All Saints – 31st October 2021

23rd Sunday after Pentecost

22nd Sunday after Trinity

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Proper 26

Year B – Track 2

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ORDER OF SERVICE

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All are requested to join in wherever text is GREEN or when instructed by Fr. David.

Where the ✝ is shown, all are encouraged to make the sign of the cross.

Where the ✊ is shown all are encouraged to strike their breast with a closed hand following the actions of Fr. David.

Where the ✋ is shown all are encouraged to tap their breast with an open hand following the actions of Fr. David.

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For all the Saints who from their labours rest,
Who thee by faith before the world confest,
Thy name, O Jesu, be for ever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou in the darkness drear their one true Light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

O may thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
Fight as the Saints who nobly fought of old,
And win, with them, the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pear streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
Let the people rejoice:
O come to the Father
Through Jesus the Son
And give him the glory;
Great things he hath done!

Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our rapture, when Jesus we see.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
Let the people rejoice:
O come to the Father
Through Jesus the Son
And give him the glory;
Great things he hath done!

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Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ✝

And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Amen

 

From Easter to Pentecost:

Allelulia. Christ is risen!

The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia

 

In Lent and other penitential occasions:

Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins;

His mercy endures for ever.

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

 

Let us pray:

Almighty God, to whom all hearts be open, all desires known and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name, through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

This prayer is omitted during Lent and Advent:

Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth.  Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.  Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.  Amen.

 Holy God, holy and mighty ✝, holy and immortal, have mercy on us.

Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting.

Amen.

A Reading from the book of:

Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
and no torment will ever touch them.
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,
and their departure was thought to be a disaster,
and their going from us to be their destruction;
but they are at peace.
For though in the sight of others they were punished,
their hope is full of immortality.
Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good,
because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;
like gold in the furnace he tried them,
and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.
In the time of their visitation they will shine forth,
and will run like sparks through the stubble.
They will govern nations and rule over peoples,
and the Lord will reign over them forever.
Those who trust in him will understand truth,
and the faithful will abide with him in love,
because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones,
and he watches over his elect.

 This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God

Psalm 24

Domini est terra

1 The earth is the Lord‘s and all that is in it, *
the world and all who dwell therein.

2 For it is he who founded it upon the seas *
and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep.

3 “Who can ascend the hill of the Lord? ” *
and who can stand in his holy place?”

4 “Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *
who have not pledged themselves to falsehood,
nor sworn by what is a fraud.

5 They shall receive a blessing from the Lord *
and a just reward from the God of their salvation.”

6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, *
of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.

8 “Who is this King of glory?” *
“The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle.”

9 Lift up your heads, O gates;
lift them high, O everlasting doors; *
and the King of glory shall come in.

10 “Who is he, this King of glory?” *
“The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory.”

A Reading from the book of

Revelation 21:1-6a

I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

“See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God;
they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.”

And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.”

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God

All stand for the Acclamation and Gospel reading.

Alleluia!  Alleluia!

Jesus Christ is the firstborn from the dead;

to him be glory and power for ever and ever.

[All] Alleluia!

The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to:

John 11:32-44

✝✝✝

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”

Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

After the Gospel reading

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

All Saints’ Day is one of the most underrated church holy days of the year. It is overshadowed by its more glamorous cousin, Halloween, similar to how Holy Saturday gets lost in Holy Week.  But All Saints’ Day can bring us a unique blessing, just as Holy Saturday does, because they are days that are about how some of the darker parts of human experience can be washed in holiness, when they are brought before God.

All Saints’ Day is so important because it is the one church holy day set aside during the year to tend to our grief. We experience grief on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, but that grief is for the suffering and death of Christ, and the grand theological ideas that accompany them.  All Saints Day is for us, for remembering the people we loved, who were important to us, who made an impact on our lives, and then died and left us behind.

Grief is one of life’s most powerful human experiences, and grief is often very lonely.  Many of us have awakened on the morning after the death of a loved one, and simply marvelled at how the sun can rise another day, and the Earth can continue to turn, after our world has been abruptly destroyed.  We are grateful for all the concern friends and colleagues show us, but find it so strange to realise, that while they truly felt sorry for us, during the time they were in conversation with us, or the moment they kindly took to send us a card or email, this event, that turned our world upside down, really meant very little to them.

We’re not angry at them.  Of course no one would love or care for, or agonise over our departed loved one the way our own family would, but it is just so surreal to realise, that after someone says something kind to us about it, that person will go right back to thinking about what to put on the dinner table, or whether to go to the movies that weekend. It is a realization that all of us have at some time or another, that our own personal battles and tragedies and defeats really matter very little in the big picture of the world.

