Mourning and crying and pain will be no more,įor the first things have passed away.’And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ Then he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,‘See, the home of God is among mortals.Īnd God himself will be with them he will wipe every tear from their eyes. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. NRSV Gospel ReadingJohn Chapter 15 Verses 9-17Īs the Father has loved me, so I have loved you abide in my love. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. We are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written,‘For your sake we are being killed all day long Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. NRSV Second Reading Romans Chapter 8:31- end For all the peoples walk,īut we will walk in the name of the Lord our Godįor ever and ever. Neither shall they learn war any more but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees,įor the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, He shall judge between many peoples,Īnd shall arbitrate between strong nations far away ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,įor out of Zion shall go forth instruction,Īnd the word of the Lord from erusalem. Peoples shall stream to it, and many nations shall come and say: Shall be established as the highest of the mountains, In the love which casts out fear through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Justice, and no strength known but the strength of love: guide and inspireĪll who seek your kingdom, that peoples and nations may find their security Common Worship ShorterĮternal God, in whose perfect realm no sword is drawn but the sword of Poverty and pain shall end, that the earth may know the peace of heaven God, our refuge and strength, bring near the day when wars shall cease and You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule who is alive and reigns with The King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, andīring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every livingĬollect Prayer for the Day - Before we read we prayĪlmighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, Remembrance Sunday Sermon Opening Verse of Scripture That price is stillīeing paid with more than 12,000 British Servicemen and women have been killed We stand together and reflect on the price of freedom. We will observe the collective act of two minutes silence as The nation to pause to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave service In our churches this week we will remember all those who have given their livesįor the peace and freedom we enjoy today.
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