Service Sheet for Sunday 13th April 2025, Palm Sunday, Lent VI

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens, Diocese iin Europe

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Processional I: 509 (St. Theodulph) All glory, laud, and honour

Processional II: 511 (Winchester New) Ride on, ride on in majesty

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 22

Gradual: 92 (Horsley) There is a green hill far away

Offertory: 86 (Love Unknown) My song is love unknown

Communion: 90 (Passion Chorale) O sacred head, sore wounded

Final: 81 (Das ist meine freude) Dost thou truly seek renown

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

The gospel is read at the procession with palms: St. Luke: 19: 28-40 A reading from the Book of Isaiah (50: 4-7)

The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue.

So that I may know how to reply to the wearied he provides me with speech.

Each morning he wakes me to hear, to listen like a disciple.

The Lord has opened my ear.

For my part, I made no resistance, neither did I turn away.

I offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;

I did not cover my face against insult and spittle.

The Lord comes to my help,

so that I am untouched by the insults. So, too, I set my face like flint;

I know I shall not be shamed.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 22: My God, my God, why have your for- saken me?

All who see me deride me.

They curl their lips, they toss their heads.

‘He trusted in the Lord, let him save him;

let him release him if this is his friend.’ (Response)

Many dogs have surrounded me,

a band of the wicked beset me.

They tear holes in my hands and my feet

I can count every one of my bones. (Response)

They divide my clothing among them.

They cast lots for my robe.

O Lord, do not leave me alone,

my strength, make haste to help me! (Response)

I will tell of your name to my brethren

and praise you where they are assembled. ‘You who fear the Lord give him praise;

all sons of Jacob, give him glory.

Revere him, Israel’s sons. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians (2: 6-11) His state was divine,

yet Christ Jesus did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are;

and being as all men are, he was humbler yet,

even to accepting death, death on a cross.

But God raised him high and gave him the name

which is above all other names

so that all beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name of Jesus

and that every tongue should acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

Christ was humbler yet,

even to accepting death, death on a cross.

But God raised him high

and gave him the name which is above all names.

Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (22: 14 – 23: 56)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect: Sunday Next Before Easter)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Tues. 15th April: 7: 30 p.m.; Invitation to Church of the Metamorphosis Weds. 16th April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass for Holy Wednesday

Thurs. 17th April: 7 p.m.; Maundy Thursday

Fri. 18th April: 2 p.m.; Good Friday

Sat. 19th April: 8: 30 p.m.; Easter Vigil

Sun. 20th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter Sunday); Easter Breakfast Please speak to Matilda Amartey about contributing to the Easter Breakfast Children’s Picnic and Activities in the garden today from 12: 30 p.m. – 2: 30 p.m.

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mission Agency) collabarative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;    

the Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury

frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Deacon Christine Saccali :  (Day Off: Friday)     697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 6th April – Fifth Sunday of Lent

Beginning of Passiontide

Celebrant: Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 60 ( Jesu Corona) O kind Creator, bow thine ear

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 126

Gradual: 91 (Batty) Sweet the moments, rich in blessing

Offertory: 62 (Herzliebster Jesu) Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offended

Communion: 76 (Breslau) Take up thy cross, the Saviour said

Recessional: 79 (Vexilla Regis) The royal banners forward go

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received

A reading from the Book of Joshua (5: 9-12)

Thus says the Lord,

who made a way through the sea, a path in the great waters;

who put chariots and horse in the field

and a powerful army

which lay there never to rise again,

snuffed out, put out like a wick:

No need to recall the past,

no need to think about what was done before. See, I am doing a new deed,

even now it comes to light; can you not see it? Yes, I am making a road in the wilderness, paths in the wilds.

The wild beasts will honour me, jackals and ostriches,

because I am putting water in the wilderness (rivers in the wild)

to give my chosen people drink.

The people I have formed for myself will sing my praises.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 126: What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad.

When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage, it seemed like a dream.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter,

on our lips there were songs. (Response)

The heathens themselves said: ‘What marvels the Lord worked for them!’

