Harold G. Wallace - Communion Meditation (October 1, 1972)

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	(gentle pipe organ music)	0:03
	(choir singing faintly)	0:14
	(gentle pipe organ music)	0:28
	(choir singing faintly)
	(choir singing faintly)	0:41
	(choir singing faintly)	1:03
	(choir singing faintly)	1:37
	(choir singing faintly)	1:59
	(choir singing faintly)	2:18
	(choir singing faintly)	2:40
	(choir singing faintly)	3:06
	(choir singing faintly)	3:28
	(choir singing faintly)	3:55
	(choir singing faintly)	4:10
-	When we gather to praise God,	4:27
	we remember that we are his people	4:31
	who have referred our wills to his.	4:33
	Accepting his power to become new persons in Christ,	4:37
	let us confess our sins before God and one another.	4:42
	Let us pray.	4:47
	Most merciful God,	4:50
	we confess that we have sinned against you	4:52
	in thought, word and did.	4:55
	We have not loved you with our whole heart.	4:58
	We have not loved your neighbors as ourselves.	5:02
	We pray you of your mercy, forgive what we have been,	5:06
	amend what we are, direct what we shall be	5:11
	that we may delight in your will	5:16
	and walk in your ways.	5:19
	Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.	5:21
	Here's the good news, Christ died for us	5:26
	while we were yet sinners.	5:31
	That is God's own proof of his love toward us.	5:33
	In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven,	5:37
	in the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven.	5:42
	Glory to God. Amen.	5:46
	(gentle pipe organ music)	5:50
	(choir singing faintly)	5:59
	♪ Amen ♪	6:23
	♪ Amen ♪	6:25
-	Let us pray.	7:05
	Lord open our hearts and minds	7:09
	by the power of your Holy Spirit.	7:11
	That as the scriptures all read in the word proclaim,	7:14
	we may hear with joy what you say to us today,	7:18
	I was scripted lesson for the morning,	7:25
	comes from the gospel of St. Luke 22:14-20,	7:28
	"And when the hour came, he sat at a table	7:37
	and the apostles with them,	7:40
	and he said to them, 'After earnestly desire	7:43
	to this Passover with you before I suffer	7:46
	for I tell you I shall not eat it	7:49
	until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.'	7:52
	And he took a cup when he had given thanks he said,	7:55
	'Take this and divide it among yourselves.	7:59
	I'll tell you that from now on i should not drink	8:02
	of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes'	8:04
	and he took bread and when he had to give him thanks	8:09
	he broke it and gave it to them saying, 'This is my body.'"	8:11
	May the Lord has blessing to the reading of his word.	8:19
	Let us pray.	8:25
	Jesus Christ, our Lord and whose name we pray.	8:31
	We ask with our mind open up our hearts	8:36
	so that we can participate in this service.	8:39
	And we ask ooh, God thy will be present with us. Amen.	8:43
	So, we are here this morning in this beautiful,	8:51
	peaceful and hallowed place.	8:55
	The beauty of this moment cannot be matched	8:58
	in many places in Durham.	9:01
	We are indeed blessed to be able to experience	9:03
	these moments of peace, these moments of reflection,	9:05
	and quite wise to reach out and grasp them	9:10
	when the lives of too many of us,	9:14
	these moments come to infrequent.	9:17
	And for those who are privileged to be able to experience	9:20
	frequent moments like these,	9:23
	there's always an occasion where are peaceful moments	9:26
	of reflection of (speaks faintly)	9:28
	or somehow bothered some intrusion which breaks in	9:31
	and manages to take away our beautiful moments.	9:34
	a thought here, and event,	9:37
	there are some other bothersome intrusion	9:41
	is always vying for attention.	9:43
	And as we meet this morning, that bothersome intrusions,	9:48
	which are banned for the attention of each of us,	9:53
	where all is attempting to break into this hallowed place	9:58
	and disturb us.	10:02
	A war still goes on.	10:04
	There's the threat of war in several places,	10:07
	people are hungry, sick, and dying.	10:10
	The economy has trouble spots.	10:14
	Racism is still with us	10:17
	and drugs threatened engulf our society.	10:20
	And men and women are campaigning for public office	10:24
	promising to solve these and other problems.	10:28
	We try in our own ways to decide, to participate,	10:32
	to serve these world and national problems.	10:37
	And as we think about individual and personal situations,	10:41
