Service Sheet for Sunday 17th May – Seventh Sunday of Easter – Ascensiontide
Celebrant: Fr. Benjamin Drury
Sung Mass for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Processional: 130 (Llanfair) Hail the day that sees him rise
Resp. Psalm: Ps. 27
Gradual: 310 (Offertorium) We hail thy presence glorious
Offertory: 109 (Salve Festa Dies) Hail thee, Festival Day
Communion: 271 (Hyfrydol) Alleluya, sing to Jesus
Recessional: 432 (Regnator Orbis) O what their joy and their glory must be
The mass setting (Kyrie, Gloria, Creed, Sanctus, Agnus Dei) begins at page 562 in the New English Hymnal.
All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (1: 12-14)
After Jesus was taken up into heaven the apostles went back from the Mount of Olives, as it is called, to Jerusalem, a short distance away, no more than a sabbath walk; and when they reached the
city they went to the upper room where they were staying; there were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bart-
holomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Jude son of James. All these joined in continuous prayer, together with several women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Resp. Psalm: Ps. 27: I am sure I shall see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living.
The Lord is my light and my help;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
before whom shall I shrink? (Response)
There is one thing I ask of the Lord,
for this I long,
to live in the house of the Lord,
all the days of my life,
to savour the sweetness of the Lord,
to behold his temple. (Response)
O Lord, hear my voice when I call;
have mercy and answer.
Of you my heart has spoken:
‘Seek his face.’ (Response)
A reading from the first letter of St. Peter (4: 13-16)
If you can have some share in the sufferings of Christ, be glad, because you will enjoy a much greater gladness when his glory is revealed. It is a blessing for you when they insult you for bearing the name of Christ, because it means that you have the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God resting on you. None of you should ever deserve to suffer for being a murderer, a thief, a criminal or an informer;
but if anyone of you should suffer for being a Christian, then he is not to be ashamed of it; he should thank God that he has been called one.
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!
I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord; I will come back to you,
and your hearts will be full of joy. Alleluia! The Lord be with you. And also with you.
+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (17: 1-11)
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
‘Father, the hour has come: glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you;
and, through the power over all mankind that you have given him, let him give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.
And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
I have glorified you on earth
and finished the work that you gave me to do.
Now, Father, it is time for you to glorify me
with that glory I had with you before ever the world was.
I have made your name known
to the men you took from the world to give me.
They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
Now at last they know that all you have given me comes indeed from you;
for I have given them the teaching you gave to me,
and they have truly accepted this, that I came from you, and have believed that it was you who sent me.
I pray for them; I am not praying for the world
but for those you have given me, because they belong to you: all I have is yours and all you have is mine,
and in them I am glorified.
I am not in the world any longer,
but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.’ The Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, O Christ
O God the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We be-
seech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.(BCP Collect: Sunday after Ascension Day)
Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments
Wednesday 20th May: 10 a.m.; Low Mass
Sunday 24th May: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Whitsunday-Pentecost)
Quiz Evening: , 29th May, 7:30 p.m., Apollonos 6 , Plaka details from Jean Mertzanakis, or Oliver Knight.
Study group & walking group: details from Father Benjamin.
Spring Bazaar: to be held at the church on 6th June. Further details may be had from churchwarden Lynn Stavrou. All donations are very gratefully received, but please bring them the week before the bazaar only (from Monday, 1st June), as they cannot be stored conveniently at the church.
Volunteers, and, especially, donations for the cake stall, are sought.
A booklet comprising the Little Hours of Prime (which may be said as a short form for morning prayer) and Compline (night prayer)
may be purchased; please ask Oliver Knight about this.
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.
Senior Chaplain: Fr. Benjamin Drury SSC
frbenjamindrury@gmail.com; Home tel.: 210 72 14 906
Assistant Chaplain: Deacon Christine Saccali: 697 737 7655
Church of Sweden: Fr. Bjorn Kling: 694 6072428
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