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2) Readings from scripture recounting God's saving acts - creation, the Exodus from Egypt, the valley of dry bones - and prayers renewing baptismal vows.
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The gifts of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
Lamb of God
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
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- Psalms and readings from scripture focused on praising God.
- Closing prayers again asking for God's mercy and protection, and blessing in the name of the Lord. The service aims to guide believers in prayer and contemplation of God throughout the day.
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The document is a summary of the scripture readings for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. It discusses how Jesus is the Good Shepherd who cares for his flock, laying down his life for them. The readings portray God's care and protection of his people, his faithfulness even in times of suffering, and how through Christ our sorrow will be turned to joy. Believers are called to submit to authorities and live honorable lives as they await the return of their Shepherd.
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The document appears to be a transcript of a Catholic mass. It includes opening prayers, readings from scripture including Isaiah and Matthew, prayers such as the Our Father, sharing of peace, communion, and a final blessing. The overall theme is gathering as a community to celebrate mass, reflect on scripture, and strengthen faith through rituals like communion.
This document contains the text and order of service for a Catholic mass. It includes readings from the Bible, prayers, hymns, and parts of the mass including the Eucharistic prayer and communion rite. The key moments are an opening hymn calling the congregation to courage, readings from Isaiah and James, the Gospel reading of Jesus healing a deaf man, and closing prayers including the Our Father and Hail Mary.
The gifts of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
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Communion Hymn 608 “Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour”
Prayer after Communion: God of mercy, may we who have
shared in this holy meal, which unites heaven and earth,
faithfully witness to your
The document is a prayer service for the Third Hour from the Byzantine Daily Office. It includes:
- Opening prayers asking for God's mercy and blessing, including the Prayer to the Holy Trinity of Saint Madarius.
- Psalms and readings from scripture focused on praising God.
- Closing prayers again asking for God's mercy and protection, and blessing in the name of the Lord. The service aims to guide believers in prayer and contemplation of God throughout the day.
This document provides the order of service for St. Barnabas (Chester) Anglican Church on September 16, 2012. The service includes hymns, prayers, scripture readings from Proverbs, James, and Mark, and a homily. It also lists various announcements including an organ restoration fundraiser, choir opportunities, and upcoming community events.
The document is a public notice from Patriarch Sir. Dr. Archbishop Michael announcing that he is closing the Holy Old Orthodox Catholic Archdiocese until further notice so that he can seek forgiveness, repentance, and guidance at a monastery. He acknowledges that he has not been walking rightly in the eyes of God and is the most undeserving of God's love and salvation. He asks for prayers and forgiveness.
The documents discuss the Gospel call going out to all people and Jesus receiving sinners. Wisdom invites people to the divine feast in Proverbs 9. Ephesians 2 talks about how Christ has broken down divisions and reconciled Jews and Gentiles. Luke 15 contains Jesus' parables about a lost sheep and coin, showing God's joy at sinners repenting. Overall the documents celebrate that through Christ's sacrifice, the Gospel invitation goes out to people of all backgrounds and those who repent are received by God.
This summary provides the high level details of the church service document in 3 sentences:
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This document contains the order of service for a Catholic mass, including opening prayers, readings from scripture, a homily, prayers of the faithful, and concluding prayers. The mass focuses on preparing for the coming of Jesus and remembering the marvels God has worked. It includes prayers, scripture readings, and call-and-response portions to engage the congregation in worship.
This passage from Isaiah prophesies God's restoration of Israel and provision for His people. It promises that God will hear Israel's cry, protect them like a shield, and satisfy them. God will make a way through difficult terrain and provide water to sustain them. The restoration involves gathering Israel from all lands where they have been scattered. God will feed and care for His people as a shepherd cares for his flock.
May the working of this divine
sacrament commend us to you.
All: And day by day bring us closer to eternal
life.
Let us pray.
Having fed upon these heavenly delights, we
pray, O Lord, that we may always long for that
food by which we truly live. Through Christ our
Lord.
All: Amen.
