Service Booklet - 2020-09-27 (Harvest 2020)

The Eucharist Harvest

27 September 2020 10.30

Welcome to Bradford Cathedral The seat of the Bishop of Leeds and a Centre of Worship and Mission One of three Cathedrals in the Anglican Diocese of Leeds

Our purpose is serving Christ and transforming lives through welcome, worship and encounter.

❖ Please join in at home, by saying or singing the words in bold type in this order of service. Please do not sing when at the Cathedral. ❖ For those at home, unable to receive Holy Communion: The term ‘Spiritual Communion’ has been used historically to describe the means of grace by which a person, prevented for some serious reason from sharing in a celebration of the Eucharist, nonetheless shares in the communion of Jesus Christ. The Church of which we are members is not defined by the walls of a building but by the Body of Christ of which we are members. In making our communion spiritually, we are joining with Christians everywhere to be nourished by the one who tells us, ‘I am the Bread of Life’. ❖ Please note that this service will be broadcast live on YouTube and be available for the following week. ❖ Bradford Cathedral cantors lead this morning’s worship. The choral setting is Alex Berry’s Missa sub clavis ❖ The flowers today have been sponsored by Alex McLelland in loving memory of Vera.

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Bradford Cathedral, Stott Hill, Bradford, BD1 4EH T: 01274 777720 2

10.25am Notices Voluntary: Adagio e dolce from Trio in D minor, BWV 527 by J.S. Bach

Welcome and notices The Reverend Canon Mandy Coutts, Canon for Mission and Pastoral Development We stand Silence In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Hymn Lord God, we bring you thanks and praise for falling leaves and golden days.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Rich harvest blessings, ours to share, gifts of your love and daily care, Lord, we praise you! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

For those who work to grow our food and those who battle drought and flood, Lord, we thank you! Alleluia!

Brave fishermen on stormy seas, we bring our prayers for all of these.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

For those in need, both far and near, who live with hunger, danger, fear, hear our prayer, Lord! Alleluia!

We pray for shelter, food and peace, that all may share and wars will cease.

Hear our prayer, Lord! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

For all your blessings, great and small, and food enough to feed us all, Lord, we thank you! Alleluia!

Praise to the Father and the Son, and Holy Spirit, Three in One! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Words: Š Irene Jarvis, admin. The Jubilate Group Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN; CP 149 3

The Greeting The Lord of all creation be with you and also with you.

The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, has blessed us.

You visit the earth with showers; and bless the increase of it.

You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths overow with plenty.

The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, has blessed us.

cf Psalm 65: 8,10,11,13

We remain standing

Prayers of Penitence Let us confess our forgetfulness of the needs of the poor, and repent of the ways we waste the resources of the world.

Creator God, for times when we have used your gifts carelessly, and acted ungratefully.

In your mercy: forgive us and help us.

We belong to a people who are full and satisďŹ ed, but ignore the cry of the hungry.

In your mercy: forgive us and help us.

We are thoughtless, and do not care enough for the world you have made.

In your mercy: forgive us and help us.

We store up goods for ourselves alone, as if there were no God and no heaven.

In your mercy: forgive us and help us.

Silence May God who loved the world so much that he sent his son to be our Saviour forgive you your sins and make you holy to serve him in the world, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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We remain standing as the cantor sings:

Gloria in Excelsis Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

The president introduces a period of silent prayer

Prayer of the day Creator God, you made the goodness of the land, the riches of the sea and the rhythm of the seasons; as we thank you for the harvest, may we cherish and respect this planet and its peoples, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We sit

Old Testament Reading

Exodus 17.1-7 read by John Whitham

From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2The people quarrelled with Moses, and said, ‘Give us water to drink.’ Moses said to them, ‘Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?’ 3But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?’ 4So Moses cried out to the LORD, ‘What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.’ 5The LORD said to Moses, ‘Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.’ Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarrelled and tested the LORD, saying, ‘Is the LORD among us or not?’

This is the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Silence We stand

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you have created all things.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Reading

Luke 12.16-30

read by the Reverend Canon Paul Maybury

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

Glory to you, O Lord Then he told them a parable: ‘The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17And he thought to himself, “What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?” 18Then he said, “I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” 20But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?” 21So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’ 22

He said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. 23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 26If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest?

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Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 28But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! 29And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. 30For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, O Christ.

After an opening prayer, we sit

Sermon The Reverend Ruth Newton, Ripon Cathedral Associate Priest Voluntary: Improvisation We stand

Creed We believe in God the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.

We believe in God the Son, who lives in our hearts through faith, and fills us with his love.

We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who strengthens us with power from on high.

We believe in one God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Amen.

We sit

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Prayers of Intercession

led by the Reverend Canon Paul Maybury

In the power of the Spirit and in union with Christ, let us pray to the Father.

After each section this, or another, response is used Lord of creation: hear the cry of our hearts.

At the end Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

We stand

Giving and Receiving Peace The harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

And also with you.

