St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 12th November 2023
Organ Music
C.H.H.Parry Elegie in C
Arthur Wills Requiem
Introit
To thee, O Lord do I lift up my soul
To thee O Lord do I lift up my soul,
My God, I trust in thee.
Text: Psalm 22 1-2
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943
Processional Hymn
Hail to the Lord's Anointed,
great David's greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
his reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free,
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.
He comes, with succour speedy,
to those who suffer wrong;
to help the poor and needy,
and bid the weak be strong;
to give them songs for sighing,
their darkness turn to light,
whose souls, condemned and dying,
were precious in his sight.
He shall come down like showers
upon the fruitful earth;
love, joy, and hope, like flowers,
spring in his path to birth.
Before him, on the mountains,
shall peace the herald go;
and righteousness, in fountains,
from hill to valley flow.
For him shall prayer unceasing
and daily vows ascend,
his kingdom still increasing,
a kingdom without end.
The mountain dews shall nourish
a seed, in weakness sown,
whose fruit shall spread and flourish
and shake like Lebanon.
O'er every foe victorious,
he on his throne shall rest;
from age to age more glorious,
all-blessing and all-blest.
The tide of time shall never
his covenant remove;
his name shall stand for ever,
his changeless name of Love.
Text: James Montgomery 1771-1854 from Psalm 72
Tune: Crüger CH3 267 Melody in Crüger’s Gesangbuch Adapted by W.H.Monk 1823-1889
Invitation
Confession
God of the ages, in the waiting time between Christ’s coming and Christ’s coming again, forgive us when we have not lived in expectation; forgive us when we have lacked hope; forgive us when we have ignored injustice. Lift our eyes that we may see Jesus Christ our Lord coming with justice and righteousness as his companions.
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Communion Service Collegium Regale Herbert Howells
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Tonus Peregrinus)
First Lesson Amos 5 18-24
Metrical Psalm
The praises of the Lord our God,
and his almighty strength,
The wondrous works that he hath done,
we will shew forth at length.
His testimony and his law
in Israel he did place,
And charged our forebears it to show
to their succeeding race;
So that the race which was to come
might learn and know them well;
and generations yet unborn,
might their own children tell:
That they might set their hope in God,
and not forget his ways,
but hold in mind his mighty works,
and keep his laws always.
Text: Psalm 78 4b-7 Scottish Psalter 1929
Tune: Caithness CH4 50 Melody from Scottish Psalter 1635
The Gospel St Matthew 25 1-13
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 Collegium Regale Herbert Howells
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
Thou knowest, Lord
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
Shut not thy merciful ears unto our pray'rs;
But spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty.
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
Thou most worthy Judge eternal,
Suffer us not at our last hour,
For any pains of death to fall away from Thee.
Text: The Burial Service, Book of Common Prayer
Music: Henry Purcell 1659-1695
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 Fantasia in C minor BWV 562
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Dr Anne T Logan