The well-tempered Sabbath

Each year there will be fewer of us who remember Sundays, the Christian Sabbath, when nearly all the shops were shut – the supermarkets definitely so – and there was no sport, professional or amateur. Sunday really did seem like a day of rest, forced maybe, but on balance welcome. That or my memory tricks me. However we interpret Sabbath today, is it not common sense and good stewardship of ourselves to set aside and make special at least one day of the week for rest, and to spend time with God and one another? As we are the Body of Christ, we owe it to one another to do this together. It is 2025 not 1925, but Sundays can still be that precious day of the week. Ought we to resist the invitation to the Lord’s table more often than not? Coming together in worship makes us whole.

Jesus neatly differentiates between ‘work’ and ‘duty’ in his healing, and riposte to the pernickety Pharisees. He demonstrates the most practical and loving response to an apparent conflict of interest or activity. However, today, let us not be so flexible and open-ended about the Sabbath that by accident or design we fail to make space for that duty and joy which is worship to God, in whose service is perfect freedom.

Fr A.

Music before the service

Gloria tibi Trinitas II William Blitheman
(1525– 1591)

The Processional Hymn

Be thou my guardian and my guide,
and hear me when I call;
let not my slippery footsteps slide,
and hold me lest I fall.

The world, the flesh, and Satan dwell
around the path I tread;
O save me from the snares of hell,
thou quickener of the dead.

And if I tempted am to sin,
and outward things are strong,
do thou, O Lord, keep watch within,
and save my soul from wrong.

Still let me ever watch and pray,
and feel that I am frail;
that if the tempter cross my way,
yet he may not prevail.
Isaac Williams (1802-1865)

The president says:
In the name of the +Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

The Lord be with you.
and also with you

Prayer of Preparation

Please sit or kneel.
Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hidden:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you,
and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Prayers of Penitence

Invitation to confession

God so loved the world
that he gave his only Son Jesus Christ
to save us from our sins,
to be our advocate in heaven,
and to bring us to eternal life.
Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith,
firmly resolved to keep God’s commandments
and to live in love and peace with all.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
we have sinned against you
and against our neighbour
in thought and word and deed,
through negligence, through weakness,
through our own deliberate fault.
We are truly sorry
and repent of all our sins.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
who died for us,
forgive us all that is past
and grant that we may serve you in newness of life
to the glory of your name.
Amen.

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

Please stand
Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to his people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

The Collect

Let your merciful ears, O Lord,
be open to the prayers of your humble servants;
and that they may obtain their petitions
make them to ask such things
as shall please you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

Isaiah 58.13-14

13 If you refrain from trampling the sabbath,
from pursuing your own interests on my holy day;
if you call the sabbath a delight
and the holy day of the Lord honourable;
if you honour it, not going your own ways,
serving your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs;
14 then you shall take delight in the Lord,
and I will make you ride upon the heights of the earth;
I will feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Jacob,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

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

Hebrews 12.25-29

25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking; for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven! 26At that time his voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.’ 27This phrase ‘Yet once more’ indicates the removal of what is shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. 28Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us give thanks, by which we offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe; 29for indeed our God is a consuming fire.
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.

Gradual

Bless the Lord, my soul, within me
all I am, his holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul, and in me
ever call to mind his fame,
who forgives your sin and error,
healing every ill and shame.

He redeems you from the grave, to
crown your life with love and care,
satisfies with life, to save you,
as an eagle in the air.
He, the Lord, in righteous judgement,
acts for those in deep despair.

He has shown himself to Moses,
all his deeds to Israel.
He, the Lord, is kind, and shows his
grace and love, when we rebel.
He is patient, slow to anger;
burning fury will dispel.

Metrical translation of Ps 103.1-8 by Adam Carilill
Tune: Mannheim

Gospel Reading

As you are able, please stand
Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are those who hear the word of the Lord and keep it.
Alleluia.
The Lord be with you
And also with you.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke
Glory to you, O Lord.

10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, ‘Woman, you are set free from your ailment.’ 13When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. 14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, ‘There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.’ 15But the Lord answered him and said, ‘You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? 16And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?’ 17When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing.

Luke 13.10-17

At the end:
This is the Gospel of the Lord
Praise to you, O Christ.

