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TH

E PR

ELU

DE:

Spi

rit o

f God

, Des

cend

Upo

n M

y H

eart

A

NN

OU

NC

EMEN

TS

BR

IEF

OR

DER

FO

R C

ON

FESS

ION

and

FO

RG

IVEN

ESS

In th

e na

me

of th

e Fa

ther

, and

of t

he S

on, a

nd o

f the

Hol

y Sp

irit.

Am

en

Alm

ight

y G

od, t

o w

hom

all

hear

ts a

re o

pen,

all

desi

res k

now

n, a

nd fr

om

who

m n

o se

cret

s ar

e hi

d: C

lean

se t

he t

houg

hts

of o

ur h

earts

by

the

insp

iratio

n of

you

r H

oly

Spiri

t, th

at w

e m

ay p

erfe

ctly

lov

e yo

u an

d w

orth

ily m

agni

fy y

our h

oly

nam

e, th

roug

h Je

sus C

hris

t our

Lor

d.

Am

en

If w

e sa

y w

e ha

ve n

o si

n, w

e de

ceiv

e ou

rsel

ves,

and

the

trut

h is

not

in

us.

But

if w

e co

nfes

s ou

r si

ns, G

od w

ho is

fai

thfu

l and

jus

t w

ill

forg

ive

our

sins

and

cle

anse

us f

rom

all

unri

ghte

ousn

ess.

(sile

nce

for r

efle

ctio

n an

d se

lf ex

amin

atio

n)

Mos

t mer

cifu

l God

, W

e co

nfes

s tha

t we

are

in b

onda

ge to

sin

and

cann

ot fr

ee o

urse

lves

. W

e ha

ve si

nned

aga

inst

you

in th

ough

t, w

ord,

and

dee

d, b

y w

hat w

e ha

ve d

one

and

by w

hat w

e ha

ve le

ft u

ndon

e. W

e ha

ve n

ot lo

ved

you

with

our

who

le h

eart

; we

have

not

love

d ou

r ne

ighb

ors a

s our

selv

es.

For

the

sake

of y

our

Son,

Jes

us C

hris

t, ha

ve m

ercy

on

us. F

orgi

ve

us, r

enew

us,

and

lead

us,

so th

at w

e m

ay d

elig

ht in

you

r w

ill a

nd

wal

k in

you

r w

ays,

to th

e gl

ory

of y

our

holy

nam

e. A

men

A

lmig

hty

God

, in

his m

ercy

, has

giv

en h

is S

on to

die

for u

s and

, for

his

sa

ke, f

orgi

ves

us a

ll ou

r sin

s. A

s a

calle

d an

d or

dain

ed m

inis

ter o

f the

C

hurc

h of

Chr

ist,

and

by h

is a

utho

rity,

I th

eref

ore

decl

are

to y

ou th

e en

tire

forg

iven

ess o

f all

your

sins

, in

the

nam

e of

the

Fath

er, a

nd o

f the

+

Son,

and

of t

he H

oly

Spiri

t. A

men

3 H

YM

N: “

Spiri

t, Sp

irit o

f Gen

tlene

ss”

all

vers

es

4

TH

E G

REE

TIN

G

The

grac

e of

our

Lor

d Je

sus C

hris

t, th

e lo

ve o

f God

, and

the

com

mun

ion

of th

e H

oly

Spiri

t be

with

you

all.

And

als

o w

ith y

ou.

5 TH

E K

YR

IE

6

THE

HY

MN

OF

PRA

ISE

7 TH

E SA

LUTA

TIO

N

TH

E PR

AY

ER O

F TH

E D

AY

Let u

s pra

y…

God

, the

Fat

her o

f our

Lor

d Je

sus C

hris

t, as

you

sent

upo

n th

e di

scip

les

the

prom

ised

gift

of t

he H

oly

Spiri

t, lo

ok u

pon

your

Chu

rch

and

open

ou

r hea

rts to

the

pow

er o

f the

Spi

rit.

