Invitation to Worship
Come, let us sing to Adonai, let us praise the God of all creation!
O Holy One,+ open my lips.
~And my mouth will proclaim your praise.
Let everything that lives and that breathes-
~give praise to Adonai, alleluia!
Sunday Morning Hymn
The first of all the days of time
The day that darkness lost its dread,
becomes the everlasting day
The first-born rose of all the dead.
So we arise again, alert,
Renewed by salutary sleep
To gird ourselves for life ahead,
Your loving covenant to keep.
Your Holy Spirit gives the words
To psalms and canticles we pray;
Give us this day our daily need
To join our hearts to what we say.
Grant, loving Abba, what we ask,
Addressed to you through Christ your Son,
Who with the Spirit Paraclete,
Have joined us too, to make us one. Amen.
Text: St. Meinrad (1967); Melody: Ambrosian Chant Mode 1
PSALMODY
Antiphon/Refrain
Let everything that lives and that breathes
give praise to our God!
Psalm 150
Praise God in the holy place,
praise in the mighty heavens.
Praise God’s powerful deeds
praise the surpassing greatness.
O praise with sound of trumpet,
praise with lute and harp.
Praise with timbrel and dance,
praise with strings and pipes.
O praise with resounding cymbals,
praise with clashing of cymbals.
Let everything that lives and that breathes
give praise to Adonai! Alleluia!
Let everything that lives and that breathes
give praise to our God!
READING ROMANS 8:22-23
We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now;
and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
Responsory
R. All creation is groaning, giving birth to a new humanity *to live as true children of God. V. Take care of the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all living things that crawl on the earth. *to live as true children of God. V. I give you every seed-bearing plant on the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit will give you food; *to live as true children of God. V. Glory to the Abba and to the Word and to the Holy Breath of Love.
Canticle of Zachariah
Antiphon
A sower went out to sow. Some seed fell on the path,
some on rocky ground, some among thorns, and some on good, rich soil.
O Jesus Christ, sow your Word in our hearts, that we may produce a hundredfold.
Blessed + be Adonai, the God of Israel,
Who visits this people to set us free
Raising for us a sign of salvation
In the house and family of David.
God promised throughout past ages
In words of holy prophets
To save us from our enemies,
And from the control of our oppressors.
Adonai favored our ancestors
And remembered the sacred covenant.
The pledge to Abraham and Sarah
Is now renewed for us;
That freed from the grip of our foes
We might worship without fear
And be both just and holy
For the rest of our days.
And you, child, called “prophet of the Most High,”
Will go ahead to prepare the way,
By teaching this people of salvation
Through forgiveness of their sins.
For the loving compassion of the Holy One
As the Rising Sun will shine upon us
To illumine the darkness and dispel death’s shadow
To guide our feet on the way of peace.
Glory to the ONE and to the WORD
And to the BREATH of Love!
As always before,
so now and evermore. Amen
A sower went out to sow. Some seed fell on the path,
some on rocky ground, some among thorns, and some on good, rich soil.
O Jesus Christ, sow your Word in our hearts, that we may produce a hundredfold.
Litany of Intercession
That all who have been called and gifted to be salt of the earth and light of the world may overcome what divides us and may join our voices in proclaiming good news for the poor, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That political and economic leaders may be filled with God’s Spirit of compassion and lead with honesty, justice and a passion for the flourishing of all, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That the love and example of those who live and work in the darkness of violence, poverty and corruption may be light and hope for those who suffer most, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That those who have received more may be freed to share their abundance with those who are oppressed by racism, classism, and poverty, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
That the sacredness of all life and the rights of all human and all earthly beings may be upheld in the hearts and in the laws of all peoples and nations, let us pray…
~ Hear us O God.
Prayer of Jesus
Our Father …
Closing Prayer & Blessing
O Holy One, Source, Guide and Goal of all that is, You called and gifted Jesus for a ministry of teaching and proclaiming the good news, curing every disease and illness among the people and fulfilling the law and the prophets. Sow the seed of his Word in our hearts, water it with the beauty and goodness of creation, and help it to bear fruit in our lives to the glory of your Name, the good of all Earthkind, and the building up of your reign on Earth as it is in heaven where yours is the power and glory of love now and forever. Amen.
May the Spirit of God + kindle in our hearts the love of God and neighbor that is the fulfillment of the law. ~Amen
Let us bless Adonai. ~Thanks be to God.