St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 11am
17th Sunday after Trinity
22nd September 2024
Organ Music
Jehan Alain Choral Phrygien
Jehan Alain Choral Dorien
Introit
We will rejoice in thy salvation
We will rejoice in the salvation,
and triumph in the name of the Lord our God;
the Lord perform all thy petitions.
Thou also shalt light my candle:
The Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light.
Text: Psalm 20: 5 Psalm 18: 28
Music: Bernard Rose 1916-96
Processional Hymn
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
thy justice like mountains high soaring above
thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.
To all, life thou givest, to both great and small;
in all life thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
and wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.
Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight.
All praise we would render: O help us to see
'tis only the splendour of light hideth thee.
Text: Walter Chalmers Smith 1824-1908
Music: St Denio CH4 132 Welsh hymn melody, 1839 Founded on a folk tune
Scripture Sentences
The Preces
O Lord open thou our lips
Richard Shephard 1949-2021
Bidding
Prayer
Collect
Almighty God, you created the heavens and the earth, and made us in your image. Teach us to discern your hand in all your works and to serve you with reverence and thanksgiving; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
First Lesson James 3 13 – 4 3, 7-8a
The Choir sings PSALM 1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Second Lesson St Mark 9 30-37
Hymn
Breathe on me, Breath of God
fill me with life anew,
that I may love the way you love,
and do what you would do.
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
until my heart is pure;
until with you I will one will,
to do and to endure.
Breathe on me, Breath of God,
direct my heart's desire,
till every earthly part of me
glows with your holy fire.
Breathe on me, Breath of God;
so shall I never die,
but live with you the perfect life
of your eternity.
Text: Edwin Hatch 1835-1889
Tune: Carlisle CH4 202 Melody by Charles Lockhart 1745-1815
Sermon
Anthem
O sing unto the Lord
O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Text: Psalm 98
Music: Cecilia McDowall b.1951
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
Holy wisdom, lamp of learning
Bless the light that reason lends.
Teach us judgement as we kindle
Sparks of thought your Spirit sends.
Sanctify our search for knowledge
And the truth that sets us free.
Come, illumine mind and spirit
Joined in deepest unity.
Vine of truth, in you we flourish;
By your grace we learn and grow.
May the word of Christ among us
Shape our life, your will to know.
Joined to Christ in living, dying,
May we help the Church convey
Witness to the saving gospel,
Bearing fruit of faith today.
Holy God, the hope of nations,
Tune us to your righteous will,
As the symphony of ages
Claims our best, our finest skill.
Shape our search for peace and justice
Through prophetic deed and word.
Christ, conduct us, set our rhythm,
That God’s praise be ever heard.
Text: Ruth C Duck b.1947
Music: In Babilone CH4 604 Dutch Traditional Melody
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Sigfrid Karg-Elert Lauda Sion
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev. Dr Anne T Logan