Worship for Sunday, May 17, 2020
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
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OUR WORSHIP FOR TODAY
THE OPENING SENTENCE
OPENING HYMN: "What Wondrous Love is This" (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0HaOxYZspA
PRAYER OF THE DAY
Almighty and ever-living God, you hold together
all things in heaven and on earth. In your great mercy receive the prayers of
all your children, and give to all the world the Spirit of your truth and
peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and
said, ‘Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I
went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I
found among them an altar with the inscription, “To an unknown god.” What
therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the
world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live
in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he
needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all
things. From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and
he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where
they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him
and find him—though indeed he is not far from each one of us. For “In him we
live and move and have our being”; as even some of your own poets have said,
“For we too are his offspring.”
Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to
think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the
art and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human
ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has
fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man
whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him
from the dead.’
PSALM: Psalm 66:8-20
Bless our God, you peoples;
let
the sound of praise be heard.
Our
God has kept us among the living
and
has not allowed our feet to slip.
For
you, O God, have tested us;
you
have tried us just as silver is tried.
You
brought us into the net;
you
laid heavy burdens upon our backs.
You
let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but
you brought us out into a place
of refreshment.
of refreshment.
I will
enter your house with burnt offerings
and
will pay you my vows—
those
that I promised with my lips
and
spoke with my mouth
when I was in trouble.
when I was in trouble.
I will
offer you burnt offerings of fatlings
with the smoke of rams;
I
will give you oxen and goats.
Come
and listen, all you who believe,
and I
will tell you what God has done for me.
I
called out to God with my mouth,
and
praised the Lord with my tongue.
If I
had cherished evil in my heart,
the
Lord would not have heard me;
but in
truth God has heard me
and
has attended to the sound of my prayer.
Blessed
be God, who has not rejected my prayer,
nor
withheld unfailing love from me.
SECOND READING: 1 Peter 3:13-22
Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But
even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear
what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ
as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an
account of the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence.
Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you
for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer
for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil.
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the
unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh,
but made alive in the spirit, in which also he went and made a proclamation to
the spirits in prison, who in former times did not obey, when God waited
patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few,
that is, eight people, were saved through water. And baptism, which this
prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an
appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels,
authorities, and powers made subject to him.
THE HOLY GOSPEL: John 14:15-21
(Jesus said,) ‘If you love me, you will
keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world
cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him,
because he abides with you, and he will be in you.
‘I will not leave you orphaned; I am
coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will
see me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am
in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. They who have my commandments and
keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my
Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.’
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LedB8-BXOyI
HOMILY FOR THE DAY (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBxEoZHUlfM
HOMILY FOR THE DAY (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBxEoZHUlfM
THE APOSTLES' CREED
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the 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. Amen.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Uplifted by the promised hope of healing and
resurrection, we join the people of God in all times and places in praying for
the church, the world, and all who are in need.
A brief silence.
You are
the creator of heaven and earth. Revitalize the health of oceans, rivers,
lakes, springs, glaciers, and other bodies of water that give life to your
creatures. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
You call
all people of the world your children. Judge the nations justly, show mercy to
the oppressed, and speak truth to power through your prophets. Lord, in your
mercy, hear our prayer.
You come
near to us when we are lost, and you hear our distress. We pray for those who
suffer in any way. (You may lift up the names of those for whom you would
like to pray here.) Lord, in your
mercy, hear our prayer.
Your
commands are good and merciful. Give us courage to take hold of our baptismal
promises to work for justice, advocate for the voiceless, and free the
oppressed and imprisoned in body, mind, or spirit. Lord, in your mercy, hear
our prayer.
Healing
God, during Christ’s ministry on Earth, you showed your power and caring by
healing people of all ages and stations of life from physical, mental, and
spiritual ailments. Be present now to people who need your loving touch because
of COVID-19. May they feel your power of healing through the care of doctors
and nurses. Take away the fear, anxiety,
and feelings of isolation from people receiving treatment or under quarantine.
Give them a sense of purpose in pursuing health and protecting others from
exposure to the disease. Protect their families and friends and bring peace to
all who love them. Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Sheltering
God, we lift to You our concern for people who are more likely than others to
become severely ill from COVID-19 — the elderly and people with chronic health
conditions. Protect them from harm and be their comfort in this time of
uncertainty. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Caring
God, be with people making decisions that affect the lives and futures of our
families, communities, countries, and the wider world. Strengthen doctors,
nurses, and other caregivers. Strengthen
pastors and chaplains. Inspire and invigorate people developing better tests to
diagnose the virus, vaccines to prevent it, and protocols and communication to
eliminate the disease’s spread. May truth and empathy be the touchstones of
people setting policies for our protection. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
You
remain with us always, O God, and your kingdom has no end. We remember the
saints who have gone before us. (You
may lift up the names of those who have died in Christ here.) Unite us forever in your final victory over
death. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.
With bold
confidence in your love, almighty God, we place all for whom we pray into your
eternal care; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen.
forever and ever. Amen.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
A Prayer of St. Chrysostom
Almighty God, you have given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplication to you; and you have promised through your well-beloved Son that when two or three are gathered together in his Name you will be in the midst of them:
Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions as may be
best for us; granting us in this world knowledge of your
truth, and in the age to come life everlasting.
Amen
CLOSING PETITION FOR BLESSING
May the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
Amen
Amen
CLOSING HYMN: "Love Consecrates the Humblest Act" (Video Link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x45Qx4bT6Gkc
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