The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
23rd August 2015
For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.
Principal Service
Collect One
O God,
fount of all wisdom,
in the humble witness of the apostle Peter
you have shown the foundation of our faith:
give us the light of your Spirit,
that, recognising in Jesus of Nazareth
the Son of the living God,
we may be living stones
for the building up of your holy Church;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Collect Two
Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire, or deserve:
Pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
save through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
The First Reading
The Psalm
The Second Reading
The Gospel Reading
View readingsPost Communion Prayer
God of compassion,
in this eucharist we know again your forgiveness
and the healing power of your love.
Grant that we who are made whole in Christ
may bring that forgiveness and healing to this broken world,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Suggested Hymns
(c) 1st Reading 1 Kings 8: (1, 6, 10–11), 22–30, 41–43
346* Angel voices ever singing
326* Blessèd city, heavenly Salem
Christ is made the sure foundation (v.2)
614* Great Shepherd of your people, hear
321* Holy, holy, holy!, Lord God almighty
323* The God of Abraham praise
343* We love the place, O God
(c) Psalm Psalm 84 [PresABC]
400* And now, O Father, mindful of the love
333 How lovely are thy dwellings fair
95* Jesu, priceless treasure
425* Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts
360* Let all the world in every corner sing
634* Love divine, all loves excelling
620 O Lord, hear my prayer
487* Soldiers of Christ, arise
342 Sweet is the solemn voice that calls
343* We love the place, O God
(p) 1st Reading Joshua 24: 1–2a, 14–18
478* Go forth and tell! O Church of God, awake!
584* Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult
660* Thine for ever, God of love
(p) Psalm Psalm 34: 15–22
657* O God of Bethel, by whose hand
2nd Reading Ephesians 6: 10–20
643* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
207* [Forty days and forty nights]
478* Go forth and tell! O Church of God, awake!
533* God of grace and God of glory
487* Soldiers of Christ arise
488* Stand up, stand up for Jesus
313* The Spirit came, as promised
The Gospel John 6: 56–69
398* Alleluia! sing to Jesus
403* Bread of the world in mercy broken
420* ‘I am the bread of life’
581* I, the Lord of sea and sky
433* My God, your table here is spread
624* Speak, Lord, in the stillness
112* There is a Redeemer