The Sermon

The Creed

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 Mary and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius
Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and 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,
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 Intercession

Please sit or kneel
We come boldly to the throne of grace, praying to the Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit for mercy and grace

Our Bishops
David, Mark and Matthew
The Anglican Communion
The Church of the Province of South East Asia
The Porvoo Communion
The Scottish Episcopal Church:
Diocese of Edinburgh
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland:
Diocese of Espoo

Schools and Colleges
All Saints, St Wilfrid’s; Briscoe Lane; Christ the King; Oldham Bluecoat; Trinity High School,; Co-op Academy Broadhurst; St Ambrose College, Loreto College; Bowdoin College, ME; Churchill College, Cambridge, Coventry University; The University of Leeds.
Streets
Marlinford Drive, Melrose Street,
Midhurst Avenue, Millway Walk,
Millwright Street, Mitchell Street.
Book of Remembrance
Arnold Walmsley; Ronnie Ogden; Edwin Hatch; Rose Wild; Jessie Lano; Ellen Lowe; Ivy Smeaton; Arnold Siddall; Archie Isles.

accept these prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.

The Peace

Please stand
The celebrant introduces the Peace with suitable words and says,
The peace of the triune God be always with you
and also with you.
Let us offer one another a sign of peace.

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Preparation of the Table

The Eucharistic Prayer

Please sit or kneel
The Lord is here.
His Spirit is with us.
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.
The president recites the Preface as far as
while angels and archangels and the powers of all creation sing for ever the hymn of your glory:

Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
+Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.

The president continues with the institution narrative as far as

Praise to you Lord Jesus
Dying you destroyed our death,
rising you restored our life:
Lord Jesus, come in glory.
The Eucharistic prayer continues to its conclusion in the Doxology

by whom, and with whom, and in whom,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all honour and glory be yours,
almighty Father, for ever and ever.
Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour
has taught us:
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.

Breaking of the Bread

We break this bread
to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many we are one body
because we all share in one bread.
The Agnus Dei
Jesus, Lamb of God:
have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins:
have mercy on us.
Jesus, Redeemer of the world:
give us your peace.

Giving of Communion

Behold the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world.
Happy are those who are called to His supper
Lord I am not worthy to receive you,
but only say the word and I shall be healed

Hymn after communion

(Remain seated)
sung by St Martin’s Voices
We cannot measure how you heal
or answer every sufferer's prayer,
yet we believe your grace responds
where faith and doubt unite to care.
Your hands, though bloodied on the cross,
survive to hold and heal and warn,
to carry all through death to life
and cradle children yet unborn.

The pain that will not go away,
the guilt that clings from things long past,
the fear of what the future holds,
are present as if meant to last.
But present too is love which tends
the hurt we never hoped to find,
the private agonies inside,
the memories that haunt the mind.

So some have come who need your help,
and some have come to make amends,
as hands which shaped and saved the world
are present in the touch of friends.
Lord, let your Spirit meet us here
to mend the body, mind and soul,
to disentangle peace from pain
and make your broken people whole.

John L Bell (born 1949) and Graham Maule (1958-2019)
© 1989, 1996 WGRG, c/o Iona Community, 21 Carlton Court, Glasgow, G5 9JP, Scotland. www.wildgoose.scot

Prayer after Communion

Silence is kept
God of our pilgrimage,
you have willed that the gate of mercy
should stand open for those who trust in you:
look upon us with your favour
that we who follow the path of your will
may never wander from the way of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

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Hymn

Now thank we all our God,
with hearts and hands and voices,
who wondrous things hath done,
in whom his world rejoices;
who from our mothers' arms
hath blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessèd peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills
in this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God
the Father now be given,
the Son, and him who reigns
with them in highest heaven,
the one eternal God,
whom earth and heaven adore,
for thus it was, is now,
and shall be evermore.

Nun danket alle Gott Martin Rinkart (1586-1649) translated by
Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878)

The Blessing

God the Holy Trinity make you strong
in faith and love,
defend you on every side,
and guide you in truth and peace;
and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always. Amen.

The Dismissal

Go in the light and peace of Christ
Thanks be to God.

Voluntary

Sortie Graham Twist

Next Sunday 31st August
The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP said)
10.00 am Holy Communion (sung) with Baptism

By the sacrament of Holy Baptism, Jason, the youngest child of our newer members Stephanie and Adesayo, will become a member of the Church of God.
We pray for them and the godparents they have chosen. The Church receives this child with joy.

This Sunday is also ‘Back to School Sunday’ as the new school year begins for many this week. Young people are very welcome to bring their school bags to church for the 10.00 am Service, and we will bless them (children and bags) at the inception of this new stage of learning life.

All Saints Newton Heath

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