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Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity; 25th September (Service of the Word)
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Her Grace, The Most Revd. & Rt. Hon.
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Church of England
The Virtual Anglican Church

A Service of the Word
The Cathedral Church of Christ at Canterbury
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
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Order of Service
Greeting
Prayers of Penitence
Veni Sancte Spiritus
The Collect
The Epistle
Hymn: Crown Him With Many Crowns
The Gospel
Hymn: Love Divine, All Love Excelling
Psalmody
The Apostles' Creed
The Lord's Prayer
Blessing
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Greeting

Welcome to the Church of England's Service of the Word on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity.


Prayers of Penitence

Jesus Christ, risen Master and triumphant Lord,
we come to you in sorrow for our sins,
and confess to you our weakness and unbelief.

We have lived by our own strength,
and not by the power of your resurrection.
In your mercy, forgive us.
Lord, hear us and help us.

We have lived by the light of our own eyes,
as faithless and not believing.
In your mercy, forgive us.
Lord, hear us and help us.

We have lived for this world alone,
and doubted our home in heaven.
In your mercy, forgive us.
Lord, hear us and help us.


Veni Sancte Spiritus

Come, Holy Spirit;
send down from heaven's height
your radiant light.

Come, lamp of every heart,
come, parent of the poor;
all gifts are yours.

Comforter beyond all comforting,
sweet unexpected guest,
sweetly refresh.

Rest in hard labour,
coolness in heavy heat,
hurt souls' relief.

Refill the secret hearts
of your faithful,
O most blessed light.

Give virtue its reward,
give, in the end, salvation
and joy that has no end.


The Collect

KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.


The Epistle

YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Galatians 6.11-18This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.


Hymn: Crown Him With Many Crowns




The Gospel

NO man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
St. Matthew 6.24-end


Hymn: Love Divine, All Love Excelling




Psalmody

I will sing of faithfulness and justice;
to you, O Lord, will I sing.

Let me be wise in the way that is perfect:
when will you come to me?

I will walk with purity of heart
within the walls of my house.

I will not set before my eyes
a counsel that is evil.

I abhor the deeds of unfaithfulness;
they shall not cling to me.

A crooked heart shall depart from me;
I will not know a wicked person.

One who slanders a neighbour in secret
I will quickly put to silence.

Haughty eyes and an arrogant heart
I will not endure.

My eyes are upon the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me.
Psalm 101


The 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 Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.


Blessing

The peace of God,
which passes all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God,
and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord;
and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always.
Amen.

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Victoria Somerset, Duchess of Gloucester
Lady Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England
Metropolitan of the Province of Canterbury aand York

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Her Grace, The Most Reverend Mother in God, Lady Carrington-Sinclair, by Divine Providence Lady Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan Archbishop of York, Cantuar.

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