Young or old, from near or far you are all
Welcome!
Newton Heath
All Saints’ Parish Church
With St Wilfrid’s, St Ann and St Cuthbert’s
March 9th 2025 The First Sunday of Lent
10.00 am Parish Sung Eucharist
Lead us not into temptation.
How’s Lent going for you? Have you yielded to temptation concerning the things you would give up as part of your devotions, especially concerning sweet things, which maybe ought to be cut back anyway.I had a lapse after a long drive on Thursday night!
These kinds of slips involve low-level temptation, not the kinds of moral dilemmas (even if he had countenanced them for second) when in The Wilderness with Satan or the Devil.
Many I am sure will use moral calculus of some kind to justify a departure from virtue in order to obtain some gain more swiftly than otherwise, especially if we perceive or believe that the good outweighs the bad. Cutting corners is fine, surely. After all, it’s the end product not the process isn’t it? In other words, the ends justify the means.
Many times I have asked the question why not be led into temptation—as in The Lord’s Prayer—as a test of our moral fibre. We will be delivered from evil, after all.
We will, as long as our intentions are pure, which leaves me uneasy at some of the ‘short-cuts’ to peace hitting our news headlines these days.
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Music before the service
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 731 J.S. Bach
(Dearest Jesus, we are here)
THE GATHERING
Hymn
O for a heart to praise my God,
a heart from sin set free,
a heart that always feels thy blood
so freely spilt for me;
A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
my dear redeemer's throne,
where only Christ is heard to speak,
where Jesus reigns alone;
A humble, lowly, contrite heart,
believing, true, and clean;
which neither life nor death can part
from him that dwells within;
A heart in every thought renewed,
and full of love divine;
perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
a copy, Lord, of thine!
Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
come quickly from above,
write thy new name upon my heart,
thy new, best name of love.
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The Greeting
The president greets the people
Grace, mercy and peace
from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ
be with you.
and also with you.
Prayer of Preparation
This prayer may be said
Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known, and from whom no
secrets are hidden:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy
Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Invitation to Confession
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led
by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted
by the devil. Let us confess our sins remembering before God the
times when we have fallen from temptation into sin.
Most merciful God,
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
we confess that we have sinned
in thought, word and deed.
We have not loved you with our whole heart.
We have not loved our neighbours
as ourselves.
In your mercy forgive what we have been,
help us to amend what we are,
and direct what we shall be;
that we may do justly, love mercy,
and walk humbly with you, our God.
Amen.
The president says
Almighty God,
who forgives all who truly repent,
have mercy upon you,
pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all
goodness, and keep you in life eternal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are,
yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Readings
Deuteronomy 26.1-11
First Fruits and Tithes
26When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. 3You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, ‘Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.’ 4When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the Lord your God, 5you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. 6When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labour on us, 7we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. 8The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; 9and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O Lord, have given me.’ You shall set it down before the Lord your God and bow down before the Lord your God. 11Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house.
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God
Romans 10.8b – 13
8But what does it say?
‘The word is near you,
on your lips and in your heart’
(that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. 11The scripture says, ‘No one who believes in him will be put to shame.’ 12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. 13For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Reading
As you are able, please stand
Praise to you, O Christ,
King of eternal glory.
The Lord is a great God, O that today you would listen to his voice.
Harden not your hearts.
cf Psalm 95.3,8
Praise to you, O Christ,
King of eternal glory.
The Lord be with you
And also with you
The Gospel is announced
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke
Glory to you, O Lord.
4Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.’ 4Jesus answered him, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone.” ’
5 Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. 7If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’ 8Jesus answered him, ‘It is written,
“Worship the Lord your God,
and serve only him.” ’
9 Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10for it is written,
“He will command his angels concerning you,
to protect you”,
11and“On their hands they will bear you up,
so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.” ’
12Jesus answered him, ‘It is said, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” ’ 13When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.
Luke 4.1-13
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
The Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus
Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he
came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of
the Father.
He will come again in glory to
judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,who with the Father and the Son is
worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic
and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for
the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the
dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Cycle of Prayer
Our Bishops
David, Mark and Matthew
The Anglican Communion
The Anglican Church of Canada
The Porvoo Communion
Church of England: Diocese of Chelmsford
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Karlstad
Schools
All Saints, St Wilfrid’s, Briscoe Lane,
Christ the King, Oldham Bluecoat,
Trinity High School, Co-op Academy Broadhurst, St Ambrose College, Loreto.
Streets
Court Drive, Crammond Close,
Cranmore Street, Cravenhurst Avenue, Crawford Street, Crayford Road.
Book of Remembrance
Minnie Alcock; Jessie Bell, Elsie Harding, Annie Hayes, Ethel Egan, John Bradley, George Bristow, Harry Brierley.
THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT
The Peace
Since we are justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has given us access to his grace.
Romans 5.1,2
The peace of the Lord be always with you
and also with you.
Let us offer one another a sign of peace.
The Eucharistic Prayer
The president says
God of our journey,
as we walk with you on your
path of obedience,
sustain us on our way and lead us to your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Lord be with you
and also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give thanks and praise.
The president praises God for his mighty acts and all respond
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
The president recalls the Last Supper,
and one of these four acclamations may be used
[Great is the mystery of faith:]
Christ has died:
Christ is risen:
Christ will come again.
The Prayer continues and leads into the doxology, to which all respond boldly
Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Let us pray with confidence as our
Saviour has taught us
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass
against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
We break this bread
to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.
The Agnus Dei
Jesus, Lamb of God,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, redeemer of the world,
grant us peace.
Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper.
Lord I am not worthy to receive you,
but only say the word and shall be healed
Post Communion Prayers
Almighty God,
you show to those who are in error the light of your truth,
that they may return to
the way of righteousness:
grant to all those who are admitted
into the fellowship of Christ’s religion,
that they may reject those things
that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same;
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Almighty God,
we thank you for feeding us
with the body and blood of your
Son Jesus Christ.
Through him we offer you our
souls and bodies
to be a living sacrifice.
Send us out n the power of your Spirit
to live and work to your
and glory.
Amen.
Notices may be shared
Hymn
Forty days and forty nights
thou wast fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled.
Sunbeams scorching all the day;
chilly dew-drops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about thy way;
stones thy pillow, earth thy bed.
And if Satan, vexing sore,
flesh or spirit should assail,
thou, his vanquisher before
grant we may not faint nor fail.
So shall we have peace divine;
holier gladness ours shall be;
round us too shall angels shine,
such as ministered to thee.
Keep, O keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by thy side;
that with thee we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide.
George Hunt Smytton (1822-1870)
Blessing and Dismissal
The peace of God,
which passes all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God,
and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord;
and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always.
Amen.
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
In the name of Christ. Amen.
Voluntary
Auf meinen lieben Gott Johann Handff
(Towards my dear God)
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