Kin

dle

in u

s the

fire

of y

our l

ove,

an

d st

reng

then

our

live

s for

serv

ice

in y

our k

ingd

om; t

hrou

gh y

our S

on,

Jesu

s Chr

ist o

ur L

ord,

who

live

s and

reig

ns w

ith y

ou in

the

unity

of t

he

Hol

y Sp

irit,

one

God

, now

and

fore

ver.

Am

en

NO

TAB

ELLA

: H

e Le

adet

h M

e TH

E FI

RST

LES

SON

A

cts 2

:1-2

1

2 W

hen

the

day

of P

ente

cost

had

com

e, th

ey w

ere

all t

oget

her

in o

ne

plac

e. 2

And

sudd

enly

from

hea

ven

ther

e ca

me

a so

und

like

the

rush

of a

vi

olen

t w

ind,

an

d it

fille

d th

e en

tire

hous

e w

here

th

ey

wer

e si

tting

. 3 D

ivid

ed to

ngue

s, as

of f

ire, a

ppea

red

amon

g th

em, a

nd a

tong

ue

rest

ed o

n ea

ch o

f the

m. 4

All

of th

em w

ere f

illed

with

the H

oly

Spiri

t and

be

gan

to sp

eak

in o

ther

lang

uage

s, as

the

Spiri

t gav

e th

em a

bilit

y.

5 N

ow th

ere

wer

e de

vout

Jew

s fro

m e

very

nat

ion

unde

r hea

ven

livin

g in

Je

rusa

lem

. 6 A

nd a

t thi

s so

und

the

crow

d ga

ther

ed a

nd w

as b

ewild

ered

, be

caus

e ea

ch o

ne h

eard

the

m s

peak

ing

in t

he n

ativ

e la

ngua

ge o

f ea

ch. 7

Am

azed

and

ast

onis

hed,

they

ask

ed, “

Are

not

all

thes

e w

ho a

re

spea

king

Gal

ilean

s? 8

And

how

is it

that

we

hear

, eac

h of

us,

in o

ur o

wn

nativ

e la

ngua

ge?

9 Pa

rthia

ns,

Med

es,

Elam

ites,

and

resi

dent

s of

M

esop

otam

ia, J

udea

and

Cap

pado

cia,

Pon

tus

and

Asi

a, 10

Phry

gia

and

Pam

phyl

ia,

Egyp

t an

d th

e pa

rts o

f Li

bya

belo

ngin

g to

Cyr

ene,

and

vi

sito

rs fr

om R

ome,

bot

h Je

ws a

nd p

rose

lyte

s, 11

Cre

tans

and

Ara

bs—

in

our

own

lang

uage

s w

e he

ar t

hem

spe

akin

g ab

out

God

’s d

eeds

of

pow

er.”

12 A

ll w

ere a

maz

ed an

d pe

rple

xed,

sayi

ng to

one

anot

her,

“Wha

t do

es th

is m

ean?

” 13

But

oth

ers

snee

red

and

said

, “Th

ey a

re f

illed

with

ne

w w

ine.

”

8

14 B

ut P

eter

, sta

ndin

g w

ith th

e el

even

, rai

sed

his

voic

e an

d ad

dres

sed

them

, “M

en o

f Jud

ea a

nd a

ll w

ho li

ve in

Jeru

sale

m, l

et th

is b

e kn

own

to

you,

and

lis

ten

to w

hat

I sa

y. 15

Inde

ed,

thes

e ar

e no

t dr

unk,

as

you

supp

ose,

for

it is

onl

y ni

ne o

’clo

ck in

the

mor

ning

. 16 N

o, th

is is

wha

t w

as sp

oken

thro

ugh

the

prop

het J

oel:

17 ‘I

n th

e la

st d

ays i

t will

be,

God

dec

lare

s, th

at I

will

pou

r out

my

Spiri

t upo

n al

l fle

sh,

a

nd y

our s

ons a

nd y

our d

augh

ters

shal

l pro

phes

y,

and

your

you

ng m

en sh

all s

ee v

isio

ns,

a

nd y

our o

ld m

en sh

all d

ream

dre

ams.

