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| Opening Responses | |
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At our Baptism, water was poured over our heads: |
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AND WE WERE NAMED AND BECAME CHILDREN OF GOD. |
| Reader | We were anointed with the chrism of salvation: |
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AND DRAWN INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST, |
| Reader | We were clothed in a white garment: |
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AN OUTWARD SIGN OF OUR CHRISTIAN
DIGNITY A DIGNITY TO BE BROUGHT UNSTAINED INTO THE EVERLASTING LIGHT OF HEAVEN. |
| Reader | We were given a lighted candle: |
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SO THAT WE MIGHT WALK ALWAYS AS CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT KEEPING THE FLAME OF FAITH ALIVE UNTIL THE DAY COMES WHEN WE WILL GO OUT TO MEET OUR LORD. |
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We gather as baptised people, aware that we have not always lived up to the great grace of baptism. We come to acknowledge our weakness and frailty but also to affirm our trust in the tenderness and compassion of the God who called us into being and who has our name written on the palm of his hand. |
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AMEN. |
| Scripture Reading Suggested readings: Isaiah 43: 1-5; Matthew 10: 26-31 | |
| Closing Responses | |
Reader |
In the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption. |
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IT IS THE LORD WHO FORGIVES ALL
OUR GUILT AND HEALS EVERY ONE OF OUR ILLS. IT IS THE LORD WHO BUYS BACK OUR LIVES FROM THE GRAVE: WHO CROWNS US IN TENDEREST LOVE. |
| Reader | It is the Lord who has chosen us as his people. |
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IT IS THE LORD WHO HAS CALLED US
OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS OWN WONDERFUL LIGHT. A PEOPLE CLAIMED BY CHRIST AS HIS OWN. |
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It is the Lord who gives his life
for our redemption: whose sacrifice bought our salvation. |
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(IN THIS WEEK THE HOLIEST IN OUR YEAR WE WILL FOLLOW JESUS STEPS INTO THE GARDEN THROUGH HIS NIGHT OF TORTURE TO THE FOOT OF THE CROSS.)* IN SORROW WE (WILL) CONTEMPLATE THE SUFFERING OF OUR LORD. IN JOY WE (WILL) RECALL HIS VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH AND RENEW OUR PROMISES TO LIVE AS BAPTISED PEOPLE IN CHRIST AND FOR THE WORLD. * If used in/ at the beginning
of Holy Week |
| Reader | And may God bless our journey with the Lord |
| ALL | THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. |
| Reader | And until we meet again |
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MAY GOD HOLD US IN THE PALM OF HIS
HAND. AMEN. © 2006 Wellspring |
