All Hallows Evening Prayer for Sunday Evening (September 5, 2021)
Evening Prayer
The Service of LightJesus Christ is the light of the world.
A light no darkness can extinguish.
Open this link in a new tab to hear F. Bland Tucker’s translation of the Phos hilaron, “O Gracious Light.”
O Gracious Light, Lord Jesus Christ,
In you the Father’s glory shone.
Immortal, holy, blest is he,
And blest are you, his holy Son.
Now sunset comes, but light shines forth,
the lamps are lit to pierce the night.
Praise Father, Son, and Spirit: God
Who dwells in the eternal light.
Worthy are you of endless praise,
O Son of God, Life-giving Lord;
Wherefore you are through all the earth
And in the highest heaven adored.
O Gracious Light!
Thanksgiving
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Blessed are you, Sovereign God,
our light and our salvation,
eternal creator of day and night,
to you be glory and praise for ever.
Now, as darkness is falling,
hear the prayer of your faithful people.
As we look for your coming in glory,
wash away our transgressions,
cleanse us by your refining fire
and make us temples of your Holy Spirit.
By the light of Christ,
dispel the darkness of our hearts
and make us ready to enter your kingdom,
where songs of praise for ever sound.
Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Blessed be God for ever. Amen.
Psalm 141 is sung and incense may be burned.
Silence is kept.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Tony Alonso’s bilingual version of Psalm 141, Let My Prayer Rise/Suba Mi Oración.”
Refrain:
Let my prayer rise up
like incense in your presence,
the raising of my hands,
and offering to you
Estribillo:
Suba mi oración
como incienso en tu precensia,
el alzar de mis manos
como ofrenda de la tarde.
1 I have called to you, O God,
come quickly to help me.
Hear my voice when I call to you.
Let my prayer rise up like incense before you,
and my hands like an evening off’ring.
Refrain
1 Señor, te llamo ven mí.
Escucha mi voz,
cuando te invoco.
Suba mi oración
como incienso en tu precensia,
como incienso en tu precensia.
Estribillo
2 Set a guard on my mouth
and guard my ev’ry word,
keep watch on the door of my lips.
Let me never turn my heart to evil or revenge,
nor join the evil in their feasting.
Refrain
2 Coloca, Señor, una guardia en mi boca,
y vigilia la puerta de mis labias.
No me dejas inclinarme a la maldad,
ni comer con los hombres malvaldos.
Estribillo
3 When the just correct me,
I take their words as kindness,
but the oil of the wicked will not touch me.
So I pray to you, O God,
I pray to you, O God, against their hateful ways.
Refrain
3 Que el justo me goipee,
que el bueno me reprenda,
es un gran favor, oh Señor.
Pero que el óleo de impío no perfume mi cabezañ
Seguiré rezando en sus desgracias.
Estribillo
4 To you, O God, I turn my eyes,
in you I find refuge and safety.
From the trap that has been set
by those who wish me harm,
keep me safe, O God.
Refrain
4 Mis ojos, Señor, están vueltos a ti.
Señor, en ti me refugio.
Guarda mi vida,
líbra me, Señor, de la trampa de los malhechores.
Estribillo
5 Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
and glory to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen
Refrain
5 Gloria al Padre, gloria al Hijo,
y gloria al Espíritu Santo,
como era en el principio,
ahora y siempre por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.
Estribillo
Let the incense of our repentant prayer ascend before you, O Lord, and let your loving kindness descend upon us, that with purified minds we may sing your praises with the Church on earth and the whole heavenly host, and may glorify you forever and ever. Amen.
The Psalms
Open this link in a new tab to hear David Ashley White’s choral arrangement of Psalm 23, “The Lord My God My Shepherd Is.”
The Lord my God my shepherd is;
how could I want or need?
In pastures green, by streams serene,
he safely does me lead.
To wholeness he restores my soul
and does in mercy bless,
and helps me take for his Name’s sake
the paths of righteousness.
Yes, even when I must pass
through the valley of death’s shade,
I will not fear, for you are here,
to comfort and to aid.
You have in grace my table spread
secure in all alarms,
and filled my cup, and raised me up
in everlasting arms.
Then surely I can trust your love
for all the days to come,
that I may tell your praise,
and dwell for ever in your arms,
Silence is kept.