They matter very little 364 days a year in 99.9% of the places on this earth.  But our grief does matter on this day, in this place.  On All Saints’ Day, in God’s Holy Church, the losses that we have borne over the years come front and centre, and are named for all to hear, on holy ground.  On All Saints Day, our grief is no longer lonely and isolating, but we gather in this sanctuary, and let our grief bind us together in a new and powerful way.

All Saints’ Day is an important ministry to us in our losses, because it helps us re-enter that place of mourning in a rhythm, year after year after year each November. As the green and life of the summer die, and go to their winter rest around us, so we bring up the pain of loss on purpose in this rhythm, year after year.  And each year that we revisit the loss, the pain softens and loses a little sharpness, begins to go to its own winter rest.  Every time we name our loved ones among the saints, we honour not only their lives, but our own long battle with memories, both painful and joyful.

And it is so important to honour their memories.  Most of our departed loved ones had a funeral to commemorate them.  But the funeral happens right after the loss, and often our emotions are completely chaotic, not to mention the practical circumstances we are trying to manage.  If you have lost someone close to you, either due to sudden accident or long illness, you probably remember the days in the immediate aftermath as a haze of confusion.  There are hundreds of details to attend to—notifying friends, organizing a service, getting together money for the funeral, thinking about wills and estates, the volatility of family brought together in a pressure cooker of emotion. Frankly it is often not a time to treasure the memory of the departed. Many grieving families float through the funeral in a sort of disconnected shock.

This is where All Saints’ Day comes to our aid once again.  There is no chaos; there are no arrangements to be made, no being singled out to sit at the front of the church in a black suit or dress, no finding directions to the cemetery.  We are all in this together, and the ones we are remembering are long settled in their resting places.  It’s the chance to be private about our grief, taking out our memories in the quiet of our hearts and turning them over one by one, taking our time to remember and reflect. But we all enter that sheltered and quiet heart space of our own at the same time, in the same place.  As you bring up the faces of your dearest departed before your mind’s eye, cherishing the chance to do so peacefully and uninterrupted, your neighbour is doing the same.  We enter the valley of the shadow of death together, and walk through it in solidarity with one another.

There is someone else who is in solidarity with us in our grief, and that is Jesus.  In our gospel today, we see him in the exact situation we have faced in our own lives—the inevitable, but painful death of a loved one.  Lazarus had been sick, and they all knew there was a possibility he might die.  But even Jesus can’t quite believe it at first.  He doesn’t want to believe it, and asks if he’s been buried, hoping maybe the message has got twisted along the way, and Lazarus is still just sick.  “He said, ‘Where have you laid him?’  They said to him, ‘Lord, come and see.’  Jesus began to weep.”

Jesus sees so much pain in his lifetime, and he bears it so bravely.  He sees the suffering of his people, crushed under the imperial rule of Rome, and he doesn’t cry.  He sees five thousand hungry and poor on a hillside needing him to feed them, and he doesn’t cry.  He sees people tormented by demons, bleeding or paralyzed or diseased for years, and he doesn’t cry.  He continues his ministry and cares for them.

But here, at last, he breaks, and for the simple, everyday loss of a simple, everyday beloved friend.  Nothing grand or dramatic.  One of his best friends gets sick and dies, and Jesus weeps.  And so perhaps on this day of letting our heartaches step out into the open on holy ground, we can be in solidarity with Jesus as much as he is with us.  He always bears the burden for us.  Maybe today we can say, “Jesus, we understand how you feel.  We’re sorry you lost your friend. We love you.  Come, be with us for a while, and we’ll all be in this together.”

Jesus brought his friend back, just as on the final day we will all be brought back to life by him, to live with him and in him.  And how did Jesus raise Lazarus up to new life?  How did he bring him back from the dead?  By calling his name.  “Lazarus, come out!”  Today, we’re doing the same thing.  We’re calling out the names of the ones we loved who have passed on, and they answer.  They are resurrected in our hearts, brought to life in this time and place.  Whether on one side of the border between life and death or the other, we all want to be with our loved ones.  As the communion of saints joins spirits across the divide today, we may realise that we are being called by name today as well, named and loved by the ones who have gone before us.   Amen

Please stand for the Nicene Creed.

Let us together affirm the faith of the Church. ✝

We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven:

was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary,

and became truly human.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

✝ and the life of the world to come.  Amen.

