Fr. Craig Swan: Good morning and welcome.
Fr. Craig Swan: I kind of feel like we've all kind of dug our way out, and
Fr. Craig Swan: we're just all being to go about the cabin again after a, what do
Fr. Craig Swan: they call it, Snowmageddon number two this year.
Fr. Craig Swan: So, um, we're glad to see everybody.
Fr. Craig Swan: No one believed me ten years ago when I said, In Syracuse, we
Fr. Craig Swan: don't get, um, uh, gym memberships during the winter.
Fr. Craig Swan: We just shovel snow all winter because it's a daily event, and
Fr. Craig Swan: it kept us all nice in shape.
Fr. Craig Swan: Now you know why.
Fr. Craig Swan: So, uh, we're glad everyone's here.
Fr. Craig Swan: A handful of announcements this morning.
Fr. Craig Swan: First of all, we're beginning to
Fr. Craig Swan: look towards Holy Week and
Fr. Craig Swan: Easter.
Fr. Craig Swan: That is the last days of March
Fr. Craig Swan: and into the first weekend of
Fr. Craig Swan: Easter.
Fr. Craig Swan: And so things that are going on of import for those who are
Fr. Craig Swan: having young family members come in for Easter weekend.
Fr. Craig Swan: On the fourth, we will have an
Fr. Craig Swan: Easter egg hunt that will begin
Fr. Craig Swan: promptly around ten o'clock in
Fr. Craig Swan: the morning.
Fr. Craig Swan: And if you are able to help with
Fr. Craig Swan: donations of candy or plastic
Fr. Craig Swan: eggs for the hunt, gratefully
Fr. Craig Swan: accepted.
Fr. Craig Swan: Also in our unit this week and coming soon to our newsletter,
Fr. Craig Swan: is the opportunity to begin signing up or making memorial
Fr. Craig Swan: donations for Easter flowers.
Fr. Craig Swan: And then finally, our Holy Week schedule.
Fr. Craig Swan: That is March twenty ninth, palm
Fr. Craig Swan: Sunday eight and ten fifteen,
Fr. Craig Swan: Maundy Thursday, which is April
Fr. Craig Swan: second.
Fr. Craig Swan: We will gather at Saint Augustine's in Kingston at five
Fr. Craig Swan: pm for a simple shared meal and then six pm Holy Eucharist.
Fr. Craig Swan: Father Drake will be presiding.
Fr. Craig Swan: I will be preaching that night
Fr. Craig Swan: and then Good Friday, twelve
Fr. Craig Swan: o'clock PM is stations of the
Fr. Craig Swan: cross seven pm Good Friday
Fr. Craig Swan: liturgy with communion from the
Fr. Craig Swan: reserve that will take place
Fr. Craig Swan: here.
Fr. Craig Swan: And again that will be a joint
Fr. Craig Swan: service with the with our
Fr. Craig Swan: friends at Saint Augustine's and
Fr. Craig Swan: Father Drake will preach, I will
Fr. Craig Swan: preside Easter Vigil, which is
Fr. Craig Swan: Saturday, April fourth, is a
Fr. Craig Swan: event not to be missed this
Fr. Craig Swan: year.
Fr. Craig Swan: We are doing it as a deanery
Fr. Craig Swan: wide event here at Saint
Fr. Craig Swan: Peter's.
Fr. Craig Swan: And to kind of give it that
Fr. Craig Swan: multi congregational feel, our
Fr. Craig Swan: bishop will be presiding and
Fr. Craig Swan: preaching at that service and
Fr. Craig Swan: that is at seven pm here at
Fr. Craig Swan: Saint Peter's.
Fr. Craig Swan: And then finally on April fifth, which is Easter Sunday, there
Fr. Craig Swan: will be a festival Eucharist here with brass and timpani and
Fr. Craig Swan: our full choir.
Fr. Craig Swan: Please take time to read your net.
Fr. Craig Swan: Not only is there information about what's going on here at
Fr. Craig Swan: Saint Peter's, it also connects you with news from the national
Fr. Craig Swan: church, from our Presiding Bishop and the House of bishops,
Fr. Craig Swan: as well as what's going on throughout the diocese.
Fr. Craig Swan: So on that note, let us take a
Fr. Craig Swan: moment of silence as we prepare
Fr. Craig Swan: for worship.
Fr. Craig Swan: Bless the Lord, who forgiveth all our sins.
