accomplish my purpose. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. The Deacon leads The Gospel Reading Mark 4.35–41 The Lord be with you. And also with you. Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’ This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. 6 All sit for The Sermon The Revd Canon Emma Davies, Canon Precentor All remain seated. The Choir sings The Anthem The Heart-in-Waiting Bob Chilcott (b.1955) Kevin Crossley-Holland (b.1941) All stand. The President leads The Affirmation of Faith We say together in faith. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. We believe in God the Father, who created all things: for by his will they were created and have their being. We believe in God the Son, who was slain: for with his blood, he purchased us for God, from every tribe and language, from every people and nation. We believe in God the Holy Spirit: the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come!’ Even so come, Lord Jesus! Cf Revelation 4.8,11; 5.9; 22.17,20 Amen. 7 The President introduces The Prayers of Intercession Let us pray to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. All sit. David Hamilton leads the prayers. This response may be used: Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer. At the end Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 8 THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT All stand. The President leads The Peace He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. Mark 4.39 The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you. All sit whilst the altar is prepared. The Choir sings O Lord of every shining constellation that wheels in splendour through the midnight sky, grant us your Spirit’s true illumination to read the secrets of your work on high. You, Lord, have made the atom’s hidden forces, your laws its mighty energies fulfil; teach us, to whom you give such rich resources, in all we use, to serve your holy will. O Life, awaking life in cell and tissue, from flower to bird, from beast to brain of man; help us to trace, from birth to final issue, the sure unfolding of your age-long plan.