All: In the name of God
our creator, and of Jesus our brother, and of Sofia Holy Spirit our wisdom.
Amen.
Presider: God is with you. All: And also with you.
Opening Prayer.
All: Loving God, we praise you as we celebrate the company of
saints, especially those we have known and whose faithful witness reveals your
steadfast love. May the hope they give
us nourish our longing to love and serve you more. Without you we can do nothing;
make us worthy of the company of the blessed. We ask this in the names of all
our loved ones who have joined the multitude of saints singing your praise for
ever. Amen.
See Sheet for Readings
First Reading:
Psalm Response:
2nd Reading:
Gospel reading
Shared
Homily
Profession
of Faith. All: We
believe in God who is creator and nurturer of all. We believe in Jesus the
Christ, who is our love, our hope, and our light. We believe in the Holy
Spirit, the breath of Wisdom Sophia, who energizes and guides us to build
caring communities and to challenge injustices. We believe in the Communion of Saints
our heavenly friends and family, who support us on life’s journey. We believe in the partnership and equality of
women and men in our church and world. We believe that all are one in the
community of creation. We believe that God calls us to live fully, love
tenderly, and serve generously. Amen.
Presider: Always mindful of God’s love and care for us, we bring the needs of God’s people to our loving Creator and
Sustainer.
Response: Nurturing
God, hear us.
Presider:
That all those who suffer in body, mind and spirit from the summer’s hurricanes be helped to recover, may
we provide for all their needs. Response…
Presider: That the 2018 Federal and State budgets
will provide for the Common Good of Americans and a healthy environment for all,
we pray. Response.
Presider: For what else should we pray…
Presider: We know you hear our prayers; those
we speak and those we keep in our hearts. Energize our community to be your
holy family of saints; your Presence in the world. All: Amen
PREPARATION
OF THE GIFTS
Presider: Blessed
are you, O God, Seeker of all. This bread is your MMOJ community
honoring the gifts of faith and hope our Saints have given us. Through your divine providence, we have this
bread to offer, it will become for us the Bread of life. ALL: Praise to God forever.
Presider: Blessed
are you, O God, Creator of all. This wine is our desire to live as
our saints have shown us by following you.
Through your divine providence, we have this wine to offer, it will
become our spiritual drink. ALL: Praise to God forever.
Presider: Divine
Presence, we are united in this sacrament by the love of our Brother Jesus
Christ in communion with all your saints and all who seek to be the
Compassionate presence of God in our world ALL: Amen.
All: Blessed are you, God
of all life, through your goodness we have this bread and this wine and our own
lives to offer. Through this sacred meal and the gifts of faith and hope may we
become your new creation. Amen.
Eucharistic
Prayer.
All Sing: We are holy holy holy (x3) We are
whole; You are holy holy holy (x3) You are whole; I am holy (x3) I am whole; We
are holy holy holy (x3) We are whole.
All: Come Holy Spirit and
settle on this bread and wine. Fill them with the wholeness of our living
Cosmic Christ.
Remembering Jesus. (hand
extended in blessing):
All: On the night before he died,
while at supper with his friends, Jesus took bread, broke it, and shared it
with those present, saying, “Take this, all of you, and eat. This is my body which will be broken
for you.” (Pause)
Then Jesus took a cup of wine and shared
it with those present, saying, “Take this all of you and drink. This is the cup of my life-blood. Do
this in memory of me.”
All (2nd Invocation of Spirit, with hand
on each other’s shoulder): Come Holy Spirit to rest on us. Refreshed from
our worship together and joined with our Saints in heaven may we extend your
Love to all we meet. Amen
Prayer
of Jesus “Our Father and Mother”
Song
of Peace Faith is flowing
like a river, flowing out of you and me, flowing out into the desert, setting
all the captives free. Hope is flowing…Alleluia
Litany
for Breaking of Bread.
All: Loving God, you
call us to speak truth to power. We will do so!
Loving
God, you call us to live the Gospel of peace and justice. We will do
so!
Loving
God, you call us to be your presence in the world. We will do so!
Presider: This is Jesus who liberates, heals
and transforms us and our world. All are invited to partake of this banquet of
love and to live as the Heart and Hands of Christ in our times. All: We are the Body of Christ.
Prayer
of Thanksgiving (Didache, 100CE)
Men 1: For the thanksgiving, give thanks
this way: First, for the cup: We thank you, Abba God, for the sacred vine of
David your son, whose meaning you made clear to us through our brother Jesus,
yours ever be the splendor.
