Order of Service
MORNING
PRAYER
Stand The Greeting is said.
The Lord be with you
and also with you.
A hymn may be
sung.
Beloved in
Christ,
we come together to offer to Almighty God
our worship and praise and thanksgiving,
to confess our sins and to receive God's forgiveness,
to hear his holy word proclaimed,
to bring before him our needs and the needs of the world,
and to pray that in the power of his Spirit
we may serve him and know the greatness of his love.
The minister
says
Let us confess our sins to God our Father.
Kneel. Silence
is kept.
Heavenly Father,
we
have sinned against you and against our neighbour
in thought and word and deed,
through
negligence, through weakness,
through our own deliberate fault;
by
what we have done
and
by what we have failed to do.
We
are truly sorry and repent of all our sins.
For
the sake of your Son Jesus Christ who died for us,
forgive us all that is past;
and
grant that we may serve you in newness of life
to the glory of your name. Amen.
The priest
pronounces the absolution.
Almighty
God, who forgives all who truly repent,
have mercy on you,
pardon
and deliver you from all your sins,
confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,
and keep you in eternal life;
through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Proclaiming and Receiving the Word
Stand
O Lord, open our lips
and our mouth will proclaim your praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.
Praise the Lord.
The Lords name be praised.
FIRST READING
PSALM
SECOND READING
CANTICLE TE DEUM part 1 (said)
1 We praise you, O God,
we acclaim you as the Lord;
all creation worships you,
the Father everlasting.
2 To you all angels, all the powers of heaven,
the cherubim and seraphim, sing in endless praise:
3 Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of· your glory.
4 The glorious company of apostles praise you;
the noble fellowship of prophets praise you.
5 The white-robed army of martyrs praise you;
throughout the world, the holy Church acclaims you:
6 Father, of majesty unbounded,
your true and only Son, worthy of all praise,
the Holy Spirit, advocate and guide.
THIRD READING from the Gospels
THE SERMON
A hymn may be sung.
THE APOSTLES CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I
believe in Jesus Christ, God's 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 again to
judge the living and the dead. 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.
The Prayers of the People
The Lord be with you
and also with you.
Kneel
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
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,
for
ever and ever. Amen.
The versicles
and responses may be said.
Show us your mercy, O Lord,
and grant us your salvation.
R.I. [O Lord, guide and defend our rulers
and grant our government wisdom.]
Let your ministers be clothed with righteousness
and let your servants shout for joy.
O Lord, save your
people
and bless those whom you have chosen.
Give peace in our time, O Lord,
and let your glory be over all the earth.
O God, make clean
our hearts within us
and renew us by your Holy Spirit.
THE COLLECTS
The Collect of
the day is said and the following collect
O God, the author of
peace and lover of concord,
to
know you is eternal life, and to serve you is perfect freedom:
Defend
us in all assaults of our enemies,
that we, surely trusting in your protection,
may not fear the power of any adversaries;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers and
thanksgivings, or a litany, may be said.
A hymn may be
sung.
Going Out as God's People
The Lord be with you
and also with you.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with us all evermore. Amen. 2
Corinthians 13: 14
