St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
11th Sunday after Trinity
11th August 2024
Organ Music
Frank Bridge Prelude
John Bull Voluntary
Charles Macpherson Andante soavamente e dolce
Introit
O praise God in his holiness
O praise God in his holiness,
Praise him in the firmament of his power
Music: Kenneth Gange 1939-2015
Processional Hymn
Father eternal, ruler of creation,
Spirit of life, by whom all things are made,
through the thick darkness covering every nation,
light to our blindness, come now to our aid:
Your kingdom come, O Lord, your will be done.
Races and peoples, still we stand divided,
and, sharing not our griefs, no joy can share
by wars and tumults love is mocked, derided;
his conquering cross no kingdom wills to bear.
Envious of heart, blind-eyed, with tongues confounded,
nation by nation still goes unforgiven,
in wrath and fear, by jealousies surrounded,
building proud towers which shall not reach to heaven.
Lust of possession causes desolations;
meekness is honoured nowhere on the earth.
Led by no star, the rulers of the nations
still fail to bring us to the blissful birth.
How shall we love you, holy hidden Being,
if we love not the world which you have made?
Oh, give us purer love, for better seeing
your Word made flesh and in a manger laid.
Text: Laurence Houseman 1865-1959
Music: Old 124th CH4 261 Melody from French-Genevan Psalter 1551
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
Communion Service in G Francis Jackson
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Ridout)
First Lesson 1 Kings 19 1-8
Metrical Psalm
Lord, from the depths to thee I cried.
My voice, Lord, do thou hear:
unto my supplications' voice
give an attentive ear.
Lord, who shall stand, if thou, O Lord,
should'st mark iniquity?
But yet with thee forgiveness is,
that feared though mayest be.
I wait for God, my soul doth wait,
my hope is in his word.
More than they that for morning watch,
my soul waits for the Lord;
I say, more than they that do watch
the morning light to see.
Let Israel hope in the Lord,
for with him mercies be;
And plenteous redemption
is ever found with him.
And from all his iniquities
he Israel shall redeem.
Text: Psalm 130 The Scottish Psalter 1929
Music: Martyrdom (Fenwick) CH4 87 Hugh Wilson 1766-1824 adapted Robert Archibald Smith 1780-1829
The Gospel St John 6 35, 41-51
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.
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.
Communion Service in G Francis Jackson
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
Ave verum corpus
Hail, real body, born of the Virgin Mary, who truly suffered, sacrificed
on the cross for man, whose pierced side flowed with real blood; be unto us
the foretaste in the trial of death.
O merciful, O holy, O sweet Jesu, son of Mary. Amen.
Text: 14th century Communion hymn
Music: W.A.Mozart 1756-1791
The Peace
Prayer
Hymn
We sing a love that sets all people free,
that blows like wind, that burns like scorching flame,
enfolds the earth, springs up like water clear.
Come, living love, live in our hearts today.
We sing a love that seeks another's good,
that longs to serve and not to count the cost,
a love that, yielding, finds itself made new.
Come, caring love, live in our hearts today.
We sing a love, unflinching, unafraid
to be itself, despite another's wrath,
a love that stands alone and undismayed.
Come, strength'ning love, live in our hearts today.
We sing a love that, wand'ring, will not rest
until it finds its way, its home, its source,
through joy and sadness pressing on refreshed.
Come, pilgrim love, live in our hearts today.
We sing the Holy Spirit, full of love,
who seeks out scars of ancient bitterness
brings to our wounds the healing grace of Christ;
come, radiant love, live in our hearts today.
Text: June Boyce-Tillman b.1943
Tune: Woodlands CH4 622 Walter Greatorex 1877-1949
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Johann Albrechtsberger Fugue in G major
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Sigrid Marten