Fr. Craig Swan: His mercy endureth forever.
Fr. Craig Swan: Let us kneel.
Fr. Craig Swan: God spake these words and said,
Fr. Craig Swan: I am the Lord thy God, who
Fr. Craig Swan: brought thee out of the land of
Fr. Craig Swan: Egypt, out of the house of
Fr. Craig Swan: bondage.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us, and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt not make to thyself
Fr. Craig Swan: any graven image, nor the
Fr. Craig Swan: likeness of anything that is in
Fr. Craig Swan: heaven, above, or in the earth
Fr. Craig Swan: beneath, or in the water under
Fr. Craig Swan: the earth.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us, and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us, and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us, and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Honor thy father and thy mother.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt do no murder.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us, and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt not steal.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us, and
Fr. Craig Swan: incline our hearts to keep this
Fr. Craig Swan: law.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt not covet.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us, and
Fr. Craig Swan: write all these thy laws in our
Fr. Craig Swan: hearts, we beseech thee, hear
Fr. Craig Swan: what our Lord Jesus Christ
Fr. Craig Swan: saith.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
Fr. Craig Swan: thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Fr. Craig Swan: This is the first and great commandment, and the second is
Fr. Craig Swan: liken to it thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Fr. Craig Swan: On these two commandments hang all the laws and the prophets.
Fr. Craig Swan: Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
Fr. Craig Swan: Almighty and most merciful
Fr. Craig Swan: father, we have erred and
Fr. Craig Swan: strayed from thy ways like lost
Fr. Craig Swan: sheep.
Fr. Craig Swan: We have followed too much the
Fr. Craig Swan: devices and desires of our own
Fr. Craig Swan: hearts.
Fr. Craig Swan: We have offended against thy holy laws.
Fr. Craig Swan: We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and
Fr. Craig Swan: we have done those things which we ought not to have done.
Fr. Craig Swan: But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
Fr. Craig Swan: Spare thou those who confess their faults.
Fr. Craig Swan: Restore thou those who are penitent, according to thy
Fr. Craig Swan: promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Fr. Craig Swan: And grant, O most merciful father, for his sake, that we
Fr. Craig Swan: may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to
Fr. Craig Swan: the glory of thy name.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us.
Fr. Craig Swan: Christ, have mercy upon us.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, have mercy upon us.
Fr. Craig Swan: Almighty and merciful Lord, grant you absolution and
Fr. Craig Swan: remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of life,
Fr. Craig Swan: and the grace and consolation of His Holy Spirit.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: The Lord be with you.
Fr. Craig Swan: Let us pray, O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy.
Fr. Craig Swan: Be gracious to all who have gone
Fr. Craig Swan: astray from your ways, and bring
Fr. Craig Swan: them again with penitent hearts
Fr. Craig Swan: and steadfast faith, to embrace
Fr. Craig Swan: and hold fast the unchangeable
Fr. Craig Swan: truth of your word through Jesus
Fr. Craig Swan: Christ, your son, who with you
Fr. Craig Swan: and the Holy Spirit lives and
Fr. Craig Swan: reigns, one God, forever and
Fr. Craig Swan: ever.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Please be seated for the readings.
Barbara V.: Our first reading is from the Book of Genesis.
Barbara V.: The Lord said to Abram, go from your country and your kindred,
Barbara V.: and your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
Barbara V.: I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and
Barbara V.: make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Barbara V.: I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you.
Barbara V.: I will curse, and in you all the
Barbara V.: families of the earth shall be
Barbara V.: blessed.
Barbara V.: So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and lot went with him.
Barbara V.: The word of the Lord.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thanks be to God.
Barbara V.: Please join in reading Psalm one
Barbara V.: twenty one I lift up my eyes to
Barbara V.: the hills from where is my help
Barbara V.: to come.
Barbara V.: My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
Barbara V.: He will not let your foot be moved, and he who watches over
Barbara V.: you will not fall asleep.
Barbara V.: Behold, he who keeps watch over
Barbara V.: Israel shall neither slumber nor
Barbara V.: sleep.
Barbara V.: The Lord himself watches over you.
Barbara V.: The Lord is your shade at your right hand, so that the sun
Barbara V.: shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Barbara V.: The Lord shall preserve you from all evil.
Barbara V.: It is he who shall keep you safe.
Barbara V.: The Lord shall watch over your
Barbara V.: going out and your coming in
Barbara V.: from this time forth
Barbara V.: forevermore.