What marvels the Lord worked for us!

Indeed we were glad. (Response)

Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage as streams in dry land.

Those who are sowing in tears

will sing when they reap. (Response)

They go out, they go out, full of tears, carrying seed for the sowing:

they come back, they come back, full of song,

carrying their sheaves. (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians (3: 8-14)

I believe nothing can happen that will outweigh the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For him I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him. I am no longer trying for per- fection by my own efforts, the perfection that comes from the Law, but I want only the perfection that comes through faith in Christ, and is from God and based on faith. All I want is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share his sufferings by reproducing the pattern of his death. That is the way I can hope to take my place in the resurrec- tion of the dead. Not that I have become perfect yet: I have not yet won, but I am still running, trying to capture the prize for which Christ Jesus captured me. I can assure you my brothers, I am far from thinking that I have already won. All I can say is that I forget the past and I strain ahead for what is still to come; I am racing for the finish, for the prize to which God calls us upwards to receive in Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory! Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –

come back to me with all your heart, for I am all tenderness and compassion.

Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (8: 1-11)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

We beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look upon thy

people; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect: Lent V)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Weds. 9th April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass, followed by Stations of the Cross Sun.

13th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Palm Sunday)

Weds. 16th April: 10 a.m.; Low Mass for Holy Wednesday

Thurs. 17th April: 7 p.m.; Maundy Thursday

Fri. 18th April: 2 p.m.; Good Friday

Sat. 19th April: 8: 30 p.m.; Easter Vigil

Sun. 20th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Easter Sunday); Easter Breakfast

Walking Group and Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

Coffee Morning: April 10th (10:30 a.m., in the church garden) Church of Sweden’s Spring Bazaar continues at Apollonos 6.

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mission Agency) collaborative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;  

the Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church email address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens                    www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 30th March 2025, Fourth Sunday of Lent. Mothering Sunday

DON’T FORGET THE CLOCKS GO FORWARD BY ONE HOUR THIS MORNING

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Diocese in Europe

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 185 (Abbot’s Leigh) Sing we of the blessed Mother

Congregational Psalm: 467 (Ps. 34) Through all the changing scenes of life

Gradual: 339 (Slane) Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart

Offertory: 161 (St Botolph) For Mary, Mother of the Lord

Communion: 77 (University) The God of love my Shepherd is

Recessional: 493 (Wareham) Rejoice, O land, in God thy might

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the Book of Joshua (5: 9-12)

The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have taken the shame of Egypt away from you.’

The Israelites pitched their camp at Gilgal and kept the Passover there on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening in the plain of Jericho. On the morrow of the Passover they tasted the produce of that country, unleavened bread and roasted ears of corn, that same day. From that time, from their first eating of the produce of that country, the manna stopped falling. And having manna no longer,

the Israelites fed from that year onwards on what the land of Canaan yielded.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Congregational Psalm: Ps. 34: 467 in the New English Hymnal (tune: Wiltshire)

A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (5: 17-21)

For anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation; the old creation has gone, and now the new one is here. It is all God’s work. It was God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on this reconciliation. In other words, God in

Christ was reconciling the world to himself, not holding men’s faults against them, and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were

appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory! I will leave this place and go to my father and say:

‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.’ Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (15: 1-3, 11-32)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Lent, Passiontide & Easter Services

Weds., 2nd April: (10 a.m.) Morning Prayer, followed by Stations of the Cross Sun., 6th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Lent V (Passiontide begins) Weds. 9th April: (10 a.m.) Low Mass, followed by Stations of the Cross

Sunday 13th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Palm Sunday

Tues. 15th April: (7:30 p.m.) Invitation to Church of the Metamorphosis, Plaka

Weds. 16th April: (10 a.m.) Low Mass for Holy Wednesday

Thurs. 17th April: (7 p.m.) Maundy Thursday

Fri. 18th April: (2 p.m.) Good Friday (Celebration of the Lord’s Passion)

Saturday 19th April: (8:30 p.m.) Easter Vigil

Sunday 20th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Easter Sunday

Wednesday 23rd April: (10 a.m.) Low Mass in Easter Week

Saturday 26th April: (6 p.m.) Choral Evensong in Easter Week

Sunday 27th April: (10 a.m.) Sung Mass for Low Sunday (Easter I)

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

(1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18)

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. (BCP Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments Weds. 2nd April: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer, followed by Stations of the Cross Sun. 6th April: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Lent V)

Next Sunday is the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM), which shall be held after the service. All those who are on the electoral roll are encouraged to attend.

