The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 15, 2024
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The Reverend John Jarrett, III is today’s Celebrant and Preacher. Today’s mass is said found in the Book of Common Prayer (Prayer Book online) along with hymns found in the red Hymnal 1940 online.
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ORDER OF WORSHIP
At the ringing of the chimes please stand. Following the invitation to worship and prayer, we sing:
PROCESSIONAL HYMN TUNE: We're Marching to Zion
Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known,
Join in a song with sweet accord, Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne, And thus surround the throne
Refrain:
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God;
But children of the heav'nly King, But children of the heav'nly King
May speak their joys abroad, May speak their joys abroad. [Refrain]
Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry;
We're marching thro Immanuel's ground,
We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high, To fairer worlds on high. [Refrain]
THE OPENING ACCLAMATION
Celebrant: Blessed be God: + Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
People: And Blessed be God’s Kingdom now and forever, Amen.
THE COLLECT FOR PURITY Prayer Book pg. 355
THE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO Prayer Book pg. 356
AT THE COLLECT
Celebrant: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Celebrant: Let us pray.
Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
People: Amen.
the people sit
THE WORD OF GOD
At the end of each lesson, in response to the reader, the people respond: “Thanks be to God”
FIRST LESSON Proverbs 1:20-33
PSALM Psalm 19:1-14
At the end of the Psalm, the Gloria Patri:
Celebrant: + Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
People: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
SECOND LESSON James 3:1-12
At the playing of the hymn, the people stand
SEQUENCE HYMN. TUNE: I Have Decided
I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
No turning back, no turning back.
Tho' none go with me, I still will follow,
Tho' none go with me, I still will follow,
Tho' none go with me, I still will follow;
No turning back, no turning back.
My cross I'll carry, till I see Jesus;
My cross I'll carry till I see Jesus,
My cross I'll carry till I see Jesus;
No turning back, No turning back.
The world behind me, the cross before me,
The world behind me, the cross before me;
The world behind me, the cross before me;
No turning back, no turning back.
THE HOLY GOSPEL Mark 8:27-38
Celebrant: + The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark
People: Glory be to Thee, Lord Christ.
At the end of the reading of the Gospel
Celebrant: The Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise be to Thee, Lord Christ.
At the Preacher’s invitation, the people sit
THE SERMON The Reverend Fr. John Jarrett, III
At the Celebrant’s invitation, the people stand
THE NICENE CREED Prayer Book pg. 358
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Form VI, Prayer Book pg. 392
THE ABSOLUTION and PEACE Prayer Book pg. 393
At the Celebrant’s invitation, the people sit
WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE HOLY EUCHARIST
OFFERTORY HYMNS HYMNS 570 and 279 TUNE: Day of Rest, Lobe den Herren
THE OFFERTORY PRAYER/INTENTION OF THE MASS
Celebrant and people:
Father, we offer you these gifts which have been given to us, this bread, this wine, this money. With them we offer ourselves, our lives and work. As this bread and wine become the Body and Blood of our Lord, so may we and all Your Holy Church become more effective instruments of your reconciling love through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Celebrant:
Pray, brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father Almighty.
People:
May the Lord receive this sacrifice at your hands to the praise and glory of His Name, to our benefit and to that of His Holy Church.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING Eucharistic Prayer A, Prayer Book pg. 361-364
COMMUNION HYMNS 409, Choir Medley and 211 TUNE: Woodworth, Jesu
POST COMMUNION PRAYER Prayer Book pg. 365
THE BLESSING and DISMISSAL
THE BLESSING
Celebrant:
People: Amen.
THE DISMISSAL
Celebrant: Let us go forth in peace to love and serve the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
RECESSIONAL HYMN 487 TUNE: Ellers
The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
