Taize styled service with Chants on the Song of Songs

1. The Annunciation

2. Opening Songs
Magnificat, magnificat,
Magnificat anima mea
Dominum,
Magnificat, magnificat
Magnificat anima mea
The Annunciation

3. Opening Songs
Laudate Dominum,
Laudate Dominum
omnes gentes,
Alleluia!
The Annunciation

4. Opening Prayer
Holy Spirit of God
coming so silently,
like the snow coming to the
dark night,
like the morning breeze just
touching the cheeks.
Giving life and beauty
everywhere.
Coming in a way none can
understand.
Coming to me
with tongues of flame
and Pentecostal fire.
Warm through the heart
and mind of your Church.
Let us feel your drum beat
in our tired veins.
Let our tongues taste and
sing
the celebration of your
presence.
Turn our eyes and hands
to the touch that will make
the world whole again.
Amen

5. Kom en vul ons met vrede.
U alleen, o Heer is heilig.
Kom en vul ons met vrede
Halleluja!
Confitemini Domino
Quoniam bonus Confitemini
Domino Alleluja!

6. Readings: 1
Matthew 11:28-30
‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you
and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in
heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my
yoke is easy and my burden is light.’

7. Song of Solomon 2:8-13
8 Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a
young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our
wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
me,
‘Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.

8. 11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig-tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their
fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.’
UK (NIVUK)

9. Homily
The Homily is a reflection
on The Song of Songs

10. Poem into Silence
At the still point of the turning world. Neither
flesh nor fleshless;
Neither from nor towards; at the still point,
there the dance is,
but neither arrest nor movement.
Except for the point, the still point,
There would be no dance, and there is only
the dance. T.S.Eliot
Silence - 8 minutes

11. Ubi caritas
et amor.
Ubi caritas,
Deus ibi est

12. Intercessions
For your intercessions use the
following prayer:
Lord you are in my life
Your spirit fills me
Your Spirit is peace
Then continue the prayer adding
people and places

13. The kingdom of God is
justice and peace.
And joy in the Holy Spirit.
Come, Lord and open in us
the gates of your kingdom.

14. Prayer
Listen to our prayer,
O God, the lover of humankind,
the one that I love beyond all others.
Come to us leaping across the mountains.
Speak to us and say to us,
‘Arise my beautiful ones.
The day is yours.
The miracle of life is yours.
Let love open the blossoms of your hearts.
Let it be the song on your lips.
Let your touch and your words
be a springtime of healing
and laughter for others
Say to us, ‘Arise, come my beautiful ones
Come with me into the new day.’ Amen

15. Closing Song
God is forgiveness
Dare to forgive and God will
be with you.
God is forgiveness.
Love and do not fear.