St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
7th Sunday after Trinity
14th July 2024
Organ Music
Louis Vierne Menuet (Symphonie IV)
Jehan Alain Choral Cistercien
Introit
Fear not, I am the first and the last
Fear not, I am the first and the last:
I am he that liveth, and was dead;
and behold I am alive for evermore
Text: Revelation 1 17-18
Music: Gwilym Beechey 1938-2015
Processional Hymn
Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise:
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
O loving wisdom of our God!
when all was sin and shame,
a second Adam to the fight
and to the rescue came.
O wisest love! that flesh and blood,
which did in Adam fail,
should strive afresh against the foe,
should strive and should prevail;
O generous love! that he, who smote
in Man, for man, the foe,
the double agony in Man
for man, should undergo;
And in the garden secretly,
and on the Cross on high,
should teach his brethren, and inspire
to suffer and to die.
Praise to the Holiest in the height,
and in the depth be praise:
in all his words most wonderful,
most sure in all his ways.
Text: John Henry Newman 1801-90
Music: Music: Gerontius CH4 378 (i) J.B.Dykes 1823-76
Invitation
Confession
Mysterious God of wonder and love, we seek your mercy for all the ways we judge your eternal wisdom by our feeble sense. Teach us to trust your grace and be assured of your loving countenance whenever we fear a frowning providence. In Christ’s name, we pray. Amen.
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Missa brevis Lennox Berkeley
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Tone vi)
First Lesson Ephesians 1 3-10
Metrical Psalm
Lord, teach me all your ways,
reveal your paths to me;
and lead me in your saving truth,
show me what I should be.
Remember, Lord, your love,
your care from ages past;
and in that love remember me,
in kindness hold me fast.
Forget my youthful faults,
forgive my sinful ways;
within the kindness of your love
remember me always.
God, who is just and good,
shows all who sin his way:
he leads the humble in right paths,
their teacher day by day.
All pathways of the Lord,
are kindly, true and sure
to those who keep his covenant
and in his ways endure.
Text: Scottish Psalter 1929 Psalm 25 4, 5a, 6-10
Music: Garelochside CH4 21 (i) Kenneth George Finlay 1882-1974
The Gospel St Mark 6 14-29
The Sermon
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 Catholic Church;
The Communion of Saints;
The Forgiveness of sins;
The Resurrection of the body,
And the Life everlasting.
The Offering
The Intercessions
Gloria in Excelsis sung by the choir
Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, goodwill towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Missa brevis Lennox Berkeley
Thanksgiving
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 our thanks and praise
Prayer
Sanctus
Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God of Hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Glory be to you, O Lord Most High.
Blessed is he that comes in the Name of the Lord:
Hosanna in the highest.
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.
Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world,
Have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world,
Have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world,
Grant us your peace.
Holy Communion
During Communion the Choir sings
Ego sum panis vivus
I am that bread of life.
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven:
if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever:
and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Alleluia.
Music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c1525-1594
The Peace
Prayer
Hymn
God moves in a mysterious way
his wonders to perform;
he plants his footsteps in the sea,
and rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
of never-failing skill
he treasures up his bright designs,
and works his sovereign will.
You fearful saints, fresh courage take,
the clouds you so much dread
are big with mercy, and shall break
in blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
but trust him for his grace;
behind a frowning providence
he hides a smiling face.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
and scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
and he will make it plain.
Text: William Cowper 1731-1800
Music: London New CH4 158 Melody from Scottish Psalter 1635
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Louis Vierne Allegro (Symphonie IV)
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Sam Nwokoro