Intercessions (evening) for St Andrew’s Day 2011
November 30, 2011
Intercessions
(graphic (c) Netta Ewing)
God of Love,
your Son Jesus called Andrew to ‘come follow me’
and he did.
From successful fisherman, he became a faithful disciple
bringing the good news to all he met.
Like Jesus, his Teacher, he accepted everyone, he took the initiative always ,
he made of every obstacle in life a springboard to loving you , always going
the ‘extra mile’ to the point of dying a martyr’s death. We honour Andrew for
the witness of his life, and are pleased to call him our national patron.
Today, with Andrew, we come before you in prayer:
We pray for our City tonight.
May we be inspired by Andrew
who left everything to follow Jesus,
to let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of Jesus’ word and the praising of Jesus’ name.
May all who visit Glasgow
be able to recognise a Christian people
who live out Jesus’ commandment to love one another.
We ask for special graces for all our civic and religious leaders,
that they might guide us in reconciling and respecting all,
in labouring for justice and peace and in attending to the needs of all your children.
Lord, hear us
We pray for our Scottish nation today.
May we be a community where everyone is valued,
where everyone is given their dignity because God is Father of us all
and therefore we recognise each other as brothers and sisters.
May we acknowledge the giftedness of our diversity
and use all our talents for the building up of a better future for all .
Lord, hear us
We pray for our world.
May Scottish people everywhere contribute to the common good of the people
in whatever nation they find themselves making their new home.
May we as a nation give our contribution to the fair and just development of all nations,
so that following the example of Andrew and the first Christians ,
everyone might have what they need in order to live a fully human life.
May all peoples live in peace and harmony
recognising each other as children of the same Father.
Lord, hear us
We pray for all Christians in Scotland today.
Inspired by Andrew,
and those who down through the years brought us the Good News,
may we be rooted in our common faith and baptism
and continue to be faithful witnesses to Jesus.
May we strive to serve everyone in whichever way you invite us to.
May the cross become an ever clearer sign of our unity,
and may Jesus’ resurrection become an ever greater source of common hope
in the full coming of your Kingdom.
Lord, hear us
A Morning Prayer for St Andrew’s Day
November 29, 2011
A Morning Prayer for St Andrew’s Day
Please click on the file below for PDF of this Morning Prayer. If it is celebrated with Mass, then it could begin with the Greeting,
the 2 psalms and prayer, then continue with Mass beginning with the Gloria of the Mass. The readings of the Mass replace the reading
suggested here, the intercessions may be used, adapted or replaced, the responsory is omitted and the verses of the Benedictus
could be inserted after Communion.
St Andrew’s Day: Ecumenical prayers
November 28, 2011
St Andrew’s Day: Ecumenical prayers
A Prayer for St Andrew’s Day
God, our loving Father,
St Andrew introduced Peter,
the Greek visitors,
& the little boy with loaves & fishes,
to your Son, Jesus Christ.
May we be like him
in sharing friendship and hospitality,
and in faithfulness to Jesus
and his Kingdom of justice,
love & peace.
May our country be a community
in which everyone matters,
everyone has an honoured place,
and the dignity of each is assured
by our faith in you as Father of us all.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
AMEN
Intercessions
St Andrew’s Day Intercessions
All powerful and ever present God, you looked in love on Andrew,
the ordinary fisherman, and called him to be a disciple and friend of Jesus, your Son. We honour Andrew for the witness of his life and martyrdom and are pleased to call him our national patron. Today, with Andrew, we come before you in prayer.
We pray for the fishermen and farmers, workers, entrepreneurs and public servants who labour for their living and for the building up of our nation. May their work, conditions and rewards be just. May we always remain attentive to the contributions and needs of those not actively involved in the world of commerce.
We pray for all Christians in Scotland today, aware of our many different traditions and understandings, and aware also of our common faith and baptism. May we grow fuller in respect and love for one another. May the cross become an ever clearer sign of our unity in Jesus. May Jesus’ resurrection become an ever greater source of common hope in the full coming of your Kingdom.
We pray for our Scottish nation today in all its wonderful diversity of history, culture, creed, philosophy and race. May we come to recognise your image and likeness more fully in every one of our sisters and brothers. May we rejoice in those things that make us each distinct and individual while building up the beauty and harmony of your creation. May we appreciate more fully what it really means to call you Father.
We pray for our world in this time of crisis. We pray particularly for our political and religious leaders – but we all need your support and guidance in these difficult days May we be more attentive to your message of love. May we, as nations and individuals, learn to reconcile and respect, to labour for justice and peace, and to attend to the needs of all of your children. May we, singly and together, play our part in helping your Kingdom to come in our day.
The Prayer and Intercessions are taken from a St Andrew’s Day Service organised by Glasgow Churches Together. They can be freely adapted to suit the circumstances in which they are being used.
Preface for the 1st Sunday of Advent
November 27, 2011
The Preface for the 1st Sunday of Advent
St Andrew’s Day Vespers 2011
November 25, 2011
St Andrew’s Vespers
graphic (c) Netta Ewing
St Andrew’s Day in Glasgow will be marked by church services and Masses,
by lunches and suppers and a variety of social events – perhaps signs of a renewed
interest in St Andrew and his long association with Scotland and the Scots. Glasgow
Churches Together are holding a special ecumenical Vespers at 7.00 on Wednesday
in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Clyde Street, Glasgow.
Church representatives will be joined by those of the city including the Leader
of the Council, Gordon Matheson. Music will be led by the St Mungo Singers,
with Des McLean and the Brass Ensemble from St Andrew’s Secondary School, and
with instrumentalists Clare, John, Carissa and Jane. The music will cover a wide range of style
from medieval hymn, to Vaughan-Williams’ setting of the Old 100th, to 17th century polyphony,
modern responsorial psalms and Canticles and the singing of the ecumenical version of The Lord’s Prayer,
and the short homily will be given by the Moderator of Glasgow Presbytery.
