The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul

at the Old Royal Naval College

The Holy Eucharist,with

Stripping of the Altar

Maundy Thursday1 April 2021

8.00pm

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The setting of the Mass is the:Messe Basse by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Cover picture:An ancient olive tree

in the garden of Gethsemane

Some material in this service is © The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England, 2000

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THE GATHERINGIntroit

Come down, O Love divine,seek thou this soul of mine, and visit it with thine own ardour glowing;O Comforter, draw near,within my heart appear, and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.

O let it freely burn,till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;and let thy glorious lightshine ever on my sight, and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

Let holy charitymine outward vesture be, and lowliness become mine inner clothing;true lowliness of heart,which takes the humbler part, and o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.

And so the yearning strong,with which the soul will long, shall far outpass the power of human telling;for none can guess its grace,till he become the place wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.

Words: Bianco da Siena (d 1434) Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

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The GreetingThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,the love of God,and the fellowship of the Holy Spiritbe with you.

All And with thy Spirit.Prayer of PreparationAll Almighty God,

unto whom all hearts be open,all desires known,and from whom no secrets are hid:cleanse the thoughts of our heartsby the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit,that we may perfectly love thee,and worthily magnify thy holy name;through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer of PenitenceOur Lord Jesus Christ saith:‘If you love me, keep my commandments.’‘Unless I wash you, you have no part in me.’Let us confess to almighty God our sins against his love, and ask him to cleanse us.

There follows a silence

All Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of all things, judge of all men: we acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, by thought, word and deed, against thy divine majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly

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repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the remembrance of them is grievous unto us; the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

AbsolutionAlmighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him: have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness; and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

KYRIE ELEISON Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy.Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy.

The CollectLet us pray.

Silence is kept

God our Father,who hast invited us to share in the supperwhich thy Son hath given to his Churchthat it may proclaim his death until he comes:may he nourish us by his presence,and unite us in his love;

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who liveth and reigneth with thee,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, now and for ever.

All Amen.

THE LITURGY OF THE WORDFirst Reading Exodus 12. 1-4,11-14

Read by Leslie Howard

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.  Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household;  and if the household is too small for a lamb, then a man and his neighbour next to his house shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.In this manner you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s passover.  For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.  The blood shall be a sign for you, upon the houses where you are; and when I see the

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blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.”This is the word of the Lord.

All Thanks be to God.

Second Reading 1 Corinthians 11. 23-26Read by Susan Blackall

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”  In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.This is the word of the Lord.

All Thanks be to God.

Gospel Hear the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John

All Glory be to thee, O Lord.

Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to

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betray him,  Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel.  Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”  Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand.”  Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part in me.”  Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”  Jesus said to him, “He who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not every one of you.”  For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “You are not all clean.” When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.  If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.  For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.  Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.  If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. 

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Jesus said, “Now is the Son of man glorified, and in him God is glorified; if God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.  Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”This is the Gospel of the Lord.

All Praise be to thee, O Christ.

Reflection The Revd Pat Mann, Chaplain

Music for ReflectionUbi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur. Timeamus et amemus Deum vivum,et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. Amen

Where charity and love are, God is there. The love of Christ has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and delight in Him. Let us fear and love the living God, and let us honour Him with a sincere heart.

Amen.Words: Antiphon for foot-washing Music: Maurice Duruflé (1902-86)

Silence is kept and this prayer said

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thou hast taught usthat what we do for the least of our brothers and

sisterswe do also for thee:give us the will to be the servant of othersas thou wast the servant of all,who gavest up your life and died for us,but liveth and reigneth, now and for ever.

All Amen.

The Intercessions Father, on this, the night he was betrayed,thy Son Jesus Christ washed his disciples’ feet. We commit ourselves to follow his example of love and service.Lord, hear us

All and humble us.On this night, he prayed for his disciples to be one. We pray for the unity of thy Church.Lord, hear us

All and unite us.

On this night, he prayed for those who were to believe through his disciples’ message. We pray for the mission of thy Church.Lord, hear us

All and renew our zeal.On this night, he commanded his disciples to love, but suffered rejection himself. We pray for the rejected and unloved.Lord, hear us

All and fill us with thy love.

On this night, he reminded his disciples that if the world hated them it hated him first.

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We pray for those who are persecuted for their faith.Lord, hear us

All and give us thy peace.

On this night, he accepted the cup of deathand looked forward to the new wine of the kingdom.We remember those who have died in the peace of Christ. Lord, hear us.

All and welcome all thy children into paradise.

Merciful FatherAll Accept these prayers for the sake of thy Son,

our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENTThe Peace

Our Lord Jesus Christ saith: ‘Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.’The peace of the Lord be always with you

All and also with you.

Music for the Offertory O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray that all thy Church might be for ever one,grant us at every Eucharist to say with longing heart and soul, ‘Thy will be done.’Oh, may we all one Bread, one Body be,one through this Sacrament of unity.

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For all thy Church, O Lord, we intercede; make thou our sad divisions soon to cease;draw us the nearer each to each, we plead, by drawing all to thee, O Prince of Peace:thus may we all one Bread, one Body be,one through this Sacrament of unity.We pray thee too for wanderers from thy fold; O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep,back to the faith which saints believed of old, back to the Church which still that faith doth keep:soon may we all one Bread, one Body be,one through this Sacrament of unity.So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease, may we be one with all thy Church above,one with thy saints in one unbroken peace, one with thy saints in one unbounded love:more blessèd still, in peace and love to beone with the Trinity in Unity.

