High Mass

The Second Sunday before Advent

Sunday 15th November 2020

10amMass for three voices William Byrd

1543-1623The Gathering

The President and altar party enter and the Altar is censed as the organ plays.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son,and of the Holy Spirit.Amen.

The GreetingThe Lord be with youand also with you.

Prayers of PenitenceThe deacon invites us to confess our sins

Let us confess to God the sins and shortcomings of the world;its pride, its selfishness, its greed;its evil divisions and hatreds.Let us confess our share in what is wrong, and our failure to seek and establish that peacewhich God wills for his children.

Silence is kept. Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy.Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.

The president says

Almighty God,who forgives all who truly repent,have mercy upon you,

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pardon and deliver you from all your sins,confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,and keep you in life eternal;through Jesus Christ our Lord.Amen.

Gloria in ExcelsisThe Choir sings the Gloria

Gloria in excelsis Deo.Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.Laudamus te. Benedicimus te.Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam.Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens.Domine Fili unigenite, Iesu Christe.Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris.Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.Quoniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus Dominus.Tu solus Altissimus, Iesu Christe.Cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria Dei Patris.Amen.

The Collect

The president introduces a period of silent prayer and then sings

Heavenly Father,whose blessed Son was revealed

to destroy the works of the deviland to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal

life:grant that we, having this hope,

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may purify ourselves even as he is pure;that when he shall appear in power and great glorywe may be made like him in his eternal and glorious

kingdom;where he is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The Liturgy of the WordReadings

A reading from the Prophet Zepheniah.read by Margaret Cunningham

Be silent before the Lord GOD!   For the day of the LORD is at hand;the LORD has prepared a sacrifice,   he has consecrated his guests.At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps,   and I will punish the peoplewho rest complacently on their dregs,   those who say in their hearts,‘The LORD will not do good,   nor will he do harm.’Their wealth shall be plundered,   and their houses laid waste.Though they build houses,   they shall not inhabit them;though they plant vineyards,   they shall not drink wine from them.The great day of the LORD is near,   near and hastening fast;the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter,   the warrior cries aloud there.That day will be a day of wrath,   a day of distress and anguish,

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a day of ruin and devastation,   a day of darkness and gloom,a day of clouds and thick darkness,   a day of trumpet blast and battle cryagainst the fortified cities   and against the lofty battlements.I will bring such distress upon people   that they shall walk like the blind;   because they have sinned against the LORD,their blood shall be poured out like dust,   and their flesh like dung.Neither their silver nor their gold   will be able to save them   on the day of the LORD’s wrath;in the fire of his passion   the whole earth shall be consumed;for a full, a terrible end   he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zephaniah 1.7, 12-endThis is the word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home;

Under the shadow of thy throneThy saints have dwelt secure;

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Sufficient is thine arm alone,And our defence is sure.

Before the hills in order stood,Or earth received her frame,From everlasting thou art God,To endless years the same.

A thousand ages in thy sightAre like an evening gone;Short as the watch that ends the nightBefore the rising sun.Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away;

They fly forgotten, as a dreamDies at the opening day.

O God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,

Be thou our guard while troubles last,And our eternal home.

Psalm 90 St AnneIsaac Watts 1674-1748 Melody and bass from

A supplement to the New Version1708 probably supplied by William Croft 1678-1727

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians.read by Nina Ashby

Concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. When they say, ‘There is peace and security’, then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labour pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children of light and children of

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the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.

1 Thessalonians 1. 1–11

This is the word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

Gospel ReadingWe STAND to say the acclamation to welcome the Gospel. We turn to face the Book of the Gospels, as Christ speaks to his people.

Blessed are the poor in spi - rit, for theirs is the king - dom of heaven.Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

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For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made five more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, “Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.” His master said to him, “Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.” And the one with the two talents also came forward, saying, “Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.” His master said to him, “Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.” Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, “Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.” But his master replied, “You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. As for this

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worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 25.14–30

SermonRob Barber

Reader

The sermon is followed by a short time for reflection.

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The CreedWe STAND.

Let us declare our faith in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.We believe in one God,the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth,of all that is,seen and unseen.We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,the only Son of God,eternally begotten of the Father,God from God, Light from Light,true God from true God,begotten, not made,of one Being with the Father;through him all things were made.For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Maryand was made man.For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.On the third day he rose againin accordance with the Scriptures;he ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,and his kingdom will have no end.We believe in the Holy Spirit,the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son,who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,

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who has spoken through the prophets.We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.We look for the resurrection of the dead,and the life of the world to come.Amen.