Post Communion Prayer
The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
May almighty God bless you, the Father, and
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life.
The strength of the Lord is our salvation from sin, death, and darkness. As the arm of the Lord who cut Rahab in pieces and pierced the dragon, God awakens His strength to comfort Zion in their distress. We give thanks for believers being filled with the knowledge of God's will through spiritual wisdom and understanding. Jesus demonstrates His power by restoring a girl to life and healing a woman of her affliction, showing that as the light of the world He has overcome darkness. We pray that God would restore our fortunes as He restores lives and brings comfort.
The poor widow gave all that she had to live on, sacrificing everything, while the rich gave from what they had extra. Though her contribution was small, she gave more because she sacrificed all she had.
The poor widow gave all that she had to live on to the offerings at the temple. Jesus observed her gift and noted that while others gave generously from their surplus, she gave everything she had despite her poverty.
This document contains prayers, readings, and parts of the Mass for Palm Sunday. It includes passages from Isaiah and Philippians describing Jesus' humility and suffering. It also contains the reading of Jesus' cry of abandonment on the cross from Psalm 22. The Mass focuses on commemorating Christ's entrance into Jerusalem and his Passion.
1) Ezekiel's vision of dry bones being brought back to life by God's breath symbolizes Israel's restoration. God promises to open their graves, raise them from death, and bring them back to their homeland where they will know God.
2) 1 John affirms that faith in Jesus as the Son of God overcomes the world. The Spirit testifies that Jesus is the Son of God through his coming by water and blood.
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1) An opening dialogue and prayers to begin the mass.
2) Two scripture readings from the Old and New Testaments, along with a responsorial psalm.
3) The Gospel reading and acclamation.
4) Prayers, including the Creed, Prayer of the Faithful, and Eucharistic prayer.
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- The Lord's Prayer.
- Hymns praising God and asking for protection and enlightenment.
- The Nicene Creed affirming core Christian beliefs.
- A selection of nine prayers to choose from to offer in the morning, asking God for forgiveness, guidance, and deliverance from evil.
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A K A T H I S T
For the REPOSE of Those Who have FALLEN ASLEEP
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KONTAKION 1
O Thou Who by Thy inscrutable Providence didst prepare
the world for eternal beatitude and Who appointest times
and seasons and the manner of our end: Forgive, O Lord,
those who have died in past ages all their sins, receive them
into the realms of light and joy, hasten to open Thy Fatherly
arms to them, and hear us who celebrate their memory and
sing:
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
IKOS 1
O Thou Who savest Adam and the whole human race from
eternal perdition, Thou didst send Thy Son into the world, O
Good God, and by His Cross and Resurrection Thou hast
granted us also eternal life. Trusting to Thy infinite mercy, we
look for the deathless Kingdom of Thy Glory, we implore
Thee to grant it to those who have fallen asleep, and we
pray:
Gladden, O Lord, souls wearied by the storms of life,
that earth’s sorrows and signings may not bury them in
oblivion.
Hear them, O Lord, in Thy bosom, as a mother responds to
her children,
and say to them: Your sins are forgiven you.
Receive them, O Lord, into Thy calm and blessed haven that
they may rejoice in Thy divine glory.
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O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 2
Enlightened by the illumination of the Most High, Saint
Macarius heard a voice from a pagan skull: "When you pray
for those suffering in Hell, there is relief for the heathen." O
wonderful power of Christian prayer, by which even the
infernal regions are illumined! Both believers and
unbelievers receive comfort when we cry for the whole
world: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 2
Saint Isaac the Syrian once said: "A merciful heart is one
that burns with love for men and animals and for the whole
of creation, and at all times offers prayers with tears that
they may be purified and kept." Likewise we all boldly ask
the Lord for help for all the dead from the beginning of time
and cry:
Send down to us, O Lord,
the gift of fervent prayer for the dead.
Remember, O Lord, all who have charged us, unworthy as
we are,
to pray for them,
and pardon the sins
they have forgotten.