O God, our sovereign and shepherd,
who brought again your Son Jesus Christ
from the valley of death,
comfort us with your protecting presence
and your angels of goodness and love,
that we also may come home
and dwell with him in your house for ever. Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Bernadette Farrell’s “You Have Called Us.”
You have called us by our name, we belong to you.
You have called us by our name and we are yours.
You have called us by our name, we belong to you.
You have called us by our name and we are yours.
You have chosen us to be members of your family.
In your love you have created us to live in unity.
You have called us by our name, we belong to you.
You have called us by our name and we are yours.
You will lead us to your light,
Walk before us through the night.
You will guide us on our journey.
You will keep our vision bright.
You have called us by our name, we belong to you.
You have called us by our name and we are yours.
You will hold us when we fall, give new strength to hear
Your call. You will never be beyond us, for your love is all in all.
You have called us by our name, we belong to you.
You have called us by our name and we are yours.
You will nourish, you will lead, giving ev'ry gift we need, for your reign will be established from the smallest of all seeds.
You have called us by our name, we belong to you.
You have called us by our name and we are yours.
Through our sharing here today may our faith and life convey. Christ our light and Christ our vision, Christ our purpose, Christ our way.
You have called us by our name, we belong to you.
You have called us by our name and we are yours.
The Proclamation of the Word
The Reading
Philippians 2: 12-18 God Is Himself at Work Within You
So then, my dearest friends, as you have always followed my advice—and that not only when I was present to give it—so now that I am far away be keener than ever to work out the salvation that God has given you with a proper sense of awe and responsibility. For it is God who is at work within you, giving you the will and the power to achieve his purpose.
Do all you have to do without grumbling or arguing, so that you may be God’s children, blameless, sincere and wholesome, living in a warped and diseased world, and shining there like lights in a dark place. For you hold in your hands the very word of life. Thus can you give me something to be proud of in the day of Christ, for I shall know then that I did not spend my energy in vain.
Silence is kept.
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory
The Homily
Nothing Is Impossible for God!
This evening's reading, a passage in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, I find myself returning to again and again. In this passage the apostle Paul draws our attention to God’s grace working invisibly in us. His grace that not only quickens our faith in God but also strengthens and confirms it
Grace is God’s goodwill and favor toward us, unmerited and undeserved. God has chosen to love us, his very nature being love, and will not change his mind.
Grace is also God’s holy influence by which God shows his steadfast love for us in us and in our lives, by which God has a positive effect upon our character, our spiritual growth, and our conduct. It is through God’s grace that we are enabled to love God with all our hearts and to walk in his ways. It is through God’s grace it is possible for us to do good, to do no harm, and to grow in our love of God and our love of humankind.
God’s grace is such a precious gift that the only response is one of humble thankfulness, gratitude not only expressed when we gather together on Sundays but manifest in every waking moment of our lives. One of the names of the service of the Lord’s Supper is the Holy Eucharist. Eucharist means thanksgiving. In the Lord’s Supper service, we not only recall what Jesus did for us on the cross and meet him in the sharing of bread and wine, we also give thanks for all the grace that God has shown us, all the grace with which God has supplied us.
By his grace God works good in us. God does not work evil. God does not tempt to us to hate others, to wish them harm, to treat them badly, to turn others against them, to do what grieves the heart of God. God does not tempt us to do any of these things, nor does he indulge us when we do them, much less encourage us in wrongdoing. We are deceiving ourselves if we believe that God takes pleasure in our gratification of such inclinations. Rather God grieves over us like mother grieves over a wayward child, a child whose headstrong rebellion not only does harm to themselves but also harms those who love them.
Our inward desires tempt us, not God. They convince us that we will not harm ourselves if we give into the allure of something that we find attractive but which we know is wrong or will have a bad effect or influence on us. They make whatever it is look in our minds more exciting and appealing than it is, as well as appear less harmful. Our inward desires blind us to the short-term and long-term consequences of what we are entertaining. They encourage us to take a dismissive attitude toward any thought that we might later regret what we are thinking of doing. Our inward desires entice us to yield to our wildest imaginations and our unbridled passions. They prompt us to pay more attention to those who are egging us on than to the prick of our conscience or the nudging of the Holy Spirit.
