Thursday Evenings at All Hallows (June 4, 2026)
Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows.
With Trinity Sunday we began the season of Trinitytide, a season of the Church Year that lasts until the season of Advent and the beginning of the new Church Year. Trinitytide, with Epiphanytide, is also known as the “green season” as green is liturgical color which is used during these two seasons of the Church Year.
In this Thursday evening’s message, we will be returning to our examination of the teaching of Jesus. We will be looking at what Jesus taught were the two greatest commandments.
GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
Open this link in a new tab to hear John O'Shea’s arrangement of Ag Críost an Síol (Christ Is the Seed) for solo guitar.
Silence
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth
stand in awe of him. Psalm 96:9
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God is faithful and
just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:8-9
Let us now confess our sins to almighty God.
Silence
Almighty and most merciful Father,
we have strayed from your ways like lost sheep.
We have followed too much
the devices and the desires of our own hearts.
we have offended against your holy laws,
we have left undone what we ought to have done,
and we have done what we ought not to have done.
Yet, good Lord, have mercy on us;
restore those who are penitent,
according to your promises declared
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Grant, most merciful Father, for his sake,
that we may live a godly, righteous, and sober lives,
to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
Merciful Lord,
grant to your faithful people pardon and peace,
that we may be cleansed from all our sins,
and serve you with a quiet mind;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Open our lips, O Lord;
And we shall declare your praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit:
as in the beginning, so now, and for ever. Amen.
Let us praise the Lord.
The Lord’s name be praised.
Open this link in a new tab to hear “O Gladsome Light, O Grace of God the Father's Face,” Robert Bridges’ translation of the 3rd century anonymous Greek hymn Phos hilaron.
1 O gladsome light, O grace
of God the Father's face,
the eternal splendour wearing;
celestial, holy, blest,
our Saviour Jesus Christ,
joyful in thine appearing.
2 Now, ere day fadeth quite,
we see the evening light,
our wonted hymn outpouring;
Father of might unknown,
thee, his incarnate Son,
and Holy Spirit adoring.
3 To thee of right belongs
all praise of holy songs,
O Son of God, lifegiver;
thee therefore, O most high,
the world doth glorify
and shall exalt for ever.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Noel Rawsthorne’s arrangement of “I Will Lift up Mine Eyes unto the Hills” (Psalm 121).
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh even from the LORD,
who hath made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD himself is thy keeper:
The Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;
6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day,
neither the moon by night
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:
Yea, it is even He that shall keep thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth for evermore.
Silence
Lord, ever watchful and faithful,
we look to you to be our defence
and we lift our hearts to know your help;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD
A reading from the Gospel according to Mark.
Mark 12: 28-34
One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’ Then the scribe said to him, ‘You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no other”; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength”, and “to love one’s neighbour as oneself”,—this is much more important than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’ When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ After that no one dared to ask him any question.
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.
Silence
In this Thursday evening’s reading from Mark’s Gospel, we overhear a conversation between Jesus and a “scribe,” a teacher of the Law, the code of religious law given by God to Moses. In the question that he poses to Jesus, the scribe does not appear to be trying to test Jesus or trick him but is seeking his opinion on a question with which the rabbis of the time were wrestling. Which commandment was the most important? He had apparently been impressed by Jesus’ response to the other questions which the Pharisees and Sadducees had put to Jesus. Jesus’ response to the question appears to have aligned with his own opinion on the matter and accounts for his favorable reaction to Jesus’ answer. What do we learn from this conversation and how does it affect our relationship with God and our relationship with our fellow human beings as twenty-first century disciples of Jesus?
In response to the scribe’s question Jesus identifies Deuteronomy 6:4-5 as the most important commandment. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. [ Or The Lord our God is one Lord, or The Lord our God, the Lord is one, or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one.] You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Jesus identifies Leviticus 19:18 as the second most important commandment. “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord.” While Jesus did not cite the entire verse, the scribe would have been familiar with it.
Jesus’ response was not the humble opinion of an itinerant preacher, a wandering sage. Rather he spoke with authority.