	we all face with other bothersome intrusions.	10:45
	There is a son or daughter that I cannot reach	10:49
	the mother or father that does not understand	10:53
	the troubles that just not go away.	10:56
	The flaws in my character that I can not correct	10:59
	the societal problems that I will not understand.	11:03
	I cannot understand and will not attempt to solve.	11:06
	Indeed when we look at the world national local	11:12
	and personal problems,	11:15
	it appears as if the outside world is attempting to break	11:16
	into this hallowed plagues.	11:19
	And maybe it is good that we must contend	11:22
	with these bothersome intrusions	11:24
	we've there is to be any writing of the wrongs of the world.	11:27
	There has to be an infusion of new meaning into the world.	11:31
	Enough people who profess what we profess	11:35
	must contend with the bothersome intrusions.	11:38
	Well, this is easy to say,	11:42
	"How does one contend with bothersome intrusions	11:44
	in the face of so much confusion	11:47
	and meaninglessness in modern society?	11:49
	In what do we depend?	11:52
	In whom do we find direction and meaning?	11:55
	Too many traditions, institutions	11:58
	and values are losing meaning for us.	12:00
	(speaks faintly) the family, the schools,	12:03
	government, marriage, law,	12:06
	and yes, even the church are losing that meaning for us.	12:09
	Yes, in the midst of meaninglessness,	12:14
	too many things appear to be lost forever.	12:17
	Often it is as if our entire beings	12:21
	were threatened by the overwhelming	12:24
	meaninglessness of it all.	12:26
	And we have come to this beautiful,	12:29
	peaceful and hallowed place this morning,	12:31
	not seeking to escape	12:34
	or to participate in the holy communion.	12:36
	We must ask doesn't have real meaning for us.	12:39
	Or is it also like so many other things that we experience,	12:43
	we must answer no.	12:47
	Holy Communion is so rich	12:50
	and full of meaning that one cannot grasp	12:51
	no articulated school meaning.	12:54
	In a real sense, Holy Communion brings meaning	12:57
	to intrude upon and destroy meaninglessness,	13:00
	the way the Holy Communion and affects the participants	13:05
	individually can not be fully understood nor articulate.	13:07
	However, my task this morning is not to exhaust the meanings	13:13
	of the Holy Communion,	13:16
	nor is it to define it a new	13:18
	rather it is to reflect upon some essential dimensions	13:22
	of the Holy Communion and what they can mean for our times,	13:24
	the prominent theologian, John Macquarrie	13:29
	provide some insights into the Holy Communion	13:31
	that are a word the of serious reflection.	13:34
	He instructs us that in the Holy Communion,	13:38
	one can recognize the unity of a past, future, and present.	13:41
	Therefore, one can feel the Holy Communion	13:46
	as the remembering, the anticipating,	13:48
	and the making present.	13:52
	The Holy Communion, is the remembering of Christ,	13:54
	but it's also the remembering of his word,	13:57
	the re presenting of his saving word.	14:00
	It is God's action through Christ that we remember	14:04
	the life and self giving of Christ	14:07
	becomes a work of salvation for us.	14:09
	Not only do we remember who we also anticipate,	14:12
	we participate in the Holy Communion until Christ comes	14:17
	to complete his work.	14:20
	We look forward to his coming.	14:22
	We anticipate this completed word.	14:25
	We remember the work of Christ we anticipate the completion	14:28
	of the saving work.	14:32
	And we also acknowledge the making present of Christ	14:34
	and his word.	14:37
	The Holy Communion we have knowledge that Christ is with us	14:39
	working in the world, to right the wrongs of the world,	14:43
	bringing peace where there is war, love where there is hate,	14:46
	freedom where there is racist pressure,	14:52
	joy and fulfillment where there is sorrow hunger and death.	14:54
	(speaks faintly) with us, bringing	14:59
	meaning to our existence,	15:00
	infusing meaning and vain to those things	15:02
	that appeared to be devoid of meaning and vain.	15:06
	As we come together as one community to participate	15:10
	in the Holy Communion,	15:13
	we are participating in the representation	15:15
	of the saving work of Christ,	15:17
	where he seeks to communicate his presence to us	15:20
	and to incorporate us with him	15:24
	when we have gone far from this place and to the world,	15:27
