Remembrance Remembrance Welcome & Prayer Welcome & Prayer - PDF document

Welcome to St. Luke’s Welcome to St. Luke’s Remembrance Remembrance Welcome & Prayer Welcome & Prayer On this day of memory we gather to pray, we remember the past and look k to the future. On this day when the guns once fell silent, we come before you God, seeki king Your peace. O Canada O Canada On this day we come before you God, seeking hope: O God our help in ages past, our hope for years to come. As we remember those who died with the hope Father of all, we pray to you for all victims of war. . of a peaceful future, open our eyes and the eyes Grant them your peace, let light perpetual shine of the nations to fjnd a peaceful end for the upon them, and in your loving wisdom and confmicts that continue. almighty power, work k through their sacr crifj fjce ce the good purpose of your perfect will; through Jesus May we, with our own lives, and through the act cts Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and of our own nation, be a people committed to the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. peace. . Let there be Peace on Earth and let it Am Amen. begin with us!

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. Acts of Remembrance Acts of Remembrance At the going down of the sun And in the morning We shall remember them. We shall remember them Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 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 In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, departure was thought to be a disaster, and their and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will going from us to be their destruction; but they are govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord at peace. For though in the sight of others they will reign over them for ever. Those who trust in him were punished, their hope is full of immortality. will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with Having been disciplined a little, they will receive him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his great good, because God tested them and found holy ones, and he watches over his elect. them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrifjcial burnt-ofgering he accepted them.

The Word of the Lord. Psalm 116:1-8 Psalm 116:1-8 Thanks be to God. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and merciful. my supplications. Because he incl clined his ear to me, therefore I will The Lord protect cts the simple; when I was brought call on him as long as I live. . low, he saved me. . The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has of Sheol laid hold on me; I sufgered distress and dealt bountifully with you. anguish. Then I called on the name of the Lord: : ‘O Lord, I For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes pray, save my life!’ from tears, my feet from stumbling. . Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefjled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the 1 Peter 1:3-9 1 Peter 1:3-9 power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to sufger various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith— being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fjre

may be found to result in praise and glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though The Word of the Lord. you do not see him now, you believe in him and Thanks be to God. rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Gospel Reading Gospel Reading The Lord be with you. And also with you. An John 6:37-40 John 6:37-40 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ According to John Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. And The Gospel of Christ this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.’

Creed Creed Let us confess our faith, as we say, I believe in God, the Father almighty, cr creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He sufg fgered under Pontius Pilate, was cr cruci cifj fjed, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. Creed Creed On the third day he rose again. . He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. . He will come again to judge the living and the Prayers of the People Prayers of the People dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. . Am Amen. Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infjnite in mercy; he welcomes sinners and Confession & Absolution Confession & Absolution invites them to his table. Let us confess our sins, confjdent in God’s forgiveness.

Most merci ciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. . Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and We have not loved you with our whole heart; we deliver you from all your sins, confjrm and have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. . We strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in are truly sorry and we humbly repent. . For the eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us Amen. Am and forgive us, that we may delight in your will,and walk k in your ways,to the glory of your name. . Amen. Prayer over the Gifts Prayer over the Gifts Graci cious and righteous Lord, we are united in the love of Jesus Christ. The peace of the Lord be always with you. Accept all we ofg fger you this day, and bring us, with all your faithful people who have gone An And also with you. before us, into his eternal glory; who is Lord, now and for ever. Amen. Am Holy Eucharist Holy Eucharist Blessed are you, gracious God, creator of heaven and The Lord be with you. earth; we give you thanks and praise through Jesus An And also with you. Christ our Lord, whose victorious rising from the dead has given to us the hope of resurrection and the promise of Lift up your hearts. eternal life. We lift them to the Lord. Therefore with angels and archangelsand all who have served you in every age,we raise our voicesto proclaim Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. the glory of your name. It is right to give our thanks and praise.

We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love you have made known to us in creation; in Holy, holy, holy Lord, calling Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made God of power and might, fmesh,Jesus your Son. heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. For in these last days you sent himto be incarnate from Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Virgin Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the the Lord. world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made Hosanna in the highest. us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life. On the night he was handed overto sufgering and death, After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had a death he freely accepted, our Lord Jesus Christ took given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “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 “ Take, eat: this is my body which is given for you. Do this sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance for the remembrance of me.” of me.” Therefore, Father, according to his command, We r remember h his d death,we proclaim h his r resurrection,we In the fullness of time, reconcile all things in Christ, and await h his c coming i in g glory; make them new, and bring us to that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and daughters; through Jesus and we ofger our sacrifjce of praise and thanksgiving to Christ our Lord, the fjrstborn of all creation, the head of you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this the Church, and the author of our salvation; by whom, bread and this wine. We pray you, gracious God, to send and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy your Holy Spirit upon these gifts, that they may be the Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, almighty Father, sacrament of the body of Christ and his blood of the new now and for ever. Amen. covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifjce, that we, made acceptable in him, may be sanctifjed by the Holy Spirit.