Barbara V.: Our second reading is from Paul's letter to the Romans.
Barbara V.: What then, are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor,
Barbara V.: according to the flesh?
Barbara V.: For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast
Barbara V.: about, but not before God.
Barbara V.: For what does the Scripture say?
Barbara V.: Abraham believed God, and it was
Barbara V.: reckoned to him as
Barbara V.: righteousness.
Barbara V.: Now to one who works.
Barbara V.: Wages are not reckoned as a gift, but as something due.
Barbara V.: But to one who without works
Barbara V.: trusts him who justifies the
Barbara V.: ungodly.
Barbara V.: Such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
Barbara V.: For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come
Barbara V.: to Abraham or to his descendants through the law, but through the
Barbara V.: righteousness of faith.
Barbara V.: If it is the adherence of the
Barbara V.: law who are to be the heirs,
Barbara V.: faith is null and the promise is
Barbara V.: void.
Barbara V.: For the law brings wrath.
Barbara V.: But where there is no law, neither is there violation.
Barbara V.: For this reason, it depends on faith, in order that the promise
Barbara V.: may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his
Barbara V.: descendants, not only to the adherents of the law, But also
Barbara V.: to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of
Barbara V.: all of us.
Barbara V.: As it is written, I have made
Barbara V.: you the father of many nations,
Barbara V.: in the presence of the God in
Barbara V.: whom he believed, who gives life
Barbara V.: to the dead, and calls into
Barbara V.: existence the things that do not
Barbara V.: exist.
Barbara V.: The word of the Lord.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thanks be to God. The holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
Fr. Craig Swan: according to John.
Fr. Craig Swan: Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Fr. Craig Swan: Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
Fr. Craig Swan: He came to Jesus by night and
Fr. Craig Swan: said to him, Rabbi, we know that
Fr. Craig Swan: you are a teacher who has come
Fr. Craig Swan: from God.
Fr. Craig Swan: For no one can do these signs that you do apart from the
Fr. Craig Swan: presence of God.
Fr. Craig Swan: Jesus answered him, very truly, I tell you, no one can see the
Fr. Craig Swan: kingdom of God without being born from above.
Fr. Craig Swan: Nicodemus said to him, how can
Fr. Craig Swan: anyone be born after having
Fr. Craig Swan: grown old?
Fr. Craig Swan: Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?
Fr. Craig Swan: Jesus answered, very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the
Fr. Craig Swan: kingdom of God without being born of water and spirit.
Fr. Craig Swan: What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the
Fr. Craig Swan: spirit is spirit.
Fr. Craig Swan: Do not be astonished that I said
Fr. Craig Swan: to you, you must be born from
Fr. Craig Swan: above.
Fr. Craig Swan: The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it,
Fr. Craig Swan: but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.
Fr. Craig Swan: So it is with everyone who is born of the spirit.
Fr. Craig Swan: Nicodemus said to him, how can these things be?
Fr. Craig Swan: Jesus answered, are you a teacher of Israel?
Fr. Craig Swan: And yet you do not understand these things?
Fr. Craig Swan: Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to
Fr. Craig Swan: what we have seen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Yet you do not receive our testimony.
Fr. Craig Swan: If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe,
Fr. Craig Swan: how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
Fr. Craig Swan: No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended
Fr. Craig Swan: from heaven, the Son of Man.
Fr. Craig Swan: And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so
Fr. Craig Swan: must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him
Fr. Craig Swan: may have eternal life.
Fr. Craig Swan: For God so loved the world that
Fr. Craig Swan: he gave his only son, so that
Fr. Craig Swan: everyone who believes in him may
Fr. Craig Swan: not perish, but may have eternal
Fr. Craig Swan: life.
Fr. Craig Swan: Indeed, God did not send the son
Fr. Craig Swan: into the world to condemn the
Fr. Craig Swan: world, but in order that the
Fr. Craig Swan: world might be saved through
Fr. Craig Swan: him.
Fr. Craig Swan: The gospel of the Lord.
Fr. Craig Swan: Praise to you, Lord Christ.
Fr. Craig Swan: In the name of God, father, son, and Holy Spirit.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Please be seated.
Fr. Craig Swan: Today we hear the story of
Fr. Craig Swan: Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews,
Fr. Craig Swan: who comes in the night to see
Fr. Craig Swan: Jesus.