	our existence will conform to the pattern of his life.	15:33
	Remembering that Christ says to those who follow him,	15:36
	do this in remembrance of me.	15:40
	Thank God. Amen.	15:44
-	May we rise as we affirm our faith as Christian.	16:01
	We believe in God who has created and is creating,	16:11
	who has come and the true man, Jesus to reconcile	16:16
	and make new who works in us and others by a spirit.	16:20
	We trust him.	16:26
	He calls us to be in his church to celebrate his presence,	16:27
	to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil,	16:33
	to proclaim Jesus crucified and risen our judge	16:38
	and our hope and life and death and life beyond death.	16:42
	God is with us.	16:49
	We are not alone.	16:51
	Thanks the to God.	16:53
	Let us offer prayers of intercession for our world	17:07
	and our neighbors.	17:11
	Let us pray.	17:13
	Let us pray that the world may live in peace	17:16
	and that the church may achieve unity,	17:20
	fulfilling its service here and everywhere.	17:23
	This is our prayer	17:27
	that all ministers and teachers in the church	17:29
	may be faithful servants of the gospel,	17:32
	leading others into its way of life	17:35
	and strengthening their faith.	17:38
	This is our prayer that the leaders of this nation	17:40
	and that the world may govern with justice and mercy.	17:44
	(congregation speaking faintly)	17:50
	That all our work may be done for the common good	17:51
	that it'd be done in safety.	17:56
	And that all may be spared from grinding toil,	17:58
	which destroys the fullness of life.	18:01
	(congregation speaking faintly)	18:04
	That those who work on frontiers of truth,	18:06
	and those who enrich our lives with beauty and joy	18:09
	may be free to follow their vocations.	18:13
	(congregation speaking faintly)	18:16
	That those who suffered disease or poverty or loneliness	18:19
	or grief may be healed and comforted.	18:23
	That those who are oppressed or prosecuted,	18:27
	maybe strengthened and delivered.	18:30
	(congregation speaking faintly)	18:34
	But those whom we have known and love	18:35
	who have died in the faith	18:39
	may be a glorious memory to us	18:40
	and a source of renewed fellowship with all the saints.	18:43
	This is our prayer through Jesus Christ,	18:48
	our Lord. Amen.	18:51
	Christ our Lord invites to his table	18:58
	all who love him and who desire to live in peace	19:01
	with one another.	19:06
	May the peace of the Lord be with you.	19:08
	(congregation speaking faintly)	19:11
	As forgiven and reconciled people,	19:14
	let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God.	19:17
	(gentle pipe organ music)	19:27
	(gentle pipe organ music)	20:07
	(gentle pipe organ music)	20:51
	(choir singing faintly)	21:03
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	(choir singing faintly)	21:55
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	(choir singing faintly)	22:21
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	(gentle pipe organ music)	23:46
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	(gentle pipe organ music)	27:21
	(choir singing faintly)	27:55
	(choir singing faintly)	28:34
-	Almighty God our Father,	28:58
	you have prepared a table before us.	29:01
	You break bread that we may taste heaven,	29:06
	you pour wine that we may receive salvation.	29:09
	We offer to you our gifts of wine and bread,	29:14
	the fruit of the earth, the gifts of our labor	29:20
	and our souls and ourselves.	29:25
	That we and they may be sanctified by your holy spirit	29:30
	and dedicated to your will and to your service.	29:35
	Hallow these gifts of your people,	29:39
	that they may be instruments of communion,	29:43
	renewal, and of salvation.	29:47
	To the end, that love may be incarnate in our blood.	29:51
	That mercy shall wedge itself in our flesh,	29:55
	that grace shall marrow into our very bones.	29:59
	Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.	30:04
-	The Lord is with you.	30:44
	(congregation speaking faintly)	30:47
	We lift up your hearts,	30:48
	(congregation speaking faintly)	30:50
	Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God Father.	30:52
	(congregation speaking faintly)	30:55
	Father, it is right that we should always	30:59
	and everywhere give you thanks and praise only.	31:02
	You are God, you created all things and call them good.	31:06
	You made us in your own image.	31:12
	Even when we rebelled against your love,	31:16
