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Christ Episcopal Church Online
The Second Sunday in Lent
February 28th, 2021
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(This service will be recorded and uploaded to our Youtube Page)
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At the end of this e-mail you will find the information for:
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This Sunday's Worship (Zoom Link)
The Sunday School Meeting (Zoom Link)
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Prelude “Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben” J. S. Bach
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Opening Hymn "The God of Abraham praise" Hymnal 401 v. 1 & 5
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1 The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above;
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Ancient of everlasting days, and God of love;
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the Lord, the great I AM, by earth and heaven confessed:
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we bow and bless the sacred Name for ever blest.
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5 The whole triumphant host give thanks to God on high;
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“Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost” they ever cry;
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hail, Abraham’s Lord divine! With heaven our songs we raise;
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all might and majesty are thine, and endless praise.
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Celebrant: Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins.
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People: His mercy endureth for ever.
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Cantors: B. Snyder, S. MacLennan, & S. Bowlby
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God spake these words, and said:
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I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of
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Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the
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likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth
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beneath, or in the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow
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down to them, nor worship them.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Honor thy father and thy mother.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and incline our hearts to keep this law.
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Lord have mercy upon us,
and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee.
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Hear what our Lord Jesus saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
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Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.
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Almighty and most merciful father,
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we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep,
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we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts,
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we have offended against thy holy laws,
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we have left undone those things which we ought to have done,
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and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.
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But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
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spare thou those who confess their faults,
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restore thou those who are penitent,
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according to thy promises declared unto mankind
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in Christ Jesus our Lord;
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and grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake,
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that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life,
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to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
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The Almighty and merciful Lord grant you absolution and
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remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of
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life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Christ have mercy upon us.
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Celebrant: The Lord be with You.
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People: And with thy Spirit
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O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from thy ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of thy Word, Jesus Christ thy Son; who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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First Reading: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Reader: J. Ehmke
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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”
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22 Praise the Lord, you that fear him; *
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stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel;
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all you of Jacob's line, give glory.
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23 For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty;
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neither does he hide his face from them; *
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but when they cry to him he hears them.
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24 My praise is of him in the great assembly; *
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I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship him.
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25 The poor shall eat and be satisfied,
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and those who seek the Lord shall praise him: *
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"May your heart live for ever!"
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26 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, *
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and all the families of the nations shall bow before him.
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27 For kingship belongs to the Lord; *
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he rules over the nations.
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28 To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; *
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all who go down to the dust fall before him.
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29 My soul shall live for him;
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my descendants shall serve him; *
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they shall be known as the Lord's for ever.
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30 They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn *
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the saving deeds that he has done.
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Second Reading: Romans 4:13-25 Reader: J. Ehmke
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For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”) —in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “So numerous shall your descendants be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith “was reckoned to him as righteousness.” Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
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Sequence Hymn "Now let us all with one accord" Hymnal 147 v 1 & 2
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1 Now let us all with one accord,
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in company with ages past,
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keep vigil with our heavenly Lord
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in his temptation and his fast .
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2 The covenant, so long revealed
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to those of faith in former time,
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Christ by his own example sealed,
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the Lord of love, in love sublime
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The Gospel: Mark 8:31-38 The Rev. Deacon Kay Drebert
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Deacon: The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to Mark.
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People: Glory be to thee O Lord.
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Jesus began to teach his disciples that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
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Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord.
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People: Praise be to thee, O Christ.
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Homily The Rev. Elizabeth Ewing
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the Father, the Almighty,
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maker of heaven and earth,
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of all that is, seen and unseen.
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We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
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eternally begotten of the Father,
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God from God, Light from Light,
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of one Being with the Father.
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Through him all things were made.
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For us and for our salvation
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he came down from heaven:
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by the power of the Holy Spirit
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he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
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For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
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he suffered death and was buried.
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On the third day he rose again
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in accordance with the Scriptures;
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and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
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He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
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and his kingdom will have no end.
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We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
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who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
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With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
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He has spoken through the Prophets.
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We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
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We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
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We look for the resurrection of the dead,
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and the life of the world to come. Amen.
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Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church and the world.
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Almighty and everliving God, who in thy holy Word hast taught us to make prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks for all men: Receive these our prayers which we offer unto thy divine Majesty, beseeching thee to inspire continually the Universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord; and grant that all those who do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity and godly love.
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Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all bishops and other ministers especially Justin, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael, Presiding Bishop, DeDe our Bishop, Elizabeth, our Rector, Jim, our Priest, Kay, our Deacon, and all who are baptized in Christ, that they may, both by their life and doctrine, set forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments. And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace, and especially to this congregation here present; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear and receive thy holy Word, truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life.
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We beseech thee also so to rule the hearts of those who bear the authority of government in this and every land especially Joe, our President, Andrew, our Governor, Jason, our County Executive, Rich, our Mayor and all our elected officials, that they may be led to wise decisions and right actions for the welfare and peace of the world. Open, O Lord, the eyes of all people to behold thy gracious hand in all thy works, that, rejoicing in thy whole creation, they may honor thee with their substance, and be faithful stewards of thy bounty.
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We pray for a safe and honest election in El Salvador this weekend.
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And we most humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succor Connor, Connie, Gabriella, George, Joan, Joell, Millie, Rose and all those who in this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity.
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And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear, beseeching thee to grant them continual growth in thy love and service; and to grant us grace so to follow the good examples of all thy saints, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom.
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Grant these our prayers, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake,
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our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
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The Offertory "The King of Love, My Shepherd Is" Arr. Mark Schweizer
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(A duet arrangement of hymntune St. Columba and J. S. Bach’s Prelude 1 in C Major)
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The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never.
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I nothing lack if I am his, and he is mine forever.
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Where streams of living water flow, my ransomed soul he leadeth;
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and where the verdant pastures grow, with food celestial feedeth.
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And so through all the length of days, thy goodness faileth never,
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Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise within thy house forever.
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Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you.
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People: And with thy Spirit.
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Our Father, who art in heaven,
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on earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
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And forgive us our trespasses,
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as we forgive those who trespass against us.
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And lead us not into temptation,
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but deliver us from evil.
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For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
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In union, O Lord, with the faithful at every altar of your Church where the Holy Eucharist is and has been celebrated, we desire to offer you praise and thanksgiving. We present to you our souls and bodies with the earnest wish that we may always be united to you, and since we cannot now receive you sacramentally in the Bread and the Wine, we ask you to come spiritually into our hearts. We unite ourselves with you, and embrace you with all the love of our souls. Let nothing ever separate you from us. May we live in you, and may you live in us, both in this life and in the life to come. Amen.
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Closing Hymn "How firm a foundation" Hymnal 637 v. 1 & 5
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1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
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is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
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What more can he say than to you he hath said,
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to you that for refuge to Jesus have fled?
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5 “The soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose,
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I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
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that soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake,
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I’ll never, no never, no, never forsake.”
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