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The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

16th August 1970

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Principal Service

Collect One

Almighty God,
you have given your only Son
to be for us both a sacrifice for sin
and also the example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always thankfully receive
the benefits of his sacrifice,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Genesis 45: 1–15

Isaiah 56: 1, 6–8

The Psalm

Psalm 133

Psalm 67

The Second Reading

Romans 11: 1–2a, 29–32

Romans 11: 1–2a, 29–32

The Gospel Reading

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Post 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 Genesis 45: 1–15
563* Commit your ways to God
649* Happy are they, they that love God
522* In Christ there is no east or west
525* Let there be love shared among us
527* Son of God, eternal Saviour
531 Where love and loving–kindness dwell

(c) Psalm Psalm 133 [E2B/Pr7B/Unity]
518* Bind us together, Lord
522* In Christ there is no east or west
525* Let there be love shared among us
438* O thou who at thy eucharist didst pray
507 Put peace into each other’s hands
661* Through the night of doubt and sorrow

(p) 1st Reading Isaiah 56: 1, 6–8
522* In Christ there is no east or west
342 Sweet is the solemn voice that calls
285* The head that once was crowned with thorns
343* We love the place, O God


(p) Psalm Psalm 67 [E6C/1–25]
695* God of mercy, God of grace

2nd Reading Romans 11: 1–2a, 29–32
218* And can it be that I should gain
9 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

The Gospel Matthew 15: (10–20) 21–28
324* God, whose almighty word
716 Kyrie eleison
433* My God, your table here is spread
104* O for a thousand tongues to sing
514* We cannot measure how you heal

Second Service

Collect One

Almighty God,
you have given your only Son
to be for us both a sacrifice for sin
and also the example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always thankfully receive
the benefits of his sacrifice,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

2 Kings 4: 1–37

2 Kings 4: 1–37

The Psalm

Psalm 90

90: 1–12

The Second Reading

Acts 16: 1–15

Acts 16: 1–15

The Gospel Reading

? John 6: 51–58

? John 6: 51–58

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Post 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.

Principal Service

Collect One

Almighty God,
you have given your only Son
to be for us both a sacrifice for sin
and also the example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always thankfully receive
the benefits of his sacrifice,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

1 Kings 2: 10–12, 3: 3–14

Proverbs 9: 1–6

The Psalm

Psalm 111

Psalm 34: 9–14

The Second Reading

Ephesians 5: 15–20

Ephesians 5: 15–20

The Gospel Reading

John 6: 51–58

John 6: 51–58

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Post 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 2: 10–12; 3: 3–14
643* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
533* God of grace and God of glory

(c) Psalm Psalm 111 [Ep4B/Pr23C*]
84* Alleluia! raise the anthem
130* Jesus came, the heavens adoring
529* Thy hand, O God, has guided
373* To God be the glory! Great things he has done!

(p) 1st Reading Proverbs 9: 1–6
433* My God, your table here is spread

(p) Psalm Psalm 34: 9–14
507 Put peace into each other’s hands
372* Through all the changing scenes of life

2nd Reading Ephesians 5: 15–20
346* Angel voices ever singing
454* Forth in the peace of Christ we go
92* How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
356 I will sing, I will sing a song unto the Lord
360* Let all the world in every corner sing
362* O God beyond all praising
708* O praise ye the Lord! Praise him in the height
364* Praise him on the trumpet, the psaltery and harp
710* Sing to God new songs of worship
369* Songs of praise the angels sang
313* The Spirit came, as promised
374* When all thy mercies, O my God
458* When, in our music, God is glorified
344* When morning gilds the skies
376* Ye holy angels bright

The Gospel John 6: 51–58
398* Alleluia! sing to Jesus
401 Be known to us in breaking bread
403* Bread of the world in mercy broken
407 Christ is the heavenly food that gives
411* Draw near and take the body of the Lord
220* [Glory be to Jesus]
647* Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
420* ‘I am the bread of life’
581* I, the Lord of sea and sky
422* In the quiet consecration
425* Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts
435* O God, unseen, yet ever near
624 Speak, Lord, in the stillness
449 Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
451 We come as guests invited

Second Service

Collect One

Almighty God,
you have given your only Son
to be for us both a sacrifice for sin
and also the example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always thankfully receive
the benefits of his sacrifice,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Exodus 2: 23 – 3:10

Exodus 2: 23 – 3:10

The Psalm

Psalms [92], 100

Psalms [92], 100

The Second Reading

Hebrews 13: 1–15

Hebrews 13: 1–15

The Gospel Reading

Luke 12: 49–56

Luke 12: 49–56

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Post 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

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Principal Service

Collect One

Almighty God,
you have given your only Son
to be for us both a sacrifice for sin
and also the example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always thankfully receive
the benefits of his sacrifice,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Isaiah 5: 1–7

Jeremiah 23: 23–29

The Psalm

Psalm 80: 1–2, 9–20

Psalm 82

The Second Reading

Hebrews 11: 29 – 12: 2

Hebrews 11: 29 – 12: 2

The Gospel Reading

Luke 12: 49–56

Luke 12: 49–56

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Post 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 Isaiah 5: 1–7 [Pr22A*]
51* Awake, my soul, and with the sun

(c) Psalm Psalm 80: 1–2, 9–20
686* Bless the Lord, the God of our forebears
688* Come, bless the Lord, God of our forebears
695* God of mercy, God of grace
614* Great Shepherd of your people, hear
305 O Breath of life, come sweeping through us
657* O God of Bethel, by whose hand

(p) 1st Reading Jeremiah 23: 23–29
381* God has spoken – by his prophets
388* Word of the living God

(p) Psalm Psalm 82 [Pr10C]
125* Hail to the Lord’s anointed
535* Judge eternal, throned in splendour
140 [The Lord will come and not be slow]
509* Your kingdom come, O God

2nd Reading Hebrews 11: 29– 12: 2
645* Father, hear the prayer we offer
566* Fight the good fight with all thy might
352* Give thanks with a grateful heart
463 Give us the wings of faith to rise
696* God, we praise you! God, we bless you!
417 He gave his life in selfless love
636* May the mind of Christ our Saviour
285* The head that once was crowned with thorns
376* Ye holy angels bright

The Gospel Luke 12: 49–56
550* ‘Forgive our sins as we forgive’
639* O thou who camest from above

Second Service

Collect One

Almighty God,
you have given your only Son
to be for us both a sacrifice for sin
and also the example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always thankfully receive
the benefits of his sacrifice,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Isaiah 28: 9–22

Isaiah 28: 9–22

The Psalm

Psalm 119: 17–32

17–24

The Second Reading

2 Corinthians 8: 1–9

2 Corinthians 8: 1–9

The Gospel Reading

Matthew 20: 1–16

Matthew 20: 1–16

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Post 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.

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