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Remember, O Lord, all who have been buried without
prayer.
Receive, O Lord, into Thy dwellings all who have died of
sorrow or joy by a sudden or untimely death.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 3
We are to blame for the calamities in the world, for the
sufferings of dumb creatures, and for the diseases and
torments of innocent children, for through the fall of man the
beatitude and beauty of all creation has been marred. O
Christ our God, greatest of innocent Sufferers! Thou alone
canst forgive all. Forgive, then, all and everything, and grant
to the world its primordial prosperity, that the living and the
dead may rejoice and cry: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 3
O Glad Light, Redeemer of the world, embracing the whole
universe with Thy love: behold, Thy cry from the Cross for
Thy enemies is heard: "Father, forgive them." In the name of
Thy all-forgiving love we make bold to pray to our Heavenly
Father for the eternal repose of Thy enemies and ours.
Forgive, O Lord,
those who have shed innocent blood,
those who have sown our path of life with sorrows,
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those who have waded to prosperity through the tears of
their neighbors.
Condemn not, O Lord,
those who persecute us with slander and malice.
Repay with mercy those whom we have wronged or
offended through ignorance,
and grant that our prayer for them may be holy through the
sacrament of reconciliation.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 4
Save, O Lord, those who have died in grievous sufferings,
those who were murdered, those buried alive, those who
were drowned or burned, those who were torn by wild
beasts, those who died of hunger or cold, from exposure in
storms, or by falling from heights, and grant them all eternal
joy for the sorrow of their death. May the time of their
suffering be blessed as a day of redemption, for which they
sing: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 4
Recompense with the compassion of Thy infinite love, O
Lord, all who have died in the full flush of their youth, who
received on earth the thorny crown of suffering, who never
experienced earthly joy.
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Grant recompense to those who died from overwork, through
exploitation or sweated labor.
Receive, O Lord, into the bridal halls of Paradise boys and
girls,
and grant them joy at the marriage supper of Thy Son.
Comfort and console the grief of parents over their dead
children.
Give rest, O Lord,
to all who have no one to offer prayer for them to Thee, their
Creator,
that their sins may vanish
in the dazzling light of Thy forgiveness.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 5
Thou hast given us death as a last prodigy to bring us to our
senses and to repentance, O Lord. In its threatening light,
earthly vanity is exposed, carnal passions and sufferings
become subdued, in submissive reason is humbled. Eternal
justice and righteousness opens to our gaze, and then the
godless and those burdened with sins confess on their
deathbed Thy real and eternal existence and cry to Thy
mercy: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 5
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O Father of all consolation and comfort, Thou brightenest
with the sun, delightest with fruits, and gladdenest with the
beauty of the world both Thy friends and enemies.
And we believe that even beyond the grave Thy loving
kindness,
which is merciful even to all rejected sinners, does not fail.
We grieve for hardened and wicked blasphemers of Thy
Holiness.
May Thy saving and gracious will be over them.
Forgive, O Lord,
those who have died without repentance.
Save those who have committed suicide in the darkness of
their mind,
that the flame of their sinfulness may be extinguished in the
ocean of Thy grace.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 6
Terrible is the darkness of a soul separated from God, the
torments of conscience, the gnashing of teeth, the
unquenchable fire and the undying worm. I tremble at the
thought of such a fate, and I pray for those suffering in Hell
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as for myself. May our song descend upon them as
refreshing dew as we sing: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 6
Thy light, O Christ our God, has shone upon those sitting in
the darkness and shadow of death and those in Hell who
cannot cry to Thee. Descend into the infernal regions of the
earth, O Lord, and bring out into the joy of grace Thy
children who have been separated from Thee by sin but who
have not rejected Thee.
For they suffer cruelly. Have mercy on them.
For they sinned against Heaven and before Thee,
and their sins are infinitely grievous,
and Thy mercy is infinite.
Visit the bitter misery of souls separated from Thee.
Have mercy, O Lord, on those who hated the truth out of
ignorance.