God does not, however, give up on us. God will not abandon us if we have succumbed to the temptation of our inward desires. His Holy Spirit will urge us to have a change of heart, to turn around and to stop what we are doing, to ask God’s forgiveness, to return like the prodigal son to the waiting father. God will supply us with the grace to do just that! God will work in us to that very end! God dearly loves us and treasures us. Like the shepherd who left his flock and went in search of one missing sheep, he will look for us to bring us home again. Jesus did not tell his parables to amuse the disciples and the crowd. They were lessons in God’s love for us, lessons in the love that God desires that we show our fellow human beings and each other, lessons in mercy, lessons in forgiveness.
We should not underestimate God’s mercy and forgiveness. The prophet Jonah did not. When God chose him to call the people of Nineveh to repentance, he refused. Jonah hated the Ninevites. They were a cruel and merciless people. They had besieged and conquered many cities of the ancient Mid-East, looting and pillaging them, raping their women and children, massacring their inhabitants, impaling their leaders on stakes, and taking any surviving inhabitants into slavery.
Jonah knew that God was merciful and forgiving. To escape God, he boarded a ship to Tarshish—a distant Phoenician colony believed to have been in Spain or Cilicia. Now Jonah belonged to a people who feared the sea and were not a seafaring people. Setting sail for Tarshish show us how much Jonah did not want to do what God had chosen him to do.
The ship on which Jonah fled God was beset by a terrible storm. The ship was in danger of sinking and its crew and passengers, of drowning. They concluded that someone on board had offended the gods. They drew lots to determine who was the offender and the lot fell to Jonah. When Jonah admitted that he was fleeing God, they tossed him overboard in hopes they would appease God.
Rather than drowning Jonah was swallowed by a dag gadol, a giant fish. The fish would disgorge him safely on a shore near the city of Nineveh. The fish that saved Jonah from drowning was God’s doing—a work of his grace. Reluctantly Jonah goes to Nineveh and preaches repentance to its inhabitants. Much to his disgust they repent in sack cloth and ashes from the king on down. God spares the city from destruction.
Jonah’s reaction is to ask God to let him die. He is angry at God for sparing the Ninevites. In a conversation with God, he tells God that he knew that God would spare them. “You are slow to anger, rich in mercy, and ready to forgive.” He admits that it was God’s merciful and forgiving nature that prompted him to flee.
If we let the temptations of our inward desires get the better of us, if we listen to those who are urging and encouraging us to be self-willed, rather than aligning our will with God’s will, God will not turn his back on us. God will not reject us. God will keep on working within us. He will keep on giving us the will and the power to turn from our waywardness, to repent, to seek his forgiveness, and to once more walk in his ways, in the path that Jesus showed us, in the path of love, holiness, and faith.
By his grace God works good in us. God does not work evil. God does not tempt to us to hate others, to wish them harm, to treat them badly, to turn others against them, to do what grieves the heart of God. God does not tempt us to do any of these things, nor does he indulge us when we do them, much less encourage us in wrongdoing. We are deceiving ourselves if we believe that God takes pleasure in our gratification of such inclinations. Rather God grieves over us like mother grieves over a wayward child, a child whose headstrong rebellion not only does harm to themselves but also harms those who love them.
Our inward desires tempt us, not God. They convince us that we will not harm ourselves if we give into the allure of something that we find attractive but which we know is wrong or will have a bad effect or influence on us. They make whatever it is look in our minds more exciting and appealing than it is, as well as appear less harmful. Our inward desires blind us to the short-term and long-term consequences of what we are entertaining. They encourage us to take a dismissive attitude toward any thought that we might later regret what we are thinking of doing. Our inward desires entice us to yield to our wildest imaginations and our unbridled passions. They prompt us to pay more attention to those who are egging us on than to the prick of our conscience or the nudging of the Holy Spirit.
God does not, however, give up on us. God will not abandon us if we have succumbed to the temptation of our inward desires. His Holy Spirit will urge us to have a change of heart, to turn around and to stop what we are doing, to ask God’s forgiveness, to return like the prodigal son to the waiting father. God will supply us with the grace to do just that! God will work in us to that very end! God dearly loves us and treasures us. Like the shepherd who left his flock and went in search of one missing sheep, he will look for us to bring us home again. Jesus did not tell his parables to amuse the disciples and the crowd. They were lessons in God’s love for us, lessons in the love that God desires that we show our fellow human beings and each other, lessons in mercy, lessons in forgiveness.
