St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
1st Sunday in Lent
Sunday 18th February 2024
Organ Music
Nicolas de Grigny Récit de tierce en taille
Dieterich Buxtehude Durch Adams fall ist ganz verderbt
Introit
Look down, O Lord
Look down, O Lord, on me poor man,
in Thee I live, I move and am,
O clear my soul and conscience,
that I in Thee my peace find,
rest to my heart, joy to my mind,
freede from my sin and mine offence.
Text: William Leighton c1565-1622
Music: William Byrd c1539-1623
Processional Hymn
O love, how deep, how broad, how high!
Surpassing thought and fantasy
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake.
For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast, and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
For us he prayed, for us he taught,
for us the lost with love he sought,
by words, and signs, and actions, he
brought health and hope to set us free.
For us to wicked men betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in crown of thorns arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us at length gave up his breath.
For us he rose from death again,
for us he went on high to reign,
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
To him whose boundless love has won
salvation for us through his Son,
to God the Father, glory be
both now and through eternity.
Text: 15th Century Tr. Benjamin Webb 1820-85
Music: Eisenach CH4 354 Adapted from melody by Johann Hermann Schein 1586-1630
Invitation
Confession
God of the Covenant, if we lose faith in you in the storms, forgive us; if we lose sight of you in a world flooded with other gods, forgive us; if we doubt that your love will prevail over evil; forgive us. Arc your promise over us and lead us to live under your rainbow of promise.
Kyrie Eleison sung by the Choir
Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
Missa Surge propera Tomás Luis de Victoria
Declaration of forgiveness
Gloria patri sung by the choir (Tone iii)
First Lesson Genesis 9 8-17
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 1 9-15
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 Surge propera Tomás Luis de Victoria
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
Agnus Dei
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.
O Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world, grant us your peace.
Music: Tomás Luis de Victoria 1548-1611
Prayer
Hymn
O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee:
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.
O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee:
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine's blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee:
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain
that morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee:
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be.
Text: George Matheson 1842-1906
Music: St Margaret CH4 557 Albert Lister Peace 1844-1912
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Dieterich Buxtehude Praeludium in D minor
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev Dr Anne T Logan