ALL SAINTS – (instead of PROPER 26) – YEAR B – p51

23rd Sunday after Pentecost

22nd Sunday after Trinity

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

a. Let us pray to God, whose saints have witnessed to his glory.

b. May your Church, built on the foundation of the saints, be faithful to the teaching of Jesus,  so that in all her life she may reveal his likeness….Let our prayers be united with the praise of the blessed in heaven.

We pray for the welfare of your church here on earth; guide and govern it by your Spirit, so that all Christians may be led in the way of truth, and hold the faith in the unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in the righteousness of life.

We ask your blessing on +Vsevolod our Bishop, on this, our parish of St. George – for its work, its worship and its witness. We pray particularly for Fr. David in his ministry to us, and for all members of our congregation, be they near or far.

1 Lord in your mercy – Hear our prayer.

c. We pray for the world that is so often deaf to the only teaching that can bring true joy…..Grant to this generation the spirit that inspired the saints, that all may walk in the way of righteousness.

d. Teach us to recognise the holiness of other people….Give to us, our families and friends, grace to live as Jesus taught his disciples.

We pray for the leaders of all the nations of this world, most particularly for the King and Government of Thailand at this time of unrest, and also in the countries from which we come. We remember also all the people in countries that have had problems of any kind during this past week, most particularly all those caught up in the tragic situation in Afghanistan, the floods here in Thailand, and the continuing volcanic eruption in La Palma.

Grant wisdom to those in authority in every land, and give to all people a desire for righteousness and peace, the will to work together in trust, to seek the common good, and to share with justice and equity the limited resources of the earth. We pray especially for the deliberations of the COP 26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, where words must urgently be transformed into actions if our planet is to draw back from the edge of disaster.

2 Lord in your mercy – Hear our prayer.

e. Have mercy on those who are in great tribulation, persecuted for the sake of the Gospel…..Bring relief in their distress, and the assurance of your blessing for all who are steadfast in the faith.

We pray for all who are prevented from, or persecuted for practising their faith, wherever they may be. We pray for our fellow Christians, both here in Thailand, and also in our own home countries.

3 Lord in your mercy – Hear our prayer.

We pray for all those who suffer in body, mind and spirit; the sick; the poor; the depressed; the lonely; the afraid, the unloved; the persecuted; the unemployed and those who care for them. Those who grieve; and those who have nobody to pray for them.

4 Lord in your mercy – Hear our prayer.

We remember all those who have been touched by the COVID 19 pandemic; particularly here in Pattai-Ya, where so many lives and livelihoods have been senselessly destroyed, and where there is such heavy dependence on the hotel, hospitality and tourist industry. We give you thanks that Thailand is now reopening to visitors from abroad, as the outbreak is showing gradual signs of decline, and for the progress which has been made with the vaccination programme, where greater numbers are being safeguarded more speedily, and hopefully being spared the worst of the unpleasant side-effects.

Amongst the sick we remember;

Fr. Tom, Fr. Theo, Brian, Kyoko, Colin, Mavis, Patricia, Eric, Kent, Graham, Elizabeth, Conrad, Griselda, Jun, Maurice, Martyn,  and any others, known personally to each and every one of us…

5 Lord in your mercy – Hear our prayer.

f. Grant the faithful departed a share in the inheritance of the saints….As we offer our prayers for them, may their heavenly prayers avail for us as we continue on our earthly pilgrimage….Bring us at last to the same blessedness.

We bring to you all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, especially the millions who have perished in the COVID pandemic –for Mike (2) ……… for David and Christopher, whose anniversaries occurs at this time, and for all those known personally to us, collectively or individually…

Give them joy in the fellowship of your heavenly Kingdom, where Christ reigns for ever.

6 Lord in your mercy – Hear our prayer.

[DAVID] – g. Rejoicing in the fellowship of the saints, we pray that our prayers may be sanctified.

Grant that what we have asked in faith we may by your grace receive, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.  

THE CONFESSION:

God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy, welcoming sinners and inviting them to the Lord’s table.

Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith, confident in God’s forgiveness.

Merciful God, our maker and our judge, we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed, and in what we have failed to do: we have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves; we repent and are sorry ✊ for all ✊ our sins ✊, Father forgive us, strengthen us to love and obey you in newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

**(Note: all are encouraged to strike their breast 3 times following the lead of Fr. David as he utters the words: ‘sorry for all our sins’)**

Almighty God, who has promised forgiveness to all who turn to him in faith, pardon you ✝ and set you free from all your sins, strengthen you in all goodness and keep you in eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

THE PEACE:

The congregation stands.

