Organ Music

Jehan Alain Choral Phrygien
Jehan Alain Choral Dorien

Introit

Ego tuam

I am thine, save me: I have sought thy precepts.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet.
And a light unto my path!

Text: Psalm 119: 94, 105
Music: Ian Sutherland

Processional Hymn

Thou hidden love of God, whose height,
whose depth unfathomed, no-one knows,
I see from far thy beauteous light,
inly I sigh for thy repose;
my heart is pained, nor can it be
at rest, till it finds rest in thee.

Thy secret voice invites me still
the sweetness of thy yoke to prove;
and fain I would, but though my will
seems fixed, yet wide my passions rove;
yet hindrances strew all the way;
I aim at thee, yet from thee stray.

'Tis mercy all, that thou hast brought
my mind to seek her peace in thee;
yet, while I seek but find thee not,
no peace my wandering soul shall see.
Oh when shall all my wanderings end,
and all my steps to thee-ward tend?

Is there a thing beneath the sun
that strives with Thee my heart to share?
Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone,
the Lord of every motion there!
then shall my heart from earth be free,
when it hath found repose in Thee.

Text: Gerhard Tersteegen 1697-1769 Tr. John Wesley 1703-1791
Tune: St Petersburg CH4 188 D.S.Bortniansky 1751-1825

Scripture Sentences

The Preces

O Lord open thou our lips

Bernard Rose 1916-1996

Bidding

Prayer

Collect

Almighty and ever living God, you are the author and giver of all good things. Graft in our hearts the love for your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness and of your great mercy keep us in the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

First Lesson    Leviticus 19 1-2, 9-18

The Choir Sings Psalm 107 1-9, 43

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way: they found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them.
Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he led them forth by the right way: that they might go to a city of habitation.
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
For he satisfieth the longing soul: and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Whoso is wise and would observe these things: even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Second Lesson    St Matthew 5 39-48

Hymn

O God, you are my God alone,
whom eagerly I seek,
though longing fills my soul with thirst
and leaves my body weak.
Just as a dry and barren land
awaits a freshening shower,
I long within your house to see
your glory and your power.

Your faithful love surpasses life,
evoking all my praise.
Through every day, to bless your name,
my hands in joy I'll raise.
My deepest needs you satisfy
as with a sumptuous feast.
So, on my lips and in my heart,
your praise has never ceased.

Throughout the night I lie in bed
and call you, Lord, to mind;
in darkest hours I meditate
how God, my strength, is kind. Beneath the shadow of your wing,
I live and feel secure;
and daily, as I follow close,
your right hand keeps me sure.

Text: Psalm 63 1-8 John Bell
Music: Resignation CH4 43 American Folk Melody arr. John Bell b.1949

The Sermon

Anthem

The Lord is my shepherd

The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake.
Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Text: Psalm 23
Music: Charles Villiers Stanford 1852-1924

Offering

Prayer

Holy Baptism

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

We know that Christ is raised and dies no more.
Embraced by death, he broke its fearful hold,
and our despair he turned to blazing joy.
Alleluia

We share by water in his saving death.
Reborn, we share with him an Easter life
as living members of a living Christ.
Alleluia

The God of splendour clothes the Son with life.
The spirit's fission shakes the church of God.
Baptized, we live with God the Three in One. Alleluia

A new creation comes to life and grows
as Christ's new body takes on flesh and blood.
The universe restored and whole will sing: Alleluia!

Text: John Brownlow Geyer b.1932
Music: Engelberg CH4 635 C.V.Stanford 1852-1924

Benediction

Organ Voluntary
Louis Vierne Final (Symphonie I)