Easter Lilies: please give names to Terry Kreid.

After the liturgy today, during refreshments, Mr. Ian Geary shall give a presentation about his recent publication Faith, Politics, and Belonging.

Picnic & Children’s activities (to be confirmed): Palm Sunday (13th) Coffee Morning: April 10th (10:30 a.m.)

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mission Agency) collabarative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found  Here or on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code;

the Church does not receive any funding from the Church of England or the British Government and

is reliant on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church email address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 23rd March, Third Sunday of Lent

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Athens

Diocese in Europe

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 434 (University College) Oft in danger, oft in woe

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103

Gradual: 72 (Olivet) My faith looks up to thee

Offertory: 70 (Southwell) Lord Jesus, think on me

Communion: 275 (Liebster Jesu) Blessed Jesu, Mary’s son

Recessional: 59 (Jena) Now is the healing time decreed

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the Book of Exodus (3: 1-8, 13-15)

Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law priest of Midian. He led his flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the shape of a flame of fire, coming from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing but it was not being burnt up. ‘I must go and look at this strange sight,’ Moses said, ‘and see why the bush is not burnt.’ Now the Lord saw him go forward to look, and God called to him from the middle of the bush. ‘Moses, Moses!’ he said. ‘Here I am,’ Moses answered. ‘Come no nearer,’ he said. ‘Take off your shoes, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. I am the God

of your fathers,’ he said, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ At this Moses covered his face, afraid to look at God.

And the Lord said, ‘I have seen the miserable state of my people in Egypt. I have heard their appeal to be free of their slave-drivers. Yes, I am well aware of their sufferings. I mean to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians and bring them up out of that land to a land

rich and broad, a land where milk and honey flow, the home of the Ca- naanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.’

Then Moses said to God, ‘I am to go, then, to the sons of Israel and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you.” But if they ask me what his name is, what am I to tell them?’ And God said to Moses, ‘I Am who I Am. This,’ he added, ‘is what you must say to the sons of Israel: “I Am has sent me to you.”’ And God also said to Moses, ‘You are to say to the sons of Israel: “The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.” This is my name for all time; by this name I shall be invoked for all generations to come.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103: The Lord is compassion and love

(text at 536 in the New English Hymnal)

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (10: 1-6, 10-12)

I want to remind you, brothers, how our fathers were all guided by a cloud above them and how they all passed through the sea. They were all baptised into Moses in this cloud and in this sea; all ate the same spiritual food and all drank the same spiritual drink, since they all drank from the spiritual rock that followed them as they went, and that rock was Christ. In spite of this, most of them failed to please God and their corpses lit- tered the desert.

These things all happened as warnings for us, not to have the wicked lusts for forbidden things that they had. You must never complain: some of them did, and they were killed by the Destroyer.

All this happened to them as a warning, and it was written down to be a lesson for us who are living at the end of the age. The man who thinks he is safe must be careful that he does not fall.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory! Repent, says the Lord,

for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (13: 1-9)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the gospel reading) The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Prayer after Communion

We beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of

thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (Book of Common Prayer Collect for the Third Sunday in Lent)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 26th March: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sun. 30th March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Lent IV; Mothering Sunday)

Walking Group and Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin Coffee Morning: April 10th (10:30 a.m.)

Annual Parochial Church Meeting: Sunday, April 6th (12 p.m.)

