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Liturgy and Prayers - Sunday, 3 November 2024 – Twenty Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (Proper 26) – All Saints
Liturgy in one document: Liturgy in One Document All Saints
Opening sentence
God has made Christ the head over all things for the church,
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
(Eph 1:22b,23 NRSV)
Prayer of the day - (Collect):
Traditional
O Lord,
the crown and reward of all your saints:
Grant us grace that,
as we follow their steps,
we may walk in your ways
and live with you in eternal joy;
through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Modernised Traditional
Lord, you are the crown and reward
of all your saints.
Lead us to follow their steps
and live as your people,
and bring us to eternal joy with you.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Alternative
Almighty God,
you bring your people together
in one holy church,
the body of our Lord.
Lead us to follow your saints
and to know the inexpressible joys
that you have prepared
for those who love you.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
New
Alleluia Verse
Alleluia, alleluia.
(Jesus said:) ‘I am the resurrection and the life.
Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.’
Alleluia.
(John 11:25a,26a NRSV)
Prayer after the Gospel
This is the gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Lord Jesus, thank you for your great love.
Help us to love God completely,
and to love others as we love ourselves.
Amen.
Offering Prayer
Thank you, holy God,
for sending Jesus as our high priest,
whose blood makes us pure and holy.
Inspire us by the great love you have shown,
so that we may love you
more than anything else,
and serve you by loving other people.
Amen.
Prayer points
Additional Prayer Points
Services with Holy Communion:
Preface
Use the preface for the Sundays after Pentecost. If it is desired to use a special All Saints preface, then the following preface, with additions based on the preface for All Saints in the Lutheran Book of Worship may be used.
It is indeed right and good,
Lord God, holy Father,
that we should at all times and in all places
give thanks to you,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
In your saints
you have given us a pledge of our inheritance
that, surrounded by such a cloud of witnesses,
we may run with perseverance the race that is set before us
and receive with them the unfading crown of glory.
And so, with angels and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we adore and praise your glorious name:
Communion Invitation
Jesus says: ‘I am the bread of life.
Whoever comes to me will never be hungry,
and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’
(Thanks be to God.)
Come, everything is ready.
OR
Jesus says: ‘My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood remain in me, and I in them.’
(Thanks be to God.)
Come, everything is ready.
OR
This cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks
is a communion in the blood of Christ.
This bread that we break
is a communion in the body of Christ.
(Thanks be to God.)
Come, everything is ready.
Prayer after Communion
Almighty God,
you bring your people together
in one holy communion,
the body of our Lord.
Lead us to follow your saints
and to know the inexpressible joys
that you have prepared
for those who love you.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Dismissal
Go in peace, to love and serve the living God.
Thanks be to God.
OR In the name of Christ. Amen.