Fr. Craig Swan: As I kind of look at Nicodemus and think about what he is
Fr. Craig Swan: feeling or thinking, I see a man who is torn, torn between what
Fr. Craig Swan: he knows to be true.
Fr. Craig Swan: And what he hopes to be true.
Fr. Craig Swan: Nicodemus had the weight of the world on his shoulders as a
Fr. Craig Swan: leader of the Jews.
Fr. Craig Swan: Their most important job from
Fr. Craig Swan: the concept of the Roman
Fr. Craig Swan: government was that they keep
Fr. Craig Swan: the peace throughout Israel, or
Fr. Craig Swan: the area that time known as
Fr. Craig Swan: Palestine.
Fr. Craig Swan: If the Jews wish to maintain their special circumstance,
Fr. Craig Swan: which meant they did not have to pay homage to Caesar's statue
Fr. Craig Swan: and worship Caesar as a god, then the leadership had to keep
Fr. Craig Swan: everyone in check.
Fr. Craig Swan: That was Nicodemus role.
Fr. Craig Swan: Within the confines of the Roman Empire.
Fr. Craig Swan: Also, he served then as religious leader, teaching them
Fr. Craig Swan: what was truth, what was law, and what was Torah that he knew,
Fr. Craig Swan: that he understood, that gave him identity that he trusted in,
Fr. Craig Swan: would keep him safe.
Fr. Craig Swan: John doesn't have Nicodemus just so happening to show up, to see
Fr. Craig Swan: Jesus in the night.
Fr. Craig Swan: He comes out of the darkness and into the light.
Fr. Craig Swan: One of John's great motifs, the light has come into the
Fr. Craig Swan: darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Fr. Craig Swan: Jesus as the light Nicodemus is drawn to a teacher who teaches
Fr. Craig Swan: the law very differently than he understands in a very different
Fr. Craig Swan: and radical way.
Fr. Craig Swan: He, like each and every one of
Fr. Craig Swan: us, is attracted to this
Fr. Craig Swan: reality.
Fr. Craig Swan: But the question for him is, can he trust in it?
Fr. Craig Swan: Can he trust in what Jesus teaches?
Fr. Craig Swan: Can he trust in Jesus message?
Fr. Craig Swan: Trust is the golden rule of salvation history.
Fr. Craig Swan: Our Old Testament reading brings
Fr. Craig Swan: us back all the way to the days
Fr. Craig Swan: of Abraham and God's call to
Fr. Craig Swan: Abraham and Sarah at the age of
Fr. Craig Swan: seventy five, to leave his
Fr. Craig Swan: tribe, his family, everything he
Fr. Craig Swan: knows.
Fr. Craig Swan: All that protects him, holds him up.
Fr. Craig Swan: And to go out on their own with
Fr. Craig Swan: the promise that he and Sarah
Fr. Craig Swan: will be the parents of a great
Fr. Craig Swan: nation.
Fr. Craig Swan: Not a very sane request on any level.
Fr. Craig Swan: The idea of a couple in their seventies bearing children to
Fr. Craig Swan: begin a great nation.
Fr. Craig Swan: Highly unlikely.
Fr. Craig Swan: Abraham and Sarah strike out and follow God's call to them.
Fr. Craig Swan: And as we heard in Paul today, what made Abraham.
Fr. Craig Swan: Eventually Abraham righteous.
Fr. Craig Swan: was the fact that he chose to trust in God and to trust that
Fr. Craig Swan: God or for him, Yahweh would fulfill God's promise.
Fr. Craig Swan: That is the same place where
Fr. Craig Swan: Nicodemus is in this morning's
Fr. Craig Swan: gospel.
Fr. Craig Swan: He, like Abraham, is feeling a call towards Jesus.
Fr. Craig Swan: Will he let go of everything and trust that what Jesus has to say
Fr. Craig Swan: will be fulfilled?
Fr. Craig Swan: For that is the root of our righteousness with God.
Fr. Craig Swan: It's our willingness or ability to let go of that which we hold
Fr. Craig Swan: on to, that we know to be true in this world and to trust.
Fr. Craig Swan: That God will fulfill God's promise.
Fr. Craig Swan: The promises that we await.
Fr. Craig Swan: For through the glory and the efficacy of the cross.
Fr. Craig Swan: Eternal life and the kingdom of
Fr. Craig Swan: heaven to be thus on earth in
Fr. Craig Swan: this world transformed back into
Fr. Craig Swan: the reality with God as head of
Fr. Craig Swan: all nations.
