AURELIA/Samuel S. Wesley
1. The Church's one foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is his new creation
By water and the word:
From heav'n he came and sought her
To be his holy bride;
With his own blood he bought her,
And for her life he died.
2. Elect from ev'ry nation,
Yet one o'er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation,
"One Lord, one faith, one birth!"
One holy Name she blessed,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses
With ev'ry grace endued.
3. 'Mid toil and tribulation,
And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation
Of peace forevermore,
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest.
4. Yet she on earth hath union
With God, the Three-in-One,
And with the saints, communion
With those whose rest is won.
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with thee.
Text: 76 76 D; Samuel J. Stone, 1839–1900, alt. Music: Samuel S. Wesley, 1810–1876.
Jonah 3:1-5, 10
A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Jonah
The word of the Lord came to Jonah, saying:
"Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you."
So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the Lord's bidding.
Now Ninevey was an enormously large city; it took three days to go through it.
Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but a single day's walk announcing, "Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed," when the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.
When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
The Word of the Lord.
1. Your ways, O Lord, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
R: Teach me your ways, O Lord.
2. Remember that your compassion, O Lord,
and your love are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O Lord.
R: Teach me your ways, O Lord.
3. Good and upright is the Lord;
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice
and teaches the humble his way.
R: Teach me your ways, O Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
A Reading from the first letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians:
I tell you, brothers and sisters, the time is running out.
From now on, let those having wives act as not having them,
those weeping as not weeping,
those rejoicing as not rejoicing,
those buying as not owning,
those using the world as not using it fully.
For the world in its present form is passing away.
The Word of the Lord.
The kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent and believe in the Gospel.
Mark 1:14-20
A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God:
"This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.
He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets.
Then he called them.
So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.
The Gospel of the Lord.
O Sacrament Most Holy
1. O Jesus, we adore you,
Who in your love divine,
Conceal your mighty Godhead
In forms of bread and wine.
Refrain: O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev'ry moment thine!
2. O Jesus, we adore you,
Our victim and our priest,
Whose precious blood and body
Become our sacred feast.
R: O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev'ry moment thine!
3. O Jesus, we adore you,
Our Savior and our King,
And with the saints and angels
Our humble homage bring.
R: O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev'ry moment thine!
4. O Jesus, we adore you;
Come, live in us, we pray,
That all our thoughts and actions
Be yours alone today.
R: O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev'ry moment thine!
Text: Irvin Udulutsch; refrain from the Raccolta
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
HYMN TO JOY
1. Joyful, joyful, we adore thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flow'rs before thee,
Op'ning to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
Drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day.
2. All thy works with joy surround thee,
Earth and heav'n reflect thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around thee,
Center of unbroken praise;
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain,
Call us to rejoice in thee.
Text: 87 87 D; Henry van Dyke, 1852–1933, alt. Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770–1827; adapt. by Edward Hodges, 1796–1867.
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