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Topic: Evening Prayer
Time: Mar 9, 2022 07:30 PM London

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WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH. EVENING PRAYER.

 

GREETING

Welcome in the name of Christ. God’s grace, mercy, and peace be with you.

And also with you.

 

PREPARATION

Creator of the world, eternal God,

We have come from many places for a little while.

Redeemer of humanity, God-with-us,

We have come with all our differences, seeking common ground.

Spirit of unity, ever present God,

We have come on journeys of our own, to a place where journeys meet.

So here, let us take time together. For when paths cross and pilgrims gather, there is much to share and celebrate.

In your name, Holy Trinity, pattern of community. Amen.

 

PENITENCE

The divisions brought about by human sin and pride are matters of great sorrow for us all. Therefore let us confess our sins, and ask for God’s forgiveness and guidance

 

Silence is kept

 

God be merciful and bless us, and make his face to shine upon us.

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

May your ways be known on earth, your saving power to all nations.

Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

You, Lord, have made known your salvation, and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations.

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

 

The almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon and forgiveness of all our sins, time for amendment of life, and the grace and strength of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

 

VERSICLES AND RESPONSES

O Lord, open our lips

and our mouths shall proclaim your praise.

O God, make speed to save us.

O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;

as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen.

Praise the Lord.

The Lord’s name be praised.

 

THE WORD OF GOD

 

A READING

St. Luke 11:29-32

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, ‘This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise at the judgement with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!

 

ADDRESS

 

ANTHEM

Drop, drop, slow tears,

and bathe those beauteous feet,

which brought from heaven

the news and Prince of Peace.

 

Cease not, wet eyes,

his mercies to entreat;

to cry for vengeance

sin doth never cease.

 

In your deep flood

drown all my faults and fears;

not let his eye see sin,

but through my tears.

Orlando Gibbons

 

PRAISE

God is light.

In God there is no darkness.

If we live in the light,

as God is in the light,

we have fellowship with one another

and the fellowship of Christ, who redeems us from sin.

 

 

PRAYERS

 

We pray to the Lord: in faith we pray.

We pray to you our God.

 

Silence is kept

 

That the rest of this day may be holy, peace full and full of your presence; in faith we pray.

We pray to you our God.

 

That we may hear and respond to your call to peace and justice; in faith we pray

We pray to you our God.

That you will sustain the faith and hope of those who are lonely, oppressed and anxious; in faith we pray

We pray to you our God.

 

That you will strengthen us in your service, and fill our hearts with longing for your kingdom; in faith we pray

We pray to you our God.

 

God of mercy, you know us and love us and hear our prayer: keep us in the eternal fellowship of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

 

 

 

COLLECT

Merciful Lord, Grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

SENDING OUT

Heavenly Father, we share together the blessing of your presence.

Give us in this life knowledge of your truth, and in the world to come life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Poet-priest John Donne wrestles with the fact that Christians continue to sin even after they repent and vow to sin no more. This poem enumerates different types of sin – repeating already repented-of sins, causing others to sin, remembering older sins – and wonders at God’s ongoing forgiveness. Notice the repetition in the last two lines of each stanza; the poem moves from requesting God’s continued forgiveness in response to continued sin to beseeching God for final forgiveness at the moment of death.

 

I

Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun,

Which is my sin, though it were done before?

Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run,

And do run still, though still I do deplore?

When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,

For I have more.

 

II

Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I have won

Others to sin? and, made my sin their door?

Wilt Thou forgive that sin which I did shun

A year or two: but wallowed in, a score?

When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done,

For I have more.

 

III

I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun My last thread,

I shall perish on the shore;

Swear by Thyself, that at my death Thy Son

Shall shine as He shines now, and heretofore;

And, having done that, Thou hast done,

I fear no more.

 

John Donne (1623)

 

There will an information meeting for parents and prospective candidates for confirmation on 6th March at 8pm in EGS. Classes will commence the following Sunday.

Bishop David McClay has filmed forty devotionals for Lent that take a fresh look at the Gospel of Luke and the lessons that will shape our living.

He says: “Living lives of fruitfulness and fullness requires us to discover what following Jesus looks like and what loving Jesus means in times of uncertainty and change. The story of Jesus as told by Luke is transformational when we allow his story to change our story. I invite you to join me each day in Lent for a few minutes to look again at Luke’s account of Jesus then, and what that means for us now.”

The short films ‘A Fresh Luke’ will be released at 7.00am each morning

https://www.youtube.com/user/downanddromorevideo

On six Monday nights during Lent, commencing on 7th March, Revd Jack is organising a book club which will discuss Embracing Justice by Isabelle Hamley from 8-9.30pm. This is likely to happen via zoom. The book has been chosen by the Archbishop of Canterbury for Lent. It poses the question: What might a spirituality shaped by biblical portrayals of justice look like for the church of the 21st century? The book is available on Kindle or Jack can get a copy (cost €10).

On 8th April from 10am to 4pm, the Irish Churches Creation Care Conference will explore the theology and mission response to the climate and nature emergency. The conference takes place at the Dromantine Centre, Newry. Lunch is included in the conference fee of £20.

Bookings can be made at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irish-churches-creation-care-conference-tickets-250651424157

While war looms to the east, it is painfully easy to focus all our attention on the desperate plight that so many will face should war occur. However, we also need to keep our minds tuned to the increasingly ominous threat from climate change. To have even the remotest chance of limiting global temperature increase, we all need to make substantial and, for some, unpalatable, behavioural changes. One example is travel. As covid restrictions are lifted, people are flocking to airports to fly to sunnier or snowier climes for foreign holidays, which are now widely regarded as a “human right”. Banning such holidays is currently impractical but it has been mooted by some that the numbers of cheap flights per person could be limited, the extra flights being charged at rates appropriate to help cover the environmental cost. Not popular to so many, but bear in mind that future generations also have a “human right” – a sustainable, liveable world. If we continue without modifying our lifestyles, the climate in our children’s and grandchildren’s lifetimes will be even more tumultuous than it currently is.

The Saturday morning bible studies will re-commence on Saturday 5th March in the Chester Beatty restaurant, commencing at 9am. These take place alongside Ashford Roman Catholic parish.

Mr Ian Mullen of Rossprint, who organises the printing of the Church Review, will be interviewed in Nun’s Cross church on Mothering Sunday, 27th March. He will answer questions about his family’s personal experience of gender violence. The new Diocesan President, Ada Lawson, will respond and speak, among other things of Mothers’ Union initiatives in this area.

In recognition of two years since the introduction of Covid 19 restrictions, the Service of Light on Sunday 20th March will recall the impact of the pandemic and remember those whose lives have been lost.