St. Giles’ Cathedral
Morning Service at 9.30am
21st Sunday after Trinity
20th October 2024
Organ Music
Charles Quef Berceuse
James Nares Fugue in A minor
Introit
Make me a clean heart O God
Make me a clean heart O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Music: George Thalben-Ball 1896-1987
Processional Hymn
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty,
hold me with thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven
feed me till my want is o’er.
Open now the crystal fountain
whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through:
strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
be thou still my strength and shield.
When I tread the verge of Jordan
bid my anxious fears subside!
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side!
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee.
Text: William Williams 1717-1791 Tr. Peter Williams 1727-1796
Tune: Cwm Rhondda CH4 167 John Hughes 1873-1932
Invitation
Confession
Loving God, we have sinned against you and one another in thought, word and deed. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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 viii.i)
First Lesson Job 38 1-7
Metrical Psalm
Bless God, my soul. O Lord my God,
thou art exceeding great;
with honour and with majesty
thou clothed art in state.
With light, as with a robe, thyself
thou coverest about;
and, like unto a curtain, thou
the heavens stretchest out.
Who of his chambers doth the beams
within the waters lay;
who doth the clouds his chariot make,
on wings of wind make way.
Who flaming fire his ministers,
his angels sp'rits, doth make:
who earth's foundations did lay,
that it should never shake.
Text: Psalm 104 vv 1-5 (Scottish Psalter 1650)
Music: Bishopthorpe CH4 22Jeremiah Clarke c1659-1707
The Gospel St Mark 10 34-45
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. Amen.
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
The Peace
Prayer
Hymn
Now thank we all our God,
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom his world rejoices,
who, from our mothers' arms
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.
O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessèd peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.
All praise and thanks to God
who reigns in highest heaven,
the Father and the Son
and Spirit, now be given:
the one, eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore,
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.
Text: Martin Rinkart 1568-1649 Tr. Catherine Winkworth 1827-1878
Music: Nun Danket CH4 182 Melody from Crüger’s Praxis Pietatis Melica
Benediction
Organ Voluntary
Matthias Weckmann Fantasia in D minor
CCL Licence No 980930
Streaming Licence 57837
The service was conducted by The Rev. Sigrid Marten