Service Sheet for Sunday 15th December, Third Sunday in Advent

St Paul’s Anglican Church Athens

Celebrant: Fr. Benjamin Drury

Preacher: Deacon Christine Saccali

Welcome to our Liturgy of Holy Communion (Sung Mass)

Entrance: 12 (Winchester New) On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry

Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12: 2-6

Gradual: 18 (Sandys) Ye servants of the Lord

Offertory: 7 (Little Cornard) Hills of the North, rejoice

Communion: 170 (Lindeman) Lo! in the wilderness a voice

Recessional: 443 (Gopsal) Rejoice, the Lord is King

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 Zephaniah (3: 14-18)

 

Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud!

Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!

The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away.

The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst; you have no more evil to fear.

When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior.

He will exult with joy over you, he will renew you by his love;

he will dance with shouts of joy for you as on a day of festival.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

 

Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12: 2-6: Sing and shout for joy, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel

Truly God is my salvation, I trust, I shall not fear. For the Lord is my strength, my song,

he became my saviour.

With joy you will draw water

from the wells of salvation (Response)

 

Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name! make his mighty deeds known to the peoples.

declare the greatness of his name. (Response)

 

Sing a psalm to the Lord, for he has done glorious deeds, make them known to all the earth!

 

People of Zion, sing and shout for Joy

for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. (Response)

 

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians (4: 4-7)

 

I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness. Let your tolerance be evident to everyone: the Lord is very near.

There is no need to worry; but if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it with prayer and thanksgiving, and that peace of God, which is so much greater than we can understand, will guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God

 

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. The spirit of the Lord has been given to me.

He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke (3: 10-18)

Glory to you, O Lord.

(after the Gospel reading)

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

O Lord Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messen- ger to prepare thy way before thee: Grant that the ministers and

stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (BCP)Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Weds. 18th December: 10 a.m. Low Mass

Sun. 22nd December: 10 a.m. Sung Mass (Advent IV)

Sun. 22nd December: 6 p.m. Choral Evensong

Tues. 24th December: 6 p.m. Nine Lessons and Carols Tues.

24th December: 11:30 p.m. Midnight Mass

Weds. 25th December: 10 a.m. Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas)

Any person interested in serving during the liturgy this Christmastide

should make themselves known to Father Benjamin or to Oliver Knight.

Carol ‘sing along’: Sun. 15th Dec. (6:00 p.m.) (5 euro admittance: includes refreshments)

Walking Group and Study Group: details from Fr. Benjamin

 

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

Deacon Christine Saccali : (Day Off: Friday)          697 737 7655 anglican@otenet.gr (Church e-mail address)

Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling  694 6072428

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