May Thy love be to them not a consuming fire
but the coolness of Paradise:
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 7
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Endeavoring to give help by Thy might power to Thy
servants who have fallen asleep, Thou hast appeared to
their loved ones, O Lord, in mysterious visions clearly
inspiring them to pray, that they may remember the
departed, and do good works and labors of faith and love for
them, crying: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 7
The universal Church of Christ unceasingly offers prayers
every hour for the departed throughout the world, for the sins
of the world are washed away by the most pure Blood of Thy
divine crown, and the souls of those who have fallen asleep
are translated from death to life and from earth to Heaven by
the power of the prayers offered for them at God’s altars.
May the intercession of the Church for the dead, O Lord,
be a ladder to Heaven.
Have mercy on them, O Lord, through the intercession of the
most holy Mother of God and all the Saints.
Forgive them their sins for the sake of Thy faithful who cry
day and night to Thee.
For the sake of innocent children, O Lord, have mercy on
their parents, and by the tears of their mothers, forgive the
sins of their children.
For the sake of the prayers of innocent sufferers and the
blood of martyrs,
spare and have mercy on sinners.
Receive, O Lord,
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our prayers and alms as a memorial of their virtues.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 8
The whole world is a sacred and common graveyard, for in
every place is the dust of our fathers and brothers. O Christ
our God, Who alone unchangeably lovest us, forgive all who
have died form the beginning till now, that they may sing with
infinite love: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 8
The day is coming, as a burning furnace, the great and
terrible day of the Last Judgment, when the secrets of men
will be revealed and the books of conscience will be torn
apart.
"Be reconciled with God!" cries the Apostle Paul.
"Be reconciled before that terrible day."
Help us, O Lord, to fill up with the tears of the living what
was lacking in the dead.
May the sound of the Angel’s trumpet, O Lord, be to them
the glad announcement of their salvation and the joyful
manumission of their freedom at the hour of Thy judgment.
Crown with glory those who have suffered for Thee, O Lord,
and cover the sins of the weak with Thy goodness.
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O Lord, Who knowest all by name, remember those who
have sought salvation in the monastic life.
Remember the blessed pastors with their spiritual children.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 9
Bless swiftly passing time. For every hour, every moment
brings eternity nearer. A new sorrow, a new gray hair are
heralds of the coming world, witnesses of earthly corruption,
for all is passing (they tell us) and the Eternal kingdom draws
near, where there is no sorrow, no sighing, no tears, but
joyful singing: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 9
Just as a tree loses its leaves after a time, so our days after
a certain number of years come to an end.
The festival of youth fades, the lamp of joy goes out,
the alienation and dispossession of old age approaches.
Friends and relations die. Where are you, young
merrymakers?
Their tombs are silent, but their souls are in Thy hand.
Let us think how they watch us form the spiritual world.
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O Lord, Who art the brightest Sun, illumine and warm the
abodes of those who have fallen asleep.
May the time of our bitter separation pass for ever.
Grant us a joyful meeting in Heaven.
Grant that all may be one with Thee, O Lord.
Restore to the departed, O Lord,
the purity of childhood and the genial spirit of youth,
and may eternal life be to them a Paschal Festival.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 10
Shedding silent tears at the graves of our relatives, we pray
with hope, and cry expectantly: Tell us, O Lord, that their
sins are forgiven. Give our spirit a secret assurance of it, that
we may sing: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 10
Looking back, I see the whole of our past life. What a vast
multitude of people have departed from the first day until
now! And many of them have done me good. In gratitude for
what I owe them, with love I cry to Thee:
Grant heavenly glory, O Lord,
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to my parents and those near and dear to me who watched
over my cradle in childhood, and reared and educated me.
Glorify, O Lord, in the presence of the Holy Angels
all who have told me the glad tidings of salvation and have
taught me what is right and good, just and true by the holy
example of their lives.
Fill with delight, O Lord,
those who fed me on hidden manna in the days of my
sorrow and affliction.
