St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
Transfiguration of our Lord
Sunday 11th February 2024
Organ Music
Pierre du Mage Récit
Jean-Jacques Grunenwald Adoratio
Introit
Blessed are the pure in heart
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God
Blessed are the pure in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heav’n.
Music: George Thalben-Ball 1896-1987
Processional Hymn
I greet Thee who my sure Redeemer art,
my only trust and Saviour of my heart,
who pain didst undergo for my poor sake:
I pray Thee from our hearts all cares to take.
Thou art the King of mercy and of grace,
reigning omnipotent in every place:
so come, O King, and our whole being sway;
shine on us with the light of thy pure day.
Thou art the Life, by which alone we live,
and all our substance and our strength receive;
sustain us by thy faith and by thy power,
and give us strength in every trying hour.
Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness,
no harshness hast thou and no bitterness;
O grant to us the grace we find in Thee,
that we may dwell in perfect unity.
Our hope is in no other save in Thee;
our faith is built upon Thy promise free;
Lord, give us peace, and make us calm and sure,
that in thy strength we evermore endure.
Text: Attrib. to Jean Calvin 1509-64 Tr. Elizabeth Lee Smith 1817-1898
Music: Chilton Foliat CH4 497 G,C,Martin 1844-1916
Invitation
Confession
Holy God, righteous and merciful, cleanse our minds and free our consciences from the things that divide us from you. We have shut our eyes to your glory, our minds to your truth, and our hearts to your Spirit. Pardon and deliver us from all our sins for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Mass in E flat Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Tone ii)
First Lesson 2 Corinthians 4 3-6
Metrical Psalm
God the Lord, the King almighty,
calls the earth from east to west:
shining out from Zion's splendour,
city loveliest and best,
comes our God! He breaks the silence,
robed in burning majesty:
'Gather all my covenant people,
bound by sacrifice to me.
'Hear me testify against you:
listen, Israel, as I speak.
I do not require your offerings,
sacrifice I do not seek.
Mountain birds and meadow creatures,
Cattle on a thousand hills,
all the beasts are my possession,
moving as their Maker wills.'
God who owns the whole creation
needs no gift, no food, no house,;
bring to him your hearts' thanksgiving-
God Most High will hear your vows.
Trust him in the day of trouble,
call to him who will redeem;
he will be your strong deliverer,
his renown your daily theme.
Lies increase and evil prospers;
God is silent while men say,
'He has gone-let us forget him',
thinking he is false as they.
But his word will judge or save us:
let us come before his throne,
giving thanks, receiving mercy-
God's salvation now made known.
Text: Psalm 50 Christopher Martin Idle b.1938
Music: Hyfrodol CH4 39 Melody by Rowland Hugh Prichard 1811-87
The Gospel St Mark 9 2-9
The Sermon
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, dead, and buried:
He descended into hell;
The third day he rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The Holy Catholic Church;
The Communion of Saints;
The Forgiveness of sins;
The Resurrection of the body,
And the Life everlasting.
The Offering
The Intercessions
Gloria in Excelsis sung by the choir
Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, goodwill towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Mass in E flat Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you
And also with you
Lift up your hearts
We lift them to the Lord
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
It is right to give our thanks and praise
Prayer
Sanctus
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of Hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Glory be to you, O Lord Most High.
Blessed is he that comes in the Name of the Lord:
Hosanna in the highest.
Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
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 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.
Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world,
Have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world,
Have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world,
Grant us your peace.
Holy Communion
During Communion the Choir sings
Tantum ergo sacramentum
Therefore we before him bending,
This great sacrament revere:
Types and shadows have their ending,
For the newer rite is here;
Faith, our outward sense befriending,
Makes the inward vision clear.
Glory let us give and blessing
To the Father and the Son,
Honour, might and praise addressing,
While eternal ages run;
Ever too his love confessing,
Who, from both, with both is one.
Amen
Text: St Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
Music: Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
Prayer
Hymn
Through saints we glimpse the light of Christ,
the Morning Star that crowns the night,
whose rising heralds God's new day,
the promised dawn of life and light.
The light saints bear is not their own
but shines through them as gift and sign:
to show how God can use and bless
frail human means for ends divine.
That light is ours to claim and share;
not merely praise or gaze upon:
for all who are baptized become
light-bearers through the Risen One.
The saints inspire and challenge us
our holy calling to embrace;
to bear Christ's light in our own day,
to be the vessels of God's grace.
Text: Carl P Daw Jr b.1944
Music: Wareham CH4 748 Melody by William Knapp 1698-1768
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Louis Vierne Marche épiscopale
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Dr George J Whyte