Lent 5
Worship
Lectionary Worship Workbook
Series III, Cycle A
Object:
Litany: A Conversation With The Psalmist
L: The abyss, the unknown, the feared:
C: Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord;
Lord, hear my voice;
let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.
L: Shouting, running, searing pain:
C: If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss,
O Lord, who could stand?
L: Sinking down, deeper, losing oneself,
C: for there is forgiveness with you;
therefore you shall be feared.
L: Will it come? Will it be over? When? When?
C: I wait for the Lord;
my soul waits for him;
in his word is my hope.
L: In the stillness, in the silence, when there is nothing left,
C: my soul waits for the Lord,
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
L: It is a promise ... unbroken ... listen --
C: O Israel, wait for the Lord,
for with the Lord there is mercy.
L: It is hope beyond all hoping.
C: With God there is plenteous redemption,
and we shall be redeemed from all our sins.
Prayer Of The Day
P: You, who defeated the tempter and made the blind to see; you, who fills us from the wellsprings of your love and brings the dead to life; you, O holy one, who gives your life for the world, break open all of our tombs and speak to us, that we may live. In the name of Christ.
C: Amen.
Offertory Prayer
A: Poverty or affluence, age or youth,
C: we have known the dry valley. As we lift these gifts before you we lift our parched and aching hearts, that in this meal you would speak our name, and we would live anew. Amen.
Sending
P: Lazarus, come out, he says.
Lazarus, _______, ______, _____, _____, (fill in the names)
come out and live -- that you may be my witnesses.
May this word carry you through this Holy Week,
that even in the darkest hour you would look to him and live.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
Hymns And Songs
Comfort, Comfort, Now My People -- LBW 29; PH 3; MBW 264
O Savior, Rend The Heavens Wide -- LBW 38
My Song Is Love Unknown -- LBW 94; PH 76; MBW 482
On My Heart Imprint Your Image -- LBW 102
Just As I Am, Without One Plea -- LBW 296; UMH 357; PH 370; MBW 762
Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart -- LBW 325
Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense -- LBW 340
We Sing Praise Of Him Who Died -- LBW 344
Even As We Live Each Day -- LBW 350
I Trust, O Christ, In You Alone -- LBW 395
Breathe On Me, Breath Of God -- LBW 488 (alt. tune: TRENTHAM); UMH 420; PH 316; MBW 494
In All Our Grief -- WOV 739
When Jesus Wept -- MBW 335
Come, Lazarus -- MBW 338
I, The Lord -- GATHER 623
When Grief Is Raw -- PTP 154
Psalm Settings
Out Of The Depths I Cry To You -- LBW 295; UMH 515; PH 240; MBW 761
Psalm 130: If You, O God, Laid Bare Our Guilt -- GATHER 112
Psalm 130: With The Lord There Is Mercy -- GATHER 113
Out Of The Depths -- GATHER 636
With The Lord -- G&P 344
Psalm 130: Out Of The Depths -- G&P 277
Choral Music
"In Deep Distress My Soul Declares" -- John L. Bell (GIA)
"Lord, In Distress We Cry To Thee" -- G. F. Handel, arr. Hal H. Hopson (Harold Flamer)
"O Savior Of The World" -- John Goss, arr. Elwood Coggin (Augsburg)
"Processional Psalm For Lent" -- David Dahl (Ionian Arts)
"Surely He Hatha Born Our Griefs" -- Evan Copley (Augsburg)
"Lord, In Distress We Cry To Thee" -- G. F. Handel, arr. Hal H. Hopson (Harold Flamer)
Service Notes
Do not feel restrained by the Psalm translation chosen for the Litany (LBW/BCP). If KJV or RSV, and so on, is the language of prayer that allows your people their clearest access to the divine, simply substitute that translation for the congregational voice in the litany.
Let today's gospel reading be read by one voice. Have the pastor, alone, process to the center of the congregation, and let the power and starkness of the word do its work. No drama or dance can approximate the raising of Lazarus: all are diminutions limited by our imaginations.
The Eucharistic Prayer today can be prayed in song. The hymn "I Am The Bread Of Life" may be sung by the presider, with the congregation joining on the refrain. An alternate spoken option on this day would be the prayer of Hippolytus.
