The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
THE HOLY EUCHARIST
September 24, 2023
Welcome to the Monastery Chapel. We warmly invite you to participate fully in our worship.
Prelude Spielstück No. 8 (Op. 18/I) Hugo Distler
Entrance Hymn O day of radiant gladness Hymnal 48
Opening Acclamation
Presider Blessed be God who creates all things.
People God’s love is new every morning.
Collect for Purity
Presider Almighty God,
People 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.
Hymn of Praise Glory to God in the highest Hymnal S 278
Collect of the Day
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THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
Presider Holy and merciful God, People we confess that we have failed to honor you by rightly claiming our kinship with all your creatures. We have walked heavily on your earth, overused and wasted its resources, taken for granted its beauty and abundance, and treated its inhabitants unjustly, holding future generations hostage to our greed. Have mercy on us and forgive us our sin. Renew in us the resolve to keep and conserve your earth as you desire and intend, with grateful and compassionate hearts, through your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Peace
First Reading Jonah 3:10-4:11 Gradual: Psalm 145 BCP, p. 801 Second Reading Philippians 1:21-30 The Holy Gospel Matthew 20:1-16 Sermon Nicene Creed Hymnal S 105 The Prayers of the People
Confession and Absolution of Sin
THE HOLY COMMUNION
The Collection of Gifts and Offerings
Your financial gifts support the Brothers’ life and our ministry to many, here at our Monastery in Cambridge and at our rural Monastery, Emery House, in West Newbury, and others whom we reach electronically and in our travels on mission.
Offertory Hymn Come, labor on Hymnal
Invitation to Communion
Presider The Gifts of God for the People of God.
People Thanks be to God.
A Note about Holy Communion
Please refrain from intinction (dipping the Bread into the Chalice). If you wish to abstain from receiving from the Chalice, remember that the Church catholic has always taught that the fullness of the Sacrament is received even when only one form is received.
Please indicate to the Brother administering Bread at Holy Communion if you require a Gluten-Free host.
541 The Great Thanksgiving Sanctus Hymnal S 128 The Lord’s Prayer Hymnal S 148 Fraction Anthem Lamb of God Hymnal S 165
Prayer after Communion
Presider Loving God, People we give you thanks for restoring us in your image and nourishing us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood. Now send us forth a people, forgiven, healed, renewed; that we may proclaim your love to the world and continue in the risen life of Christ our Savior. Amen.
Br. Lain Wilson, Preacher
Br. Jonathan Maury, Acolyte
The Monastery as Sanctuary
We want our Monastery to be a sanctuary for our guests and for the Brothers. Please silence your electronic devices. We also ask you not to photograph, video, or record services in the Chapel, or to photograph other guests or Brothers without their express permission.
Post-Communion Hymn Rise up, ye saints of God Hymnal 551
Dismissal
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Postlude Spielstück No. 5 (Op. 18/I) Hugo Distler
Br. Geoffrey Tristram, Presider
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Mr. James Woodman, Monastery Organist
