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Nathan Sӧderblom, The Living God
As always, we pray that worship at Redeemer is a blessing for you, even as your participation blesses us, whether we are gathering in the name of Christ in person or online. As you are comfortable, we encourage you to sing the hymns and to sing or speak the congregational portions of the liturgy in bold type.
Where God’s rule has penetrated man’s heart and life, so that the divine love and righteousness become the main factor, we speak of a saint….Here I give my only definition: a saint is he who reveals God’s might. Saints are such as show clearly and plainly in their lives and deeds and in their very being that God lives.
INTRODUCTION
1 Contemplation with the Saints – August 31, 2022 The Order of Worship at 7:00 pm
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God’s word, proclaimed and reflected upon, and the prayer it calls forth from us are the heart of this contemplative service. Every Wednesday we will turn aside from our busy routine day to worship our triune God together, alongside faithful women and men of the past: apostles, martyrs, renewers of the church and society those whom we call saints.
Through the service, there will be periods of silence. Silence makes room to breathe deeply, time to still the heart and quiet restless thoughts. Some times of silence will last no longer than a deep breath; some will be more spacious. A bell will be rung to mark the completion of the silent period. Before worship begins, keeping silence invites the community into the unhurried pace of prayer. May this be a place for you to listen and rest in the presence of God, “like a child upon its mother’s breast” (Psalm 131:2).
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GREETING The divine love of God, the enduring peace of Jesus Christ, and the abounding joy of the Holy Spirit be with you all. | And also with you.
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
2 GATHERING
The Holy Spirit gathers us into a community of prayer.
HYMN
Welcome. We gather this evening in silence. Please prepare your heart, body, and mind for worship. Release the day; receive what God is prepared to give you. When you are ready, join in the singing. In God Alone
I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners — of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Let us pray, Holy and mighty God, you strengthened your monk Moses the Black and crowned him with the glory of martyrdom: In your mercy transform our renegade spirits and grants that by discipling and prayer, our pride may wither within us and that at the last we may attaining the heavenly city; where with your Son and the Holy Spirit you like and reign, on God, now and forever.
God speaks to us in scripture reading, silence, reflection, and song. 1 Timothy 1:12-17
COMMENTARYSILENCE ON SAINT MOSES THE BLACK
3 PROPERS
Written by Pastor Tim Brown, Writer and Director of Congregational Stewardship for the ELCA* Pastor Jonathan Trapp
PASTORAL RESPONSE
SILENT REFLECTION If you are worshiping online, you may share your reflection here • How are we called to participate in the redemptive transformation of others? • In what ways are you working to enact justice now? In what ways are you 'playing the long game' to bring about lasting change? INVITATION FOR PERSONAL RESPONSE
Amen WORD
SCRIPTURE READING
4 HYMN 609 Chief of Sinners Though I Be PRAYER
The Holy Spirit prays with us and through us. Following each bidding prayer, you may speak aloud or silently your own prayers before the sung response. In Christ Jesus we meet the God who knows our weakness and bears the wounds of the world. Therefore, let us be bold as we pray, trusting that God draws near to those in any kind of need. Sung Response
For all victims and perpetrators of violence…prayers may be spoken…let us sing, Sung response
Gathered into one by the Holy Spirit, let us pray, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
God blesses us and sends us in mission to the world with Christ, to enter more fully into God’s love for and work in the world. This is our prayer “without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
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Let us go in peace, sharing a sign of divine peace with one another and all whom we meet this week.
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Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
May Christ Jesus dwell richly in your hearts through faith as you are being rooted and grounded in the love of Jesus, strengthened by the Spirit, and filled with the enduring peace of God.
LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor Tim Brown used Philip H. Pfatteicher's New Book of Festivals & Commemorations for historical references.
For5 monastic communities and the Eastern Christian church…prayers may be spoken let us sing, Sung response
For the peace of Christ, holy contentment, and forgiveness…prayers may be spoken…let us sing, Sung response
Amen
For compassion towards all who are suffering in body, spirit, or mind…prayers may be spoken let us sing, Sung response For reparation and healing for African American communities …prayers may be spoken…let us sing, O loving God, you know the needs of all the world. By your Spirit, grant that we, having turned to you in prayer, now might turn to one another in peace, tend and keep what you have made, and love our neighbor with the love of Jesus, in whose name we pray.
Amen.SENDING
BLESSING