St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 11am
2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Sunday 14th January 2024
Organ Music
Olivier Messiaen Les Bergers
Dieterich Buxtehude In dulci jubilo
Introit
If ye love me
If ye love Me, keep My commandments.
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another
Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever, even
the Spirit of Truth. Amen.
Text: St John 14 15-17
Music: Thomas Tallis c1505-1585
Processional Hymn
Lord of creation, to you be all praise!
Most mighty your working, most wondrous your ways!
Your glory and power are beyond us to tell,
and yet in the heart of the humble you dwell.
Lord of all power, I give you my will,
in joyful obedience your tasks to fulfil.
Your bondage is freedom, your service is song;
and, held in your keeping, my weakness is strong.
Lord of all wisdom, I give you my mind,
rich truth that surpasses our knowledge to find;
What eye has not seen and what ear has not heard
is taught by your Spirit and shines from your Word.
Lord of all bounty, I give you my heart;
I praise and adore you for all you impart;
your love to inflame me, your counsel to guide,
your presence to shield me, whatever betide.
Lord of all being, I give you my all;
if I should disown you, I’d stumble and fall;
but, sworn in your service your word I’ll obey,
and walk in your freedom to the end of the way.
Text: Jack Copley Winslow 1882-1974
Tune: Slane CH4 500 Irish Traditional Melody Harm. Erik Routley
Scripture Sentences
The Preces
O Lord open thou our lips
Thomas Tomkins 1572-1656
Bidding
Prayer
Collect
Almighty God, your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ is the light of the world. Grant that your people, may shine with the radiance of his glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
First Lesson 1 Samuel 3 1-20
The Choir sings the Psalm 139
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Second Lesson St John 1 43-51
Hymn
Will you come and follow me
if I but call your name?
Will you go where you don't know
and never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown,
will you let my name be known,
will you let my life be grown,
in you and you in me?
Will you leave yourself behind
if I but call your name?
Will you care for cruel and kind
and never be the same?
Will you risk the hostile stare
should your life attract or scare?
Will you let me answer prayer
in you and you in me?
Will you let the blinded see
if I but call your name?
Will you set the prisoners free
and never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean,
and do such as this unseen,
and admit to what I mean
in you and you in me?
Will you love the 'you' you hide
if I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside
and never be the same?
Will you use the faith you've found
to reshape the world around,
through my sight and touch and sound
in you and you in me?
Lord, your summons echoes true
when you but call my name.
Let me turn and follow you
and never be the same.
In your company I'll go
where your love and footsteps show.
Thus I'll move and live and grow
in you and you in me.
Text: John Bell b.1949 and Graham Maule b.1958
Music: Kelvingrove CH4 533 Scottish folk melody Arr. John Bell b.1949
Sermon
Anthem
Surge illuminare Jerusalem
Arise, shine O Jerusalem; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Text: Isaiah 60: 1-2
Music:Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c1525-1594
The Offering
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.
Hymn
Take my life, Lord, let it be
Consecrated, glad, and free;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of your love;
Take my feet, that I may run
Bearing news of Christ your Son.
Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my intellect and use
Every power as you shall choose.
Take my will-your will be done,
May my will and yours be one;
Take my heart-it is your own,
It shall be your royal throne.
Take my love- my Lord, I pour
At your feet its treasure-store;
Take myself, and I will be
All for you, eternally.
Text: Frances Ridley Havergal 1836-1879
Tune: Nottingham CH4 502 Wenzel Müller 1747-1835
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
J.S.Bach Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 545
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Dr Anne T Logan