Marsden Road Uniting Church Carlingford
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“Day of Remembrance”
01st April 2021
Maundy
Thursday in the year of Mark
Tenebrae or “Service of Darkness” or “Service
of Shadows” is the name given to a medieval tradition of reading Scripture and
extinguishing candles, either at the end of a Holy Thursday service or on Good
Friday.
Gathering God’s People
Call to Worship - (Abingdon 2015)
This is a day of
remembrance. This is a day to reflect on the traditions our ancestors received
as a sacred trust.
Listen . . . reflect . . . remember.
Enter into the stories of our faith.
God has delivered us from
bondage and has set us free.
This is a night of remembrance.
Washing our feet, Jesus
shows us that to love is to serve. This is a night to reflect on our faith.
Bread has been broken;
wine has been poured.
This is a night to journey to our
past.
A new commandment has
been given: Love one another. This is a night to reclaim our story.
Through these acts, we remember that our story lives on. This is a night of remembrance.
TIS 536: An upper room did our Lord prepare.
(Tune – O Waly Waly)
1. An upper room did our Lord prepare
for those he loved until
the end:
and his disciples still gather
there
to celebrate their risen friend.
2. A lasting gift Jesus gave his own:
to share his bread, his
loving cup.
Whatever burdens may bow us
down,
he by his cross shall lift
us up.
3. And after supper he washed their feet,
for service, too, is sacrament.
In Christ our joy shall be
made complete:
sent out to serve, as he
was sent.
4. No end there is! We depart in peace,
he loves beyond the
uttermost:
in every room in our
Father's house
Christ will be there, as Lord and Host.
Opening prayer
God of our ancestors, we have come tonight to remember. We have come to recall your saving power and your steadfast love for all people. We have come to the Upper Room with Jesus: to be washed, to be fed, to be taught, and to follow his example of service and sacrifice. Through our words and through our actions, draw us into the sacred story of faith once again, that we might love and serve one another as your disciples.
Invitation to
Communion
Tonight, we come to this table remembering the simplicity of this meal. The elements are common— bread and wine— but the meaning is profound. In giving his disciples the gift of this shared meal, Jesus not only called them to remember him, but he also gave them the means to re-member themselves, to become one body around this table. And so, it is with us. Each time we come to this table, we come to remember and to be re-membered; we come to become one in the body of Christ.
Prayer of Confession
God of grace and God of glory, we are more of a
people of forgetfulness, than a people of remembrance.
You have freed us from the bondage of death,
yet we continue to live enslaved to fear. You have called us to be servants,
yet we seek our own gain and put ourselves first.
Forgive us, O God. Guide us in the ways of life when
we fail to follow the example of your Son.
Teach us to love, as you have loved us, that everyone may know we are your disciples.
Assurance of Forgiveness.
God listens closely to our prayers. God hears our
requests for mercy. The cup of salvation has been poured out for us. In the
name of Christ, who loves us fully, we are forgiven.
Thanks, be to God!
Great
Thanksgiving
Holy are you and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. When
we turned aside from your way and abused your gifts, you gave us in him your
crowning gift. Emptying himself that our joy might be full, he fed the hungry,
healed the sick, ate with scorned and forgotten, washed his disciples’ feet, and
gave a holy meal as a pledge of his abiding presence. By the baptism of his
suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your Church, delivered us
from slavery to sin and death, and made with us a new covenant by water and the
Spirit.
On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he
took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and
said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in
remembrance of me."
When the supper was over he took the cup, gave
thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: "Drink from this, all
of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many
for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance
of me."
Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and
on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of
Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with
each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final
victory, and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honour and glory is yours,
almighty God, now and for ever. Amen.
Distribution of Communion
Prayer after
Communion
Holy Trinity, you have given yourself to us through the life and death of Jesus Christ. With thanksgiving, we now follow your last hours as we prepare to give ourselves for others.
Tenebrae
Mark 14:32-42
Extinguish
first candle in silence.
Mark 14: 43-52
Extinguish
second candle in silence.
Mark 14:53-63
Extinguish
third candle in silence.
Mark 14:64-65
Extinguish
fourth candle in silence.
Mark 14:66-72
Extinguish
fifth candle in silence.
Mark 15:1-5
Extinguish
sixth candle in silence.
Mark 15:6-15
Extinguish
seventh candle in silence.
Mark 15:16-20
Extinguish
eighth candle in silence.
Mark 15:21-26
Extinguish ninth candle in silence.
Hymn TIS 608: Where cross the crowded
ways of life
(Tune – Fulda)
1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
where sound the cries of race and clan,
above the noise of selfish strife,
we hear your voice, O Son of Man.
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
on shadowed thresholds fraught with fears,
from paths where hide the lures of greed,
we catch the vision of your tears.
3 From tender childhood's helplessness,
from human grief and burdened toil,
from famished souls, from sorrow's stress,
your heart has never known recoil.
4 The cup of water given for you
still holds the freshness of your grace;
yet long these multitudes to view
the sweet compassion of your face.
5 O Master, from the mountainside,
make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide;
O tread the city's streets again;
6 Till all the world shall learn your love,
and follow where your feet have trod;
till glorious from your heaven above
shall come the city of our God.
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen
Extinguish or remove tenth candle in silence.
After a brief time,
only enough lights are switched on so that people can leave. People are invited
to stay for a time of silent meditation and to leave when they wish.
DEPARTURE
You are invited to leave in silence.
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