Pentecost 2

Pentecost 2

St. Thomas and St. Mary’s

Anglican Churches

Wainwright and Edgerton

June 14, 2020

Sentence of Scripture

The kingdom of God is at hand;

repent, and believe in the gospel.    

 Mark 1.15

7  New Every Morning Is the Love  Melcombe

New every morning is the love

our wakening and uprising prove;

through sleep and darkness safely brought,

restored to life and power and thought.

New mercies, each returning day,

hover around us while we pray;

new perils past, new sins forgiven,

new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.

If on our daily course our mind

be set to hallow all we find,

new treasures still, of countless price,

God will provide for sacrifice.

The trivial round, the common task,

will furnish all we need to ask,

room to deny ourselves, a road

to bring us daily nearer God.

Only, O Lord, in thy dear love

fit us for perfect rest above;

and help us, this and every day,

to live more nearly as we pray.

       

Exhortation

DEARLY beloved, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.  And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.  Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace.

Confession

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, We have offended against thy holy laws, We have left undone those things which we ought to have one, And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto humankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

Absolution

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that they may turn from his wickedness, and live, hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins.  He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel.  Wherefore we beseech him to grant us true repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

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 them that 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.

O LORD, open thou our lips;

And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.

O God, make speed to save us;

O Lord, make haste to help us.

GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord; 

The Lord’s Name be praised.

VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO                   Psalm 95

COME, let us sing unto the LORD:

let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.  

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,

and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.  

For the LORD is a great God,

and a great King above all gods. 

In his hand are all the corners of the earth:

and the strength of the hills is his also

 The sea is his, and he made it:

and his hands prepared the dry land. 

O COME, let us worship, and fall down,

and kneel before the LORD our Maker. 

For he is the Lord our God;

and we are the people of his pasture,

and the sheep of his hand.

 

TO-DAY, O that ye would hear his voice:

‘Harden not your hearts as in the Provocation, 

and as in the day of Temptation in the wilderness; 

When your fathers tempted me,

proved me, and saw my works. 

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said,

“It is a people that do err in their hearts,

for they have not known my ways”; 

Unto whom I sware in my wrath,

that they should not enter into my rest.’

GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen.

Psalm 116.1, 10-17  Dilexi, quoniam

MY delight is in the LORD,

because he hath heard the voice of my prayer;

I TRUSTED even when I spake;

but I was sore troubled:

I said in my haste, ‘All men are liars.’

What reward shall I give unto the LORD

for all the benefits that he hath done unto me?

I will take the cup of salvation,

and call  upon the Name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD

in the presence of all his people.

Right dear in the sight of the LORD

is the death of his saints.

Behold, O LORD, how that I am thy servant:

I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid; 

thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks- giving,

and will call upon the Name of the LORD.

I will pay my vows unto the LORD

in the presence of all his people;

Even in the courts of the LORD’S house,

and in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD.  

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning,

is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen.

Genesis 18.1-15, (21.1-7

The First Lesson in written in the Book of Genesis in the eighteenth chapter beginning at the first verse.

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. He said, ‘My lord, if I find favour with you, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant.’ So they said, ‘Do as you have said.’ And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, ‘Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes.’ Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.

They said to him, ‘Where is your wife Sarah?’ And he said, ‘There, in the tent.’ Then one said, ‘I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.’ And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, ‘After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?’ The Lord said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh, and say, “Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?” Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.’ But Sarah denied, saying, ‘I did not laugh’; for she was afraid. He said, ‘Oh yes, you did laugh.’

The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Now Sarah said, ‘God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.’ And she said, ‘Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.’

Here endeth the First Lesson.

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS

WE praise thee, O God;

we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All earth doth worship thee,

the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud,

the Heavens and all the Powers therein. 

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,  

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts;  

Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee;

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee;

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee; 

The holy Church throughout all the world

doth acknowledge thee,

The Father, of an infinite Majesty; 

Thine honourable, true, and only Son; 

Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

THOU art the King of Glory, O Christ.  

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.  

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver us, 

thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb. 

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,

thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God,

in the glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. 

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, 

whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, 

in glory everlasting.

 O LORD, save thy people, and bless thine heritage; 

Govern them, and lift them up for ever.

Day by day we magnify thee;

And we worship thy Name, ever world without end. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. 

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. 

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us,

as our trust is in thee. 

O Lord, in thee have I trusted:

let me never be confounded.

Romans 5.1-8

The second lesson is written in Paul’s letter to the Romans in the fifth chapter,

beginning at the first verse.

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

Here endeth the second lesson.

BENEDICTUS                                            St Luke 1. 68

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel;

for he hath visited, and redeemed his people; 

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us,

in the house of his servant David; 

As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets,

which have been since the world began; 

That we should be saved from our enemies,

and from the hands of all that hate us; 

To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers,

and to remember his holy covenant;  

To perform the oath which he sware

to our forefather Abraham,

that he would grant us 

That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies

might serve him without fear, 

In holiness and righteousness before him,

all the days of our life. 

AND thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest:

for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord

to prepare his ways; 

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people

for the remission of their sins;

Through the tender mercy of our God;

whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us;

To give light to them that sit in darkness,

and in the shadow of death,

and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen.

478  Almighty God, Thy Word Is Cast  Albano

Almighty God, your word is cast

like seed into the ground;

now let the dew of heav'n descend,

and righteous fruits abound.

Let not the foe of Christ and man

this holy seed remove,

but give it root in ev'ry heart

to bring forth fruits of love.

Let not the world's deceitful cares

the rising plant destroy,

but let it yield a hundredfold

the fruits of peace and joy.

