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Welcome!
Newton Heath
All Saints’ Parish Church
With St Wilfrid’s, St Ann and St Cuthbert’s
6th April 2025 The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Passiontide begins
10.00 am Parish Sung Eucharist
Judas, Mary, Us
The washing - or anointing—of Jesus’s feet by Mary from St John’s Gospel is one of the best known ‘scenes’ from the New Testament. But what was she doing, and why? If Jesus is a King, why his feet? After all, we don’t anoint the sovereign’s feet at a coronation, but their breast and their head.
Also, can we pretend that Judas’s cover has not already been blown (John 6.70-71) as the one who was to betray Jesus? Can we pretend to see him without this foreknowledge? Do his comments here redeem him a little or even a lot? A previous Rector here, Canon Bill Brison, wrote a book about Judas and asked this question.
How would we feel if we knew that we would only be remembered for the worst thing we did in our lives? This reminds me of that hymn by F.W. Faber ‘There’s a wideness in God’s mercy’ with the verse:
For the love of God is broader
than the measure of our mind,
and the heart of the eternal
is most wonderfully kind.
But we make his love too narrow
by false limits of our own;
and we magnify his strictness
with a zeal he would not own.
Aren’t we all grateful for that? Do we believe it?
Fr A
Music before the service
Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727 J.S. Bach
(I desire dearly)
THE GATHERING
Hymn
Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
o'er the world's tempestuous sea;
guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us
for we have no help but thee;
yet possessing every blessing,
if our God our Father be.
Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us;
all our weakness thou dost know;
thou didst tread this earth before us,
thou didst feel its keenest woe;
self denying, death defying,
thou to Calvary didst go.
Spirit of our God, descending,
fill our hearts with heavenly joy,
love with every passion blending,
pleasure that can never cloy:
thus provided, pardoned, guided,
nothing can our peace destroy.
James Edmeston (1791-1867)
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
Christ himself carried up our sins in his body to the tree,
so that, free from sins,
we might live for righteousness;
by his wounds we have been healed.
1 Peter 2.24
Let us confess our sins.
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
Most merciful God,
who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ
delivered and saved the world:
grant that by faith in him
who suffered on the cross
we may triumph in the power of his victory;
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
Isaiah 43.16-21
16 Thus says the Lord,
who makes a way in the sea,
a path in the mighty waters,
17 who brings out chariot and horse,
army and warrior;
they lie down, they cannot rise,
they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:
18 Do not remember the former things,
or consider the things of old.
19 I am about to do a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
20 The wild animals will honour me,
the jackals and the ostriches;
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
21 the people whom I formed for myself
so that they might declare my praise.
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God
Philippians 3.4b-14
4I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh.
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. 8More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
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.
Christ humbled himself and became obedient unto death,
even death on a cross.
Therefore God has highly exalted him
and given him the name that is above every name.
Philippians 2.8,9
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 John
Glory to you, O Lord.
12Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5‘Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?’ 6(He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7Jesus said, ‘Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.’
John 12.1-8
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
Let us bring to the Father our prayers of
intercession through Christ who gave himself for the life of the world.
For forgiveness for the many times we have denied Jesus, let us pray to the Lord.
Our Bishops
David, Mark and Matthew
The Anglican Communion
Iglesia Anglicana de Chile
The Porvoo Communion
Church of Sweden: Diocese of Uppsala, Archbishop Martin Modéus, Bishop Karin Johannesson
Church in Wales: Diocese of Llandaff, Bishop Mary Stallard.
Schools
All Saints, St Wilfrid’s, Briscoe Lane, Christ the King, Oldham Bluecoat, Trinity High School,
Co-op Academy Broadhurst, St
Ambrose College, Loreto College
Streets
Donleigh Street, Dorking Avenue, Dorstone Close, Douro Street, Droylsden Road, Dulvert Street.
Book of Remembrance
Muriel Ledger; Joseph Bailey; Harold Loynd; Edward Davison; Jean Schofield; Geoffrey Allen; Jane Taylor; May Jackson; William Smith; John Guy; Job Grainger; Clifford Harland; Elizabeth Lavin; Arthur Hogg; Ellen Johnson; Peter Wickens.
THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT
The Peace
Once we were far off,
but now in union with Christ Jesus we have been brought near through the shedding of Christ’s blood,
for he is our peace.
Ephesians 2.13,14
The peace of the Lord be always with you
and also with you.
Let us offer one another a sign of peace.
Prayer at the Preparation of the Table
Jesus, true vine and bread of life,
ever giving yourself that
the world might live,
let us share your death and passion:
make us perfect in your love.
Amen.
The Eucharistic Prayer
The president says
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 Hymn
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood,
from thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure;
save from wrath and make me pure.
Not the labours of my hands
can fulfill thy law's demands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to the cross I cling;
naked, come to thee for dress;
helpless, look to thee for grace;
foul, I to the fountain fly;
wash me, Savior, or I die.
While I draw this fleeting breath,
when mine eyes shall close in death,
when I soar to worlds unknown,
see thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.
United Methodist Hymnal, 1989
Post Communion Prayers
Merciful Lord,
grant your people grace
to withstand the temptations
of the world, the flesh and the devil,
and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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
Christ triumphant, ever reigning,
Saviour, Master, King,
Lord of heaven, our lives sustaining,
Hear us as we sing:
Yours the glory and the crown,
The high renown, the eternal name.
Word incarnate, truth revealing,
Son of Man on earth!
Power and majesty concealing
By your humble birth:
Yours...
Suffering Servant, scorned, ill-treated,
Victim crucified!
Death is through the cross defeated,
Sinners justified:
Yours...
Priestly King, enthroned forever
High in heaven above!
Sin and death and hell shall never
Stifle hymns of love:
Yours...
So, our hearts and voices raising
Through the ages long,
Ceaselessly upon You gazing,
This shall be our song:
Yours...
Michael Saward
© Michael Saward/Jubilate Hymns
Blessing and Dismissal
Christ crucified draw you to himself,
to find in him a sure ground for faith,
a firm support for hope,
and the assurance of sins forgiven;
and the blessing
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
Elegy Sir George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)
Electoral Roll
Every six years we draw up our Electoral Roll from scratch. It is open to anyone rising 16 in the course of 2025 who lives in the parish who will be ‘Resident Members’. Those who live outside the parish need to have attended regularly for a period of at least 6 months at the point where they apply for membership.
We will begin this revision TODAY
Sunday 13th April Palm Sunday
10.00 am Parish Eucharist
With the Liturgy of the Palms and dramatic reading of the Passion according to St Luke
‘Scripts’ are available today—and you can play more than one part, unless you have one of the ‘leading roles’ (in bold).
The parts are:
Narrator
Jesus
Peter
Crowd
Solo Voice
Pilate
Criminal 1
Criminal 2
Come on don’t be shy.
Short notice I know, and may be impossible, but it would be good to have a run-through will as many as possible the day before.
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