Fr. Craig Swan: Do we trust that God will fulfill God's promise during
Fr. Craig Swan: this time of lent?
Fr. Craig Swan: One of the things that we
Fr. Craig Swan: reflect on is do we trust and
Fr. Craig Swan: how much do we trust in God's
Fr. Craig Swan: promise?
Fr. Craig Swan: And one of the things that we hear throughout the gospel is
Fr. Craig Swan: your faith has made you well.
Fr. Craig Swan: What is faith but trust in God?
Fr. Craig Swan: The people who bring the paraplegic to Jesus.
Fr. Craig Swan: Their faith has made him well.
Fr. Craig Swan: They trusted that Jesus could heal him.
Fr. Craig Swan: Do we trust that Jesus can heal us?
Fr. Craig Swan: Do we trust in the efficacy of the cross?
Fr. Craig Swan: And do we trust that it is not through what we do, but what God
Fr. Craig Swan: has done for us, that we have gained our own salvation?
Fr. Craig Swan: The image that comes to me this morning as I read through
Fr. Craig Swan: today's readings is that from a scene in the Disney movie
Fr. Craig Swan: Aladdin, as I told you all, I watched a lot of TV growing up.
Fr. Craig Swan: My daughters watched a lot of Disney movies, but the scene I'm
Fr. Craig Swan: thinking of is when Aladdin pulls up to Jasmine's balcony
Fr. Craig Swan: way up high on the magic carpet.
Fr. Craig Swan: And asks her to go for a ride on the magic carpet.
Fr. Craig Swan: And what does he say to her to
Fr. Craig Swan: get her to finally step out on
Fr. Craig Swan: the carpet?
Fr. Craig Swan: Do you trust me?
Fr. Craig Swan: Each and every one of us, like Nicodemus, is on the balcony,
Fr. Craig Swan: and God has pulled up God's magic carpet to us and has asked
Fr. Craig Swan: us, do you trust me?
Fr. Craig Swan: The question for us is, are we willing to put our whole faith
Fr. Craig Swan: and trust in that, a move that will give us the grace and the
Fr. Craig Swan: forgiveness and the salvation in the salvation we need to be
Fr. Craig Swan: right before God.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Please stand and join me as you can in affirming our faith with
Fr. Craig Swan: the words of the Nicene Creed.
Fr. Craig Swan: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of
Fr. Craig Swan: heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
Fr. Craig Swan: We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
Fr. Craig Swan: eternally begotten of the father, God from God, light from
Fr. Craig Swan: light, true God from true God, begotten, not made of one, being
Fr. Craig Swan: with the father.
Fr. Craig Swan: Through him all things were made for us and for our salvation.
Fr. Craig Swan: He came down from heaven by the
Fr. Craig Swan: power of the Holy Spirit He
Fr. Craig Swan: became incarnate from the Virgin
Fr. Craig Swan: Mary and was made man for our
Fr. Craig Swan: sake.
Fr. Craig Swan: He was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
Fr. Craig Swan: He suffered death and was buried.
Fr. Craig Swan: On the third day.
Fr. Craig Swan: He rose again in accordance with the scriptures.
Fr. Craig Swan: He ascended into heaven and is
Fr. Craig Swan: seated at the right hand of the
Fr. Craig Swan: father.
Fr. Craig Swan: He will come again in glory to
Fr. Craig Swan: judge the living and the dead,
Fr. Craig Swan: and his kingdom will have no
Fr. Craig Swan: end.
Fr. Craig Swan: We believe in the Holy Spirit,
Fr. Craig Swan: the Lord, the giver of life, who
Fr. Craig Swan: proceeds from the father and the
Fr. Craig Swan: son.
Fr. Craig Swan: With the father and the son, he is worshiped and glorified.
Fr. Craig Swan: He has spoken through the prophets.
Fr. Craig Swan: We believe in one holy, Catholic and apostolic church.
Fr. Craig Swan: We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
Fr. Craig Swan: We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the
Fr. Craig Swan: world to come.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Shelley L.: The prayers of the people.
Shelley L.: Let us pray for the whole state
Shelley L.: of Christ's church and the
Shelley L.: world.
Shelley L.: Almighty and ever living God, who in Thy Holy Word has taught
Shelley L.: us to make prayers and supplications, and to give
Shelley L.: thanks for all men.
