St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 11am
Transfiguration of our Lord
Sunday 11th February 2024
Organ Music
Charles-Marie Widor Adagio (Symphonie II)
Harold Darke An Interlude
Introit
O come let us sing unto the Lord
O 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.
Text: Psalm 95 1-3
Music: Noel de Jongh b.1930
Processional Hymn
Come, let us to the Lord our God
with contrite hearts return;
our God is gracious, nor will leave
the desolate to mourn.
His voice commands the tempest forth,
and stills the stormy wave;
his arm is sure and strong to smite,
but also strong to save.
Long has the night of sorrow reigned,
the dawn shall bring us light;
God shall appear, and we shall rise
with gladness in his sight.
Our hearts, if God we seek to know,
shall know him, and rejoice;
his coming like the morn shall be,
like morning songs his voice.
As dew upon the tender herb,
diffusing fragrance round;
as showers that usher in the spring,
and cheer the thirsty ground:
So shall his presence bless our souls,
and shed a joyful light;
that hallowed morn shall chase away
the sorrows of the night.
Text: Paraphrase 30 Scottish Paraphrases 1781
Music: Kilmarnock CH4 482 (i) Melody by Neill Dougall 1776-1862
Scripture Sentences
The Preces
O Lord open thou our lips
Andrew Carvel b.1989
Bidding
Prayer
Collect
Almighty Father, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: give us grace to perceive his glory, that we may be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
First Lesson 2 Kings 2 1-12
The Choir sings the Psalm 50
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself.
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Second Lesson St Mark 9 2-9
Hymn
Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
wean it from earth; through all its pulses move;
stoop to my weakness, mighty as thou art,
and make me love thee as I ought to love.
I ask no dream, no prophet-ecstasies,
no sudden rending of the veil of clay,
no angel-visitant, no opening skies;
but take the dimness of my soul away.
Hast thou not bid me love thee, God and King -
all, all thine own, soul, heart, and strength and mind?
I see thy cross - there teach my heart to cling:
O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!
Teach me to feel that thou art always nigh;
teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
to check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
Teach me to love thee as thine angels love,
one holy passion filling all my frame -
the baptism of the heaven-descended Dove,
my heart an altar, and thy love the flame.
Text: George Croly 1780-1860
Music: Song 22 CH4 495 Melody and bass by Orlando Gibbons 1583-1625
Sermon
Anthem
Laudate Dominum
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
Text: Psalm 117
Music: Marcel Dupré 1886-1971
The Offering
Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in 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.
Hymn
You, Lord, are both Lamb and Shepherd.
You, Lord, are both prince and slave.
You, peacemaker and sword-bringer
in the way you took and gave.
You, the everlasting instant;
you, whom we both scorn and crave.
Clothed in light upon the mountain,
stripped of might upon the cross,
shining in eternal glory,
harrowing hell to save the lost,
you, the everlasting instant;
you, who are our gift and cost.
You, who walk each day beside us,
sit in power at God's side.
You, who preach a way that's narrow,
have a love that reaches wide.
You, the everlasting instant;
you, who are our pilgrim guide.
Worthy is our earthly Jesus!
Worthy is our cosmic Christ!
Worthy your defeat and vict'ry.
Worthy still your peace and strife.
You, the everlasting instant;
you, who are our death and life.
Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan 1955-1993
Music: Regent Square CH4 439 Henry Smart 1813-79
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Edward Elgar Sonata in G (1st movement)
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Dr George J Whyte