Worship & Prayers for Remembrance Sunday 

Opening Rite 

If you’re at home you might wish to light a candle, make sure you are sitting comfortably and take a few deep breaths to still yourself.  

The Lord is here His spirit is with us.                         

Prayers of Penitence

Come, Holy Spirit of God, and search our hearts with the light of Christ.

Our Lord Jesus Christ said: The first commandment is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord.  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.  Amen. Lord, have mercy.

After a period of reflection

Come, let us return to the Lord and say:

Lord our God, in our sin we have avoided your call.  Our love for you is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early. Have mercy on us; deliver us from judgement; bind up our wounds and revive us; in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen                                                                                                        cf Hosea 6

May almighty God, who sent his Son into the world to save sinners, bring us his pardon and peace, now and for ever. Amen

The Collect

You might like to keep a few moments of silence

Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.   

Job 19:23-27a

‘O that my words were written down!  O that they were inscribed in a book!  O that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock for ever!  For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side,  and my eyes shall behold, and not another.

Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-end

As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God. Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?  But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. For this purpose he called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter.  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.

The Gospel according to Luke                                           Chapter 20:27-38

Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man* shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.’  Jesus said to them, ‘Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.’

This is the Gospel of the Lord Praise to you O Christ

Reflection

The Sadducees belonged to the Jewish aristocracy and the high priests who ran the Temple (under the overall authority of Rome) came from their ranks. With such a stake in the status quo, why expect a resurrection of the dead that would usher in God’s new creation? Their speculative parable (vv.28-33) reflects Moses’ teaching about family care for widows (Deuteronomy 25:5ff). But for Jesus, it misses the point about the world to come. In a new order of creation, there is no place for Moses’ understanding of patriarchal marriage. More significantly, the Sadducees miss the point in the story of Moses and the burning bush (v.37; Exodus 3:1-6). Their patriarchs are in some sense still alive, with God. Though belief in the resurrection of the dead was disputed by some Jewish groups, Jesus points to its roots in a tradition going back to Moses.

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Prayers

Spend a few moments praying for the people you know and love, for the world, for peace and for the relief of refugees everywhere. 

On The Third Sunday before Advent

God, our refuge and strength, bring near the day when wars shall cease and poverty and pain shall end, that earth may know the peace of heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Praying for the Earth                                                        Weather patterns

We give thanks for the weather in its infinite variety. We thank you for the rain and the snow, the winds that blow across the face of the earth and the warmth of the sun upon our faces. As we read the signs of the ever-changing weather, help us to understand the signs of the times in which we live.    Amen

From the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer for the Church

Porvoo Communion: Diocese of Norwich and Diocese of Luleå (Church of Sweden)

Anglican Communion: The Church in the Province of the West Indies Acting Primate: Bishop Philip Wright

Bamburgh and Glendale Deanery: St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh

Prayer for the COP30 climate summit

God of blessings, the universe sings of your glory.  Deepen our gratitude for all you have made and awaken in us a renewed commitment to care for the earth and each other.  Inspire world leaders at COP30, with openness to listen to those most affected by climate change and with courage to act urgently and wisely, so that our common home may be healed and restored and all people, and generations to come, may  delight in it. Amen

From our Parish Prayer Cycle this week 

Pray for all residents of Benton Close, Benton Lodge Avenue and Benton Park Road

For the sick and those being cared for in hospital or at home      

For those in residential care    

For the recently departed

Muna Al-Rehani

For those whose year’s minds are this week 

Florence Render, Natasha Worrall, Mary Jeffrey Lillie, Muriel Blackbird, John Faill, Jennie Reilly and David Swann

You might like to end your prayers with The Lord's Prayer  

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.

The Conclusion

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us evermore. Amen

Let us bless the Lord!   Thanks be to God!