Shelley L.: Receive these our prayers which
Shelley L.: we offer unto thy divine
Shelley L.: majesty.
Shelley L.: Beseeching thee to inspire
Shelley L.: continually the universal Church
Shelley L.: with the spirit of truth, unity,
Shelley L.: and concord.
Shelley L.: And grant that all those who do
Shelley L.: confess thy holy name may agree
Shelley L.: in the truth of Thy Holy Word,
Shelley L.: and live in unity and godly
Shelley L.: love.
Shelley L.: Give grace, O Heavenly Father,
Shelley L.: to all bishops and other
Shelley L.: ministers, especially Sean, our
Shelley L.: Presiding Bishop, Nicholas our
Shelley L.: Bishop and Craig, our rector,
Shelley L.: that they may both, by their
Shelley L.: life and doctrine, set forth thy
Shelley L.: true and lively word, and
Shelley L.: rightly and duty, administer and
Shelley L.: duly administer thy holy
Shelley L.: sacraments, and to all thy
Shelley L.: people give thy heavenly grace,
Shelley L.: and especially to this
Shelley L.: congregation here in present
Shelley L.: that with me carte and due
Shelley L.: reverence they may hear and
Shelley L.: receive thy holy word, truly
Shelley L.: serving thee in holiness and
Shelley L.: righteousness all the days of
Shelley L.: their life.
Shelley L.: We beseech thee also to so to rule the hearts of those who
Shelley L.: bear the authority of government in this and every land,
Shelley L.: especially Donald, our president, and Daniel, our
Shelley L.: governor, that they may be led to wise decisions and right
Shelley L.: actions for the welfare and peace of the world.
Shelley L.: Open, oh Lord, the eyes of all people, to behold thy gracious
Shelley L.: hand in all thy works, that rejoicing in thy whole creation,
Shelley L.: they may honor thee with their substance, and be faithful
Shelley L.: stewards of thy bounty.
Shelley L.: And we most humbly beseech thee
Shelley L.: of thy goodness, O Lord, to
Shelley L.: comfort and succour all those
Shelley L.: who who in this transitory life
Shelley L.: are in trouble, sorrow, need,
Shelley L.: sickness, or any other
Shelley L.: adversity.
Shelley L.: In our parish cycle of prayer, we pray for Ted, White, Jay and
Shelley L.: Billy, Joe, Wilbur and Jamie and Debbie Wilson in our in our
Shelley L.: diocesan cycle of prayer.
Shelley L.: We pray for Saint David's on the Hill, Cranston.
Shelley L.: And we also bless thy holy name
Shelley L.: for all who, although thy
Shelley L.: servants departed this life in
Shelley L.: thy faith and fear, especially
Shelley L.: Marilyn Charest, beseeching thee
Shelley L.: to grant them continual growth
Shelley L.: in thy love and service, and to
Shelley L.: grant us grace, to grant us
Shelley L.: grace.
Shelley L.: So to follow the good examples of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Shelley L.: Blessed Peter and patron, and of
Shelley L.: all thy saints, that with them
Shelley L.: we may be partakers of thy
Shelley L.: heavenly kingdom.
Shelley L.: Grant these our prayers.
Shelley L.: Oh, father, for Jesus Christ's
Shelley L.: sake, our only mediator and
Shelley L.: advocate.
Shelley L.: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: The peace of the Lord be always with you.
Fr. Craig Swan: Let us greet one another with a sign of Christ's love for us.
Fr. Craig Swan: And I invite everyone to please be seated.
Fr. Craig Swan: And anyone who has a birthday or wedding anniversary during the
Fr. Craig Swan: month of March is invited to come forward for a blessing.
Fr. Craig Swan: Boy, oh boy, we're striking out month after month.
Fr. Craig Swan: It's all going to add up in April and May.
Fr. Craig Swan: Walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself for us an
Fr. Craig Swan: offering and sacrifice to God.
Fr. Craig Swan: Okay.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 4: Just the wine in the water.
Speaker 4: Yes.
Speaker 4: The glass bowl.
Speaker 4: Oh, there's no. Okay.
Speaker 4: Just.
Speaker 4: Sorry.
Fr. Craig Swan: All things come from you, O Lord, and of your own.
Fr. Craig Swan: Have we offered you?
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: The Lord be with you.
Fr. Craig Swan: Lift up your hearts.
Fr. Craig Swan: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
Fr. Craig Swan: It is meet and right so to do.
