St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
Remembrance Sunday
10th November 2024
Organ Music
C.H.H.Parry Elegie in C
James MacMillan Offertorium
Introit
They shall grow not old
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Text: Laurence Binyon 1869-1943
Music: Douglas Guest 1916-1996
Processional Hymn
How shall I sing that majesty
which angels do admire?
Let dust in dust and silence lie;
sing, sing, ye heavenly choir.
Thousands of thousands stand around
thy throne, O God most high;
ten thousand times ten thousand sound
thy praise; but who am I?
Thy brightness unto them appears,
whilst I thy footsteps trace;
a sound of God comes to my ears;
but they behold thy face.
They sing because thou art their Sun:
Lord, send a beam on me;
for where heaven is but once begun,
there alleluias be.
How great a being Lord, is thine,
which doth all beings keep!
Thy knowledge is the only line
to sound so vast a deep.
Thou art a sea without a shore,
a sun without a sphere;
thy time is now and evermore,
thy place is everywhere.
Text: John Mason 1646-1694
Music: Coe Fen CH4 128 Kenneth N Naylor 1931-1991
Invitation
Confession
Loving God, we have sinned against you and one another in thought, word and deed. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Missa bel amfitrit altera Orlando Lassus
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Tone iii)
First Lesson 1 Kings 17 8-16
Metrical Psalm
Praise God. The Lord praise, O my soul.
I'll praise God while I live;
while I have being to my God
in songs I'll praises give.
O happy is that man and blest,
whom Jacob's God doth aid;
whose hope upon the Lord doth rest,
and on his God is stay'd:
Who righteous judgment executes
for those oppress'd that be,
Who to the hungry giveth food;
God sets the pris'ners free.
The Lord doth give the blind their sight,
the bowed down doth raise:
The Lord doth dearly love all those
that walk in upright ways.
Text: Psalm 46 1-2, 5, 7-8 Scottish Psalter 1650
Music: St Stephen (Abridge) Melody by Isaac Smith (1734-1805)
The Gospel St Mark 12 38-44
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.
Missa bel amfitrit altera Orlando Lassus
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: Orlando Lassus 1532-1594
The Peace
Prayer
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 Fantasia in C minor BWV 562
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev. Sigrid Marten