Oft as the precious seed is sown,

your quick'ning grace bestow,

that all whose souls the truth receive,

its saving pow'r may know.

 

Matthew 9.35-10.8, (9-23)

The Holy Gospel is written in the Nineth chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew beginning at the thirty fifth verse.

Glory be to thee, O Lord.

Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.’

Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, “The kingdom of heaven has come near.” Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for labourers deserve their food. Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. As you enter the house, greet it. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgement than for that town.

‘See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

The Gospel of Christ

Praise be to thee, O Christ

Apostles’ Creed

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,  

Maker of heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, 

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,

Born of the Virgin Mary,

Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 

Was crucified, dead, and buried:

He descended into hell;

The third day he rose again from the dead;

He ascended into heaven,

And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; 

From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost;

The holy Catholic Church;

The Communion of Saints;

The Forgiveness of sins;

The Resurrection of the body, 

And the Life everlasting. Amen.

The Lord be with you;

And with thy spirit.

Let us prayer.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

The Lord’s Prayer   

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 them that trespass against us;

And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.  Amen.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;

And grant us thy salvation. 

O Lord, save the Queen;

And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

Endue thy Ministers with righteousness; 

And make thy chosen people joyful.

O Lord, save thy people;

And bless thine inheritance.

Give peace in our time, O Lord;

And evermore mightily defend us.

O God, make clean our hearts within us; 

And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Collect of the Day

God of love,

in your compassion you reach out to the lost and helpless.

Continue this work through us,

so that your reign of justice and peace may increase;

through Jesus Christ, the Lord of the harvest.  Amen.                        

Propers Working Group (2016)

Collect for Peace 

O GOD, who art the author of peace and lover   of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom:  Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen. 

Collect for Grace 

O LORD our heavenly Father, Almighty and   everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Sermon

116  Thy Kingdom Come On Bended Knee  Irish

"Your kingdom come" -- on bended knee

the passing ages pray;

and faithful souls have yearned to see

on earth that kingdom's day.

But the slow watches of the night

not less to God belong,

and for the everlasting right

the silent stars are strong.

And lo, already on the hills

the flags of dawn appear.

Gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,

proclaim the day is near:

the day in whose clear-shining light

all wrong shall stand revealed,

when justice shall be throned with might,

and every heart be healed:

when knowledge, hand in hand with peace,

shall walk the earth abroad --

the day of perfect righteousness,

the promised day of God.

    

Prayers of the People

Anglican Communion

   Pray for the Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma)

      The Most Revd Stephen Than Myint Oo

         Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of Yangon  

Anglican Church of Canada

   Diocese of Montreal

      the Right Reverend Mary Irwin-Gibson, Bishop

Council of the North

    Diocese of the Yukon

      The Right Reverend Lesley Wheeler-Dame, Bishop

The Diocese of Edmonton

   St. Columba, Beaumont

      Stephanie London, Interim Priest-in-Charge

      Maralyn Benay, Vocational Deacon

    All lay people in parishes through the Diocese of Buyé

   Samson Cree Nation 

We continue to pray for Burundi and our twinned parishes

      Kabanga and St. Luke’s Bigombo

We also pray for the Canadian Armed Forces

  serving at home and abroad.

Prayer for the Queen and all in Authority

O Lord God Almighty, who rulest the nations of the earth, we humbly beseech thee with thy favour to behold our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth, that in all things she may be led thy guidance and protected by thy power.  We pray thee also to bless all the Royal Family.  Endue with wisdom the Governor-General of this Dominion, the Legislators of the Commonwealth and Empire, and all who are set in authority; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

A Prayer for the Clergy and People

Almighty and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift:  Send down upon our Bishops and Clergy, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing.  Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

For those in Anxiety

Almighty God, who art afflicted in the afflictions of thy people:  Regard with thy tender compassion those in anxiety and distress; bear their sorrows and their cares; supply all their manifold needs; and help both them and us to put our whole trust and confidence in thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

For Social Justice

Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart and especially the hearts of the people of this land, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  Amen.

For the Oppressed

Look with pity, O heavenly Father, upon the people in this land who live with injustice, terror, disease, and death as their constant companions. Have mercy upon us. Help us to eliminate our cruelty to these our neighbors. Strengthen those who spend their lives establishing equal protection of the law and equal opportunities for all. And grant that every one of us may enjoy a fair portion of the riches of this land; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for all Conditions of People

O God, the Creator and Preserver of all humankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of people; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations.  More especially we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.  Finally we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those, who are any ways afflected or distressed in mind, body, or estate;   [I will not place our individual parish prayers on the internet. 

We know who we pray for each week.  Rest assured that your loved ones continue in our prayers.]  that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions.  And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake.  Amen.

A General Thanksgiving

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, We thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks For all thy goodness and loving-kindness To us and to all people.  We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; But above all for thine inestimable love In the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; For the means of grace, And for the hope of glory.  And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, That our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, And that we show forth thy praise, Not only with our lips, but n our lives; By giving up ourselves to thy service, And by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord To whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end.  Amen.

A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our  common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil  now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them;  granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth,  and in the world to come life everlasting.  Amen.

2 Corinthians 13. 14

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy  Ghost, be with us all evermore.  Amen.

594  Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us

Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us

o'er the world's tempestuous sea;

guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,

for we have no help but thee;

yet possessing every blessing,

if our God our Father be.

Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us:

all our weakness thou dost know;

thou didst tread this earth before us,

thou didst feel its keenest woe;

lone and dreary, faint and weary,

through the desert thou didst go.

Spirit of our God, descending,

fill our hearts with heavenly joy,

love with every passion blending,

pleasure that can never cloy:

thus provided, pardoned, guided,

nothing can our peace destroy.

  

Go Now in Peace