Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Lord open our lips
Amen and we shall praise your name.
Hymn
Prayer of Preparation
Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires
are known, and from whom 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 Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
Prayers of Penitence
Jesus Christ, risen master and triumphant Lord, we come to
you in sorrow for our sins, and confess to you our weakness and unbelief.
God of mercy,
we acknowledge we are sinners,
We turn
away from the wrong that we have thought and said and done
and are
mindful of all that we have failed to do.
For
the sake of Jesus, who died for us, forgive us all that is past,
and
help us to live each day in the light of Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Assured of God’s forgiveness we come to sing his praise:
Gloria in Excelsis
Glory to God in the highest,
and
peace to his people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we
give you thanks,
we praise
you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have
mercy on us;
you are seated
at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you
alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the
glory of God the Father.
Amen.
The Collect
Readings
The Profession of Faith
Do you believe and trust in God the Father?
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven
and earth.
Do you believe and trust in his Son Jesus Christ?
I
believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered
under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died,
and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he
ascended into heaven, he is seated
at the right hand of the Father, and he will
come to judge the living and the dead.
Do you believe and trust in the Holy Spirit?
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy
catholic Church, the
communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting. Amen.
Prayers of Intercession
Hymn
The Peace
Not an easy peace, not an insignificant peace,
not a
half-hearted peace,
but the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with
us now.
We share the peace.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them
to the Lord.
Let us give
thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to
give thanks and praise.
It is indeed right, for you made us.
And before us,
you made the world we inhabit,
And, before
the world, you made the eternal home
In which,
through Christ, we have a place.
All that is
spectacular, all that is plain, have their origin with you;
All that is
lovely, all who are loving point to you.
And grateful
as we are for the world we know and the universe beyond
our ken, we
particularly praise you, whom eternity cannot contain, for
coming to
earth and entering time in Jesus.
For his life
which informs our living,
For his
compassion which changes our hearts,
For his clear
speaking
Which
contradicts our harmless generalities,
For his
disturbing presence,
His innocent
suffering ,
His fearless
dying,
His rising to
life breathing forgiveness
We praise you
and worship him.
Here too our
gratitude rises
For the
promise of the Holy Spirit,
Confronts us
with your claims
And attracts
us to your goodness.
Therefore we
gladly join our voices
To the song of
the Church
On earth and
in heaven:
Holy, holy,
holy Lord,
God of power
and might,
heaven and
earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the
highest.
Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the
highest.
And now, lest
we believe that our praise alone fulfills
your
purpose
We fall silent
and remember him who came because words
aren’t enough:
Silent reflection and prayer
Merciful God, send now, in kindness, your Holy Spirit
to settle on
this bread and
this wine and fill them with the fullness of Jesus.
And let
that same Spirit rest on us, converting us from the
pattern of
this passing world, until we conform to the shape
of him whose
food we share.
Amen.
(Taking and breaking bread)
Among friends, gathered round a table, Jesus took
bread, and broke it
and said,
‘This is my body—broken for you.’
(Holding
up a cup of wine)
Later he took a cup of wine and said, ‘This is the new
relationship with
God made
possible because of my death. Take it,
all of you, to
remember me.’
Jesus,
firstborn of Mary,
Have mercy on
us.
Jesus,
Saviour of the world,
Have mercy on
us.
Jesus, monarch of heaven,
Grant us
peace.
He who the
universe could not contain,
Is present to
us in the bread.
He who
redeemed us and called us by name
Now meets us
in this cup.
So take this bread and this wine,
In them God comes to us
So that we may come to God.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy Kingdom come; thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass
against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the Kingdom,
the power and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen.
The Bread and Wine are shared.
Closing Prayer
Our food shared like his.
Christ’s life in our hands,
Our lives shaped by his.
Christ’s love in our hearts,
Our love warmed through his.
Christ’s peace on our path,
Our path following his.
Blessing
May Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, who has opened up for us
the gate of glory, give us peace and hope and lead us to eternal life. And may the blessing of God, Father, Son and
Holy Spirit be with us, and all of those we love, this day and always.
Amen.
you alone are
the Most High, Jesus Christ,
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