Women 2: And for the bread fragment: We thank
you, Abba God, for the life and wisdom whose meaning you made clear to us
through Jesus, yours ever be the splendor.
All 3: As this fragment was scattered high
on hills, but by gathering was united into one, so let your people from earth’s ends be united into your single reign, for yours are splendor and might through
Jesus Christ down the ages.
Prayers of Gratitude from community
Final
Blessing.
All (hand extended over community):
May God’s Light
encircle you
May God’s Love enfold you
May God’s Peace encourage you
May God’s Hope fill your heart and soul.
May God’s Presence enrich you
As we celebrate your gift of faith
with our saints always. Amen
Presider: Let us go in the peace, faith, and hope
of Christ, let our service continue! All: Thanks be to God.
Thanks to and adapted from a liturgy
by Michael and Imogene Rigdon of MMOJ-Sarasota
Readings for Liturgy:
First reading from Life and Letters of Janet
Erskine Stuart, pg 474
You have just come to a hard
place where two currents meet, and you could let yourself be beaten back
towards the shore; but you can, instead, bend your back to the oars and pull
the boat for all you are worth across that rough bit, and it will be better
when you get out of the cross currents.
Hold on and let nothing dismay.
You may have to change your means; don’t change your purpose. Remember you are doing God’s work and God is
with you, and all (God’s)saints are looking on ‘a great cloud of witnesses,’
while you fight in the arena, and they too have fought and overcome…The
inspired word of Jane Erskine Stuart, RSCJ. All: Thanks be to God
Psalm Response: Psalm 113
All: Your glory is throughout creation; we praise
your name Holy One
We your beloved daughters
and sons, praise you! Sing praises to
the Architect of the Universe! Blessed be your name, O God, forevermore! From
the rising of the sun to its setting your name is to be praised.
All: Your glory is throughout creation; we praise
your name Holy One
Bless the Holy One from this
time forth and forever more! Aspire to
enter fully into the Great Mystery. Aspire to gifts of Sophia God’s Spirit, be
open to Grace and express gratitude!
All: Your glory is throughout creation; we praise
your name Holy One
Yes, those who call upon the
Merciful One, are lifted up and blessed with new life; they wear a crown of
joy, as they recognize their Oneness with God’s Spirit. Come, all who suffer
and are heavy-laden, open your hearts to Love! Sing praises to the Heart of all
hearts!
All: Your glory is throughout creation; we praise
your name Holy One
Second Reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans
For in the Gospel, God’s
justice is revealed—a justice which arises from faith and has faith as its
result. As it is written ‘By being
faithful, those who are upright will find life.’ 1: 17
When people do nothing
except believe in the One who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as
righteousness. 4:5
Hence everything depends on
faith; everything is grace. Thus the
promise holds true for all of Sarah’s and Abraham’s descendants, not only for
those who have the law, but for all who have their faith. 4:16
Hoping against hope, Sarah
and Abraham, believed and so became the mother and father of many nations as it
was once promised them. Sarah and Abraham, without growing weak in faith,
thought about their bodies, which were very old….Still they never questioned or
doubted God’s promise; rather, they grew strong in faith and gave glory to God,
fully persuaded that God could whatever was promised. 4:18-21 The Word of God. All: Thanks be to God.
Gospel Reading: Matthew 8:5-10, 13
As Jesus entered Capernaum,
a centurion approached him and said, “Rabbi, my young attendant is at home in
bed paralyzed, suffering in great pain.”
Jesus replied, “I will come and heal your attendant.” The centurion replied, “Teacher, I am not
worthy to have you under my roof, but just say the word and my boy will be cured. I, too, am a person subject to authority and
have soldiers subject to me. I say to
some, ‘Go!’ and off they go; to others, ‘Come here!’ and they come, to my
attendants, ‘Do this!’ and they do it.”
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those nearby, “The
truth is, I‘ve found no one in Israel with such great faith” …Then Jesus said
to the centurion, “Go home, it will be done just as you believed it would.” And
the attendant was healed that very hour. The Good News of Jesus our
Brother. All: Thanks be to God.
Shared homily:
Who are the saints you have
known?
What gifts did they give
you? Knowledge? Understanding? Wisdom?
What did he/she teach you
about living a Christian life, values, faith and hope?
What sayings did he/she recite
about getting through the challenges of life?
Did they have a saying you
remember and use?
Did he/she have a special
saint or saints? How did they honor their patron saints?
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