	you did not desert us.	31:19
	You delivered us from captivity,	31:21
	made covenant to be our God and king	31:24
	and spoke to us through your prophets.	31:28
	Therefore, we joined the entire company of heaven	31:31
	and all your people now on earth	31:34
	and worshiping and glorifying you.	31:36
	Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might,	31:40
	heaven and earth are full of your glory.	31:46
	Hosanna in the highest blessed is he who comes	31:49
	in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest	31:53
	we thank you, father, that you loved the world so much.	31:58
	You sent your only son to be our savior.	32:02
	The Lord of all life came to live among us,	32:05
	the healed and taught men eat with sinners	32:08
	and one for you, a new people by water and the spirit.	32:13
	We saw his glory.	32:17
	Yeah. He humbled himself in obedience to your will	32:20
	freely accepting death on a cross.	32:24
	By dying he freed us from unending death	32:28
	by rising from the dead.	32:32
	He gave us everlasting life.	32:34
	We remember that on the night in which he was betrayed,	32:37
	he gave himself up for us.	32:42
	The Lord Jesus took bread.	32:44
	And after giving thanks,	32:47
	he broke the bread and gave it to his disciples and said,	32:49
	"Take eat This is my body, which is given for you."	32:54
	When this supper was over, he took the cup.	33:00
	And again, he returned thanks to you	33:08
	and gave the cup to his disciples and said,	33:11
	"Drink from this all of you.	33:14
	This is the cup of the new covenant in my blood	33:17
	poured out for you and many for the forgiveness of sin."	33:20
	When we eat this bread and drink this cup,	33:26
	we experience anew the presence of the Lord, Jesus Christ	33:29
	and we look forward to his coming in victory.	33:34
	Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.	33:37
	We remember and proclaim with gratitude, Heavenly Father,	33:44
	what your son has done for us in his life and death	33:48
	and his resurrection and Ascension,	33:52
	except our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving	33:55
	and union with Christ offering for us	33:59
	as a reasonable and holy surrender of ourselves,	34:02
	send the power of your holy spirit on us gathered here	34:06
	out of love for you and on these gifts,	34:10
	help us know in the breaking of this bread	34:14
	and the drinking of this wine the presence of Christ	34:17
	who gave his body and blood for mankind.	34:20
	Make us one with Christ, one with each other,	34:24
	and one in service to all mankind	34:28
	through your son, Jesus Christ, with the holy spirit	34:31
	and your holy church of glory	34:35
	and honor is yours father.	34:38
	Amen.	34:41
	In unity with Christ and with each other we pray.	34:42
	Our father in heaven.	34:46
	Holy be your name, your kingdom come,	34:48
	your will be done on earth as in heaven,	34:52
	give us today the bread we need.	34:56
	Forgive us, our sins as we forgive those who sin against us,	34:59
	save us in the time of trial and deliver us from evil	35:04
	for the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours	35:09
	now and forever.	35:13
	Amen.	35:16
	Because there is one loaf we as many as we are,	35:35
	are one body for it is one loaf of which we all partake.	35:40
	When we break the bread,	35:48
	it is a means of sharing the body of Christ.	35:50
	When we give thanks over the cup,	36:03
	it is a means of sharing and the blood of Christ.	36:05
	The gifts of God, for the people of God,	36:12
	body of Christ, the bread of heaven, the blood of Christ,	36:17
	the cup of salvation.	36:23
	Take them in remembrance that Christ gave himself for you	36:26
	and feed on him in your hearts, by faith with thanksgiving.	36:32
	(choir singing faintly)	39:17
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-	Let us pray.	1:02:19
	You have given yourself to us Lord.	1:02:23
	Now we give ourselves for others.	1:02:26
	Your love has made us a new people.	1:02:29
	As a people of love, we will serve you with joy.	1:02:32
	Your glory has filled our hearts.	1:02:36
	Help us to glorify you in all things. Amen.	1:02:39
	(gentle pipe organ music)	1:02:45
	(choir singing faintly)	1:03:11
	(choir singing faintly)	1:03:39
	(choir singing faintly)	1:04:07

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Harold G. Wallace - Communion Meditation (October 1, 1972)

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