Recompense and save all benefactors
and all who have helped others personally and by prayer.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 11
O death, where is thy sting? Where is the gloom and terror
that held sway in the past? From now on thou art the longed
for means of inseparable union with God. Oh, the great
peace of the mystical Sabbath! We long to die and to be with
Christ, cries the Apostle. Therefore, we too look upon death
as the gateway to eternal life, and cry: ALLELUIA.
IKOS 11
The dead will rise and those who are in the graves will stand
up, and those who are alive on earth will exult when they
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stand with their spiritual bodies, radiantly glories and
incorrupt.
Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord:
"I will bring upon you a spirit of life,
and will lay sinews upon you;
and I will bring flesh upon you, and cover you with skin."
Rise out of the ancient past, you who are redeemed by the
Blood of the Son of God,
restored to life by His death,
for the light of the Resurrection has dawned upon you.
Open to them now, O Lord, the whole abyss of Thy
perfections.
Thou hast shone upon them with the light of the sun and
moon,
that they may see the glory of the radiant choirs of Angels,
Thou hast delighted them with the magnificence of the
heavenly lights of East and West,
that they may also see the never-setting light of Thy Divinity.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 12
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Flesh and blood will not inherit the Kingdom of God. While
we live in the flesh, we are separated from Christ. And if we
die, we live for eternity. For our corruptible body must put on
incorruption, and this mortal nature must shine with
immortality, that in the light of the eternal day we may sing:
ALLELUIA.
IKOS 12
We expect to meet the Lord, we expect the clear dawn of the
Resurrection, we expect the rousing from their tombs of our
dead relatives and acquaintances and their restoration to the
most holy beauty of life.
And we rejoice in the coming transfiguration of all creation,
and cry to our Creator:
O Lord, Who didst create the world for the triumph of joy and
goodness,
Who hast restored us to holiness from the depths of sin,
grant that the dead may reign in the new creation,
and may shine as heavenly lights in the day of their glory.
May the Divine Lamb be their perpetual light.
Grant, O Lord, that we too may celebrate with them a
deathless Passover.
Unite the dead and the living in unending joy.
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O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
KONTAKION 13
O most merciful and eternal Father, Whose will it is that all
should be saved, Who didst send Thy Son to the lost and
didst pour out Thy Life-giving Spirit: Have mercy on our
relatives and those who are near and dear to us who have
fallen asleep, and on all who have died throughout the ages;
forgive and save them, and by their intercession visit us, that
with them we may shout to Thee, our God and Saviour, the
song of victory: ALLELUIA. (3 times)
Then the First Ikos and Kontakion.
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PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP
O God of spirits and all flesh, Who hast trampled down
death, overthrown the devil, and given life to Thy world:
Give rest, O Lord, to the souls of Thy servants who have
fallen asleep, Patriarchs, Metropolitans, Archbishops,
Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Monks and Nuns, and all
who have served Thee in Thy Church;
the founders of all Churches and Monasteries, and all
Orthodox forefathers, fathers, brothers and sisters who lie
here and everywhere;
officers and men of the armies and navies who have laid
down their lives for their Faith and country,
all the faithful killed in civil wars,
all who were drowned, burned, frozen to death, torn by wild
beasts,
all who died suddenly without repentance and had no time to
be reconciled with the Church and with their enemies;
all who took their own lives in a moment of mental
unbalance;
all who have asked us to pray for them,
and those who have no one to pray for them,
and all who died without a Christian burial,
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(NAMES),
in a place of light, in a place of refreshment, in a place of
repose, whence all suffering, sorrow, and sighing have fled
away. Forgive every sin committed by them in thought, word
and deed, for Thou art the good God and Lover of men. For
there is no one who lives without sinning. Thou alone art
without sin, and Thy righteousness in eternal righteousness,
and Thy Word is Truth.
For Thou art the Resurrection, the Life, and the Repose of
Thy servants who have fallen asleep (NAMES), O Christ our
God, and to Thee we send up glory, with Thy Eternal Father,
and Thy Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, both now and
ever and to the ages of ages. Amen.