Taizé A Time of Prayer

A Taize Liturgy on the Feast of Jackson Kemper,

Missionary Bishop (1870)

(May 24) Opening Meditation:

Leader: Be still and know that I am God People: Be still and know that I am God Leader: Be still and know that I am People: Be still and know that I am Leader: Be still and know People: Be still and know Leader: Be still People: Be still Leader: Be People: Be Confitemini Domini (sung in )

Psalm 67, Deus misereatur 1 May God be merciful to us and bless us, * show us the light of his countenance and come to us. 2 Let your ways be known upon earth, * your saving health among all nations.

Let us go where duty calls Where Providence points the way

3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; * let all the peoples praise you. 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, * for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth. Let us go where duty calls Where Providence points the way 5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; * let all the peoples praise you. 6 The earth has brought forth her increase; * may God, our own God, give us his blessing. 7 May God give us his blessing, * and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

Let us go where duty calls Where Providence points the way

[Response from Jackson Kemper, “ Preached Before the Board of Missions” (1841)]

Silence

The Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:8–11

The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labour of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Each builder choose with care how to build on it. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one that has been laid; that foundation is Jesus .

READER: The Word of the Lord

PEOPLE: Thanks be to God.

O Lord, Hear My Prayer (v. 1 only)

Silence

Intercessions (adapted from New Zealand Prayer Book)

We pray for the and for people of faith everywhere. Gracious God, may your Spirit give strength to all your people as they work and serve you in your world. Unite us in your truth and love, and help us to show your love to others.

Lord, we pray: , Kyrie, Eleison. Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison We pray for the peoples of our world, especially for those facing war, disease or famine. God our creator, help us to share all the good gifts that you have given us. Guide those who lead the nations of the world that they may find wisdom to see your kingdom and courage to seek it.

Lord, we pray: Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison. Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison

We pray for our community and for all who live and work in this city. God our companion, be with our families and friends. And be with us as we seek to help each other just as you love and help us.

Lord, we pray: Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison. Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison

We pray for those in need, for sick people, for those in hospital, and for those in trouble. Compassionate God, give your strength and healing to all those who are sad, lonely, or sick. Make us instruments of your .

Lord, we pray: Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison. Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison

We pray for those who have died. We pray for all who mourn, that they may feel your care for them. God of hope, we thank you that not even death can separate us from your love.

Lord, we pray: Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison. Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison

Finally, we pray for ourselves, for all that we will do this week, and for all those we will meet. Loving God we give this week into your hands. Be with us in all that we do, may we find your joy and know your peace this week, and may we learn and grow ever more into your likeness.

Lord, we pray: Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison. Kyrie, Kyrie, Eleison

(Said in unison)

God, Creator, bring us new life. Jesus, Redeemer, renew and strengthen us. Holy Spirit, Sustainer, guide us and give us your peace. AMEN.

Prayers Around the Cross

Concluding Prayers (Compline, BCP)

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.

Lord, you now have set your servant free * to go in peace as you have promised; For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, * whom you have prepared for all the world to see: A Light to enlighten the nations, * and the glory of your people Israel.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Guide us waking, O Lord, and guard us sleeping; that awake we may watch with Christ, and asleep we may rest in peace.

Jesus, Remember Me

Officiant: Let us go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God!

Feast Day of Jackson Kemper

Jackson Kemper was born 24 December 1789 in Pleasant Valley, New York, attended Columbia College, and was ordained a priest in 1814. In 1835, the Episcopal Church undertook to consecrate missionary bishops to preach the west of the settled areas, and Kemper was the first to be chosen. He promptly headed west. Having found that clergy who had lived all their lives in the settled East were slow to respond to his call to join him on the frontier, he determined to recruit priests from among men who were already in the West, and established a college in St. Louis, Missouri, for that purpose. He went on to found Nashotah House and Racine College in Wisconsin. He constantly urged a more extensive outreach to the Indian peoples, and translations of the Scriptures and the services of the Church into Indian languages. From 1859 till his death in 1870, he was bishop of Wisconsin, but the effect of his labors covered a far wider area.