Festal Eucharist

Sunday, August 31, 2025
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The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Proper 17)


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My Jesus,
I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
I love you above all things,
and I desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot at this moment
receive you sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace you as if you were already there and unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you.
Amen.

CelebrantFr. Turner
PreacherFr. Gioia
DeaconMo. Turner
SubdeaconFr. Schultz
Sung byThe Saint Thomas Consort
The Ordinary of the MassMissa Brevis, by Grayston Ives (b. 1948)
PreludeFolk Tune, from ‘Five Short Pieces’, by Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
Hymn372 – Praise to the living God – LEONI
The Liturgy of the Word
The LessonEcclesiasticus 10:12-18
Psalm112
The EpistleHebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Hymn423 – Immortal, invisible, God only wise – ST. DENIO
The Holy GospelLuke 14:1, 7-14
SermonThe Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia: Recover Agency
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
Offertory AnthemThere is a land of pure delight, by Grayston Ives (b. 1948)
Communion AnthemI sat down under His shadow, by Edward C. Bairstow (1874-1946)
Hymn567 – Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old – ST. MATTHEW
VoluntaryReveille, by Ned Rorem (1923-2022)

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