The Sixth Sunday of Easter
1st May 2016
For services, please see Daily Prayer (Morning), Daily Prayer (Evening) and Holy Communion.
Principal Service
Collect One
O Lord,
from whom all good things do come;
Grant to us thy humble servants,
that by thy holy inspiration
we may think those things that be good,
and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Collect Two
God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
Grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The First Reading
The Psalm
The Second Reading
The Gospel Reading
View readingsPost Communion Prayer
God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
May we also thirst for you,
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Suggested Hymns
1st Reading Acts 16: 9–15
350* For the beauty of the earth
591* O happy day that fixed my choice
343* We love the place, O God
Alternative Joel 2: 21–27 [HTB]
1st Reading 539 Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
Psalm Psalm 67 [Pr15A*/1–25]
695* God of mercy, God of grace
2nd Reading Revelation 21: 10, 22– 22: 5
643* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
326* Blessèd city, heavenly Salem
(Christ is made the sure foundation)
12* God is our strength and refuge
670* Jerusalem the golden
672* Light’s abode, celestial Salem
589 Lord, speak to me that I may speak
677* Shall we gather at the river
528* The Church’s one foundation
681* There is a land of pure delight
376* Ye holy angels bright
The Gospel John 14: 23–29
87 Christ is the world’s light, he and none other
294* Come down, O Love divine
296 Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
549* Dear Lord and Father of mankind
299* Holy Spirit, come, confirm us
675 Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin
505 Peace be to this congregation
507 Put peace into each other’s hands
626 ‘Set your troubled hearts at rest’
341* Spirit divine, attend our prayers
Alternative Gospel John 5: 1–9
513 O Christ, the healer, we have come
104* O for a thousand tongues to sing