Fr. Craig Swan: It is very meet right, and are
Fr. Craig Swan: bound in duty that we should at
Fr. Craig Swan: all times and in all places give
Fr. Craig Swan: thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy
Fr. Craig Swan: Father, Almighty, everlasting
Fr. Craig Swan: God, through Jesus Christ our
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, who was in every way
Fr. Craig Swan: tempted as we are, yet did not
Fr. Craig Swan: sin.
Fr. Craig Swan: By whose grace we are able to triumph over every evil, and
Fr. Craig Swan: live no longer unto ourselves, but unto him who died for us,
Fr. Craig Swan: and rose again therefore with angels and archangels, and with
Fr. Craig Swan: all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious
Fr. Craig Swan: name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy,
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory.
Fr. Craig Swan: Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High.
Fr. Craig Swan: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Fr. Craig Swan: Hosanna in the highest!
Fr. Craig Swan: All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly father, that
Fr. Craig Swan: thou of thy tender mercy didst give thine only son Jesus
Fr. Craig Swan: Christ, to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption.
Fr. Craig Swan: Who made there by his one oblation of himself, once
Fr. Craig Swan: offered a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation,
Fr. Craig Swan: and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world, and did
Fr. Craig Swan: institute and in his holy gospel command us to continue a
Fr. Craig Swan: perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice,
Fr. Craig Swan: until his coming again.
Fr. Craig Swan: For in the night in which he was
Fr. Craig Swan: betrayed, he took bread, and
Fr. Craig Swan: when he had given thanks, he
Fr. Craig Swan: brake it, and gave it to his
Fr. Craig Swan: disciples, saying, take, eat,
Fr. Craig Swan: this is my body which is given
Fr. Craig Swan: for you.
Fr. Craig Swan: Do this in remembrance of me.
Fr. Craig Swan: Likewise, after supper he took
Fr. Craig Swan: the cup, and when he had given
Fr. Craig Swan: thanks, he gave it to them,
Fr. Craig Swan: saying, drink ye all of this,
Fr. Craig Swan: for this is my blood of the New
Fr. Craig Swan: Testament, which is shed for you
Fr. Craig Swan: and for many for the remission
Fr. Craig Swan: of sins.
Fr. Craig Swan: Do this as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.
Fr. Craig Swan: Wherefore, oh Lord, and heavenly father, according to the
Fr. Craig Swan: institution of thy dearly beloved son, our Savior Jesus
Fr. Craig Swan: Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here
Fr. Craig Swan: before thy divine majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we
Fr. Craig Swan: now offer unto thee.
Fr. Craig Swan: The memorial thy son hath commanded us to make, having in
Fr. Craig Swan: remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty
Fr. Craig Swan: resurrection and glorious ascension, rendering unto thee
Fr. Craig Swan: most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured
Fr. Craig Swan: unto us by the same.
Fr. Craig Swan: And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful father, to hear us,
Fr. Craig Swan: and of thy almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify
Fr. Craig Swan: with thy Word and Holy Spirit these thy gifts and creatures of
Fr. Craig Swan: bread and wine, that we receiving them according to thy
Fr. Craig Swan: Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, Holy institution, in remembrance
Fr. Craig Swan: of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed
Fr. Craig Swan: body and son.
Fr. Craig Swan: and we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to
Fr. Craig Swan: accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.
Fr. Craig Swan: Most humbly beseeching thee to
Fr. Craig Swan: grant that by the merits and
Fr. Craig Swan: death of thy Son Jesus Christ,
Fr. Craig Swan: and through faith in his blood,
Fr. Craig Swan: we and all thy whole church may
Fr. Craig Swan: obtain remission of our sins and
Fr. Craig Swan: all other benefits of his
Fr. Craig Swan: passion.
Fr. Craig Swan: And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves,
Fr. Craig Swan: our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living
Fr. Craig Swan: sacrifice unto thee.
Fr. Craig Swan: Humbly beseeching thee that we and all others who shall be
Fr. Craig Swan: partakers of this Holy Communion, may worthily receive
Fr. Craig Swan: the most precious body and blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, be
Fr. Craig Swan: filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made
Fr. Craig Swan: one body with him, that he may dwell in us and we in him.