With his emphasis upon the importance of these two commandments Jesus establishes a very high standard of duty to God and to humankind for not just for his disciples but for all of humanity! Jesus is not just the lord of his followers. Jesus is Lord of all! Whether we acknowledge his lordship over ourselves, whether we call him Lord, makes no difference. He is Lord! All authority and power has been given to him. To Jesus every knee must bend, “in heaven and on earth and under the earth,” and every tongue must confess that he is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11). Great and small must make obeisance to Jesus as Lord of heaven and earth!
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:
Yea, it is even He that shall keep thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth for evermore.
Silence
Lord, ever watchful and faithful,
we look to you to be our defence
and we lift our hearts to know your help;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD
A reading from the Gospel according to Mark.
Mark 12: 28-34
One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’ Then the scribe said to him, ‘You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that “he is one, and besides him there is no other”; and “to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength”, and “to love one’s neighbour as oneself”,—this is much more important than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’ When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ After that no one dared to ask him any question.
May your word live in us
and bear much fruit to your glory.
Silence
The Two Greatest Commandments
In this Thursday evening’s reading from Mark’s Gospel, we overhear a conversation between Jesus and a “scribe,” a teacher of the Law, the code of religious law given by God to Moses. In the question that he poses to Jesus, the scribe does not appear to be trying to test Jesus or trick him but is seeking his opinion on a question with which the rabbis of the time were wrestling. Which commandment was the most important? He had apparently been impressed by Jesus’ response to the other questions which the Pharisees and Sadducees had put to Jesus. Jesus’ response to the question appears to have aligned with his own opinion on the matter and accounts for his favorable reaction to Jesus’ answer. What do we learn from this conversation and how does it affect our relationship with God and our relationship with our fellow human beings as twenty-first century disciples of Jesus?
In response to the scribe’s question Jesus identifies Deuteronomy 6:4-5 as the most important commandment. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. [ Or The Lord our God is one Lord, or The Lord our God, the Lord is one, or The Lord is our God, the Lord is one.] You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Jesus identifies Leviticus 19:18 as the second most important commandment. “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord.” While Jesus did not cite the entire verse, the scribe would have been familiar with it.
Jesus’ response was not the humble opinion of an itinerant preacher, a wandering sage. Rather he spoke with authority.
With his emphasis upon the importance of these two commandments Jesus establishes a very high standard of duty to God and to humankind for not just for his disciples but for all of humanity! Jesus is not just the lord of his followers. Jesus is Lord of all! Whether we acknowledge his lordship over ourselves, whether we call him Lord, makes no difference. He is Lord! All authority and power has been given to him. To Jesus every knee must bend, “in heaven and on earth and under the earth,” and every tongue must confess that he is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11). Great and small must make obeisance to Jesus as Lord of heaven and earth!
This is something that we need to remember when we examine his teaching. It has far greater weight than we may realize. We cannot dismiss Jesus’ teaching as we may hear or read some folks doing because his teaching in their estimation is ill-suited for the times.
Note how Jesus tells us we must give attention to both God and our neighbor. We are to do more than obey God and refrain from harming our neighbor. We are to love them. Love is more than a feeling of deep affection albeit it may involve such a feeling. It is an attitude and a deliberate choice, a mindset, a way of thinking and the actions which that way of thinking produce.
Note the extent to which Jesus tells us to love God and our neighbor. We are to love God better than we love ourselves. We are to be wholehearted in our devotion. No sharing our devotion to God with someone or something else. No endeavoring to serve more than one master. God is to be the centre of our lives.
Our devotion to God is to be heart-felt, from the heart, our innermost self, the source of our feelings, thoughts, and attitudes. We are to love God with the totality of our being.
We are to love our neighbour as ourselves. We are to treat our neighbour in all respects as we would wish our neighbor to treat us under similar circumstances. The way we treat our neighbor is not tied to how we feel about ourselves, to our own overinflated sense of self-worth or to our lack of self-esteem. We cannot rationalize away loving our neighbour because we consider loving a particular neighbor is beneath us, a particular neighbor is in our estimation not worthy of our love, or we need to learn to love ourselves first.
