St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
22nd Sunday after Trinity
27th October 2024
Organ Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams Prelude on Hyfrydol
Christopher Gibbons Verse for Double Organ
Percy Whitlock Fidelis
Introit
I will praise the name of God
I will praise the name of God with a song
and magnify it with thanksgiving
Text: Psalm 69 31
Music: Stuart Murray Mitchell
Processional Hymn
Let saints on earth in concert sing
with those whose work is done;
for all the servants of our King
in heaven and earth are one.
One family, we dwell in him,
one church, above, beneath;
though now divided by the stream,
the narrow stream of death.
One army of the living God,
to His command we bow:
part of the host have crossed the flood,
and part are crossing now.
E'en now to their eternal home
there pass some spirits blest;
while others to the margin come,
waiting their call to rest.
Jesus, be thou our constant guide;
then, when the word is given,
bid Jordan's narrow stream divide
and bring us safe to heaven.
Text: Charles Wesley 1707-1788
Tune: French (Dundee) CH4 81 (i) Melody from Scottish Psalter 1615
Invitation
Confession
O Lord, open our eyes.
That we may see your redeeming love
O Lord, open our hearts
That we may know your perfect peace
And in all our shortcomings
Grant us your forgiveness and make us whole. Amen
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Missa brevis William Walton
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Ridout)
First Lesson Job 42 1-6
Metrical Psalm
God will I bless all times; his praise
my mouth shall still express.
My soul shall boast in God: the meek
shall hear with joyfulness.
Extol the Lord with me, let us
exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, he heard, and did
me from all fears deliver.
O taste and see that God is good:
who trusts in him is bless'd.
Fear God his saints: none that him fear
shall be with want oppress'd.
The lions young may hungry be,
and they may lack their food:
but they that truly seek the Lord
shall not lack any good.
Text: Psalm 34 1-4, 8-10 Scottish Psalter 1750
Music: St David Ravenscroft’s Psalter 1621
The Gospel St Mark 10 46-52
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 brevis William Walton
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
Tantum ergo sacramentum
Therefore we before him bending,
This great sacrament revere:
Types and shadows have their ending,
For the newer rite is here;
Faith, our outward sense befriending,
Makes the inward vision clear.
Glory let us give and blessing
To the Father and the Son,
Honour, might and praise addressing,
While eternal ages run;
Ever too his love confessing,
Who, from both, with both is one.
Amen
Text: St Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
Music: Marcel Dupré 1886-1971
The Peace
Prayer
Hymn
Amazing grace!-how sweet the sound-
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
his word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
Text: John Newton 1725-1807
Tune: Amazing Grace (New Britain) CH4 555 Scottish Traditional arr. John Bell
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Herbert Howells Epilogue
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev. Sam Nwokoro