Liturgy and Prayers - Sunday, 2 August 2020 – Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (Proper 13).

Liturgy in one document: Pentecost 9A

Opening sentence

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters,
and you that have no money, come, buy and eat!  (Isa 55:1a NRSV)

Prayer of the day - (Collect):

Traditional

O God, since you declare your almighty power
chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
Mercifully grant us such a measure of your grace,
that we may run to obtain your promises,
and share in your heavenly glory;
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 God, you reveal your almighty power
most of all in showing mercy.
In your loving kindness
let us run towards what you have promised,
and share in your heavenly treasure.
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

(Let us pray for the bread of life. [silence])
Loving Father,
your dear Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven
to be the true bread
which gives life to the world.
Give us this bread, so that he may live in us
and we in him.
For he lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.

New

(Let us pray for the bread of life. [silence])
Thank you, compassionate God,
that your Son healed the sick
and fed those who were hungry.
Satisfy our hunger both for daily bread
and for the life-giving bread that lasts forever.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.

Alleluia Verse

Alleluia, alleluia.
No one lives on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Alleluia.

Prayer after the Gospel

This is the gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for your great compassion.
Help us to receive your generosity with thanks,
and share your gifts with others.
Amen.

Offering Prayer

Lord, we thank you for giving us
not only what we need, but much more.
Help us joyfully to accept your good gifts,
especially life and fellowship with you,
and to share your gifts with others.
Make us generous and self-giving.
Amen.

Prayer of the Church

Prayer points

  • Alternative Prayer of the Church (Church@Home version)

  • You may wish to add the following prayer point into the Prayer of the Church for this Sunday:

    Heavenly Father, bring healing and comfort for people around the world suffering from Coronavirus COVID-19. Speed their recovery and slow the spread of the virus. We thank you for the efforts of all those involved in treating, testing and caring for patients, and ask your protection over them as they go about their work. Give wisdom to governments around the world as they manage this outbreak. We ask for your peace when we are tempted to panic or become anxious about this disease. Help us to place our trust in you, knowing that our life is safely hidden in you and that you are the Lord of all creation. Enable us to show your love to others, sharing the hope we have in you, praying and caring for the sick and needy as best we can in the name of Christ. Amen.

  • The Lutheran World Federation has released the following prayer documents:

    Intercessory Prayer in the midst of the spread of COVID-19

     

Additional Prayer Points

LCA International Mission

Services with Holy Communion:

Preface

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.
(On this day)*
he overcame death by his resurrection
and opened up for us
the way to eternal life with you.
And so, with angels and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we adore and praise your glorious name:

 * The words ‘on this day’ are used only on Sundays.

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.

Prayer after Communion

See the service order for a standard post-communion prayer. Alternatively, use the third prayer of the day (as listed above) at this point. It may be modified as follows:

Loving Father,
your dear Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven
to be the true bread
which gives life to the world.
As you have fed us with this bread,
may he live in us and we in him.
For he lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.

Dismissal

Go in peace, filled with the abundant life that God gives you.
Thanks be to God. 

OR  In the name of Christ. Amen.