Service Sheet for Sunday 8th November 2026 – Rembrance Sunday
Celebrant Fr. Benjamin Drury
Sung Mass for Remembrance Sunday
Processional: 417 (St Anne) O God, our help in ages past Resp. Psalm: Ps. 63
Offertory: 435 (St Gertrude) Onward, Christian soldiers
Communion: 492 (King’s Lynn) O God of earth and altar
Communion II: 493 (Wareham) Rejoice, O land, in God thy might Recessional: 354 (Melita) Eternal Father, strong to save
All are welcome to remain for refreshments after the liturgy
The Mass setting is John Marbecke’s 1550 setting, found at number 542 in the New English Hymnal
A reading from the Book of Wisdom (6: 12-16) Wisdom is bright, and does not grow dim. By those who love her she is readily seen, and found by those who look for her.
Quick to anticipate those who desire her, she makes herself known to them.
Watch for her early and you will have no trouble; you will find her sitting at your gates.
Even to think about her is understanding fully grown;
be on the alert for her and anxiety will quickly leave you.
She herself walks about looking for those who are worthy of her and graciously shows herself to them as they go,
in every thought of theirs coming to meet them.
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Resp. Psalm: Ps. 63: For you my soul is thirsting, O God, my God.
O God, you are my God, for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you
like a dry, weary land without water. (Response)
So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.
For your love is better than life,
my lips will speak your praise. (Response)
So I will bless you all my life,
in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul shall be filled as with a banquet,
my mouth shall praise you with joy. (Response)
On my bed I remember you.
On you I muse through the night for you have been my help;
in the shadow of your wings I rejoice. (Response)
A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians (4: 13-18) We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the Lord’s own teaching, that any of us who are left alive until the Lord’s coming will not have any advantage over those who have died. At the trumpet of God, the voice of the archangel will call out the command and the Lord himself will come down from heaven; those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise, and then those of us who are still alive will be taken up in the clouds, together with them; to meet the Lord in the air. So we shall stay with the Lord for ever. With such thoughts as these you should comfort one another.
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Stay awake and stand ready, because you do not know the hour
when the Son of Man is coming. Alleluia!
+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (25: 1-13)
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus told this parable to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of heaven will be like this: Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were sensible: the foolish ones did take their lamps, but they brought no oil, where-
as the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps. The
bridegroom was late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep. But at midnight there was a cry, “The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet him.” At this, all those bridesmaids woke up and trimmed
their lamps, and the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, “Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going out.” But they replied, “There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some for yourselves.” They had gone off to buy
it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall and the door was closed. The other
bridesmaids arrived later. “Lord, Lord,” they said “open the door for us.” But he replied, “I tell you solemnly, I do not know you.” So stay awake, because you do not know either the day or the hour.’
The Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, O Christ.
O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godli-ness: Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of
thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.(BCP Collect: Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity)
Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Wednesday 11th November: 10 a.m. Low Mass;
Sunday 15th November: 10 a.m. Sung Mass;
The Armistice Day service on Wednesday (11th November), to be held at the War Graves in Alimos, commences at 10:45 a.m.
Sunday School: 15th November, 29th November (in lieu of the 6th of December, the day of the Christmas Bazaar).
Study Group: Friday, 20th November, 6:30 p.m., on the Greek Popes. For further particulars communicate with Fr. Benjamin.
Community Connect Coffee Morning: Thurs. 12th November. 10:30 a.m.; Apollonos 6.
Christmas Bazaar: Sunday, 6th December, at the Caravel Hotel. We shall be receiving donations from Monday, 30th November until Friday, 4th November.
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Church of England or the British Government and is reliant on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.
Senior Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury SSC
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Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655
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