Sunday Orders of Service
Spiritual Communion for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity21st June, 2020
¶ Preparation: You may wish to find a space for prayer in front of a cross, a candle, or a special place.
In the name of the Father, All: Amen.
The Lord be with you
HymnPraise my soul, the King of heaven!
Praise my soul, the King of heaven!
Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise the everlasting King!
Praise him for his grace and favour
Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Glorious in his faithfulness!
Father-like, he tends and spares us;
Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Widely as his mercy flows!
Angels, help us to adore him;
Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise him! Praise with us the God of grace!
Prayer of Preparation
Almighty God,
Prayers of PenitenceKyrie Eleison Jesus says, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’
Silence is kept.
Lord, have mercy. All: Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. All: Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. All: Lord, have mercy.
Blessed is the Lord, All: for he has heard the voice of our prayer;
Therefore shall our hearts dance for joy All: and in our song will we praise our God.
Gloria in Excelsis(Sung to the Tune of ‘At the name of Jesus’: Camberwell)
All: Glory in the highest Peace to all your people Mighty God and Father, Singing alleluias
Jesus Christ is risen, with the Holy Spirit, Lamb once killed for sinners, Show us now your mercy,
Christ the world’s true Saviour, Seated now and reigning Lord and God, we praise you; In the Father’s glory,
The Collect
Let us pray:
A period of silent prayer is kept. Lord, you have taught us All: Amen.
¶ The Liturgy of the Word
New Testament ReadingRomans 6:1b-11Dying and Rising with ChristWhat then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
At the end: This is the Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.
Gradual HymnTake up thy cross, the Saviour saidTake up thy cross, the Saviour said,
Take up thy cross – let not its weight
Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame,
Take up thy cross then in his strength,
Take up thy cross, and follow Christ,
To thee, great Lord, the One in Three,
Gospel ReadingMatthew 10:24-39
All: Glory to you, O Lord. At the end: This is the Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, O Christ.
[Jesus said:] ‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!
‘So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground unperceived by your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. ‘Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven.
‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
ReflectionThe Rt Revd Jonathan Meyrick
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