Quiet Eucharist for Pentecost 11 – 4th August 2024

Quiet Eucharist will be livestreamed and available online at Holy Trinity’s YouTube site from 10.55am on Sunday at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uUnGKkTZ0c

 

Prelude: Lied (from 24 Pieces) (Louis Vierne)

Welcome

Introit hymn

Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to Thee
Holy, holy, holy!
Merciful and mighty
God in three persons
Blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy!
Though the darkness hide Thee
Though the eye of sinful man
Thy glory may not see
Only Thou art holy
There is none beside Thee
Perfect in power, in love and purity

Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God Almighty
All Thy works shall praise Thy name
In earth and sky and sea
Holy, holy, holy!
Merciful and mighty
God in three persons
Blessed Trinity

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 Exodus

The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.’

Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not. Then Moses said to Aaron, ‘Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites, “Draw near to the LORD, for he has heard your  complaining.” ’ And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked towards the wilderness, and the glory of  the LORD appeared in the cloud. The LORD spoke to Moses and said, ‘I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, “At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the LORD your God.” ’

In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it?’ For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, ‘It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. (Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15 )

Second Reading

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said, ‘When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive;    he gave gifts to his people.’ (When it says, ‘He ascended’, what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.) The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s  trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knitted together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, (Ephesians 4:1-16)

GRADUAL HYMN

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
and drives away our fear.

It makes the wounded spirit whole
and calms the troubled breast;
'tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary, rest.

Dear Name! the Rock on which I build,
My Shield and Hiding Place,
My never-failing Treas’ry filled
With boundless stores of grace!

Jesus! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King;
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.

Weak is the effort of my heart,
And cold my warmest thought;
But when I see Thee as Thou art,
I’ll praise Thee as I ought.

Till then I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath,
And may the music of Thy name
Refresh my soul in death.

ALLELUIA

 GOSPEL    

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

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his  seal.’ Then they said to him, ‘What must we do to perform the works of God?’ Jesus answered them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.’ So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” ’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’
Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6:24-35)

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

Father, Lord of all creation,
ground of being, life and love;
Height and depth beyond description,
only life in you can prove:
You are mortal life's dependence:
thought, speech, sight are ours by grace;
Yours is every hour's existence,
sovereign Lord of time and space.

Jesus Christ, the man for others
we, your people, make our prayer
help us love, as sisters, brothers
all whose burdens we can share
where your name binds us together
you, Lord Christ, will surely be
where no selfishness can sever
there you love the world may see.

Holy Spirit, rushing, bringing
wind and flame of Penteocst
fire our hearts afresh with yearning
to regain what we have lost
may your love unite our action
nevermore to speak alone
God, in us, abolish faction
God, through us, your love make known.

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 HYMN

Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
as Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea.
Within the sacred page, I seek Thee Lord.
My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word.
Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord, to me, to me,
as Thou didst bless the bread by Galilee.
Then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall,
and I shall find my peace, my all in all.
Thou art the bread of life, O Lord, to me.
Thy holy Word the truth that saveth me.
Give me to eat and live with Thee above.
Teach me to love Thy truth, for Thou art love.

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

Guide me, O thou great Redeemer, 
pilgrim through this barren land; 
I am weak, but thou art mighty, 
hold me with thy powerful hand:  
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, 
feed me now and evermore, 
feed me now and evermore.

Open now the crystal fountain, 
whence the healing stream doth flow; 
let the firey cloudy pillar 
lead me all my journey through:  
Strong deliv'rer, strong deliv'rer, 
be thou still my strength and shield, 
be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
bid my anxious fears subside; 
death of death and hell's destruction, 
land me safe on Canaan's side:  
Songs and praises, songs and praises, 
I will ever give to thee, 
I will ever give to thee.
 
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 “Nicaea”