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Prelude:     Improvisation on 'St Catherine's Court'

Welcome

Introit hymn

1    Give us the wings of faith to rise
   Within the veil, and see
   The saints above, how great their joys,
   How bright their glories be.

2    Once they were mourning here below,
   Their couch was wet with tears;
   They wrestled hard, as we do now,
   With sins and doubts and fears.

3    We ask them whence their victory came:
   They, with united breath,
   Ascribe the conquest to the Lamb,
   Their triumph to his Death.

4    They marked the footsteps that he trod,
   His zeal inspired their breast,
   And, following their incarnate God,
   They reached the promised rest.

5    Our glorious Leader claims our praise
   For his own pattern given;
   While the great cloud of witnesses
   Show the same path to heaven.


Opening prayer

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.

I will go unto 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.

Pause for reflection

 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    

ABSOLUTION   

May the almighty and merciful Lord
Grant 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.
 
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 Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 GLORIA 

Glory be to God the Father,
Glory be to God the Son,
Glory be to God the Spirit –
Trinity of Three in One.
Alleluia Alleluia
While eternal ages run.

COLLECT

First Reading

A reading from the book of Wisdom

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster, and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace. For though in the sight of others they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt-offering he accepted them. In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them for ever. Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, and he watches over his elect. 
Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9

RESPONSORIAL PSALM 24

RESPONSE
The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God

1 The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,
the world and all who dwell there-in.
2 For it is he who founded it upon the seas
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

RESPONSE

3 ‘Who can ascend upon the hill of the Lord?
and who can stand in his holy place?
4 ‘Those who have clean hands and a pure heart,
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood, nor sworn by what 
is a fraud.

RESPONSE

5 ‘They shall receive a blessing from the Lord
and a just reward from the God of their salvation.’
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.

RESPONSE

Second Reading

A reading from the Book of Revelation

I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.’

And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ Then he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.  To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.’
Revelation 21:1-6a

GRADUAL HYMN

1    Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
   Christ, the true, the only light,
   Sun of righteousness, arise,
   Triumph o'er the shades of night;
   Day-spring from on high, be near;
   Day-star, in my heart appear.

2    Dark and cheerless is the morn
   Unaccompanied by thee:
   Joyless is the day's return,
   Till thy mercy's beams I see,
   Till they inward light impart,
   Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

3    Visit then this soul of mine;
   Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
   Fill me, radiancy divine;
   Scatter all my unbelief;
   More and more thyself display,
   Shining to the perfect day.

ALLELUIA

 GOSPEL    

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John :
Glory to Christ our Saviour.

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, ‘Where have you laid him?’ They said to him, ‘Lord, come and see.’ Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, ‘See how he loved him!’ But some of them said, ‘Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?’

Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, ‘Take away the stone.’ Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, ‘Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?’ So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, ‘Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.’ When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’ 
John 11:32-44

At end:
Give thanks to the Lord for his glorious Gospel.
Praise to Christ our Lord.

Sermon

INTERCESSIONS

PEACE

We meet in Christ's name.
Let us share his peace.

OFFERTORY PROPER     

OFFERTORY HYMN

1    Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
   And publish abroad his wonderful name;
   The name all-victorious of Jesus extol;
   His kingdom is glorious, and rules over all.

2    God ruleth on high, almighty to save;
   And still he is nigh, his presence we have;
   The great congregation his triumph shall sing,
   Ascribing salvation to Jesus our king.

3    'Salvation to God who sits on the throne!'
   Let all cry aloud, and honour the Son;
   The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
   Fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb.

4    Then let us adore, and give him his right:
   All glory and power, all wisdom and might,
   All honour and blessing, with angels above,
   And thanks never-ceasing, and infinite love.

THE OFFERTORY

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 CONSECRATION

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.
Therefore with Angels and Archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we laud and magnify thy glorious Name;
evermore praising thee and saying:

SANCTUS

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;
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:

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.

LORD’S PRAYER

As our Saviour Christ has 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; on 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.

THE FRACTION

We break this bread,
to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many, we are one body,
for we all share in one bread.

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 Chant:   Mon âme se repose (Taizé)

THANKSGIVING

O  Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious.
And his mercy endureth for ever,

Let us pray

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.

 FINAL HYMN

1    For all the saints who from their labours rest,
   Who thee by faith before the world confessed,
   Thy name, O Jesus, be for ever blest:
   Alleluia, alleluia!

2    Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might;
   Thou, Lord, the vision ever in their sight,
   Thou in the darkness drear their one true light:
   Alleluia, alleluia!

3    O may thy servants, faithful, true, and bold.
    strive for thy kingdom as the saints of old,
   And win, with them, the glorious crown of gold!
   Alleluia, alleluia!

6    The golden evening brightens in the west;
   Soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
   Sweet is the calm of paradise the blest:
   Alleluia, alleluia!

7    But lo, there breaks a yet more glorious day:
   The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
   The King of Glory passes on his way!
   Alleluia, alleluia!

8    From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
   Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
   Singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
   Alleluia, alleluia!


THE BLESSING       

The peace of God which passes all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God
and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord:
And the blessing of God almighty, the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit,
be amongst you and remain with you always. Amen.

DISMISSAL
Now let us go forth in peace.
Thanks be to God.

VOLUNTARY -Improvisation on 'Sine Nomine'