18 Ev

en u

pon

my

slav

es, b

oth

men

and

wom

en,

in

thos

e da

ys I

will

pou

r out

my

Spiri

t;

a

nd th

ey sh

all p

roph

esy.

19

And

I w

ill sh

ow p

orte

nts i

n th

e he

aven

abo

ve

a

nd si

gns o

n th

e ea

rth b

elow

,

b

lood

, and

fire

, and

smok

y m

ist.

20 Th

e su

n sh

all b

e tu

rned

to d

arkn

ess

a

nd th

e m

oon

to b

lood

,

b

efor

e th

e co

min

g of

the

Lord

’s g

reat

and

glo

rious

day

. 21

Then

eve

ryon

e w

ho c

alls

on

the

nam

e of

the

Lord

shal

l be

save

d.’

THE

PSA

LM

Psa

lm 1

04:2

5-35

, 37

25 O

LO

RD

, how

man

ifold

are

you

r wor

ks!

In w

isdo

m y

ou h

ave

mad

e th

em a

ll;

the

earth

is fu

ll of

you

r cre

atur

es.

26 Y

onde

r is

the

grea

t and

wid

e se

a

with

its l

ivin

g th

ings

too

man

y to

num

ber,

cr

eatu

res b

oth

smal

l and

gre

at.

27 Th

ere

mov

e th

e sh

ips,

an

d th

ere

is th

at L

evia

than

,

w

hich

you

hav

e m

ade

for t

he sp

ort o

f it.

28 A

ll of

them

look

to y

ou

to g

ive

them

thei

r fo

od in

due

seas

on.

29 Y

ou g

ive

it to

them

; the

y ga

ther

it;

you

open

you

r han

d,

and

they

are

fille

d w

ith g

ood

thin

gs.

30 Y

ou h

ide

your

face

,

and

they

are

terr

ified

;

yo

u ta

ke a

way

thei

r br

eath

,

an

d th

ey d

ie a

nd r

etur

n to

thei

r du

st.

9

31 Y

ou se

nd fo

rth y

our S

pirit

,

and

they

are

cre

ated

;

an

d so

you

rene

w

the

face

of t

he e

arth

. 32

May

the

glor

y of

the

LO

RD

end

ure

fore

ver;

may

the

LO

RD

rej

oice

in a

ll hi

s wor

ks.

33 H

e lo

oks a

t the

ear

th a

nd it

trem

bles

;

he

touc

hes t

he m

ount

ains

and

they

smok

e.

34 I w

ill si

ng to

the

LO

RD

as l

ong

as I

live;

I w

ill p

rais

e m

y G

od w

hile

I ha

ve m

y be

ing.

35

May

thes

e w

ords

of m

ine

plea

se h

im;

I will

rejo

ice

in th

e LO

RD

. 37

Ble

ss th

e L

OR

D, O

my

soul

, Hal

lelu

jah!

TH

E SE

CO

ND

LES

SON

R

oman

s 8:2

2-27

22 W

e kno

w th

at th

e who

le cr

eatio

n ha

s bee

n gr

oani

ng in

labo

r pai

ns u

ntil

now

; 23 an

d no

t onl

y th

e cr

eatio

n, b

ut w

e ou

rsel

ves,

who

hav

e th

e fir

st

frui

ts o

f th

e Sp

irit,

groa

n in

war

dly

whi

le w

e w

ait

for

adop

tion,

the

re

dem

ptio

n of

our

bod

ies.

24 Fo

r in

hope

we

wer

e sa

ved.

Now

hop

e th

at

is s

een

is n

ot h

ope.

For

who

hop

es fo

r wha

t is

seen

? 25

But

if w

e ho

pe

for w

hat w

e do

not

see,

we

wai

t for

it w

ith p

atie

nce.

