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Quiet Eucharist will be livestreamed and available online at Holy Trinity’s YouTube site from 10.55am on Sunday at 


Prelude:     

Welcome

Introit hymn




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 the Prophet Malachi

 

Thus says the Lord God: See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?

For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

Then I will draw near to you for judgement; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.                 (Malachi 3:1-5)
 

This is the word of the Lord 
Thanks be to God


RESPONSORIAL PSALM 

RESPONSE



Second Reading

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews

 

Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

(Hebrews 2:14-18)


This is the word of the Lord 
Thanks be to God

GRADUAL HYMN



ALLELUIA


 GOSPEL    

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

 

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.’

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying,
‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace,
  according to your word;
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
  which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles
  and for glory to your people Israel.’

And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’

There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.      (Luke 2:22-40)


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



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:   

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




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.

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