Prayers of IntercessionWe KNEEL or SIT to pray. The president introduces the prayers

We pray for the coming of God’s kingdom.led by Anthony Fitzgerald

These responses may be usedLord, in your mercyhear our prayer.Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord,and let light perpetual shine upon them.

At the endJesus Christ, first-fruits of the new creation,keep the Church in the unity of the Spiritand in the bond of peace,until you bring the whole created order to worship at

your feet;for you are alive and reign with the Father and the Holy

Spirit,one God, now and for ever.Amen.

The Liturgy of the SacramentThe Peace

We STAND. The president introduces the Peace

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May the God of peace sanctify you:may he so strengthen your hearts in holinessthat you may be blameless before himat the coming of our Lord Jesus with his saints.

The peace of the Lord be always with youand also with you.

The deacon saysLet us offer one another a socially distanced sign of peace.

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Dear Lord and Father of mankind,forgive our foolish ways!

Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,in purer lives thy service find,

in deeper reverence praise.

In simple trust like theirs who heard,beside the Syrian sea,

the gracious calling of the Lord,let us, like them, without a word

rise up and follow thee.

O Sabbath rest by Galilee!O calm of hills above,

where Jesus knelt to share with theethe silence of eternity,

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interpreted by love!

Drop thy still dews of quietness,till all our strivings cease;

take from our souls the strain and stress,and let our ordered lives confess

the beauty of thy peace.

Breathe through the heats of our desirethy coolness and thy balm;

let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,

O still small voice of calm!

‘Repton’Hubert Parry (1848–1918)

John Whittier (1807–92)

Preparation of the TableTaking of the Bread and Wine

The president takes the bread and wine and says

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:through your goodness we have this bread to set before you,which earth has given and human hands have made.It will become for us the bread of life.Blessed be God for ever.Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:through your goodness we have this wine to set before you,fruit of the vine and work of human hands.It will become for us the cup of salvation.Blessed be God for ever.

The following prayers are said

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Pray, my brothers and sisters,that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God the almighty Father.May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands,for the praise and glory of his name,for our good and the good of all his church.To you we come, Father of lights,with angels and saints,where heaven and earth unite.May Jesus meet us in the breaking of the bread.Amen.

The Eucharistic PrayerThe Lord be with youand also with you.Lift up your hearts.We lift them to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right to give thanks and praise.It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,that we should always sing of your glory,holy Father, almighty and eternal God,through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.For you are the hope of the nations,the builder of the city that is to come.Your love made visible in Jesus Christ

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brings home the lost,restores the sinnerand gives dignity to the despised.In his face your light shines out,flooding lives with goodness and truth,gathering into one in your kingdoma divided and broken humanity.Therefore with all who can give voice in your creationwe glorify your name,for ever praising you and singing:

The Sanctus and Benedictus Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Holy, holy, holyDominus Deus Sabaoth. Heaven and earth Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. are full of your gloryOsanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest

Benedictus qui venit Blessed is he who comesin nomine Domini. In the name of the LordOsanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.

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We praise and bless you, loving Father,through Jesus Christ, our Lord;and as we obey his command,send your Holy Spirit,that broken bread and wine outpouredmay be for us the body and blood of your dear Son.On the night before he died he had supper with his friendsand, taking bread, he praised you.He broke the bread, gave it to them and said:Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you;do this in remembrance of me.When supper was ended he took the cup of wine.Again he praised you, gave it to them and said:Drink this, all of you;this is my blood of the new covenant,which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.So, Father, we remember all that Jesus did,in him we plead with confidence his sacrificemade once for all upon the cross.Bringing before you the bread of life and cup of salvation,we proclaim his death and resurrectionuntil he comes in glory.Praise to you, Lord Jesus:Dying you destroyed our death,rising you restored our life:Lord Jesus, come in glory.Lord of all life,help us to work together for that daywhen your kingdom comesand justice and mercy will be seen in all the earth.Look with favour on your people,gather us in your loving armsand bring us with Our Lady Mary, John the Evangelist,Alban the Martyr and all the saints

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to feast at your table in heaven.Through Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, In the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, O loving Father, for ever and ever. Amen

The Lord’s PrayerUniting our prayers with the whole company of heaven,let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught usOur 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.

Breaking of the BreadEvery time we eat this breadand drink this cup,we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.The choir sing the Angus Dei:Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

Giving of CommunionJesus is the Lamb of Godwho takes away the sin of the world.Blessed are those who are called to his supper.Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,

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but only say the word and I shall be healed.