By neighbor Jesus was talking about all people, not just the person who lives closest to us. He was talking about the people who are different from ourselves as well as those who are like us, those with whom we may not be on friendly terms as well as those with whom we are the best of friends.
Let us keep these two commandments that Jesus has identified as the most important of all God’s commandments always in mind as we go about our daily lives. Let us see in them a summation of what we need to do to live a life that honors God and frame our lives on what they command, loving the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all your soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength, and loving our neighbor as ourselves.
Let us also not forget that it is God’s grace, which enables us to live such a life, having given us the new birth, a new beginning, that we might become more like Jesus and live our lives to the glory of God. It is God working in us who gives us the desire to please him and the power and the ability to do it. Our justification, being restored to a right relationship with God, and our sanctification, being transformed into the likeness of our Saviour and Lord, are both gifts of God’s grace.
Let us take to heart these words from the General Thanksgiving: “And, we pray, give us that due sense of all your mercies, that our hearts may be truly thankful and that we may declare your praise not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days….”
Silence
Opens this link in a new tab to hear Timothy Dudley Smith’s “Tell Out My Soul” (Magnificat).
1 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!
Unnumbered blessings, give my spirit voice;
tender to me the promise of his word;
in God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice.
2 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his name!
Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done;
his mercy sure, from age to age the same;
his holy name, the Lord, the mighty One.
3 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might!
Powers and dominions lay their glory by.
Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight,
the hungry fed, the humble lifted high.
4 Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word!
Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure.
Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
to children’s children and for evermore!
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father
almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
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,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Lord, show us your mercy,
and grant us your salvation.
Keep our nation under your care,
and guide us in justice and truth.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness,
and make your chosen people joyful.
Lord, save your people,
and bless your inheritance.
Give peace in our time, O Lord,
for you are our help and strength.
Create in us dean hearts, O God,
and renew us by your Holy Spirit.
Father, we praise you: through your Word and Holy Spirit
you created all things. You reveal your salvation in all the
world by sending to us Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
Through your Holy Spirit you give us a share in your life
and love. Fill us with the vision of your glory, that we may
always serve and praise you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Eternal God, from whom all holy desires, all good purposes,
and all just works proceed: give to your servants that peace
which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to
obey your commandments, and that free from the fear of our
enemies we may pass our time in trust and quietness;
through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Lighten our darkness, Lord, we pray: and in your great
mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night;
for the love of your only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Johann Jakob Schütz’s
“Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above.”
1 Sing praise to God who reigns above,
The God of all creation,
The God of power, the God of love,
The God of our salvation;
With healing balm my soul he fills,
And every faithless murmur stills:
To God all praise and glory!
2 The angel host, O King of kings,
Thy praise for ever telling,
In earth and sky all living things
Beneath thy shadow dwelling,
Adore the wisdom which could span
And power which formed creation's plan:
To God all praise and glory!
3 What God's almighty power hath made
His gracious mercy keepeth;
By morning glow or evening shade
His watchful eye ne'er sleepeth:
Within the kingdom of his might
Lo! all is just, and all is right:
To God all praise and glory!
4 *Then all my gladsome way along
I sing aloud thy praises,
That men may hear the grateful song
My voice unwearied raises:
Be joyful in the Lord, my heart!
Both soul and body bear your part!
To God all praise and glory!
5 O ye who name Christ's holy name,
Give God all praise and glory:
All ye who own his power, proclaim
Aloud the wondrous story!
Cast each false idol from his throne,
The Lord is God, and he alone:
To God all praise and glory!
Silence is kept.
Those present may offer their own prayers and thanksgivings, either silently or aloud.
Gracious God,
you have given us much today;
grant us also a thankful spirit.
Into your hands we commend ourselves
and those we love.
Be with us still, and when we take our rest
renew us for the service of your Son Jesus Christ.
Amen.