Pilgrimage to Corinth (29th March) (register interest with Fr. Benjamin)

Bishop’s Lent Appeal: Diocese in Europe and USPG (Anglican Mis- sion Agency) collabarative work with refugees in Europe. Particulars, and donation details, are to be found on the Diocesan internet pages or the Diocesan Just Giving page.

Donate electronically by scanning the QR code.  The Church does not receive any

funding from the Church of England

or the British Government and is reliant

on the goodwill of congregants and visitors. We thank you for your support.

Priest Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury frbenjamindrury@gmail.com;

Home tel.: 210 72 14 906

anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

Facebook @AnglicanAthens   www.anglicanchurchathens.gr

Service Sheet for Sunday 16th March 2025, Second Sunday of Lent

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Diocese in Europe

Celebrant Fr. Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 63 (St. Bernard) All ye who seek a comfort sure

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 27

Gradual: 64 (Abridge) Be thou my guardian and my guide

Offertory: 148 (Leoni) The God of Abraham Praise

Communion: 433 (Hanover) O worship the King, all glorious above

Recessional: 431 (Hereford) O Thou who camest from above

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in­­­­­ Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.­

A reading from the Book of Genesis (15: 5-12, 17-18)

Taking Abram outside, the Lord said, ‘Look up to heaven and count the stars if you can.’ ‘Such will be your descendants,’ he told him. Abram put his faith in the Lord, who counted this as making him justified.

‘I am the Lord’ he said to him ‘who brought you out of Ur of the Chal- daeans to make you heir to this land.’ ‘My Lord,’ Abram replied ‘how am I to know that I shall inherit it?’ He said to him, ‘Get me a three-year- old heifer, a three-year-old goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon.’ He brought him all these, cut them in half and put half on one side and half facing it on the other; but the birds he did not cut in half. Birds of prey came down on the carcases but Abram drove them off.

Now as the sun was setting Abram fell into a deep sleep, and terror seized him. When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, there ap- peared a smoking furnace and a firebrand that went between the halves. That day the Lord made a Covenant with Abram in these terms:

‘To your descendants I give this land, from the wadi of Egypt to the Great River.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

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Service for Sunday 9th March – First Sunday of Lent

St Ppaul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrants Fr. Benjamin Drury

Preacher:  Deacon Christine Saccali

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 67 (Aus der Tiefe) Forty days and forty nights

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 91

Gradual: 228 (Martyrdom) Jerusalem, thou City blest (verses 1-5)

Offertory: 73 (St. Fulbert) My God, I love thee; not because

Communion: 69 (St. Philip) Lord, in this thy mercy’s day

Recessional: 65 (St. Andrew of Crete) Christian, dost thou see them All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from Deuteronomy (26: 4-10)

Moses said to the people: ‘The priest shall take the pannier from your hand and lay it before the altar of the Lord your God. Then, in the sight of the Lord your God, you must make this pronouncement:

‘“My father was a wandering Aramaean. He went down into Egypt to find refuge there, few in numbers; but there he became a nation, great, mighty, and strong. The Egyptians ill-treated us, they gave us no peace and inflicted harsh slavery on us. But we called on the Lord, the God of our fathers. The Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, our toil and our oppression; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with mighty hand and outstretched arm, with great terror, and with signs and wonders.

He brought us here and gave us this land, a land where milk and hon- ey flow. Here then I bring the first-fruits of the produce of the soil that you, the Lord, have given me.”

‘You must then lay them before the Lord your God, and bow down in the sight of the Lord your God.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 91: Be with me, O Lord, in my distress

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High and abides in the shade of the Almighty

says to the Lord: ‘My refuge,

my stronghold, my God in whom I trust! (Response)

Upon you no evil shall fall,

no plague approach where you dwell. For you has he commanded his angels,

to keep you in all your ways. (Response)

They shall bear you upon their hands

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

On the lion and the viper you will tread

and trample the young lion and the dragon. (Response)

His love he set on me, so I will rescue him;

protect him for he knows my name.

When he calls I shall answer: ‘I am with you,’

I will save him in distress and give him glory. (Response)

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Service Sheet for Sunday 23rd February, 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Terry Hemming

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 427 (Laudate Dominum) O praise ye the Lord!