Words: William Turton (1856–1938) Tune: SONG 1 (NEH 302)

We praise God for his gifts through the taking of the bread and wine

At the Eucharist we are with our crucified and risen Lord.

We know that it was not only our ancestors, but we who were redeemedand brought forth from bondage to freedom,from mourning to feasting.We know that as he was with them in the upper

room

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so our Lord is here with us now.All Until the kingdom of God comes

let us celebrate this feast.Blessed art thou, Lord, the God of all creation :

through thy goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth hast given and human hands have made; it will become for us the bread of life.

All Blessed be God for ever.Blessed art thou, Lord, the God of the creation :Through thy goodness we have this wine to offer;fruit of the vine and work of human hands,

it will become for us the cup of salvation. All Blessed be God for ever.

The Eucharistic PrayerThe Lord be with you

All and with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts.

All We lift them up unto the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.All It is meet and right so to do.

It is very meet, right and our bounden duty,that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee,O Lord, holy Father,Almighty and everlasting God,through Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord.And now we give thee thanksbecause, having loved his own who were in the world,he loved them to the end:and on the night before he suffered,sitting at table with his disciples,he instituted these holy mysteries,

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that we, redeemed by his deathand restored to life by his resurrection,might be partakers of his divine nature.Therefore with angels and archangels,and with all the company of heaven,we laud and magnify thy glorious name,evermore praising thee and singing :

Holy, holy, holy Lord,God of power and might,heaven and earth are full of your glory.Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

Accept our praises, heavenly Father, through thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,

and as we follow his example and obey his command, grant that by the power of thy Holy Spirit

these gifts of bread and winemay be to us his body and his blood;

who, in the same night that he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks to thee,

he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying:Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you;do this in remembrance of me.Likewise, after supperhe took the cup

and when he had given thanks to thee he gave it to them, saying:Drink ye all of this;For this is my blood of the new covenant,

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which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.Do this, as oft as you shall drink it,in remembrance of me.Wherefore O Lord and heavenly Father,we remember his offering of himselfmade once for all upon the cross;we proclaim his mighty resurrection and glorious

ascension;we look for the coming of your kingdom,and with this bread and this cupwe make the memorial of Christ thy Son our Lord.

Christ is the bread of life:All When we eat this bread and drink this cup,

We proclaim the death of the Lord Jesus, Until his coming again in glory.

Accept through him, our great high priest, this our sacrifice of thanks and praise, and as we eat and drink these holy gifts

in the presence of thy divine majesty, renew us by thy Spirit, inspire us with thy love

and unite us in the body of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

By whom, and, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father

almighty,world without end.

All Amen.There follows a silence

The Lord’s Prayer

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As our Saviour Christ hath commanded and taught us, we are bold to say: Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed

be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done;in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us;and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.Amen.

Breaking of the BreadWe break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

All Though we are many, we are one body,because we all share in one bread.

Giving of CommunionJesus is the Lamb of GodWho takest away the sin of the world.Blessed are those who are called to his supper.

All Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof, but speak the word only, and my soul shall be healed.

Agnus DeiO Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

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O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of

the world, grant us thy peace.

Motet It is a thing most wonderful,almost too wonderful to be,that God's own Son should come from heaven,and die to save a child like me.

And yet I know that it is true:he chose a poor and humble lot,and wept, and toiled, and mourned, and died,for love of those who loved him not.

I sometimes think about the cross,and shut my eyes, and try to seethe cruel nails and crown of thornsand Jesus crucified for me.

But even could I see him die,I could but see a little partof that great love, which, like a fire,is always burning in his heart.

And yet I want to love thee, Lord;O light the flame within my heart,and I will love thee more and more,until I see thee as thou art.

Words: William Walsham How (1823-1897)Music: John Ireland (1879-1962)Prayer after CommunionSilence is kept

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Lord Jesus Christ,we thank thee that in this wonderful sacramentthou hast given us the memorial of your passion:grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteriesof thy body and bloodthat we may know within ourselvesand show forth in our livesthe fruit of thy redemption,who liveth and reigneth, now and for ever.

All Amen.

Almighty God,we thank thee for feeding uswith the body and blood of thy Son Jesus Christ.Through him we offer thee our souls and bodiesto be a living sacrifice.Send us out in the power of thy Spiritto live and workto thy praise and glory.Amen.

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The Blessed Sacrament would be taken to the Altar of Repose in the Memorial Chapel and the Altar will be stripped as the Choir sings Psalm 116, v1, 10-endAll lights are extinguished

The Gospel of the Watch (Luke 22:31-62) is then read

Silence is kept

Vigil will be kept before the Blessed Sacrament until 10 pm in the Memorial Chapel. You are invited to make your

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own watch for as long or as short a time as you wish perhaps using Psalm 116 or the Gospel of the Watch.

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THE TRIDUUM

This evening’s service is a particularly special service of Holy Communion. It is our point of entry into the three most sacred days of the Church’s year (The ‘Triduum’). In these days we recall the events of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the events through which God has redeemed the world. In our readings, music and liturgical and personal observance, we recount the story of Jesus’ final hours, his last supper, the agony in the garden, the trial and crucifixion, the silence of the tomb, and finally the triumph of resurrection on Easter Sunday morning.

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