O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your lovingkindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
 3rd Sunday after Pentecost The Word of God Opening Acclamation BCP 323 Priest Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. The Collect for Purity (said by the priest) Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Kyrie BCP 324 Priest Lord, have mercy upon us. The Gloria (said by all in unison) Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. .Priest The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Priest Let us pray. The First Lesson A reading from Jeremiah [20:7-13] O Lord, you have enticed me, you have overpowered me, I have become a laughingstock all day long; For whenever I speak, I must cry out, For the word of the Lord has become for me If I say, "I will not mention him, then within me there is something like a burning fire I am weary with holding it in, For I hear many whispering: Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" "Perhaps he can be enticed, But the Lord is with me like a dread warrior; They will be greatly shamed, Their eternal dishonor O Lord of hosts, you test the righteous, let me see your retribution upon them, Sing to the Lord; For he has delivered the life of the needy Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. The following Psalm is said together in unison. Psalm 69:8-20 Earl Matchett, MC 8 Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, * 9 I have become a stranger to my own kindred, * 10 Zeal for your house has eaten me up; * 11 I humbled myself with fasting, * [12 I put on sack-cloth also, * 13 Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, * 14 But as for me, this is my prayer to you, * 15 "In your great mercy, O God, * 16 Save me from the mire; do not let me sink; * 17 Let not the torrent of waters wash over me, 18 Answer me, O Lord, for your love is kind; * 19 "Hide not your face from your servant; * 20 Draw near to me and redeem me; * The Epistle A reading from Romans [1b-11] Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For whoever has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died, he died to sin, once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. The Gospel Matthew 10:24-39Clergy The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John People Glory be to thee, O Lord. The Clergy proclaims the Gospel Jesus said to the twelve disciples, “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! “So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. “Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.” Clergy The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise be to thee, O Christ. The Sermon The Rt. Rev. Geralyn Wolf, Assistant Bishop of Long Island Bishop Geralyn Wolf's Sermon for the Third Sunday after Pentecost - June 21, 2020 from Episcopal Diocese of Long Island on Vimeo. The following is said together in unison. The Nicene Creed I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible; And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only‑begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very 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 both 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 worshiped and glorified; who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one holy 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 BCP 328 Claire Mis, Seminarian Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church and the world. Almighty and everliving God, who in thy holy Word hast Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all bishops and other And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace, and especially We beseech thee also so to rule the hearts of those who bear Open, O Lord, the eyes of all people to behold thy gracious And we most humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness, O Lord, And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants Grant these our prayers, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, Confession of Sin BCP 331 Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of all things, judge of all men: We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed, by thought, word, and deed, against thy divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Absolution BCP 332 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy Celebrant: Hear the Word of God to all who truly turn to him. Come unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. Matthew 11:28 God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 The Peace BCP 332 Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you. Welcome and Offertory  The Holy Communion The Great Thanksgiving BCP 333 Priest The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Priest Lift up your hearts. People We lift them up unto the Lord. Priest Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. People It is meet and right so to do. Eucharistic Preface BCP 333 Celebrant: It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the Sanctus (said by all) Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts: Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Eucharistic Prayer BCP 334 All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread; Likewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, And although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, By whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, Celebrant: And now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say, The Lord’s Prayer (said by all in unison) 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, for ever and ever. Amen. The Breaking of the Bread A period of silence is kept. Priest Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia. Celebrant: Though we are separated from one another spatially, we remain connected to each other in heart and spirit as we contemplate the real presence of Christ in our midst. We remember that Christ is truly present with us, not only in bread and wine, but in our daily lives. Through this period of our physical separation, we fast from a literal participation in the sharing of communion, while also knowing that we receive the presence of Christ through our desire to share the sacrament. In that spirit let us pray: Claire Mis, Seminarian: In that spirit, let us pray, The Final Blessing (said by the Priest) The Dismissal Please stay for coffee hour via Zoom after this service. |