The Body and Blood of Christ, keep you in eternal life. Amen

The Choir AnthemLord, thou has been our refugeLord, thou hast been our refuge: from one generation to another.Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made: thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.Thou turnest man to destruction: again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday: seeing that is past as a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep: and fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green, and groweth up: but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

For when thou art angry all our days are gone: we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

Psalm 90 vv1-6,9 Ernest Walker 1870 - 1949

b. India

Prayer after CommunionWe STAND

Gracious Lord,in this holy sacramentyou give substance to our hope:bring us at the lastto that fullness of life for which we long;through Jesus Christ our Saviour.Amen.

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Almighty God,we thank you for feeding uswith the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ.Through him we offer you our souls and bodiesto be a living sacrifice.Send us out in the power of your Spiritto live and work to your praise and glory. Amen.

The Lord be with youand also with you.May Christ who makes saints of sinners,who has transformed those we remember today,raise and strengthen you that you may transform the world; and the blessing of God almighty,the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,be among you and remain with you always. Amen.

The DismissalGo in peace to love and serve the Lord.In the name of Christ. Amen.

In Honour of Mary – we face the image of Our Lady Mary

Sing the chiefest joy of Mary When on earth her work was done, And the Lord of all creation

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Brought her to his heavenly home:Virgin Mother, Mary blessèd, Raised on high and crowned with grace, May your Son, the world’s redeemer, Grant us all to see his face.Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.You will bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus.Most loving Father, who by the obedience of Mary did repair the sin of old: Grant that we who venerate the Virgin Mother of the Lord may follow her in faithfulness, and at length attain the company of your saints in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Sonata No.4 – 1st Movement - Allegro con brio   Felix Mendelssohn

1809-1847THIS WEEK’S PRAYER DIARY

Christopher our Bishop; Justin our Archbishop;and Jonathan, Bishop of Croydon

 Those we have been asked to pray for

Neville & Celeste Prinsloo, Roy Rae, Robbie Middleton, Christopher Love, David Ogundeji, Lorna Gautier, David

Maitland, Simon Gabe,Michael Hale, Vinnette & Mike Melbourne, Michael Cooper, Adam Phillips, Peter Bibby, Janet Kempson, Philippa Pearce,

Alison O'Melia, Julie Loh, Ann Newman, Naomi Ioannou, Alan Driedger, June McCallum, Carmen Alveraz, Paul Allen,

and Poh Wong 

Those known to us recently departedPamela Lerwill, Oliver Stubbs, and Terry Paxton

 Past priests, benefactors, friends,

and all whose year’s mind occurs this weekDorothy Billinghurst, Ethel Hewkley, Maude Hallett, Edith

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Mary Scott, Michael Wortley, Sharon Smith, Cecily Fernbank, David Pearce, Verena Gray, Joan Dibden, Gertrude

West, Violet Compton, Julia Gill, Olive Hayward, Jessamine Harrison, John Pontin,

Elizabeth Belcher, Florence Chalker, Emily Sweeting, Mary Waddington, George Sydenham Holmes, Priest and Organist

and Choirmaster, Albert Batstone, Sheilagh Boutal, Elsie Ayrton,Missionary, Nyasaland, 1915, Anthony Penny, Leslie Bailey, Violet Sell,

Gertrude Walker

NOTICESAPCM: this will be rescheduled and a new date will be circulated in due course

SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK 

Monday6pm  Christian Meditation on Zoom

Tuesday3.30pm  Christian Meditation on Zoom

Wednesday10am  Low Mass (on Zoom)

Saturday10am  Low Mass (on Zoom)

 Next Sunday, 22nd November (Christ the King)

 10am  Parish Mass (on Facebook)

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For an invitation to the Christian Meditation, contact Fr Tom (hurcomt@aol.com).

An invitation to the Low Mass on Wednesday and Saturday will be circulated to all those who receive the parish email

on the afternoon of the day before.  If you do not receive it, please contact sjunoffice@gmail.com.

 The Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper

NorwoodVicar: The Reverend John Pritchard (day off Tuesday)

T: 020 8771 6686  E: johnapritchard@hotmail.co.ukHonorary Assistant Priests: The Reverend Canon Andrew

Wilson,The Reverend Tom Hurcombe, The Reverend Myles Owen

Reader: Rob Barber    SPA: Danny SimpsonReader in Training: Sarita Brown Smedley

  

For amendments to the prayer list please contact Fr John Safeguarding Officers: Rachel Rae and Rebecca Hall.

E: sjunsafeguarding@gmail.com

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