The prizewinning St Andrew’s Day Bookmark will be made available at the service.
All are welcome and the service will be followed by hospitality at St Andrew’s Cathedral.
The order of service can be seen in the file below:
The St Andrew Bookmark 2011
November 24, 2011
The St Andrew Bookmark 2011
As part of our attempt to draw more attention to the feastday of our national patron, St Andrew the Apostle, Glasgow Churches Together promoted a competition to design a bookmark. The panel of judges, Liz McKinley, James Guy, Jimmy McGregor and Netta Ewing, (all graduates of the Glasgow School of Art) decided that there should be two prizewinners and so the award was made to Croftfoot Primary and Lomond School for the work submitted by Shea Clark and by Charlotte Caskie.
The bookmarks were distributed to the 700 children involved in the 2011 St Andrew Cantata and will be available for participants at the St Andrew Vespers on November 30th at St Andrew’s Cathedral at 7.00.
The 2011 Bookmark can be seen by clicking on the file below.
St Andrew’s Day song
November 24, 2011
A song with lots of information about St Andrew. Written by Liz Bovil in a Scots dialect, set to music by Ian Davidson, and sung by Alexander Geddes.
(c) Netta Ewing
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St Andrew’s Day
Chorus
Andrew is oor patron saint, as Scotland ay remembers.
His flags’ll fly here every year, on the 30th o’ November.
Andrew wis a fisherman. His faither wis the same there.
His brither was Saint Peter, an’ they left when Jesus came there.
Andrew wis the first disciple (Got the loaves an’ fishes).
He learned the truths fae Jesus, an’ carried oot his wishes.
He brought the Guid News later oan, tae Russia an’ tae Poland,
an’ Turkey, Hungary an’ Greece. An’ intae many more lands.
Finally, in Southern Greece, he preached the Truth that frees us.
They hanged him, an’ he chose a cross, that’s no’ the cross o’ Jesus.
Efter years, his bones were sent tae be kept in Istanbul, then.
An’ later, some were moved tae Fife, by a bishop, or St Rule, then.
They built the saint a chapel there, an ‘ then a Cathedral came,
An’ then a host of pilgrims (An’ St Andrew’s wis its name.)
They tell the tale o’ Andrew’s cross: it helped the Scots in battle,
Appearin’ high across the sky, above the broadswords’ rattle.
For St Andrew’s Day 2011 © Ian Davidson
St Andrew Schools Cantata
November 23, 2011
and the little boy with loaves & fishes,
to your Son, Jesus Christ.
May we be like him in sharing friendship and hospitality,
and in faithfulness to Jesus
and his Kingdom of justice, love & peace.
May our country be a community in
which everyone matters, everyone has an honoured place,
and the dignity of each is assured
by our faith in you as Father of all.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
AMEN’
Sts David and Margaret
Sts John Ogilvie and Enoch
St Columba
St Mungo
St Patrick
2 Introits for Advent and Christmas
November 18, 2011
The 2nd year of the cycle of readings: The Year of Mark
Introit: First Sunday of Advent Words © ICEL. Music © Gerry Fitzpatrick
Antiphon
I lift my soul to you, I trust you, Lord my God.
No-one who waits on you will ever be put to shame.
Verse
Teach me how to live, Lord,
Show me the way,
Steer me towards your truth,
You my saving God, you my constant hope.
I lift my soul to you, I trust you, Lord my God.
No-one who waits on you will ever be put to shame.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
Glory to the Holy Spirit now and ever more.
Christmas Introit
Response
The Lord said to me: You are my Son.
I have begotten you, begotten you this day.
Verse
God speaks to the earth,
the word speeds forth.
God speaks his word to Jacob,
to Israel his laws and decrees.
Response
The Lord said to me: You are my Son.
I have begotten you, begotten you this day.
The Introits have been recorded by members of the St Mungo Singers at rehearsal as a learning aid.
St Margaret’s Day Morning Prayer
November 16, 2011
showing love for you Lord, throughout he short life as a mother and wife of the king.
All glory to God, the Father of all, to the Son and the Spirit give praise.
spending much time in prayer,and fasting as well, an example for us in our day.
All glory to God, the Father of all, to the Son and the Spirit give praise.
giving witness to you in all that we do taking Margaret our saint as a guide.
All glory to God, the Father of all,
to the Son and the Spirit give praise
O God, come to our aid: O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.
The love of the Lord, the everlasting love blesses us all.
All my being bless his holy name.
My soul give thanks, thanks to the Lord,
never forget, never forget, never forget all his blessings.
The Lord is compassion and he is love,
Slow to anger and rich in mercy.
The Lord fills your life with all that is good,
Renewing your strength, crowning your love,
Never forget all his blessings.
The love of the Lord, the everlasting love blesses us all.
Has been seen so powerfully in the life and work of St Margaret.
Renew your grace within us, so that we,
and all our nation,
may always find the good in any situation,
face difficulties that lie before us with courage,
and walk together along our pilgrim way.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
for he has blessed us freely in Christ.
He chose to lavish spiritual blessings from highest heaven.
All this through Christ.
Long before founding all of creation,
God made his plan and chose us in Christ,
that we be holy, blameless and loving, children adopted.
All this through Christ.
God’s will is always that we might love him,
source of all graces, witnessed in Christ;
love manifested, gift of redemption, pardon for sinners.
All this through Christ.
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit ,in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
to act justly, love tenderly, and walk humbly with your God.
Alleluia, alleluia.
How precious is your love, O Lord, your unfailing love.
so that the world may believe it was you who sent me,
it was you who sent me.