L: The abyss, the unknown, the feared:
C: Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord;
Lord, hear my voice;
let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication.
L: Shouting, running, searing pain:
C: If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss,
O Lord, who could stand?
L: Sinking down, deeper, losing oneself,
C: for there is forgiveness with you;
therefore you shall be feared.
L: Will it come? Will it be over? When? When?
C: I wait for the Lord;
my soul waits for him;
in his word is my hope.
L: In the stillness, in the silence, when there is nothing left,
C: my soul waits for the Lord,
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
L: It is a promise ... unbroken ... listen --
C: O Israel, wait for the Lord,
for with the Lord there is mercy.
L: It is hope beyond all hoping.
C: With God there is plenteous redemption,
and we shall be redeemed from all our sins.
Prayer Of The Day
P: You, who defeated the tempter and made the blind to see; you, who fills us from the wellsprings of your love and brings the dead to life; you, O holy one, who gives your life for the world, break open all of our tombs and speak to us, that we may live. In the name of Christ.
C: Amen.
Offertory Prayer
A: Poverty or affluence, age or youth,
C: we have known the dry valley. As we lift these gifts before you we lift our parched and aching hearts, that in this meal you would speak our name, and we would live anew. Amen.
Sending
P: Lazarus, come out, he says.
Lazarus, _______, ______, _____, _____, (fill in the names)
come out and live -- that you may be my witnesses.
May this word carry you through this Holy Week,
that even in the darkest hour you would look to him and live.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
Hymns And Songs
Comfort, Comfort, Now My People -- LBW 29; PH 3; MBW 264
O Savior, Rend The Heavens Wide -- LBW 38
My Song Is Love Unknown -- LBW 94; PH 76; MBW 482
On My Heart Imprint Your Image -- LBW 102
Just As I Am, Without One Plea -- LBW 296; UMH 357; PH 370; MBW 762
Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart -- LBW 325
Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense -- LBW 340
We Sing Praise Of Him Who Died -- LBW 344
Even As We Live Each Day -- LBW 350
I Trust, O Christ, In You Alone -- LBW 395
Breathe On Me, Breath Of God -- LBW 488 (alt. tune: TRENTHAM); UMH 420; PH 316; MBW 494
In All Our Grief -- WOV 739
When Jesus Wept -- MBW 335
Come, Lazarus -- MBW 338
I, The Lord -- GATHER 623
When Grief Is Raw -- PTP 154
Psalm Settings
Out Of The Depths I Cry To You -- LBW 295; UMH 515; PH 240; MBW 761
Psalm 130: If You, O God, Laid Bare Our Guilt -- GATHER 112
Psalm 130: With The Lord There Is Mercy -- GATHER 113
Out Of The Depths -- GATHER 636
With The Lord -- G&P 344
Psalm 130: Out Of The Depths -- G&P 277
Choral Music
"In Deep Distress My Soul Declares" -- John L. Bell (GIA)
"Lord, In Distress We Cry To Thee" -- G. F. Handel, arr. Hal H. Hopson (Harold Flamer)
"O Savior Of The World" -- John Goss, arr. Elwood Coggin (Augsburg)
"Processional Psalm For Lent" -- David Dahl (Ionian Arts)
"Surely He Hatha Born Our Griefs" -- Evan Copley (Augsburg)
"Lord, In Distress We Cry To Thee" -- G. F. Handel, arr. Hal H. Hopson (Harold Flamer)
Service Notes
Do not feel restrained by the Psalm translation chosen for the Litany (LBW/BCP). If KJV or RSV, and so on, is the language of prayer that allows your people their clearest access to the divine, simply substitute that translation for the congregational voice in the litany.
Let today's gospel reading be read by one voice. Have the pastor, alone, process to the center of the congregation, and let the power and starkness of the word do its work. No drama or dance can approximate the raising of Lazarus: all are diminutions limited by our imaginations.
The Eucharistic Prayer today can be prayed in song. The hymn "I Am The Bread Of Life" may be sung by the presider, with the congregation joining on the refrain. An alternate spoken option on this day would be the prayer of Hippolytus.