In darkness and in light,
in trouble and in joy,
help us, heavenly Father,
to trust your love,
to serve your purpose,
and to praise your name,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear James Quinn’s “Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go.”
1 Forth in the peace of Christ we go;
Christ to the world with joy we bring;
Christ in our minds, Christ on our lips,
Christ in our hearts, the world's true King.
2 King of our hearts, Christ makes us kings;
kingship with him his servants gain;
with Christ, the Servant-Lord of all,
Christ's world we serve to share Christ's reign.
3 Priests of the world, Christ sends us forth
the world of time to consecrate,
the world of sin by grace to heal,
Christ's world in Christ to re-create.
4 Christ's are our lips, his word we speak;
prophets are we whose deeds proclaim
Christ's truth in love, that we may be
Christ in the world, to spread Christ's name.
5 We are the church; Christ bids us show
that in his church all nations find
their hearth and home, where Christ restores
true peace, true love, to all mankind.
THE SENDING FORTH OF GOD’S PEOPLE
The Lord be with you.
And also with you
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Open this link in a new tab to hear John A. Behnke’s “Benediction.”
The Lord bless you
The Lord keep you
The Lord make his face to shine upon you
And be gracious
And be gracious
The Lord look upon you with favor
And give you peace.
The Lord bless you
The Lord keep you
The Lord make his face to shine upon you
And be gracious
And be gracious
The Lord look upon you with favor
And give you peace.
Amen. Amen.
Note how Jesus tells us we must give attention to both God and our neighbor. We are to do more than obey God and refrain from harming our neighbor. We are to love them. Love is more than a feeling of deep affection albeit it may involve such a feeling. It is an attitude and a deliberate choice, a mindset, a way of thinking and the actions which that way of thinking produce.
Note the extent to which Jesus tells us to love God and our neighbor. We are to love God better than we love ourselves. We are to be wholehearted in our devotion. No sharing our devotion to God with someone or something else. No endeavoring to serve more than one master. God is to be the centre of our lives.
Our devotion to God is to be heart-felt, from the heart, our innermost self, the source of our feelings, thoughts, and attitudes. We are to love God with the totality of our being.
We are to love our neighbour as ourselves. We are to treat our neighbour in all respects as we would wish our neighbor to treat us under similar circumstances. The way we treat our neighbor is not tied to how we feel about ourselves, to our own overinflated sense of self-worth or to our lack of self-esteem. We cannot rationalize away loving our neighbour because we consider loving a particular neighbor is beneath us, a particular neighbor is in our estimation not worthy of our love, or we need to learn to love ourselves first.
By neighbor Jesus was talking about all people, not just the person who lives closest to us. He was talking about the people who are different from ourselves as well as those who are like us, those with whom we may not be on friendly terms as well as those with whom we are the best of friends.
Let us keep these two commandments that Jesus has identified as the most important of all God’s commandments always in mind as we go about our daily lives. Let us see in them a summation of what we need to do to live a life that honors God and frame our lives on what they command, loving the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all your soul, and with all our mind, and with all our strength, and loving our neighbor as ourselves.
Let us also not forget that it is God’s grace, which enables us to live such a life, having given us the new birth, a new beginning, that we might become more like Jesus and live our lives to the glory of God. It is God working in us who gives us the desire to please him and the power and the ability to do it. Our justification, being restored to a right relationship with God, and our sanctification, being transformed into the likeness of our Saviour and Lord, are both gifts of God’s grace.
Let us take to heart these words from the General Thanksgiving: “And, we pray, give us that due sense of all your mercies, that our hearts may be truly thankful and that we may declare your praise not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days….”
Silence
Opens this link in a new tab to hear Timothy Dudley Smith’s “Tell Out My Soul” (Magnificat).
1 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!
Unnumbered blessings, give my spirit voice;
tender to me the promise of his word;
in God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice.
2 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his name!
Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done;
his mercy sure, from age to age the same;
his holy name, the Lord, the mighty One.
3 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might!
Powers and dominions lay their glory by.
Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight,
the hungry fed, the humble lifted high.
4 Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word!
Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure.
Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
to children’s children and for evermore!
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father
almighty;
from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
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,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Lord, show us your mercy,
and grant us your salvation.
Keep our nation under your care,
and guide us in justice and truth.
Clothe your ministers with righteousness,
and make your chosen people joyful.
Lord, save your people,
and bless your inheritance.
Give peace in our time, O Lord,
for you are our help and strength.
Create in us dean hearts, O God,
and renew us by your Holy Spirit.
Father, we praise you: through your Word and Holy Spirit
you created all things. You reveal your salvation in all the
world by sending to us Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
Through your Holy Spirit you give us a share in your life
and love. Fill us with the vision of your glory, that we may
always serve and praise you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Eternal God, from whom all holy desires, all good purposes,
and all just works proceed: give to your servants that peace
which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to
obey your commandments, and that free from the fear of our
enemies we may pass our time in trust and quietness;
through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Lighten our darkness, Lord, we pray: and in your great
mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night;
for the love of your only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear Johann Jakob Schütz’s
“Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above.”
1 Sing praise to God who reigns above,
The God of all creation,
The God of power, the God of love,
The God of our salvation;
With healing balm my soul he fills,
And every faithless murmur stills:
To God all praise and glory!
2 The angel host, O King of kings,
Thy praise for ever telling,
In earth and sky all living things
Beneath thy shadow dwelling,
Adore the wisdom which could span
And power which formed creation's plan:
To God all praise and glory!
3 What God's almighty power hath made
His gracious mercy keepeth;
By morning glow or evening shade
His watchful eye ne'er sleepeth:
Within the kingdom of his might
Lo! all is just, and all is right:
To God all praise and glory!
4 *Then all my gladsome way along
I sing aloud thy praises,
That men may hear the grateful song
My voice unwearied raises:
Be joyful in the Lord, my heart!
Both soul and body bear your part!
To God all praise and glory!
5 O ye who name Christ's holy name,
Give God all praise and glory:
All ye who own his power, proclaim
Aloud the wondrous story!
Cast each false idol from his throne,
The Lord is God, and he alone:
To God all praise and glory!
Silence is kept.
Those present may offer their own prayers and thanksgivings, either silently or aloud.
Gracious God,
you have given us much today;
grant us also a thankful spirit.
Into your hands we commend ourselves
and those we love.
Be with us still, and when we take our rest
renew us for the service of your Son Jesus Christ.
Amen.
In darkness and in light,
in trouble and in joy,
help us, heavenly Father,
to trust your love,
to serve your purpose,
and to praise your name,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Open this link in a new tab to hear James Quinn’s “Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go.”
1 Forth in the peace of Christ we go;
Christ to the world with joy we bring;
Christ in our minds, Christ on our lips,
Christ in our hearts, the world's true King.
2 King of our hearts, Christ makes us kings;
kingship with him his servants gain;
with Christ, the Servant-Lord of all,
Christ's world we serve to share Christ's reign.
3 Priests of the world, Christ sends us forth
the world of time to consecrate,
the world of sin by grace to heal,
Christ's world in Christ to re-create.
4 Christ's are our lips, his word we speak;
prophets are we whose deeds proclaim
Christ's truth in love, that we may be
Christ in the world, to spread Christ's name.
5 We are the church; Christ bids us show
that in his church all nations find
their hearth and home, where Christ restores
true peace, true love, to all mankind.
THE SENDING FORTH OF GOD’S PEOPLE
The Lord be with you.
And also with you
Let us praise the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Open this link in a new tab to hear John A. Behnke’s “Benediction.”
The Lord bless you
The Lord keep you
The Lord make his face to shine upon you
And be gracious
And be gracious
The Lord look upon you with favor
And give you peace.
The Lord bless you
The Lord keep you
The Lord make his face to shine upon you
And be gracious
And be gracious
The Lord look upon you with favor
And give you peace.
Amen. Amen.
Amen. Amen.
Amen. Amen.
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