26

Like

wis

e th

e Sp

irit h

elps

us i

n ou

r wea

knes

s; fo

r we

do n

ot k

now

how

to

pra

y as

we

ough

t, bu

t tha

t ver

y Sp

irit i

nter

cede

s with

sig

hs to

o de

ep

for w

ords

. 27 A

nd G

od, w

ho s

earc

hes

the

hear

t, kn

ows

wha

t is

the

min

d of

the

Spiri

t, be

caus

e th

e Sp

irit i

nter

cede

s for

the

sain

ts a

ccor

ding

to th

e w

ill o

f God

.

GO

SPEL

AC

CLA

MA

TIO

N: “

Alle

luia

, Lor

d to

Who

m S

hall

We

Go”

10

THE

GO

SPEL

AN

NO

UN

CEM

ENT

The

Hol

y G

ospe

l acc

ordi

ng to

St.

John

, the

15th

and

16th

cha

pter

s.

TH

E G

OSP

EL

J

ohn

15:2

6-27

; 16:

4b-1

5 26

“Whe

n th

e A

dvoc

ate

com

es, w

hom

I w

ill se

nd to

you

from

the

Fath

er,

the

Spiri

t of

trut

h w

ho c

omes

fro

m t

he F

athe

r, he

will

tes

tify

on m

y be

half.

27 Y

ou a

lso

are

to te

stify

bec

ause

you

hav

e be

en w

ith m

e fr

om

the

begi

nnin

g.

“I d

id n

ot sa

y th

ese t

hing

s to

you

from

the b

egin

ning

, bec

ause

I w

as w

ith

you.

5 B

ut n

ow I

am g

oing

to h

im w

ho se

nt m

e; y

et n

one

of y

ou a

sks m

e,

‘Whe

re a

re y

ou g

oing

?’ 6

But

bec

ause

I h

ave

said

thes

e th

ings

to y

ou,

sorr

ow h

as fi

lled

your

hea

rts. 7

Nev

erth

eles

s I t

ell y

ou th

e tru

th: i

t is

to

your

adva

ntag

e tha

t I g

o aw

ay, f

or if

I do

not

go

away

, the

Adv

ocat

e w

ill

not

com

e to

you

; bu

t if

I go

, I w

ill s

end

him

to

you.

8 A

nd w

hen

he

com

es, h

e w

ill p

rove

the

wor

ld w

rong

abo

ut si

n an

d rig

hteo

usne

ss a

nd

judg

men

t: 9 ab

out

sin,

bec

ause

the

y do

not

bel

ieve

in

me;

10 ab

out

right

eous

ness

, bec

ause

I am

goi

ng to

the

Fath

er a

nd y

ou w

ill se

e m

e no

lo

nger

; 11 ab

out

judg

men

t, be

caus

e th

e ru

ler

of t

his

wor

ld h

as b

een

cond

emne

d.

12 “I

stil

l ha

ve m

any

thin

gs t

o sa

y to

you

, but

you

can

not

bear

the

m

now

. 13 W

hen

the

Spiri

t of

truth

com

es, h

e w

ill g

uide

you

into

all

the

truth

; for

he w

ill n

ot sp

eak

on h

is o

wn,

but

will

spea

k w

hate

ver h

e he

ars,

and

he w

ill d

ecla

re to

you

the

thin

gs th

at a

re to

com

e. 14

He

will

glo

rify

me,

bec

ause

he

will

take

wha

t is

min

e an

d de

clar

e it

to y

ou. 15

All

that

th

e Fa

ther

has

is m

ine.

For

this

rea

son

I sa

id th

at h

e w

ill ta

ke w

hat i

s m

ine

and

decl

are

it to

you

. Th

e G

ospe

l of t

he L

ord.

11

HY

MN

: “A

Mig

hty

Fortr

ess I

s Our

God

” a

ll ve

rses

12

THE

SER

MO

N

HY

MN

: “O

Day

Ful

l of G

race

” al

l ver

ses

13

THE

NIC

ENE

CR

EED

We

belie

ve in

one

God

,

the

Fath

er, t

he A

lmig

hty,

mak

er o

f hea

ven

and

eart

h,

of

all

that

is, s

een

and

unse

en.

