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Prayers to RememberAlmighty and everlasting God, the Light of the faithful and Rulerof souls, who hast hallowed us by the incarnation of thy Word,and the child-bearing of the Blessed Virgin Mary; we beseechthee, let the power of thy Holy Spirit come also upon us, andthe mercy of the Highest overshadow us. Amen.

From The Mozarabic Missal

Advent Traditions

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The Blessed Virgin Mary

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from Godto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothedto a man named Joseph, of the house of David. And thevirgin’s name was Mary. (Luke 1.26-27)

Elizabeth has been pregnant for six months whenGabriel is dispatched again from God’s presence tobring news of another birth. He’s sent to Nazareth, arather out of the way place, and to the simple dwellingin which Mary is living. What’s clear from the openingverses of the meeting of angel and girl is that she hasplans: Mary is engaged, and plans are advanced for her– the formalities of the betrothal have taken place,though Joseph has yet to complete the marriage bytaking her to his home. Perhaps Mary had clearexpectations of what her life would look like withJoseph, and it’s difficult for us to understand the depthand cost of her calling.

But maybe we can understand something aboutplans and expectations that have to be set asidebecause of a dramatic change in our circumstances.We’ve all experienced something of that recently, buton a deeper level our own plans can be turned upsidedown: A new job comes our way and new possibilitiesopen up; a new relationship alters our lives; an illnesssets us on a different course. We often find unexpectedblessings in these times, and that like Mary we can goon trusting God. Looking back, can you think of timesin your life when your plans changed, and can you seehow God was with you in those times?.

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

The Great O AntiphonsAs Christmas approaches, feast days – though theyare still there – disappear from the Calendar of theChurch, as this advanced period of anticipationbegins. At the Alleluia at Mass, and the Magnificatantiphon at Evening Prayer, we encounter sevendistinctive acclamations known as the ‘Great O’antiphons. Each of them (O wisdom, O Lord, O Rootof Jesse, O Key of David, O Dayspring, O King of theNations, and O Emmanuel) speaks to a title of Christ,whose coming is revealed in the Nativity of Jesus.They make clear the vulnerabilities of the humancondition and order, and illustrate Christ’s lovinghealing and reconciliation, and the self-sacrificingintention of the Father in sending us the Son. In aperiod marked with frenetic shopping, cleaning, andpremature celebration, we are asked, again (formost of us have done this many times in our life),to wait patiently for the day of the Lord to dawn insplendid humility. O Emmanuel, our king and ourlawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour:Come and save us, O Lord our God. (Antiphon from23rd December.)

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From the Fathers‘Heaven and earth and men are to join in one concert; Heavenand earth first; Heaven on high, earth beneath to take up onehymn; both in honour of His birth – both are better by it.Heaven has glory, earth peace, by means of it... Warranted bythis song, at thy nativity, O Lord, let the heavens rejoice for theglory, let the earth be glad for the peace that come to them byit. And men, though they rest and come in last after both, yetthey to do it as much... for God’s good-will toward them whichbrought all this to pass in heaven and earth both; restoring mento God’s favour and grace, and all by means of this Child.’

Lancelot Andrewes, Sermons of the Nativity: Preached UponChristmas Day 1619 Before King James

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INTRODORY RITE

______________________________THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

INTRODUCTORY RITES

ANTIPHON Isaiah 45:8Drop down dew from above, you heavens, and let the clouds rain down the Just One; let Ihe earth be opened and bring forth a Saviour.

GREETINGPriest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.All: Amen.Priest: The Lord be with you.People: And with your spirit.

The celebrant introduces the Mass.

LIGHTING THE ADVENT CANDLEThe Fourth Candle: Waiting for Jesus

Jesus is coming! Jesus, Immanuel, God With Us. The Word has become flesh. Christ has come. Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again.

We light this fourth candle, knowing that we wait for Jesus as the world waited so long ago. We wait for Jesus to be made known to us in a new way, that we may know God’s love is truly written in our hearts.

and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever.All: Amen.

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.All: And with your spirit.

Then is said: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peacePriest: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. All: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Holy Communion is now given.

