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Christ Our Hope Anglican

November 15, 2020

Proper 28

OPENING SONG And with joy His praises sing

Come All Christians Be Committed V3. Come in praise and adoration V1. Come all Christians be committed All who on 's name believe To the service of Worship Him with consecration Make your lives for Him more fitted Grace and love will you receive Tune your hearts with one accord For His grace give Him the glory Come into His courts with gladness For the Spirit and the Word Each His sacred vows renew And repeat story Turn away from sin and sadness Till the world His name has heard Be transformed with life anew “Come All Christians Be Committed” - CCLI Song # 4807108 V2. Of your time and talents give Him Eva B. Lloyd © 1958. Renewed 1986 Broadman Press Used by permission - CCLI License #2965776 They are gifts from God above To be used by Christians freely To proclaim His wondrous love Come again to serve the Savior Tithes and off'rings with you bring In your work with Him find favor

OPENING ACCLAMATION & People: Forever three in One. COLLECT FOR PURITY Leader: Be glorified in America. Celebrant: Blessed be God: the Father, the Son, and People: Be glorified in Africa. ​ the Holy Spirit. People: And blessed be his kingdom, now and Leader: Be glorified in Egypt and forever. Amen. People: Be glorified in Uruguay.

The Celebrant prays (and the people are invited to join) Leader: Be glorified in Ecuador People: Be glorified in Canada. Almighty God: to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are Leader: Be glorified by every tongue hid. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the People: Be glorified by every tribe. inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your Leader: Be glorified at home. holy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, People: Be glorified in the Church. Amen. Leader: Be glorified on earth. CALL TO WORSHIP People: Be glorified in heaven. The Name of the Lord V1. Blessed be the name of the Lord (x3) Leader: Glory to the Father Most high (repeat verse) People: Glory to the Son

V2. Holy is the name of the Lord (x3) Leader: Glory to the Spirit Most high (repeat verse) People: Forever three in One.

Chorus: Leader: Hallelujah! The name of the Lord is People: Hallelujah! Amen! Amen! Amen! A strong tower (repeat) The righteous run into it And they are saved (repeat) THE COLLECT FOR THE DAY

Celebrant: The Lord be with you. V3. Glory to the name of the Lord (x3) ​ People: And also with you. Most high (repeat verse) ​ Celebrant: Let us pray. “The Name of the Lord” – CCLI Song #265239 Clinton Utterbach | Copyright © 1989 Universal-Polygram Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people, International Publishing, Inc. that bringing forth in abundance the fruit of good Utterbach Music Publishing Company Used by permission - CCLI License #2965776 works, they may be abundantly rewarded when our Savior Jesus Christ comes to restore all things; THE GLORIA who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Leader: We shout to God with a cry of joy: ​ People: Let us shout with our whole lives! FIRST READING – Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 Leader: Glory to the Father People: Glory to the Son Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. Leader: Glory to the Spirit

THE PSALM – 90:1-12 People: Thanks be to God. 1 Lord, you have been our refuge * from one generation to another. GOSPEL READING – Matt 25:14-30 ​ 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or the earth and the world were made, * Gospel Prayer – We come to hear Your Word. you are God from everlasting, and world We come to know Your Truth. without end. 3 You turn man back to the dust; * We come to seek the One Who makes all you say, “Return, O children of men.” things new. 4 For a thousand years in your sight are as Celebrant: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus yesterday, * ​ ​ even as a day that is past. Christ according to Matthew 5 You scatter them as a night-watch that comes People: Glory to you, Lord Christ. ​ quickly to an end; * they are even as a dream and fade away. After the Gospel, the Celebrant says 6 They are like the grass, which in the morning is The Gospel of the Lord green, * People: Praise to you, Lord Christ. but in the evening is dried up and withered. THE SERMON 7 For we consume away in your displeasure * and are afraid at your wrathful indignation. THE NICENE CREED 8 You have set our misdeeds before you, * and our secret sins in the light of your Celebrant and People together countenance. We believe in one God, 9 For when you are angry, all our days are gone; * the Father, the Almighty, we bring our years to an end, as a tale maker of heaven and earth, that is told. of all that is, visible and invisible. 10 The days of our life are seventy years, and though some be so strong that they come to We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, eighty years, * the only-begotten Son of God, yet is their span but labor and sorrow; so eternally begotten of the Father, soon it passes away, and we are gone. God from God, Light from Light, 11 But who regards the power of your wrath, * true God from true God, and who considers the fierceness of your begotten, not made, anger? of one Being with the Father; 12 So teach us to number our days, * through him all things were made. ​ that we may apply our hearts unto For us and for our salvation he came wisdom. down from heaven, was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to and was made man. the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, For our sake he was crucified under is now and ever shall be, world without end. Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was Amen. buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance SECOND READING – 1 Thess 5:1-10 with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. The Word of the Lord.

