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Service for October 24th, 2021 - Proper 25

Zoom link for online access to service at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday - October 24th:- https://zoom.us/j/7860586161?pwd=b2VaTm5zcktRYjJvYnJSUW9rYzhJdz09

Praise my soul the King of heaven:- https://youtu.be/GyRIVbdsi4c

My Redeemer lives:- https://youtu.be/XRW-jr_PnbQ

Lord, heal our Land:-https://youtu.be/qTm_rA54EGw

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

The Reader prays:

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with heartfelt repentance and true faith turn to him: have mercy on us, pardon and deliver us from all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness,

and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Proper 25

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Isaiah 59:9-19

9So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 10Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. 11We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away. 12For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: 13rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived. 14So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. 15Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him. 17He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. 18According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due. 19From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives along.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 13

1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

2How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,

4and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

5But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

6I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from Hebrews 5:12-6:1, 9-12

12In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. 6:1Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, 9Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case — the things that have to do with salvation. 10God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. 11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. 12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from Mark 10:46-52

46Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” 50Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. 51“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” 52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

Commentary on Mark 10:46-52:- https://youtu.be/6ps43hUKYzc

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

Almighty God, as your Son our Saviour was born of a Hebrew mother, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syrian woman and a Roman soldier, welcomed the Greeks who sought Him, and needed a man from Africa to carry His cross, so teach us to regard the members of all races as fellow heirs of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ our Lord. In His Name, Amen

We pray for the worldwide Anglican communion including The Anglican Mission in America & Bishops Philip & Sandy; Anglican Mission International & Archbishop Kolini (ret.), Archbishop Masimango (ret.), Bishop Aaron (ret.), Bishop Bahati, Bishop Carl, Bishop Darlington, Bishop James, Bishop Sospeter, & Bishop William; The AM Canada & Bishops Silas & Peter; Anglican Mission Haiti & Bishop Burnet; The Mission India & Bishop Ivan, & all in leadership; health & protection over all Anglican Mission clergy & laity & their families; for Truth & Unity & to stay true to Your Vision for this Mission; trust for the necessary funds.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who have died & are dying in genocides, including Afghanistan, Armenia, China, the Holocaust, Kenya & East Africa, Myanmar, Nigeria & West Africa, Rwanda, & Tiananmen - for democracy & freedom in many countries.

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.

Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison.

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed [especially ______.].

Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.

Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

I can see clearly now:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ3k_RfiSg8

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

All: My Jesus, I believe You are present in the most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds:- https://youtu.be/NoPlwPUYWaw

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

Amazing grace (My chains are gone):- https://youtu.be/Jbe7OruLk8I

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Service for Sunday September 12th, 2021 - Proper 19

Zoom link for online access to service at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday - September 12th:- https://zoom.us/j/7860586161?pwd=b2VaTm5zcktRYjJvYnJSUW9rYzhJdz09

Billy Graham’s 9/11 message:- https://youtu.be/VptxoWl0pxI

New every morning is the love:- https://youtu.be/QPZn-4ZyGJI

The wonderful cross (When I survey):- https://youtu.be/oaO3XOI8P6w

Just as I am:- https://youtu.be/CxA0TFe3-Uo

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

The Reader prays:

and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Proper 19

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Isaiah 50:4-9

4The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. 5The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away. 6I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. 7Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. 8He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me! 9It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me. Who will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 116:1-8

1I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

2Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

4Then I called on the name of the Lord: “Lord, save me!”

5The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

6The Lord protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.

7Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.

8For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from James 2:1-18

1My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11For he who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. 12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. 14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 18But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from Mark 8:27-38

27Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.” 30Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. 31He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” 34Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

God on the Run Luke#32:- https://youtu.be/aV8nif2TeIc

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who have died & are dying in genocides, including Armenia, China, the Holocaust, Kenya & East Africa, Myanmar, Nigeria & West Africa, Rwanda, & Tiananmen - for democracy & freedom in many countries.

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.

Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison.

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed [especially ______.].

Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.

Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Give thanks with a grateful heart:- https://youtu.be/hXBxImes110

Operation Christmas Child recipient’s story:- https://youtu.be/oOfF9e1G3gg

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

There is a Redeemer:- https://youtu.be/tUqfdaCLm0Y

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

Lord of the Dance:- https://youtu.be/O_0Nk-2GirI

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Service for Sunday September 5th 2021 - Proper 18 - Year B

Zoom link for online access to service at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday - September 5th:- https://zoom.us/j/7860586161?pwd=b2VaTm5zcktRYjJvYnJSUW9rYzhJdz09

Joyful joyful we adore thee:- https://youtu.be/7JydNpcB50k

King of heaven:- https://youtu.be/5h8laPe1NVM

Abide with me:- https://youtu.be/NLMbHttVbp4

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

The Reader prays:

and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Proper 18

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 for ever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Isaiah 35:4-7

1say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.” 2Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. 7The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 146

1Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul.

2I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

3Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.

4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.

5Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God.

6He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them — he remains faithful forever.

7He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,

8the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

9The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from James 1:17-27

17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. 19My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. 22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it — not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it — they will be blessed in what they do. 26Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from Mark 7:31-37

31Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. 32There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. 33After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. 34He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. 36Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. 37People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

Saved by a dream:- https://youtu.be/YxxPgSoq0Gg

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.

Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison.

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed [especially ______.].

Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.

Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Doxology:- https://youtu.be/RBz7vuJ2b1A

Operation Christmas Child recipient’s story:- https://youtu.be/V1lk83sAW3I

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

Amazing grace (My chains are gone):- https://youtu.be/Jbe7OruLk8I

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

This is the day:- https://youtu.be/cccJhMVFrLs

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Service for Sunday August 29th, 2021 - Proper 17 - Year B

Zoom link for online access to service at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday - August 29th:- https://zoom.us/j/7860586161?pwd=b2VaTm5zcktRYjJvYnJSUW9rYzhJdz09

O Worship the King:- https://youtu.be/RAyKmYD2Zg8

Here I am to worship:- https://youtu.be/CoxopsRSfdU

Blest are the pure in heart:- https://youtu.be/EcEDPSfHhIM

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

The Reader prays:

and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Proper 17

Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Deuteronomy 4:1-9

4Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you. 3You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor. The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, 4but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today. 5See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. 6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 7What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? 8And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today? 9Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 15

1Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

2The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart;

3whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;

4who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;

5who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from Ephesians 6:10-20

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from Mark 7:1-23

7The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.) 5So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?” 6He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 7They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ 8You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” 9And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! 10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ 11But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God) — 12then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.” 14Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” 16 17After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) 20He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come — sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

Reflection on the gospel Mark 7:1-8: https://youtu.be/wNXl6XrK24A

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.

Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison.

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed [especially ______.].

Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.

Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Doxology:- https://youtu.be/RBz7vuJ2b1A

Operation Christmas Child recipient’s story:- https://youtu.be/V1lk83sAW3I

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

One bread one body:- https://youtu.be/OshpSD0z1ts

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

Sing, sing, sing:- https://youtu.be/IV5Vdi_55OU

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Service for Sunday - August 22nd, 2021 - Proper 16 - Year B

Zoom link for online access to service at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday - August 22th:- https://zoom.us/j/7860586161?pwd=b2VaTm5zcktRYjJvYnJSUW9rYzhJdz09

The church's one foundation:- https://youtu.be/9rIS166ppoE

Here I am Lord:- https://youtu.be/m5wfvGqPNHE

Just as I am:- https://youtu.be/CxA0TFe3-Uo

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

The Reader prays:

and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Proper 16

Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Joshua 24:1-2, 14-25

1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. 2Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 14“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” 16Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods! 17It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18And the Lord drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God.” 19Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. 20If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you.” 21But the people said to Joshua, “No! We will serve the Lord.” 22Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied.

23“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.” 24And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the Lord our God and obey him.” 25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he reaffirmed for them decrees and laws.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 34:15-22

15The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;

16but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth.

17The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

18The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

19The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;

20he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

21Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

22The Lord will rescue his servants; no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from Ephesians 5:21-33

21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church — 30for we are members of his body. 31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 32This is a profound mystery — but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from John 6:60-69

60On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

61Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? 62Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! 63The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you — they are full of the Spirit and life. 64Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. 65He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.” 66From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. 68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

Reflection on the gospel John 6:60-69:- https://youtu.be/aJm28ilarE4

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.

Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison.

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed [especially ______.].

Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.

Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

My Redeemer lives:- https://youtu.be/XRW-jr_PnbQ

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

Blessed assurance:- https://youtu.be/0GADPpwtKqg

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

A mighty fortress:- https://youtu.be/FY4DCG-nFBI

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Service for Sunday August 15th, 2021 - Proper 15

Service for Sunday - August 15th - NO Zoom or at house church

We plough the fields and scatter:- https://youtu.be/ccVEjKFkAV4

Mighty to save:- https://youtu.be/W1jmqVU4RDo

Give thanks with a grateful heart:- https://youtu.be/hXBxImes110

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

The Reader prays:

A Collect for Proper 15

Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of this redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Proverbs 9:1-6

1Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls

from the highest point of the city, 4“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says, 5“Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. 6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 147

1Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!

2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.

3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

4He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

5Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

6The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

7Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

8He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.

9He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.

10His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

11the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

12Extol the Lord, Jerusalem; praise your God, Zion.

13He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people within you.

14He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.

15He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.

16He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.

17He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can withstand his icy blast?

18He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.

19He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.

20He has done this for no other nation; they do not know his laws. Praise the Lord.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from Ephesians 5:15-20

15Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, 16making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, 19speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from John 6:53-59

53Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

Reflection on the gospel John 6:52-59:- https://youtu.be/bb8ClgQI9kQ

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

We pray for the worldwide Anglican communion including The Anglican Mission in America & Bishops Philip, Sandy, & Matt; Anglican Mission International & Archbishop Kolini (ret.), Archbishop Masimango (ret.), Bishop Aaron (ret.), Bishop Bahati, Bishop Carl, Bishop Darlington, Bishop Elisha, Bishop James, Bishop Sospeter, & Bishop William; The AM Canada & Bishops Silas & Peter; Anglican Mission Haiti & Bishop Burnet; The Mission India & Bishop Ivan, & all in leadership; health & protection over all Anglican Mission clergy & laity & their families; for Truth & Unity & to stay true to Your Vision for this Mission; trust for the necessary funds.

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people. Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison. Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed, especially any known to us. Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored. Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Sing a new song unto the Lord:- https://youtu.be/W1GmO7kx__4

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

One bread one body:- https://youtu.be/OshpSD0z1ts

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds:- https://youtu.be/NoPlwPUYWaw

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

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Service for Sunday August 8th, 2021 - Proper 14

Zoom link for online access to service at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday - August 8th:- https://zoom.us/j/7860586161?pwd=b2VaTm5zcktRYjJvYnJSUW9rYzhJdz09

The God of Abraham praise:- https://youtu.be/OvTgzJ2nZGo

Blessed be your name:- https://youtu.be/RbvftFiH9Hg

You are my King:- https://youtu.be/nwjTT2bqKk0

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

The Reader prays:

and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Proper 14

Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Deuteronomy 8:1-10

1Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 2Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 5Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

6Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land — a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; 8a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. 10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 34:1-8

1I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

2I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

3Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.

4I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

5Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

6This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

7The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

8Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from Ephesians 4:25-5:2

25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27and do not give the devil a foothold. 28Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need. 29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. 1Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from John 6:37-51

37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” 41At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” 43“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

Reflection on the gospel John 6:35-40: https://www.youtu.be/watch?v=h36rq7llnJE

John 6:44-51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGkyfj87_s

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

Almighty God, as your Son our Saviour was born of a Hebrew mother, but rejoiced in the faith of a Syrian woman and of a Roman soldier, welcomed the Greeks who sought Him, and needed a man from Africa to carry His cross, so teach us to regard the members of all races as fellow heirs of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ our Lord. In His Name, Amen

The worldwide Anglican communion including The Anglican Mission & Bishops Philip, Sandy, & Matt; Anglican Mission International & Archbishop Kolini (ret.), Archbishop Masimango, Bishop Aaron (ret.), Bishop Bahati, Bishop Carl, Bishop Darlington, Bishop Elisha, Bishop James, Bishop Sospeter, & Bishop William; The AM Canada & Bishops Silas & Peter; Anglican Mission Haiti & Bishop Burnet; The Mission India & Bishop Ivan; all in leadership; health & protection over all Anglican Mission clergy & laity & their families; for Truth & Unity & to stay true to Your Vision for this Mission; trust for the necessary funds.