CONCLUDING RITE

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION The people STAND

Priest: Having received this pledge of eternal redemption, we pray, almighty God, that, as the feast day of our salvation draws ever nearer, so we may press forward all the more eagerly to the worthy celebration of the mystery of your Son’s Nativity. Who lives and reigns for ever and everAll: Amen.

BLESSING AND DISMISSALPriest: The Lord be with you.People: And with your spirit.

Priest: Go in peace to love and serve the lord.People: Thanks be to God

St Luke’s Parish Church Kingston upon Thames

We welcome you to St Luke’s Kingston, a traditional Forward in Faith parish under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Fulham the Rt Rev’d Jonathan Baker SSC. His website is: http://www.bishopoffulham.org.uk. As a community we are dedicated to making the love of Christ known through excellence in worship and active care and concern for others.St Luke’s Church is kept open most days during the daylight hours for prayer and meditation.

SUNDAY SERVICES 8.00am & 10.30am Mass5.00pm Evensong

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Corner of Burton Road & Gibbon RoadKingston upon Thames,

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As the fourth candle (purple) is lit, the priest prays: Prayer: Holy God, we celebrate that you entered our lives as one of us. We actively wait for you to enter our lives again in a new way, and we know that You are with us now, past, future, and present, You are here. We rejoice as we celebrate your birth and your coming again. All: Amen.

PENITENTIAL ACT The celebrant asks the people to acknowledge their sins.

After a pause for silence:

All: I confess to almighty God, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done, and in what I have failed to do; And, striking their breast, they say: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary, ever-Virgin, all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

Priest: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.People: Amen.

KYRIE ELEISON Priest: Kyrie eleison. People: Kyrie eleison. Priest: Christe eleisonPeople: Christe eleisonPriest: Kyrie eleison. People: Kyrie eleison.

COLLECTPriest:Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an Angel, may by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of his Resurrection. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever..All: Amen

LITURGY OF THE WORD

THE FIRST READING 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-11, 16 (ESV) A reading from the second book of Samuel.

Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.” But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in? I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be

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PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS Priest:May the Holy Spirit, O Lord, sanctify these gifts laid upon your altar, just as he filled with his power the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Through Christ our Lord All: Amen.

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYERPriest: The Lord be with you.People: And with your spirit.Priest: Lift up your hearts.People: We lift them up to the Lord.Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.People: It is right and just.

Priest: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord. For all the oracles of the prophets foretold him, the Virgin Mother longed for him with love beyond all telling, John the Baptist sang of his coming and proclaimed his presence when he came. It is by his gift that already we rejoice at the mystery of his Nativity, so that he may find us watchful in prayer and exultant in his praise. And so, with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we acclaim:All: Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, 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 people KNEEL

During this prayer, by the Word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ.

After the Lord’s Words of Institution:

Priest: The mystery of faith.All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.The People STAND

THE COMMUNION RITEPriest: At the Saviour’s command, and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say

All: 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.Priest: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that by the help of your mercy we may always be free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.All: For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.Priest: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give you: look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church,

disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.’” The Word of the Lord.All: Thanks be to God.

THE RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 88 (89)R. I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord.I will sing for ever of your love, O Lord;through all ages my mouth will proclaim your truth.Of this I am sure, that your love lasts for ever,that your truth is firmly established as the heavens. R.

“I have made a covenant with my chosen one;I have sworn to David my servant:I will establish your dynasty for everand set up your throne through all ages.” R.

He will say to me: “You are my father, my God, the rock who saves me.”I will keep my love for him always;for him my covenant shall endure. R.

THE SECOND READING Romans 16:25-2 (ESV)A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans.

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith - to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen. The Word of the Lord.All: Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Luke 1:38v. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!v. I am the handmaid of the Lord: Let what you have said be done to me...R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

THE GOSPEL Luke 1:26-38 (ESV) In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy - the

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Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.Priest: This is the Gospel of the Lord.People: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

HOMILY The people SIT

NICENE CREED The people STANDI believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made,consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven:All bow: and by the power of the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried,and rose again on the third day 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.I 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 adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sinsand I look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL At the end of each bidding, silence is kept, followed by: Lord, hear us. People: Lord, graciously hear us.

At the end of the prayers:People: Amen.

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

INVITATION TO PRAYERPriest: Pray, brothers and sisters, that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.People: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good, and the good of all his holy Church.