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Lenten Eucharist will be livestreamed and available online at Holy Trinity’s YouTube site from 10.55am on Sunday at 


Prelude:     
Improvisation on 'Aberystwyth' 

WELCOME 

 

Grace and peace to you from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

 

OPENING HYMN   Processional hymn: (NEH 67 omit vv. 4 & 5) 
 

1.  Forty days and forty nights
Thou wast fasting in the wild,
Forty days and forty nights
Tempted and yet undefiled.


2.  Sunbeams scorching all the day,
Chilly dewdrops nightly shed,
Prowling beasts about thy way,
Stones thy pillow, earth thy bed.


3.  Let us thine endurance share,
And awhile from joys abstain,
With thee watching unto prayer,
Strong with thee to suffer pain.


6.  Keep, O keep us, Saviour dear,
Ever constant by thy side,
That with thee we may appear
At the eternal Eastertide

 

APPROACH TO GOD

   

Call to remembrance your compassion and mercy, O Lord;

your loving kindness, which you gave us of old.

To you O Lord I lift up my soul;

my God I trust in you; do not let me be confounded.

The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Be strong and do not fear;

for God is our refuge and strength.

 

INVITATION TO CONFESSION

 

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son Jesus Christ

to save us from our sin, to be our advocate in heaven,

and to bring us to eternal life.

So let us confess our sins in penitence and faith.

 

Silence

Almighty and merciful God, 
we have strayed from your ways like lost sheep. 
We have followed too much the desires of our own hearts. 
We have left undone what we ought to have done; 
we have done what we ought not to have done.
We are in need of health and restoration.
But you, O Lord, are merciful to sinners.
Restore us, and grant that we may live in peace and love
to the glory of your holy name. Amen. 

KYRIE

 

THE ABSOLUTION 


May God, who is the strength of love, 
through the gift of Christ his son, 
heal and strengthen us by his spirit, 
that, being crucified with Christ in his death, 
we may rise with him to new life; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


COLLECTS:  

 

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD 

FIRST READING  


ends with: 
This is the word of the Lord. 
Thanks be to God.
 
GRADUAL HYMN  (NEH 63 omit verse 4)

 

1.  All ye who seek a comfort sure
In trouble and distress,
Whatever sorrow vex the mind,
Or guilt the soul oppress, 


2.  Jesus, who gave himself for you
Upon the cross to die,
Opens to you his sacred heart;
O to that heart draw nigh.


3.  Ye hear how kindly he invites;
Ye hear his words so blest--
'All ye that labour come to me,
And I will give you rest.'


5.  Wash thou my wounds in that dear blood
Which forth from thee doth flow;
New grace, new hope inspire, a new
And better heart bestow.
 
GOSPEL
 
When the Gospel is announced: 
Glory to Christ our Saviour. 


At the end: 
Give thanks to the Lord for his glorious Gospel 
Praise to Christ our Lord. 

SERMON   

HYMN    (HO&N 503) 
O love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.


O Light that foll'west all my way,
I yield my flick'ring torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine's blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.


O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain,
that morn shall tearless be.


O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee:
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be. 

THE NICENE  CREED     

 

We believe in one God,

the Father, the almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one substance with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary

and was made human.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven 

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father,

who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come.  Amen.

 

INTERCESSIONS

 

PEACE 

 

Christ is our peace.

He has reconciled us to God in one body by the cross.

 We meet in Christ’s name. 

Let us share his peace.

 

OFFERTORY HYMN   Offertory hymn: (NEH 383 omit verse 3) 
 

1.  Jesu, Lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high:
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at last.


2.  Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
Leave, ah, leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me.
All my trust on thee is stayed,
All my help from thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.


4.  Plenteous grace with thee is found,
Grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound,
Make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art,
Freely let me take of thee,
Spring thou up within my heart,
Rise to all eternity.

 

PRAYERS OF OFFERING

 

Unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies,

it remains alone.

But if it dies, it bears much fruit.        