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 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 & 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 OFFERTORY SONG left undone. We have not loved you with our OFFERTORY SONG – O God Our Help whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors CCLI Song #43152 as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly Isaac Watts | Charli Mills Words in public domain | Music used under Creative Commons repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, Used by permission - CCLI License #2965776 have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to DOXOLOGY the glory of your Name. Amen. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow Praise Him all creatures here below The Priest stands and says Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts. Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all those who sincerely repent and with true faith turn

THE SURSUM CORDA bonds of death, trampling Hell and 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 hymn 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 , 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 into the world for our salvation. By the Holy Spirit your into the joy of your heavenly kingdom, and the Virgin Mary he became flesh and dwelt where we shall see our Lord face to face. among us. In obedience to your will, he stretched out his arms upon the Cross and offered himself All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ:: By once for all, that by his suffering and death we him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the might be saved. By his resurrection he broke the

Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is yours, Almighty evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen Father, now and forever. Amen. ​ Celebrant The gifts of God for the people of The Celebrant then says God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you and feed on him in your hearts by faith, And now as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are with thanksgiving. bold to pray: We will partake of the elements together in our Celebrant and People together pray various locations. For those who did not receive pre-consecrated bread, you may join us in Our Father, who art in heaven, Spiritual Communion. hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Spiritual Communion is an ancient prayer, maintained Give us this day our daily bread. within by the high church, Anglo-Catholic And forgive us our trespasses, stream. In essence, one is praying to receive Christ as we forgive those spiritually, just as we would through Communion even who trespass against us. though the elements are absent. It was used commonly And lead us not into temptation, during both World Wars by English soldiers who were but deliver us from evil. unable to participate in the on the battlefield. If For thine is the kingdom, you are unable to partake of Communion physical, you may and the power, and the glory, use the following prayer to practice Spiritual Communion forever and ever. Amen Dear Jesus, I believe that you are truly present in THE FRACTION the Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to possess you within my soul. And Celebrant Alleluia. Christ our Passover ​ since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I Lamb has been sacrificed, once for beseech you to come spiritually into my heart. I all upon the Cross. unite myself to you, together with all your faithful People Therefore let us keep people [gathered around every altar of your the feast. Alleluia. Church], and I embrace you with all the affections of my soul. Never permit me to be separated from THE PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS you. Amen. ​ ​

We do not presume to come to this your table, After Communion, the Celebrant says O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your abundant and Let us pray. ​ great mercies. Apart from Your grace, we are Heavenly Father, not worthy so much as to gather up the We thank you for feeding us with the spiritual crumbs under your table; but you are the food of the most precious Body and Blood of same Lord whose character is always to have your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for mercy. Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are so to eat the flesh of your dear son Jesus living members of the body of your Son, and Christ, and to drink his blood, heirs of your eternal Kingdom. And now, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by Father, send us out to do the work you have his body and our souls washed through his given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful most precious blood, and that we may witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you

and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, Be silent music’s voice; now and forever. Amen. With hearts and lips forever We shall in God rejoice; THE BLESSING (Kenyan) While angle hosts are raising, With saints from great to least All Stand ​ A mighty hymn for praising Celebrant All our problems of this life on earth The Giver of the feast.

People We send to the cross of Christ. “The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us” - Johann Walther, 1552, cento ​ (Der Bräutgam wird bald rufen). Translated from German to English Celebrant All the difficulties of our circumstances by Matthias Loy in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880. People We send to the cross of Christ. Words and music in the public domain Used by permission - CCLI License #2965776 Celebrant All the devil’s works from his temporary power People We send to the Cross of Christ.

Celebrant All our hopes for wholeness and eternal life THE DISMISSAL People We set on the risen Christ. Alleluia, Alleluia! Let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit! Celebrant Christ, the Sun of Righteousness shine upon you and scatter the darkness from before People Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia! ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ your path: and the blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you, always.

CLOSING SONG The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us V1. The Bridegroom soon will call us, Come, all ye guests! May not His voice appall us, While slumber binds our breasts; May all our lamps be burning, And oil be found in store, That we, with Him returning, May open find the door.

V2. In mansions fair and spacious Will God the feast prepare, And ever kind and gracious, Bid us its riches share; There bliss that knows no measure From springs of love shall flow, And never changing pleasure His bounty will bestow.

V3. In yonder home shall never