St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
1st Sunday in Advent
1st December 2024
Organ Music
Alec Rowley Fantasy on Veni Emmanuel
Nico Muhly O sapientia; O Adonai
Introit
People look east
People, look east. The time is near
Of the crowning of the year.
Make your house fair as you are able,
Trim the hearth and set the table.
People, look east and sing today:
Love, the guest, is on the way.
Text: Eleanor Farjeon 1881-1965
Music: Besançon melody
Processional Hymn
O come, O come Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here,
until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
in ancient times didst give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe:
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan's tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save,
and give them victory o'er the grave:
O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery:
O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death's dark shadows put to flight:
Text: 18th Century, based on Advent Antiphons Tr. J.M.Neale 1818-66
Tune: Veni Emmanuel CH4 273 15th Century Plainsong melody
Invitation
Confession
Gracious God, have mercy on us. We are not ready for your coming. We live in sin, as though there were no justice. We live in fear, as though there were no grace. Forgive us, Lord. Show us your mercy and steadfast love. Lead us in your truth and teach us your paths, for you are the God of our salvation.
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Missa brevis Mátyás Seiber
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Tone v.i)
First Lesson 1 Thessalonians 3 9-13
Metrical Psalm
Lord, teach me all your ways,
reveal your paths to me;
and lead me in your saving truth,
show me what I should be.
Remember, Lord, your love,
your care from ages past;
and in that love remember me,
in kindness hold me fast.
Forget my youthful faults,
forgive my sinful ways;
within the kindness of your love
remember me always.
God, who is just and good,
shows all who sin his way:
he leads the humble in right paths,
their teacher day by day.
All pathways of the Lord,
are kindly, true and sure
to those who keep his covenant
and in his ways endure.
Text: Scottish Psalter 1929 Psalm 25 4, 5a, 6-10
Music: Garelochside CH4 21 (i) Kenneth George Finlay 1882-1974
The Gospel St Luke 21 25-36
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. Amen.
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.
Missa brevis Kenneth Leighton
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
The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Text: Psalm 145 15-16
Music: Jean Berger 1909-2002
The Peace
Prayer
Hymn
View the present through the promise,
Christ will come again.
Trust despite the deepening darkness,
Christ will come again.
Lift the world above its grieving
through your watching and believing
in the hope past hope's conceiving:
Christ will come again.
Probe the present with the promise,
Christ will come again.
Let your daily actions witness,
Christ will come again.
Let your loving and your giving
and your justice and forgiving
be a sign to all the living:
Christ will come again.
Match the present to the promise,
Christ will come again.
Make this hope your guiding premise,
Christ will come again.
Pattern all your calculating
and the world you are creating
to the advent you are waiting:
Christ will come again.
Text: Thomas H Troeger 1945-2022
Music: Franklin Park CH4 479 Roy Hopp b.1951
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
J.S.Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 661
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev. Sigrid Marten