We are the Body of Christ.

His Spirit is with us.

 

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

And also with you.

Please greet each other with a sign of peace.

For all thy saints, O Lord,
Who strove in thee to live.
Who followed thee, obeyed, adored,
Our grateful hymn receive.

For all thy saints, O Lord,
Who strove in thee to die,
Who counted thee their great reward,
Accept our thankful cry.

O Lord, thy name we bless,
And humbly pray that we
May follow them in holiness
Who lived and died in thee.

Thine earthly members fit
To join thy saints above,
In one communion ever knit,
One fellowship of love.

All praise to thee, O Lord,
The Father and the Son
And Holy Spirit, God adored
While endless ages run. Amen

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THE OFFERTORY

Blessed are you, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have these gifts to share. Accept and use our offerings for your glory and the service of your kingdom.

Blessed be God forever.

 Let us pray

We do not presume to come to your table, merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your manifold and great mercies.  We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table, but you are the same Lord whose nature is always to have mercy. Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that we may evermore dwell in him and he in us.  Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER C

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 thanks and praise.

Father, we give you thanks and praise through your beloved Son Jesus Christ, your living Word, through whom you have created all things; who was sent by you in your great goodness to be our Saviour.

By the power of the Holy Spirit he took flesh; as your Son, born of the blessed Virgin, he lived on earth and went about among us; he opened wide his arms for us on the cross; he put an end to death by dying for us; and revealed the resurrection by rising to new life; so he fulfilled your will and won for you a holy people.

Proper Preface

Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we proclaim your great and glorious name, for ever praising you and saying:

Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest. ✝  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.  Hosanna in the highest.

Lord, you are holy indeed, the source of all holiness; grant that by the power of your Holy Spirit, and according to your holy will, these gifts of bread and wine may be to us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ; who, in the same night that he was betrayed, took bread and gave you thanks; he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take, eat; this is my body ✝ which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.

In the same way, after supper he took the cup and gave you thanks; he gave it to them, saying: Drink this, all of you; this is my blood ✝ of the new covenant,

which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it,

in remembrance of me.

Great is the mystery of faith:

Christ has died:

Christ is risen:

Christ will come again.

And so, Father, calling to mind his death on the cross, his perfect sacrifice, made once for the sins of the whole world; rejoicing in his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension, and looking for his coming in glory, we celebrate this memorial of our redemption.

As we offer you this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, we bring before you this bread and this cup and we thank you for counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. Send the Holy Spirit on your people and gather into one in your kingdom all who share this one bread and one cup, so that we, in the company of [N and] all the saints, may praise and glorify you for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be yours, almighty Father, for ever and ever.

Amen.

Let us pray with confidence to the Father, as our Saviour has taught us:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on 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. Amen.

O Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.  ✋

O Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.✋

O Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.✋

**(Note:  All are encouraged to tap their breast three times following the example of Fr. David as he utters the words ‘…have mercy, …have mercy and …grant us peace’)**

We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.

This is the Lamb of God ✝, who takes away the sins of the world;

Happy are those who are called to his supper.

Lord, I am not worthy ✊ to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.

**(Note:  All are encouraged to strike breast following the example of Fr. David as all utter the words ‘not worthy’)** 

After Communion the celebrant and the congregation say

 

Let us pray.

Father of all we give you thanks and praise that when we were still far off you met us in your Son and brought us home. Dying and living, he declared your love, gave us grace, and opened the gate of glory. May we who share Christ’s body live his risen life; we who drink his cup bring life to others; we whom the Spirit lights give light to the world. 

Keep us in this hope that we have grasped; so we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth live to praise your name.

Father, we offer ourselves to you as a living sacrifice through Jesus Christ our Lord. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your praise and glory.

The peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord: and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ✝, be amongst you and remain with you always.

Amen.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord:

In the name of Christ.  Amen.

The Church triumphant in thy love,
Their mighty joys we know;
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.

Thee in thy glorious realm they praise,
And bow before thy throne;
We in the kingdom of thy grace:
The kingdoms are but one.

The holy to the holiest leads,
From hence our spirits rise,
And he that in thy statutes treads
Shall meet thee in the skies.

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Music

Here is the music for this week’s hymns, if you would like to practice beforehand.

Performed by Fr. David Price

NOTE: The introductory music is ‘Gaudeamus’ – Sidney Campbell