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103 (536 in the New English Hymnal)

Gradual: 499 (St.Cecilia) Thy kindgom come, O God

Offertory: 461 (Cross of Jesus) There’s a wideness in God’s mercy

Communion: 294 (Saffron Walden) Just as I am, without one plea

Recessional: 359 (Duke Street) Fight the good fight with all thy might

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of

England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the first book of Samuel (26: 2, 7-9, 11-13, 22-23)

Saul set off and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand men chosen from Israel to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

In the dark David and Abishai made their way towards the force, where they found Saul lying asleep inside the camp, his spear stuck in the ground beside his head, with Abner and the troops lying round him.

Then Abishai said to David, ‘Today God has put your enemy in your power; so now let me pin him to the ground with his own spear. Just one stroke! I will not need to strike him twice.’ David answered Abishai, ‘Do not kill him, for who can lift his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be without guilt? The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed! But now take the spear beside his head and the pitcher of water and let us go away.’ David took the spear and the pitcher of water from beside Saul’s head, and they made off. No one saw, no one knew, no one woke up; they were all asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.

David crossed to the other side and halted on the top of the mountain a long way off; there was a wide space between them. He called out, ‘Here is the king’s spear. Let one of the soldiers come across and take it. The Lord repays everyone for his uprightness and loyalty. Today the Lord put you in my power, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 103: The Lord is compassion and love

(text at 536 in the New English Hymnal)

A reading from the first letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (15: 45-49)

The first man, Adam, as scripture says, became a living soul; but the last Adam has become a life-giving spirit. That is, first the one with the soul, not the spirit, and after that, the one with the spirit. The first man, being from the earth, is earthly by nature; the second man is from heaven. As this earthly man was, so are we on earth; and as the heavenly man is, so are we in heaven. And we, who have been modelled on the earthly man, will be modelled on the heavenly man.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. I give you a new commandment:

love one another just as I have loved you,

says the Lord. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (6: 27-38)

Glory to you, O Lord.

O Lord God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended

against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP Collect for Sexagesima, or the Second Sunday before Lent)

Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 26th February: 10 a.m.; Low Mass

Sun. 2nd March: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass

Weds. 5th March: 10 a.m.; Ash Wednesday (Sung Mass)

Weds. 5th March: 6:30 p.m.; Ash Wednesday (Low Mass)

Walking Group and Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin Coffee Morning: March 13th (Thursday) 10:30 a.m.

Choral Evensong (Evening Prayer): 16th March (6 p.m.)

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Service for Sunday 16th February, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 343 (Redhead No. 46) Bright the vision that delighted

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 1

Gradual: 369 (Binchester) Happy are they, they that love God

Offertory: 333 (Michael) All my hope on God is founded

Communion: 341 (Franconia) Blest are the pure in heart

Recessional: 391 (Gwalchmai) King of glory, King of peace

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

Please remember that the chaplaincy in Athens neither receives funding from the British Government nor from the Church of England. All donations are, therefore, very gratefully received.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah (17: 5-8)

The Lord says this:

‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,

who relies on things of flesh, whose heart turns from the Lord.

He is like dry scrub in the wastelands: if good comes, he has no eyes for it, he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,

a salt land, uninhabited.

‘A blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord, with the Lord for his hope.

He is like a tree by the waterside that thrusts its roots to the stream: when the heat comes it feels no alarm, its foliage stays green;

it has no worries in a year of drought, and never ceases to bear fruit.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 1: Happy the man who has put his trust in the Lord

Happy indeed is the man

who follows not the counsel of the wicked; nor lingers in the way of sinners

nor sits in the company of scorners, but whose delight is the law of the Lord

and who ponders his law day and night. (Response)

He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters,

that yields its fruit in due season

and whose leaves shall never fade;

and all that he does shall prosper. (Response)

Not so are the wicked, not so! For they like winnowed chaff shall be driven away by the wind:

for the Lord guards the way of the just

but the way of the wicked leads to doom. (Response)

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