Pray for the Church.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all genocides, including Armenia, China, the Holocaust, Kenya & East Africa, Myanmar, Nigeria & West Africa, Rwanda, & Tiananmen - for democracy & freedom in many countries.

Please pray. Amen.

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.

Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison.

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed [especially ______.].

Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.

Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Come thou fount, come thou king:- https://youtu.be/e-eiSMpULUI

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

Is He Worthy:- https://youtu.be/OIahc83Kvp4

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

Mighty to save:- https://youtu.be/W1jmqVU4RDo

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.

Service for Sunday August 1st, 2021 - Proper 13

Zoom link for online access to service at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday - August 1st:- https://zoom.us/j/7860586161?pwd=b2VaTm5zcktRYjJvYnJSUW9rYzhJdz09

Guide me O thou great Jehovah:- https://youtu.be/oq9vcQqI93U

Build your kingdom here:- https://youtu.be/8awpRHg5waw

Be still for the presence of the Lord:- https://youtu.be/Vep_Ty4Zx1o

Opening sentences:-

Reader: Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen.

Amen.

The confession and absolution

The Reader prays:

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with heartfelt repentance and true faith turn to him: have mercy on us, pardon and deliver us from all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness,

and bring us to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Proper 13

Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

The Word of God. One or more readings appointed for the day are read.

A reading from Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15

2In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” 4Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. 9Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’” 10While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the cloud. 11The Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’” 13That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

The Psalm appointed for today is Psalm 78:14-20, 23-25

14He guided them with the cloud by day and with light from the fire all night.

15He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;

16he brought streams out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

17But they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.

18They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.

19They spoke against God; they said, “Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?

20True, he struck the rock, and water gushed out, streams flowed abundantly, but can he also give us bread? Can he supply meat for his people?” Yet he gave a command to the skies above and opened the doors of the heavens;

24he rained down manna for the people to eat, he gave them the grain of heaven.

25Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them all the food they could eat.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be forever. Amen.

A reading from Ephesians 4:17-25

17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. 19Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. 20That, however, is not the way of life you learned 21when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. 22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. 25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

A reading from John 6:24-35

24Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” 30So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

The Word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Today’s Reflection:

Reflection on the gospel reading Part 1, John 6:22-29:- https://youtu.be/TQHcmY6WqSA

Part 2, John 6:30-35:- https://youtu.be/8p9g-V96vlU?t=6

We believe:- https://youtu.be/FtPmX7e_Rpw

Prayers of intercession

Deacon or other leader

Pray for the Church.

Silence

Please pray. Amen.

Silence

I ask your prayers for peace; for goodwill among nations; and for the well-being of all people.

Pray for justice and peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the poor, the sick, the hungry, the oppressed, and those in prison.

Pray for those in any need or trouble.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who seek God, or a deeper knowledge of him. Pray that they may find and be found by him.

Silence

I ask your prayers for the departed [especially ______.].

Pray for those who have died.

Silence

Praise God for those in every generation in whom Christ has been honored.

Pray that we may have grace to glorify Christ in our own day.

Silence

Reader: Lord, we beseech You mercifully to hear the prayers of Your people who call upon You; and grant that we may both perceive and know what things we ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All: Amen.

THE OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Just as I am:- https://youtu.be/CxA0TFe3-Uo

Reader: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Reader: Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:-

All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.

Reader: At this time when as a church family we would normally be celebrating the Eucharist together, let us now say this prayer of Saint Alphonsus as an act of spiritual communion.

All who are thirsty:- https://youtu.be/jrnvSf2dX18

The Conclusion

All our problems:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties:

We send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works:

We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes:

We set on the risen Christ

The church's one foundation:- https://youtu.be/9rIS166ppoE

Alleluia, alleluia. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.