We should not underestimate God’s mercy and forgiveness. The prophet Jonah did not. When God chose him to call the people of Nineveh to repentance, he refused. Jonah hated the Ninevites. They were a cruel and merciless people. They had besieged and conquered many cities of the ancient Mid-East, looting and pillaging them, raping their women and children, massacring their inhabitants, impaling their leaders on stakes, and taking any surviving inhabitants into slavery.
Jonah knew that God was merciful and forgiving. To escape God, he boarded a ship to Tarshish—a distant Phoenician colony believed to have been in Spain or Cilicia. Now Jonah belonged to a people who feared the sea and were not a seafaring people. Setting sail for Tarshish show us how much Jonah did not want to do what God had chosen him to do.
The ship on which Jonah fled God was beset by a terrible storm. The ship was in danger of sinking and its crew and passengers, of drowning. They concluded that someone on board had offended the gods. They drew lots to determine who was the offender and the lot fell to Jonah. When Jonah admitted that he was fleeing God, they tossed him overboard in hopes they would appease God.
Rather than drowning Jonah was swallowed by a dag gadol, a giant fish. The fish would disgorge him safely on a shore near the city of Nineveh. The fish that saved Jonah from drowning was God’s doing—a work of his grace. Reluctantly Jonah goes to Nineveh and preaches repentance to its inhabitants. Much to his disgust they repent in sack cloth and ashes from the king on down. God spares the city from destruction.
Jonah’s reaction is to ask God to let him die. He is angry at God for sparing the Ninevites. In a conversation with God, he tells God that he knew that God would spare them. “You are slow to anger, rich in mercy, and ready to forgive.” He admits that it was God’s merciful and forgiving nature that prompted him to flee.
If we let the temptations of our inward desires get the better of us, if we listen to those who are urging and encouraging us to be self-willed, rather than aligning our will with God’s will, God will not turn his back on us. God will not reject us. God will keep on working within us. He will keep on giving us the will and the power to turn from our waywardness, to repent, to seek his forgiveness, and to once more walk in his ways, in the path that Jesus showed us, in the path of love, holiness, and faith.
The Good Shepherd who laid down his life for us will search for his straying lamb, rescue the lamb from danger, and bring the lamb safely back to his fold again.
Sound too good to be true? Here is a passage from Matthew’s Gospel that reassures us that it is not!
Then Jesus remarked to his disciples, “Believe me, a rich man will find it very difficult to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Yes, I repeat, a camel could more easily squeeze through the eye of a needle than a rich man get into the kingdom of God!”
The disciples were simply amazed to hear this, and said, “Then who can possibly be saved?”
Jesus looked steadily at them and replied, “Humanly speaking it is impossible; but with God anything is possible!” (Matthew 19: 23-26, Phillips)
Nothing is impossible for God! Nothing!
Silence is kept.
The Gospel Canticle
Open this link in a new tab to hear Marty Haugen’s adaptation of the Magnificat, “My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of God.”
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
1 The Mighty One works great thinks in me:
My soul rejoices in God.
All faithful servants God’s mercy shall see:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
2 The arm of God is justice and might:
My soul rejoices in God.
God puts the proud and the scheming to flight:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
3 God topples ev’ry tyrant and crown:
My soul rejoices in God.
The lowly raised and the mighty brought down:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
4 With wondrous things God’s banquet is spread:
My soul rejoices in God.
The rich go hungry; the hungry are fed:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
[Coda]
Intercessions
Let us complete our evening prayer to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For peace from on high and our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the welfare of all churches and for the unity of the human family, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For (name), our bishop, and (name), our pastor, and for all ministers of the Gospel, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For our nation, its government, and for all who serve and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For this city (town, university, monastery…). For every city and community, and for all those living in them, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the good earth which God has given us and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the safety of travelers, the recovery of the sick, the care of the destitute and the release of prisoners, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For an angel of peace to guide and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a peaceful evening and a night free from sin, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a Christian end to our lives and for all who have fallen asleep in Christ, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
In the communion of the Holy Spirit (and of all the saints), let us commend ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ our Lord.
To you, O Lord.
Free Prayer
In silent or spontaneous prayer all bring before God the concerns of the day.
The Collect
O God,
you know us to be set in the midst
of so many and so great dangers
that by the reason our frailty of our nature
we cannot always stand upright:
grant us such strength and protection
as may support us in all dangers
and carries through all temptations;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord's Prayer
And now, as our Saviour has taught us,
we are bold to say,
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Dismissal
Open this link in a new tab to hear Lori True’s “Lord, Grant Us Peace.”