The Table is set with bread and wine Our offerings are received: www.bradfordcathedral.org Voluntary: Improvisation We remain standing

Prayer at the Preparation of the Table Blessed be God, by whose grace creation is renewed, by whose love heaven is opened, by whose mercy we offer our sacrifice of praise.

Blessed be God for ever.

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Great Thanksgiving Prayer

Eucharistic prayer B

The Lord is here.

God’s Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give thanks and praise.

It is indeed right and good to give you thanks and praise, almighty God and Father, through Jesus Christ your Son. Through him you have created us in your own image, and made us stewards of your good creation.

Through him you teach us to exult in the birds of the air, the lilies of the field, the precious and life-giving crops of the earth.

Through him you free us from the slavery of sin, giving him to die upon the cross and to rise again for our salvation.

Through him, you begin your work of new creation, as we look for a new heaven and a new earth in which your righteousness dwells.

Therefore, we join with angels and archangels, and give voice to every creature under heaven, for ever praising you and singing: Cantor

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory: Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

Lord, you are holy indeed, the source of all holiness.

Grant that by the power of your Holy Spirit, and according to your holy will, these gifts of bread and wine may be to us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; who, on the same night that he was betrayed, took bread and gave you thanks; he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.

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In the same way, after supper he took the cup and gave you thanks; he gave it to them, saying: Drink this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

Christ is the bread of life: When we eat this bread and drink this cup we proclaim your death, Lord Jesus, until you come in glory.

And so, Father, calling to mind his death on the cross, his perfect sacrifice made once for the sins of the whole world; rejoicing in his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension, and looking for his coming in glory, we celebrate this memorial of our redemption.

As we offer you this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, we bring before you this bread and this cup and we thank you for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you.

Send the Holy Spirit on your people and gather into one in your kingdom all who share this one bread and one cup, so that we, in the company of all the saints, may praise and glorify you for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be yours, almighty Father, for ever and ever.

Amen.

We sit Silence

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The Lord’s Prayer Looking for the coming of his kingdom, as our Saviour taught us, so we pray Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

Breaking of the Bread We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.

Giving of Communion Come, to receive life from the Source of all being.

Come, to share creation with the Creator of all things living.

Come, to be renewed by the Spirit who makes all things new.

Come, feast with God in faith and thanksgiving.

The body of Christ given for you.

Amen.

The blood of Christ shed for you.

Amen.

Cantor

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

Please stand in your place if you would like to receive the bread of Communion Please indicate if you’d like a gluten-free wafer

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If you are at home and unable to receive Communion, you may wish to use the following prayer, after Richard of Chichester: Thanks be to you, Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits you have given me, for all the pains and insults you have borne for me.

Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I ask you to come spiritually into my heart.

O most merciful redeemer, friend and brother, may I know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day.

Amen.

Communion Motet For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise.

For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise.

For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise.

For each perfect gift of thine, to our race so freely given, graces human and divine, flowers of earth and buds of heaven, Lord of all, to thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise.

Words: F.S. Pierpoint (1835-1917) Music: John Rutter (b. 1945) 12

Prayer after Communion Creator God, you give seed for us to sow, and bread for us to eat; make us thankful for what we have received and generous in supplying the needs of others so all the world may give you thanks and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

We stand

Hymn Creator God, the world around declares your glory - flower and tree, the evening sky and torrent's sound, the mountain stream and rolling sea.

Yet all this beauty cannot show a God whom we can truly know.

Composer God, all music sings your power, your praise, your majesty: in drum and trumpet, flute and strings, in choir and song and symphony.

Yet music which inspires our praise can never fathom all your ways.

Designer God, in shape and form the beauty you inspire is shown: in line and colour, etched or drawn, in sculpture, painting, glass and stone.

Yet all these talents can't express the full truth of your loveliness.

Mysterious God, though all the arts of nature or of human skill may move us, yet our longing hearts are never satisfied until in Jesus Christ you show your face: a God of love and truth and grace.

Words: Brian Hoare (b.1935) Tune: MELITA; SP 239

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Dismissal May God our creator, who clothes the lilies and feeds the birds of the air, bestow on you his care and increase the harvest of your righteousness; and the blessing of God almighty the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen.

Tend the earth, care for God’s good creation and bring forth the fruits of righteousness.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

In the name of Christ. Amen.

Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545 by J.S. Bach The concluding organ voluntary is offered as part of our worship, but please leave quietly whenever you choose Please do not remain in the building any longer than is necessary

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Material in this Order of Service is taken from Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England, copyright © The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, 2000 and Common Worship: Times & Seasons, copyright © The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, 2006. Scripture readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (Anglicised Edition) of the Bible, copyright © 1989, 1994 The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Copyright hymns and songs are reproduced under the Christian Copyright Licensing scheme: licence number 3887. This compilation is copyright © 2020 The Chapter of Bradford.

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