Service Sheet for Sunday 1st November – All Saints Day
Celebrant Fr Benjamin Drury
Sung Mass for All Saints
Processional: 197 (Sine Nomine) For all the Saints who from their labours rest
Resp. Psalm: Ps. 24
Gradual: 231 (All Saints) Who are these, like stars appearing
Offertory: 204 (Westminster Abbey) Blessed City, heavenly Salem
Communion: 226 (Deerhurst) Hark! the sound of holy voices
Recessional: 229 (Genevan Psalm 42) Joy and triumph everlasting
All are welcome to remain for refreshments after the liturgy
The Mass setting is Sir James Macmillan’s ‘St. Anne’s Mass’
A reading from the Apocalypse of St. John the Theologian (7: 2-4, 9-14)
I, John, saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ Then I heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel.
After that I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted aloud, ‘Victory to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ And all the angels who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders and the four animals, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the ground with their foreheads, worshipping God with these words, ‘Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.’
One of the elders then spoke, and asked me, ‘Do you know who these people are, dressed in white robes, and where they have come from?’ I answered him, ‘You can tell me, my lord.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb.’
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.
Resp. Psalm: Ps. 24: Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and all its peoples.
It is he who set it on the seas;
on the waters he made it firm.(Response)
Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place?
The man with clean hands and pure heart,
who desires not worthless things. (Response)
He shall receive blessings from the Lord
and reward from the God who saves him.
Such are the men who seek him,
seek the face of the God of Jacob. (Response)
A reading from the first letter of John (3: 1-3)
Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children;
and that is what we are.
Because the world refused to acknowledge him, therefore it does not acknowledge us.
My dear people, we are already the children of God but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed;
all we know is, that when it is revealed we shall be like him because we shall see him as he really is.
Surely everyone who entertains this hope must purify himself, must try to be as pure as Christ.
The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened and I will give you rest, says the Lord. Alleluia!
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (5: 1-12a)
Glory to you, O Lord.
Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them
‘How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle: they shall have the earth for their heritage.
Happy those who mourn: they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right: they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful: they shall have mercy shown them.
Happy the pure in heart: they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers: they shall be called sons of God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right: theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
‘Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.’
The Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, O Christ.
O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(BCP Collect: All Saints Day)
Church Open: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments
Monday 2nd November: 8:30 p.m.; Sung Mass (All Souls)
Wednesday 4th November: 10 a.m.; Low Mass
Sunday 8th November: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass (Remembrance Sunday)
A Requiem Mass for All Souls shall be sung on Monday, 2nd November, at 8:30 p.m. (tomorrow). There is a sheet in the church for names of the faithful departed, but do please endeavour to attend the service also.
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. (venue Swedish Center at Apollonos 6, Syntagma)
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Church of England or the British Government and is
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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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