Liturgy and Prayers - Sunday, 15 August 2021 – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (Proper 15)

Liturgy in one document: Liturgyin One Document Pentecost 12B, Proper 15

Opening sentence

Wisdom has build her house, she has also set her table:
Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.  (Prov 9:1a,2b,5 NRSV)

Prayer of the day - (Collect):

Traditional

Almighty and merciful God,
since you give your faithful people grace
to offer you true and acceptable service:
Grant that we may so faithfully serve you in this life
that we fail not finally to obtain your heavenly promises;
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

Almighty and merciful God,
it is your gift
that your faithful people serve you well.
Help us to run without stumbling
and reach what you have promised.
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 that all people may find their fulfilment in Christ. [silence])
Almighty and merciful God,
you have fulfilled our human longing
for justice and peace
in the coming of your Son as a human being.
May he shine in our lives,
so that all who see us
are drawn to him
as their only Saviour.
For he lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.

New

(Let us pray for discernment. [silence])
Wise and all-knowing God,
give us your gift of wisdom.
When we don’t know which way to go,
open our eyes and hearts,
so that we see clearly
the right path to take,
and do what pleases 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.

Alleluia Verse

Alleluia.
(Jesus said:) ‘Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood
abide in me, and I in them.’ (John 6:56 NRSV)
Alleluia.

Prayer after the Gospel

This is the gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Lord Jesus, thank you for giving your flesh and blood
for us to eat and drink.
Let us live with you forever.
Amen.

Offering Prayer

Living God,
thank you for sending Jesus,
so that we can live in him and he in us.
Let us always remain in him,
so that, filled with the Spirit,
we may know and do your will.
Help us to live lives of thankfulness and joy,
serving you and other people.
Amen.

Prayer of the Church

Prayer points

  • PRAYER PETITIONS DURING THIS TIME OF COVID OUTBREAKS AND LOCKDOWNS

    Father God, children all over your creation are crying out for mercy in the face of this COVID pandemic. We cry out with them. Lord have mercy. Especially today we ask for your mercy on the heads of nations as they lead their countries through this season of fear and despair. Give them wisdom and peace. Bless them with capable advisors and administrators. Strengthen them with forbearance – especially in the face of criticism and community unrest. Lord, have mercy.

    OR
    Lord, we recognise we are a well blessed nation – despite the financial and health challenges we face. Please keep us from complacency and apathy as we consider those who are most impacted by the COVID virus – at home and abroad. Open our hearts to those who struggle. Continue to prompt your love to overflow in us to them. For you live and reign over all things. Lord have mercy.

    OR
    Where there is grief O Lord, where sadness overwhelms in the face of dying in this COVID season; bring your mercy and love. Comfort people with your promises and presence. Use your faithful people as your living and loving presence with those who grieve. Lord, in your mercy.

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.

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

EITHER
Let us pray. We give you thanks, almighty God, that you have refreshed
us through this healing gift; and we pray that through it you would
graciously strengthen us in faith toward you and in love toward one
another; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
OR
Let us pray. Heavenly Father, as you did not spare your own Son, but
gave him up for us all: Grant that we who have received his body and
blood in the sacrament may live in him and he in us, so that, as your
children, we may walk in your ways and serve you all the days of our
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.

Alternatively, use the third prayer of the day (as listed above) at this point. It may be modified as follows.

Almighty and merciful God,
you fulfilled our human longing
for justice and peace
when your Son came as a human being.
As we have received his body and blood in this sacrament,
may he shine in our lives
so that all who see us
may be drawn to him
as their only Saviour.
For he lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.

Dismissal

Go in peace, filled with the Spirit.
Thanks be to God.

OR In the name of Christ. Amen.