Trinity 10 - August 8 - Devotion

Scriptures and Hymns • August 8

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

Intent: Devotion

Processional Hymn 201

1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
   O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
   All ye who hear,
   Now to His temple draw near;
   Join me in glad adoration!
2. Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,
   Shelters thee under His wings, yes, so gently sustaineth!
   Hast thou not seen
   How all thy longings have been
   Granted in what He ordaineth?
3. Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
   Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
   Ponder anew
   What the Almighty can do,
   If with His love He befriend thee.
4. Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!
   All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him.
   Let the Amen
   Sound from His people again:
   Gladly for aye we adore Him. Amen.

The Collect

LORD and Master, we thy servants continually do worship thee with heartfelt praise and thanksgiving; may our fervent adoration rise ever before thee like incense, until the light of our love becomes one with thine infinite light, thou who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God throughout all ages of ages. Amen.

The Epistle

The portion of scripture appointed for the epistle is taken from the fifteenth chapter of the Revelation of St John the Divine, beginning at the second verse.

I SAW as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and they that had gotten the victory over the beast and over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and worship before thee, for thy judgments are made manifest. Amen: blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

The Gospel

The holy gospel is taken from the fourth chapter of the Gospel according to St John, beginning at the nineteenth verse.

THE woman of Samaria saith unto him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus said unto her: Believe me, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what; we know what we worship. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him: I know that Messias cometh, who is called the Christ; when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus said unto her: I that speak unto thee am he.

Offertory Hymn 62

1. BELOVED, let us love: love is of God;
   In God alone hath love its true abode.
2. Beloved, let us love; for they who love,
   They only, are His sons, born from above.
3. Beloved, let us love; for love is rest,
   And he who loveth not abides unblest.
4. Beloved, let us love; for love is light,
   And he who loveth not dwelleth in night.
5. Beloved, let us love: for only thus
   Shall we behold that God Who loveth us.
6. Beloved, let us love; the Father, Son.
   And Spirit, all are love, blest Three in One. Amen.

Recessional Hymn 76

1. OUR worship rises like a | soaring | flame;
    With Angels and Archangels, | and with | all
   The company of heaven, | on Thy | Name,
     Thy Three-fold | Name, | we call.
2. Lo! heaven and earth are burning, | shining, | filled
    With that surpassing Glory | which Thou | art:
   Lost in its Light our mortal | weakness; | stilled
     Each rapt, a | dor | ing heart.
3. We are not worthy, Master, | to re | ceive,
    Thy Holy Body, nor to | drink Thy | Blood:
   Yet still Thou offerest (and | we be | lieve),
     To all who | hung | er, Food.
4. Humbly we gather to the | holy | place,
    Yet do our hearts sing and our | faces | shine,
   As, in the Glory raying | from Thy | Face,
     We take that | Bread, | that Wine.
5. Lo, we are stronger than the | strongest | now:
    Thy Life, O Christ, is thrilling | in our | own;
   O Mystery, Thou art we, and | we are | Thou,
     Knowing as | we | are known.
6. ’Tis ours to bear, if truly | we have | prayed.
    Thy Life, Thy Light, to fainting | souls and | blind;
   Then every hour a Eucha | rist is | made.
     And Thee in | all | we find.
7. Thus must they love, whom Christ so | well has | loved,
    Thus must they serve, whom Christ has | deigned to | feed,
   Their hearts, like His, henceforward | ever | moved
     By every | hu | man need.
8. Turn we to earthly light and | daily | round,
    Nor doubt that, when their homeward | Path is | trod,
   Perfect in Love, our spirits | shall have | found
     The Eternal | House | of God.
9. O Holy Christ, we bless Thee | for Thy | Love;
    With all our hearts we praise and | worship | Thee;
   To Father, Son and Holy | Ghost a | bove,
     We sing, the | One | in Three. Amen.