Almighty God, as these gifts of bread and wine

were once scattered over the hills as wheat and grape,

but gathered together became one mass,

so let your people, scattered and divided by sin,

be one in your eternal Kingdom. 

Blessed be God for ever. 

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

The Lord be with you. 

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give God thanks and praise. 

 

Worship and praise belong to you,

maker of light and darkness.

Your wisdom draws beauty from chaos, 

brings a harvest out of sorrow

and leads the exiles home.

In Christ your Son enemies are reconciled, 

debts forgiven

and strangers made welcome.

Your Spirit frees us 

to live as sons and daughters

in our Father's house.

 

We who by Christ's power follow the way of the Cross,

sharing the joy of his obedience, 

now offer you our praise,

with angels and archangels 

and the whole company of heaven 

singing the hymn of your unending glory:

 

SANTCUS 

Glory and thanksgiving be to you, most loving Father,

for Christ in whom the world is reconciled.

Lifted on the Cross,

his suffering and forgiveness

spanned the gulf our sins had made.

Through that dark struggle 

death was swallowed up in victory,

that life and light might reign.

Before he was given up to suffering and death,

recalling the night of Israel's release, 

the night in which the sons of Egypt died,

your Chosen One, himself the First-Born,

freely offered his life.

 

At supper with his disciples he took bread 

and offered you thanks.

He broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying:

“Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.”

 

After supper, he took the cup, he offered you thanks,

and gave it to them saying: 

“Drink this, all of you.

This is my Blood of the new covenant;

it is poured out for you, and for all, 

that sins may be forgiven.

Do this in remembrance of me.”  

  

We now obey your Son's command.

We recall his blessed passion and death, 

his glorious resurrection and ascension;

and we look for the coming of his Kingdom.

Made one with him, we offer you these gifts

and with them ourselves, 

a single, holy, living sacrifice.

 

Hear us, most merciful Father, 

and send your Holy Spirit upon us 

and upon this bread and this wine,

that, overshadowed by your Spirit’s life-giving power,

they may be the Body and Blood of your Son,

and we may be kindled with the fire of your love

and renewed for the service of your Kingdom.

 

Help us, who are baptised into the 

fellowship of Christ's Body

to live and work to your praise and glory;

may we grow together in unity and love

until at last, in your new creation,

we enter into our heritage 

in the company of the Virgin Mary,

the apostles, and prophets, 

and of all our brothers and sisters 

living and departed.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, 

with whom, and in whom,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 

all honour and glory be to you,

Lord of all ages, 

world without end.     Amen. 

 

THE FRACTION

The living bread is broken for the life of the world.                  

Lord, unite us in this sign.

 

As our Saviour Christ has commanded and taught us, 

we are bold to say;

 

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.

And lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, 

the power and the glory

For ever and ever. Amen.

AGNUS DEI

INVITATION

We do not presume to come to this your holy table merciful God,

because we are strong, but because we are weak. 

Nor because we are good, but because we need mercy and help.

We come because we love you and seek to love you more. 

We come because you love us, and Christ gave himself for us. 

Holy things for holy people.  Broken bread for broken people.  Amen. 

 

COMMUNION HYMN

 

 THANKSGIVING AND SENDING OUT 

 

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is gracious.

And his mercy endures for ever.   

            

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER 

Almighty God, by the cross and passion of your Son, Jesus Christ,

you saved and redeemed your people. 

May we, who have shared this day in holy things, 

find within ourselves the grace 

to take up our cross and follow him. 

This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Amen. 

BLESSING: From Ash Wednesday 

 

Now may Christ give us grace to grow in holiness,

deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him;

and the blessing of God Almighty,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

be with you, and those for whom you pray,

now and Always. Amen.

 

BLESSING: During Passiontide 

 

Now may Christ Crucified draw you to Himself,

that you may find in him a sure ground for faith,

a firm support for hope,

and the assurance of sins forgiven;

and the blessing of God Almighty,

the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit,

be with you and remain with you always.  Amen. 

 

DISMISSAL

Let us go in peace, to love and serve the Lord.

In the Name of Christ. Amen. 

 

FINAL HYMN 

 

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