Fr. Craig Swan: And although we are unworthy
Fr. Craig Swan: through our manifold sins, to
Fr. Craig Swan: offer unto thee any sacrifice,
Fr. Craig Swan: yet we beseech thee to accept
Fr. Craig Swan: this, our bound and duty and
Fr. Craig Swan: service, not weighing our
Fr. Craig Swan: merits, but pardoning our
Fr. Craig Swan: offenses.
Fr. Craig Swan: Through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Fr. Craig Swan: by whom and with whom, in the
Fr. Craig Swan: unity of the Holy Ghost, all
Fr. Craig Swan: honor and glory be unto thee, O
Fr. Craig Swan: Father Almighty, world without
Fr. Craig Swan: end.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: And now, as our Savior Christ
Fr. Craig Swan: hath taught us, we are bold to
Fr. Craig Swan: say.
Fr. Craig Swan: Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thy kingdom come, thy will be
Fr. Craig Swan: done on earth as it is in
Fr. Craig Swan: heaven.
Fr. Craig Swan: Give us this day our daily bread
Fr. Craig Swan: and forgive us our trespasses,
Fr. Craig Swan: as we forgive those who trespass
Fr. Craig Swan: against us.
Fr. Craig Swan: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Fr. Craig Swan: For thine is the kingdom, and
Fr. Craig Swan: the power and the glory, forever
Fr. Craig Swan: and ever.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Christ, our Passover is sacrificed for us.
Fr. Craig Swan: Therefore let us keep the feast.
Fr. Craig Swan: Oh, Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world.
Fr. Craig Swan: Let us join together.
Fr. Craig Swan: We do not presume to come to
Fr. Craig Swan: this thy table, O merciful Lord,
Fr. Craig Swan: trusting in our own
Fr. Craig Swan: righteousness, but in thy
Fr. Craig Swan: manifold and great mercies, we
Fr. Craig Swan: are not worthy so much as to
Fr. Craig Swan: gather up the crumbs under thy
Fr. Craig Swan: table.
Fr. Craig Swan: But thou art the same Lord,
Fr. Craig Swan: whose property is always to have
Fr. Craig Swan: mercy.
Fr. Craig Swan: Grant us therefore, gracious
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy
Fr. Craig Swan: dear son Jesus Christ, and to
Fr. Craig Swan: drink his blood, that we may
Fr. Craig Swan: ever more dwell in him, and he
Fr. Craig Swan: in us.
Fr. Craig Swan: The gifts of God for the people of God.
Fr. Craig Swan: Take them in remembrance that
Fr. Craig Swan: Christ died for you, and feed on
Fr. Craig Swan: him in your hearts by faith with
Fr. Craig Swan: thanksgiving.
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Speaker 4: The blessing of God, father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be with
Speaker 4: you and remain with you always.
Speaker 4: Amen.
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Speaker 4: So if you go this way.
Speaker 4: There we go.
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Fr. Craig Swan: Let us pray.
Fr. Craig Swan: Almighty and ever living God, we most heartily thank thee for
Fr. Craig Swan: that thou dost feed us in these holy mysteries with the
Fr. Craig Swan: spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of Thy
Fr. Craig Swan: Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, and dost assure us thereby of
Fr. Craig Swan: thy favor and goodness towards us, and that we are very members
Fr. Craig Swan: in corporate, in the mystical Body of Thy Son, the blessed
Fr. Craig Swan: company of all faithful people, and are also heirs through hope
Fr. Craig Swan: of thy everlasting kingdom.
Fr. Craig Swan: And we humbly beseech thee, O
Fr. Craig Swan: heavenly Father, so to assist us
Fr. Craig Swan: with thy grace, that we may
Fr. Craig Swan: continue in that holy
Fr. Craig Swan: fellowship, and do all such good
Fr. Craig Swan: works as thou hast prepared for
Fr. Craig Swan: us to walk in through Jesus
Fr. Craig Swan: Christ our Lord, to whom with
Fr. Craig Swan: thee and the Holy Ghost be all
Fr. Craig Swan: honor and glory, world without
Fr. Craig Swan: end.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Bow down before the Lord.
Fr. Craig Swan: Keep this your family, Lord, with your never failing mercy.
Fr. Craig Swan: That relying solely on the help
Fr. Craig Swan: of your heavenly grace, they may
Fr. Craig Swan: be upheld by your divine
Fr. Craig Swan: protection through Christ our
Fr. Craig Swan: Lord.
Fr. Craig Swan: Amen.
Fr. Craig Swan: Let us go forth in the name of Christ.
Fr. Craig Swan: Thanks be to God.