St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
All Saints
3rd November 2024
Organ Music
Herbert Howells Preludio Sine Nomine
Charles-Marie Widor Adagio (Symphonie IV)
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
The Church's one foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord;
she is his new creation
by water and the word:
from heaven he came and sought her
to be his holy bride;
with his own blood he bought her
and for her life he died.
Called forth from every nation,
yet one o'er all the earth,
her charter of salvation
one Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name she blesses,
and shares one holy food,
as to one hope she presses
with every grace endued.
In toil and tribulation,
and tumult of her war,
she waits the consummation
of peace for evermore;
till with the vision glorious
her longing eyes are blest,
and the great Church victorious
shall be the Church at rest.
Yet she on earth has union
with God the Three in One,
and mystical communion
with those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we,
like them, the meek and lowly,
on high may dwell with thee.
Text: Samuel John Stone 1839-1900
Music: Aurelia CH4 739 S.S.Wesley 1810-1876
Invitation
Confession
Loving God, we have sinned against you, through our own fault, in thought and word and deed, and in what we have left undone. For the sake of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, forgive us all that is past: and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your name.
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Messe Solennelle Louis Vierne
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Tone i.viii)
First Lesson Revelation 21 1-6a
Metrical Psalm
The earth belongs to God alone
and all that it contains;
the world and its inhabitants
God's steadfast love maintains.
The Lord who brought the world to birth
laid earth's foundations sure,
and firm within the surging seas
established them secure.
Who, then, are those who shall ascend
the holy hill of God?
And who is fit to stand within
the presence of the Lord?
All those whose hands and hearts are clean,
with no room in their mind
for worthless vanities or vows
of a deceitful kind.
These are the people who receive
a blessing from the Lord,
and vindication for their ways
from God, their saving God.
O God of Jacob, help us all
who gather in this place,
to seek your presence with us now:
we yearn to see your face.
Text: Psalm 24 vv 1-6 Scottish Psalter 1929
Music: St Matthew CH4 18 (i) William Croft 1678-1727
The Gospel St John 11 32-44
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.
Messe Solennelle Louis Vierne
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
Agnus Dei
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world, grant us your peace.
Music: Louis Vierne 1870-1937
The Peace
Prayer
Hymn
For all the saints who from their labours rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be for ever blest:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might;
thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou in the darkness still their one true light:
Alleluia, alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine:
Alleluia, alleluia!
But, lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
the saints triumphant rise in bright array;
the King of Glory passes on his way.
Alleluia, alleluia!
From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Text: William Walsham How 1823-1897
Tune: Sine Nomine CH4 740 Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Charles-Marie Widor Final (Symphonie IV)
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev. Dr George J. Whyte