Traditional Language Eucharist on 1st March will be livestreamed and available online at Holy Trinity’s YouTube site from 10.55am on Sunday at https://www.youtube.com/live/538iFQBBvhQ
Welcome
Introit hymn HO&N 460 (Melcombe) omit vv 3&4
1 New every morning is the love
our wakening and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life and power and thought.
2 New mercies, each returning day,
hover around us while we pray;
new perils past, new sins forgiven,
new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
5 The trivial round, the common task,
will furnish all we need to ask,
room to deny ourselves, a road
to bring us daily nearer God.
6 Only, O Lord, in thy dear love
fit us for perfect rest above;
and help us, this and every day,
to live more nearly as we pray.
APPROACH TO GOD
I will go unto to the altar of God;
Even unto the God of my joy and gladness.
Our help is in the name of the Lord
Who hath made heaven and earth.
CONFESSION
We confess to God Almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,
that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed,
through our own grievous fault.
Wherefore we pray God to have mercy upon us.
Almighty God have mercy upon us,
forgive us all our sins and deliver us from evil,
confirm and strengthen us in all goodness,
and bring us to life everlasting. Amen.
KYRIE Missa de Angelis (responsorial)
ABSOLUTION
May the Almighty and merciful Lord
grant unto you pardon and remission of all your sins,
time for true repentance, amendment of life,
and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
GLORIA - (Plainchant) (omitted in Advent and Lent)
Glory be to God the Father;
Glory be to God the Son;
Glory to the Holy Spirit;
Ever three and ever one.
One in love and One in splendour
While eternal ages run.
RESPONSORY
Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us, O Lord;
that thy people may rejoice in thee?
O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us;
and grant us thy salvation.
Lord, hear our prayer;
and let our cry come unto thee.
Let us pray:
COLLECT FOR PURITY
Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open,
all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love thee,
and worthily magnify thy holy Name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
COLLECT
FIRST READING (Genesis 12:1-4a)
A reading from the Book of Genesis
Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him.
ends with:
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM 121:1-2, 5-8
RESPONSE
My help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills;
from where is my help to come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.
RESPONSE
5 The Lord himself watches over you
the Lord is your shade at your right hand,
6 So that the sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
RESPONSE
7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;
it is he who shall keep you safe.
8 The Lord shall watch over your going out and your coming in,
from this time forth for evermore.
RESPONS
SECOND READING (Romans 4:1-5, 13-17)
A reading from the Letter of Paul to the Romans
What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
ends with:
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
GRADUAL HYMN HO&N 336 omit v.2
1 Jesus calls us here to meet him
as through word and song and prayer
we affirm God's promised presence
where his people live and care.
Praise the God who keeps his promise;
praise the Son who calls us friends;
praise the Spirit who, among us,
to our hopes and fears attends.
3 Jesus calls us to each other:
vastly different though we are;
race and colour, class and gender
neither limit nor debar.
Join the hand of friend and stranger;
join the hands of age and youth;
join the faithful and the doubter
in their common search for truth.
4 Jesus calls us to his table
rooted firm in time and space,
where the church in earth and heaven
finds a common meeting place.
Share the bread and wine, his body;
share the love of which we sing;
share the feast for saints and sinners
hosted by our Lord and King.
GOSPEL (John 3:1-17)
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John
When the Gospel is announced:
Glory to Christ our Saviour.
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ Jesus answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You must be born from above.” The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can these things be?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
At the end:
Give thanks unto the Lord for his glorious Gospel
Praise to Christ our Lord.
SERMON
THE NICENE CREED
I believe in one God
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
And of all things visible and invisible:
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
Begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God,
Begotten, not made,
Being of one substance with the Father,
By whom all things were made:
Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven,
And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
And was made man,
And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried,
And the third day he rose again
according to the Scriptures,
And ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
And he shall come again with glory
to judge both the quick and the dead:
Whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost,
The Lord, The Giver of life,
Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son,
Who with the Father and the Son together
is worshipped and glorified,
Who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.
And I look for the resurrection of the dead,
And the life of the world to come.
Amen.
INTERCESSIONS
PEACE
We meet in Christ’s name.
Let us share his peace.
OFFERTORY PROPER
OFFERTORY HYMN HO&N 554 (Gerontius) omit v. 2
1 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise:
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
3 O wisest love! that flesh and blood,
which did in Adam fail,
should strive afresh against the foe,
should strive and should prevail;
4 And that a higher gift than grace
should flesh and blood refine,
God's presence and his very self,
and essence all-divine.
5 And in the garden secretly,
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.
6 Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise:
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
The Liturgy of the Sacrament
PRAYERS OF OFFERING
Blessed be thou, O Lord God, for ever and ever.
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness,
and the glory,
and the victory,
and the majesty:
for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine:
thine is the Kingdom, O Lord,
and thou art exalted as head above all:
all things come of thee,
and of thine own do we give unto thee.
Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And with thy spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up unto the Lord.
Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
It is meet and right so to do.
It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty,
that we should at all times, and in all places,
give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
(a seasonal preface Lent 1-4)
And now we give thee thanks
Because thou dost gives us the spirit of discipline,
That we may triumph over evil and grow in grace,
As we prepare to celebrate the paschal mystery
With mind and heart renewed.
Therefore with Angels and Archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we laud and magnify thy glorious Name;
evermore praising thee and singing:
SANCTUS Missa de Angelis (responsorial)
All glory and thanksgiving be to thee,
Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
for that thou of thy tender mercy
didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ
to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption;
who, by his own oblation of himself once offered,
made a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice,
oblation, and satisfaction,
for the sins of the whole world;
and did institute,
and in his holy Gospel command us to continue,
a perpetual memorial of that his precious death and sacrifice until his coming again.
For, in the night that he was betrayed, he took bread;
and when he had given thanks, he brake it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying,
Take, eat, this is my Body, which is given for you:
Do this in remembrance of me.
Likewise after supper he took the cup;
and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of this,
for this is my Blood of the new testament,
which is shed for you and for many
for the remission of sins:
Do this as oft as ye shall drink it in remembrance of me.
Wherefore, O Lord, and heavenly Father,
according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son
our Saviour Jesus Christ,
we thy humble servants do celebrate
and make here before thy Divine Majesty,
with these thy holy gifts,
which we now offer unto thee,
the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make;
having in remembrance his blessed passion,
and precious death,
his mighty resurrection, and glorious ascension;
rendering unto thee most hearty thanks
for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the same,
and looking for his coming again with power and great glory.
And we thine unworthy servants beseech thee,
most merciful Father,
to hear us,
and to send thy Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine,
that, being blessed and hallowed by his life-giving power,
they may become the Body and Blood
of thy most dearly beloved Son,
to the end that all who shall receive the same
may be sanctified both in body and soul,
and preserved unto everlasting life.
And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness,
mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.
And here we humbly offer and present unto thee,
O Lord,
ourselves, our souls and bodies,
to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice unto thee,
beseeching thee to accept this our bounden duty and service,
not weighing our merits,
but pardoning our offences,
through Jesus Christ our Lord:
by whom, and with whom,
in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
all honour and glory be unto thee,
O Father Almighty, world without end.
Amen.
FRACTION
The bread is broken in silence.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
As our Saviour Christ hath commanded and taught us,
we are bold to say,
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name,
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
AGNUS DEI Missa de Angelis (responsorial)
PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS.
We do not presume
to come to this thy Holy Table,
O merciful Lord,
trusting in our own righteousness,
but in thy manifold and great mercies.
We are not worthy
so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table:
but thou art the same Lord,
whose property is always to have mercy.
Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,
so to eat the Flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ,
and to drink his Blood,
that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his most sacred Body,
and our souls washed through his most precious Blood,
and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.
Communion Hymn: HO&N 302 (Davos)
1 I lift my eyes
to the quiet hills
in the press of a busy day;
as green hills stand
in a dusty land
so God is my strength and stay.
2 I lift my eyes
to the quiet hills
to a calm that is mine to share;
secure and still
in the Father's will
and kept by the Father's care.
3 I lift my eyes
to the quiet hills
with a prayer as I turn to sleep;
by day, by night,
through the dark and light
my Shepherd will guard his sheep.
4 I lift my eyes
to the quiet hills
and my heart to the Father's throne;
in all my ways
to the end of days
the Lord will preserve his own.
Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024) from Psalm 121
© administered by Oxford University Press in Europe (including UK and Ireland)
Used By Permission. CCLI Licence No. 121191
Thanksgiving and sending out
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious.
And his mercy endureth for ever.
Let us pray.
THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
The following or some other seasonal prayer may be said:
O Lord our God, thou Saviour of the world,
through whom we have celebrated these Holy Mysteries:
receive our humble thanksgiving,
and of thy great mercy
vouchsafe to sanctify us evermore in body and soul;
who livest and reignest
with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end.
Amen.
BLESSING
DISMISSAL
Go forth in peace.
Thanks be to God.
FINAL HYMN HO&N 627 (Leoni) omit v.3
1 The God of Abraham praise
who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting Days,
and God of love:
Jehovah, great I AM,
by earth and heaven confest;
we bow and bless the sacred name
for ever blest.
2 The God of Abraham praise,
at whose supreme command
from earth we rise, and seek the joys
at his right hand:
we all on earth forsake,
its wisdom, fame and power;
and him our only portion make,
our shield and tower.
4 He by himself has sworn,
we on his oath depend:
we shall, on eagles' wings upborne,
to heaven ascend;
we shall behold his face,
we shall his power adore
and sing the wonders of his grace
for evermore.
5 The whole triumphant host
give thanks to God on high;
'hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost',
they ever cry:
hail, Abraham's God, and ours!
We join the heavenly throng,
and celebrate with all our powers
in endless song.
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