St. Giles’ Cathedral 

Morning Service at 11am 

15th Sunday after Trinity  

8th September 2024 

Organ Music 

Nicolas de Grigny Récit de tierce en taille 

Louis Vierne Méditation 

Introit 

Almighty and everlasting God 

Almighty and everlasting God, 
mercifully look upon our infirmities, 
and in all our dangers and necessities 
stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us, 
through Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Text: Collect for the Third Sunday after Epiphany 

Music: Orlando Gibbons 1583-1625 

Processional Hymn 

All creatures of our God and King, 
lift up your voice and with us sing 
alleluia, alleluia! 
Bright brother sun with golden beam, 
clear sister moon with softer gleam: 
O praise him, O praise him, 
alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 
 

Dear mother earth, who day by day 
unfolds God's blessings on our way, 
O praise him, alleluia! 
All flowers and fruits that in you grow, 
let them his glory also show: 
 

And all who are of tender heart, 

forgiving others, take your part, 

O praise him, alleluia! 

All who long pain and sorrow bear, 

praise God and cast on him your care: 

And you, most kind and gentle death, 
waiting to hush our fading breath, 
O praise him, alleluia! 
You homeward lead the child of God, 
and Christ our Lord the way has trod: 

Let all things their Creator bless, 
and worship God in humbleness, 
O praise him, alleluia. 
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, 
and praise the Spirit, Three in One: 
 

Text: St Francis of Assisi 1182-1226 Tr. William Henry Draper 1855-1933 

Music: Lasst uns erfreuen CH4 147 Geistliche Kirchengesang, Cologne 1623  
Arr. R.V.Williams 1872-1958 

Scripture Sentences 

The Preces 

O Lord open thou our lips 

Richard Lloyd 1933-2021 

Bidding 

Prayer 

Collect 

Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people, that richly bearing the fruit of good works, we may by you be richly rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. 

First Lesson St Mark 7  24-37 

The Choir sings PSALM 125 

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, |which cannot be removed but abideth for ever. 

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.  

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 

Do good O Lord unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, |the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity, but peace shall be upon Israel. 

Second Lesson James 2  1-10, 14-17 

Hymn 

‘I have a dream’, a man once said, 

‘where all is perfect peace; 

where men and women, black and white, 

stand hand in hand, and all unite 

in freedom and in love.’ 

But in this world of bitter strife 

the dream can often fade; 

reality seems dark as night, 

we catch but glimpses of the light 

Christ sheds on humankind. 

Fierce persecution, war, and hate 

are raging everywhere; 

God calls us now to pay the price 

through struggles and through sacrifice 

of standing for the right. 

So dream the dreams and sing the songs, 

but never be content; 

for thoughts and words don’t ease the pain: 

unless there’s action, all is vain; 

faith proves itself in deeds. 

Lord, give us vision, make us strong, 

help us to do your will; 

don’t let us rest until we see 

your love throughout humanity 

uniting us in peace. 

Text: Pamela J. Pettitt b.1954 

Tune: Repton CH4 710 C.H.H.Parry 1848-1918 

Sermon 

Anthem 

Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk 

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons 

Text: Deuteronomy 4  8-9 

Music: Johannes Brahms 1833-1897 

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  

God in such love for us lent us this planet, 

gave it a purpose in time and in space: 

small as a spark from the fire of creation, 

cradle of life and the home of our race. 

Thanks be to God for its bounty and beauty, 

life that sustains us in body and mind: 

plenty for all, if we learn how to share it, 

riches undreamed of to fathom and find. 

Long have our human wars ruined its harvest; 

long has earth bowed to the terror of force; 

long have we wasted what others have need of, 

poisoned the fountain of life at its source. 

Earth is the Lord’s: it is ours to enjoy it, 

ours, as God’s stewards, to farm and defend. 

From its pollution, misuse, and destruction, 

good Lord deliver us, world without end! 

Text: Frederick Pratt Green 1903-2000 

Tune: Epiphany CH4 240 Joseph Francis Thrupp 1827-1867 

Benediction 

Organ Voluntary 

César Franck Choral III in A minor 

CCL Licence No 980930 

Streaming Licence 57837 

The service was conducted by The Rev Dr Anne T Logan