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Collects, Epistles, and Gospels for Ascensiontide - Whitsuntide
              
 
PENTECOST SUNDAY 
 
                   
  Good Shepherd - Order Of Worship
 
 
OPENING HYMN    Alleluia Sing To Jesus   
 
COLLECT   
O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
 
The Word of God 
 
Epistle.    Acts ii.1.
WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 
 
 
GOSPEL SELECTION     Praise My Soul 
 
GOSPEL.     St. John xvi. 15.
JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.
 
 
THE GOSPEL INTROIT   Psalm 100

NICENE CREED
I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God; Begotten, not made; Being of one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made:  Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man: And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on  the right hand of the Father: And he shall come again, with glory to judge the quick and the dead; Whose  kingdom shall have no end.
 
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets: And I believe in one, Catholic and Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection of the dead: And the Life of the world to come.  Amen.
 
The Prayers Of The People
 
The ABSOLUTION / PEACE
 
OFFERTORY // PRAYER // DOXOLOGY  
 
The Holy Eucharist
Sursum Corda
L:  The Lord be with you
P:  And with thy spirit
L:  Lift up your hearts
P:  We lift them up to the Lord.  
L:  It is meet and right so to do
Santus: 
      Holy, Holy, Holy  
          Celebration of the Feast (Pg 80 BCP) 
 Agnus Dei
       The Lord's Prayer
      
PRE-COMMUNION  Prayer (Pg 82 BCP)
We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord...
 
       Lamb of God
 
POST COMMUNION PRAYER
GRANT, O Lord, that this holy Sacrament, which we have received: may in such wise deliver us from our former nature; that we may be worthy to enter into the fellowship of thy saving mysteries. Amen.
 
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
CLOSING HYMN   --    In The Beauty of Holiness  
 
The BENEDICTION
"WATCH HOW YOU GO!"
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 
This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it:
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  All the Law and the Prophets
hang on these two commandments."    Matt. 22:36-40

 

Reaching Out to the World and..... Beyond
Under the Protection of the Cross
 
 

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