Service Sheet for Sunday 6th September – Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebrant: Fr. Benjamin Drury

Sung Mass for the twenty-third Sunday in ordinary time

Processional: 449 (St Ethelwald) Soldiers of Christ, arise

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 95

Gradual: 430 (Old 120th) O thou not made with hands

Offertory: 410 (Westminster) My God, how wonderful thou art

Communion: 273 (Unde et Memores) And now, O Father, mindful of the love

Recessional: 500 (Irish) Thy kingdom come, on bended knee

All are welcome to stay for refreshments after the liturgy.

The Mass setting is Sir James Macmillan’s ‘St. Anne’s Mass’

The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘Son of man, I have appointed you as sentry to the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them in my name. If I say to a wicked man: Wicked wretch, you are to die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked man to renounce his ways, then he shall die for his sin, but I will hold you responsible for his death. If, however, you do warn a wicked man to renounce his ways and repent, and he does not repent, then he shall die for his sin, but you yourself will have saved your life.’

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Resp. Psalm: Ps. 95: O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts.’

Come, ring out our joy to the Lord;

hail the rock who saves us.

Let us come before him, giving thanks,

with songs let us hail the Lord. (Response)

Come in; let us bow and bend low;

let us kneel before the God who made us:

for he is our God and we

the people who belong to his pasture,

the flock that is led by his hand. (Response)

O that today you would listen to his voice!

‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,

as on that day at Massah in the desert

when your fathers put me to the test;

when they tried me, though they saw my work.’ (Response)

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans (13: 8-10)

Avoid getting into debt, except the debt of mutual love. If you love your fellow men you have carried out your obligations. All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbour as yourself. Love is the one thing that cannot hurt your neighbour; that is why it is the answer to every one of the commandments.

The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord:

consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

+ A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (18: 15-20)

Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘If your brother does something wrong, go and have it out with him alone, between your two selves. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you: the evidence of two or three witnesses is required to sustain any charge. But if he refuses to listen to these, report it to the community; and if he refuses to listen to the community, treat him like a pagan or a tax collector.

‘I tell you solemnly, whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.

‘I tell you solemnly once again, if two of you on earth agree to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them.’

The Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, O Christ.

Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.(BCP Collect: Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity)

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

Services: Unless noted, liturgies are followed by refreshments

Wednesday 9th September: 10 a.m.; Morning Prayer (BCP)

Sunday 13th September: 10 a.m.; Sung Mass

Community Connect Coffee Morning: Thursday, 10th September (10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.), in the churchyard.

September Sale: 12th September (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.); donations and volunteers very welcome. There shall be books, preserves, clothes, cards, tea towels, and bric-a-brac for sale, as well as food and drink.

For the diary: harvest festival at the Kokotos estate (Sunday, 25th October)

The Friends of St. Paul’s: please speak to Dimitris Ramantanoglou, or Father Benjamin, about becoming a Friend of the church.

Pilgrimage walking group: details from Fr. Benjamin.

Short prayer booklets (Prime and Compline) are available, please speak to Oliver Knight

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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;

anglican@otenet.gr

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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