We

belie

ve in

one

Lor

d, J

esus

Chr

ist,

th

e on

ly S

on o

f God

,

eter

nally

beg

otte

n of

the

Fath

er,

G

od fr

om G

od, L

ight

from

Lig

ht,

tr

ue G

od fr

om tr

ue G

od,

be

gott

en, n

ot m

ade,

of o

ne B

eing

with

the

Fath

er.

T

hrou

gh h

im a

ll th

ings

wer

e m

ade,

For

us a

nd fo

r ou

r sa

lvat

ion

he c

ame

dow

n fr

om h

eave

n;

by th

e po

wer

of t

he H

oly

Spir

it

he b

ecam

e in

carn

ate

from

the

virg

in M

ary,

an

d w

as m

ade

man

.

For

our

sake

he

was

cru

cifie

d un

der

Pont

ius P

ilate

,

he

suff

ered

dea

th a

nd w

as b

urie

d.

On

the

thir

d da

y he

ros

e ag

ain

in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

Scri

ptur

es;

he a

scen

ded

into

hea

ven

an

d is

seat

ed a

t the

rig

ht h

and

of th

e Fa

ther

.

He

will

com

e ag

ain

in g

lory

to ju

dge

the

livin

g an

d th

e de

ad,

and

his k

ingd

om w

ill h

ave

no e

nd.

We

belie

ve in

the

Hol

y Sp

irit,

the

Lor

d, th

e gi

ver

of li

fe,

w

ho p

roce

eds f

rom

the

Fath

er a

nd th

e So

n.

W

ith th

e Fa

ther

and

the

Son

he is

wor

ship

ed a

nd g

lori

fied.

He

has s

poke

n th

roug

h th

e pr

ophe

ts.

W

e be

lieve

in o

ne h

oly

cath

olic

and

apo

stol

ic C

hurc

h.

W

e ac

know

ledg

e on

e B

aptis

m fo

r th

e fo

rgiv

enes

s of s

ins.

W

e lo

ok fo

r th

e re

surr

ectio

n of

the

dead

,

an

d th

e lif

e of

the

wor

ld to

com

e. A

men

14

THE

OFF

ERIN

G

THE

OFF

ERTO

RY

: “C

reat

e in

Me”

TH

E SH

AR

ING

OF

THE

PEA

CE

Th

e pe

ace

of th

e Lo

rd b

e w

ith y

ou a

lway

s. A

nd a

lso

with

you

.

15

THE

PRA

YER

OF

THE

CH

UR

CH

Le

t us p

ray

for t

he w

hole

peo

ple

of G

od in

Chr

ist J

esus

, and

for a

ll pe

ople

acc

ordi

ng to

thei

r nee

ds.

Lord

, in

your

mer

cy, h

ear

our

pray

er.

Into

you

r han

ds, O

Lor

d, w

e co

mm

end

all f

or w

hom

we

pray

, tru

stin

g in

you

r mer

cy; t

hrou

gh y

our S

on, J

esus

Chr

ist o

ur L

ord.

Am

en

THE

LOR

D’S

PR

AY

ER

O

ur F

athe

r in

hea

ven,

ha

llow

ed b

e yo

ur n

ame,

yo

ur k

ingd

om c

ome,

yo

ur w

ill b

e do

ne,

on

ear

th a

s in

heav

en.

G

ive

us to

day

our

daily

bre

ad;

Fo

rgiv

e us

our

sins

,

as

we

forg

ive

thos

e

w

ho si

n ag

ains

t us;

Save

us f

rom

the

time

of tr

ial

and

deliv

er u

s fro

m e

vil.

Fo

r th

e ki

ngdo

m, t

he p

ower

,

an

d th

e gl

ory

are

your

s,

no

w a

nd fo

reve

r. A

men

TH

E B

ENED

ICTI

ON

16

HY

MN

: “R

ise,

Shi

ne, Y

ou P

eopl

e!”

all

vers

es

TH

E D

ISM

ISSA

L TH

E PO

STLU

DE:

Ein

Fes

te B

urg

ist U

nser

Got

t