Call to
Prayer
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper
behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company
with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was
not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us
but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.
Ephesians 5:1-2
The
Greeting
Glory to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is
now, and will
be forever. Amen.
The Request
for Presence
O Lord, our
most gracious Redeemer and King, dwell and reign within us, take possession of
us by your Spirit, and reign where you have the right to reign, and spread your
kingdom throughout the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
John of Kronstadt (1829-1908)
Refrain of
the People
Wake us from
our sleep; Raise us from our coffins. Oh Christ, show us Your light.
Hymn – “Great is Your Faithfulness”
Great, your faithfulness; O God my father, O God my father. Your love it never fades, and so I’ll love you, until the end.
When shadows fall you never change. From age to age, you never change.
Great is your faithfulness, your faithfulness; through the years you’ve always been there.
Great is your love for us, your love for us; through the years you’ll always be there.
Great, your kindness God; you are our shelter, our dwelling place.
Your presence like a fire; hope for tomorrow, strength for today.
When shadows fall you never change. From age to age, you never change.
Great is your faithfulness, your faithfulness; through the years you’ve always been there.
Great is your love for us, your love for us; through the years you’ll always be there.
We will stand, we will stand upon your promises.
We are strong, we are strong because our hope is in you.
We will run, we will run, we will run.
We belong, we belong, we belong to you.
Martin Smith
Refrain of
the People
Wake us from
our sleep; Raise us from our coffins. Oh Christ, show us Your light.
Scripture
It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of
sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell
you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled
disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we
felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his
temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with
an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us
alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he
picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our
Messiah.
Ephesians 2:1-9
Refrain of
the People
Wake us from
our sleep; Raise us from our coffins. Oh Christ, show us Your light.
Hymn – I will Walk
Jesus your grace
Abounds in waves
Your love anchors
My faith, you are my rock
Yahweh
Jesus I'm lost
Bow at the cross
In worship
I'll walk In the light
Of grace
I will walk in the light of day; I will walk in the light of day
My anchor is Jesus
Here I'll stay
I will walk in the light of day
In all I do
May my life imitate you
And may I walk in your footsteps
In who I am
May I resemble the Lamb
And may I walk in the light of your love
Gabriel Smith
Taking of
the Eucharist
If praying this Liturgy with others, take this time to celebrate the Eucharist.
Prayer of St.
Francis
Lord, make me an
instrument of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Concluding Hymn – “The Greatest Commands”
Love one another, for love is of God. He who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love, does not know God, for God is love, God is love.
Love bears all things, Believes all things. Love Hopes all things, Endures all things.
God is love, God is love, God is love.
God is love, God is love, God is love.
God is love, God is love, God is love.
God is love, God is love, God is love.
Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, all thy strength, all thy mind.
Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, for God is love, God is love, God is love.
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