1 In all our fear and grief we turn to you.
O God, you know all we think and do,
You know the pain we put each other through.
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace.
2 Help us to put aside the angry word.
The clenching first, the wish and will to hurt.
Teach us the way by which love best is served.
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace.
[Instrumental interlude]
3 You did not even spare your only Son.
He lived our griefs and bore all the evil done,
but through his cross redemption was begun.*
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace (grant us peace, grant us peace).
4 God, when we suffer all that we can bear,
then let us know that you in truth are near,
and will not leave us lost in our fear.
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace (grant us peace, grant us peace).
*This song reflects a Catholic view of redemption. Protestants would want to use this alternative verse, “…but through his cross full redemption was won.”
The Lord be with you.
The Lord bless you.
Let us praise the Lord,
Thanks be to God.
May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Sound too good to be true? Here is a passage from Matthew’s Gospel that reassures us that it is not!
Then Jesus remarked to his disciples, “Believe me, a rich man will find it very difficult to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Yes, I repeat, a camel could more easily squeeze through the eye of a needle than a rich man get into the kingdom of God!”
The disciples were simply amazed to hear this, and said, “Then who can possibly be saved?”
Jesus looked steadily at them and replied, “Humanly speaking it is impossible; but with God anything is possible!” (Matthew 19: 23-26, Phillips)
Nothing is impossible for God! Nothing!
Silence is kept.
The Gospel Canticle
Open this link in a new tab to hear Marty Haugen’s adaptation of the Magnificat, “My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of God.”
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
1 The Mighty One works great thinks in me:
My soul rejoices in God.
All faithful servants God’s mercy shall see:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
2 The arm of God is justice and might:
My soul rejoices in God.
God puts the proud and the scheming to flight:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
3 God topples ev’ry tyrant and crown:
My soul rejoices in God.
The lowly raised and the mighty brought down:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
4 With wondrous things God’s banquet is spread:
My soul rejoices in God.
The rich go hungry; the hungry are fed:
My soul rejoices,
sings and rejoices,
gladly rejoices in God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of God,
Rejoicing in God my Savior.
The Holy One has raised me up,
I live in God’s love and favour.
[Coda]
Intercessions
Let us complete our evening prayer to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For peace from on high and our salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the welfare of all churches and for the unity of the human family, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For (name), our bishop, and (name), our pastor, and for all ministers of the Gospel, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For our nation, its government, and for all who serve and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For this city (town, university, monastery…). For every city and community, and for all those living in them, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the good earth which God has given us and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For the safety of travelers, the recovery of the sick, the care of the destitute and the release of prisoners, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For an angel of peace to guide and protect us, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a peaceful evening and a night free from sin, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
For a Christian end to our lives and for all who have fallen asleep in Christ, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.
In the communion of the Holy Spirit (and of all the saints), let us commend ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ our Lord.
To you, O Lord.
Free Prayer
In silent or spontaneous prayer all bring before God the concerns of the day.
The Collect
O God,
you know us to be set in the midst
of so many and so great dangers
that by the reason our frailty of our nature
we cannot always stand upright:
grant us such strength and protection
as may support us in all dangers
and carries through all temptations;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Lord's Prayer
And now, as our Saviour has taught us,
we are bold to say,
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Dismissal
Open this link in a new tab to hear Lori True’s “Lord, Grant Us Peace.”
1 In all our fear and grief we turn to you.
O God, you know all we think and do,
You know the pain we put each other through.
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace.
2 Help us to put aside the angry word.
The clenching first, the wish and will to hurt.
Teach us the way by which love best is served.
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace.
[Instrumental interlude]
3 You did not even spare your only Son.
He lived our griefs and bore all the evil done,
but through his cross redemption was begun.*
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace (grant us peace, grant us peace).
4 God, when we suffer all that we can bear,
then let us know that you in truth are near,
and will not leave us lost in our fear.
Lord, have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord, grant us peace (grant us peace, grant us peace).
*This song reflects a Catholic view of redemption. Protestants would want to use this alternative verse, “…but through his cross full redemption was won.”
The Lord be with you.
The Lord bless you.
Let us praise the Lord,
Thanks be to God.
May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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