The 1982 Liturgy consists of Preparation, Liturgy of the Word, and Liturgy of the Sacrament. The Eucharistic Prayer section of the latter varies according to the season. The five variations on the Eucharistic Prayer section are appended below together with the Forms of Intercession. Click on either blue link to see variations or Intercessions.

PREPARATION

1. Welcome

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2. Peace (or at 16 )

We meet in Christ's name.

Let us share his peace.

3. Collect for Purity

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

4. Summary of the Law

Our Lord Jesus Christ said: The first commandment is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength.'

The second is this: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these.

Amen. Lord, have mercy.

5. Confession and Absolution (or at 15)

God is love and we are his children. There is no room for fear in love. We love because he loved us first. Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith.

Silence

God our Father, we confess to you and to our fellow members in the Body of Christ that we have sinned in thought, word and deed, and in what we have failed to do. We are truly sorry. Forgive us our sins, and deliver us from the power of evil, for the sake of your Son who died for us, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

God, who is both power and love, forgive us and free us from our sins, heal and strengthen us by his Spirit, and raise us to new life in Christ our Lord.

Amen.

6. Kyrie

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

7. Gloria

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

(3, 4, 6 and 7 are selected according to the season or the occasion)

8. Collect of the day

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

9. Old Testament Reading

10. Epistle

11. Gospel

When it is announced: Glory to Christ our Saviour.

At end: Give thanks to the Lord for his glorious Gospel. Praise to Christ our Lord.

12. Sermon

( or other exposition of the Word)

13. Nicene Creed

We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one substance with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father. With the Father and the Son, he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

14. Intercessions

Prayer is offered for the world and its people, for those who suffer and those in need, for the church and its members.

15. Confession and Absolution (if not used at 5)

God is love and we are his children. There is no room for fear in love. We love because he loved us first. Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith.

Silence

God our Father, we confess to you and to our fellow members in the Body of Christ that we have sinned in thought, word and deed, and in what we have failed to do. We are truly sorry. Forgive us our sins, and deliver us from the power of evil. For the sake of your Son who died for us, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

God, who is both power and love, forgive us and free us from our sins, heal and strengthen us by his Spirit and raise us to new life in Christ our Lord.

Amen.

16. Peace (if not used at 2)

We meet in Christ's name.

Let us share his peace.

THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT - The taking of the Bread and the Wine

17. Offering

Silence - or

Let us present our offerings to the Lord.

Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour, and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours. All things come from you, and of your own we give you.

(See appendix below for alternative use )

The Great Thanksgiving

18. Eucharistic Prayer

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Worship and praise belong to you, Father, in every place and at all times. All power is yours. You created the heavens and established the earth; you sustain in being all that is. In Christ your Son our life and yours are brought together in a wonderful exchange. He made his home among us that we might for ever dwell in you. Through your Holy Spirit you call us to new birth in a creation restored by love. As children of your redeeming purpose we offer you our praise with angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven, singing the hymn of your unending glory:

(Sanctus) 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.

Glory and thanksgiving be to you, most loving Father, for the gift of your Son born in human flesh. He is the Word existing beyond time, both source and final purpose, bringing to wholeness all that is made. Obedient to your will he died upon the Cross. By your power you raised him from the dead. He broke the bonds of evil and set your people free to be his Body in the world. On the night when he was given up to death, knowing that his hour had come, having loved his own, he loved them to the end. At supper with his disciples he took bread and offered you thanks. He broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying: 'Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.'

After supper, he took the cup, he offered you thanks, and gave it to them saying: 'Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new covenant; it is poured out for you, and for all, that sins may be forgiven. Do this in remembrance of me.'

We now obey your Son's command. We recall his blessed passion and death, his glorious resurrection and ascension; and we look for the coming of his Kingdom. Made one with him, we offer you these gifts and with them ourselves, a single, holy, living sacrifice.

Hear us, most merciful Father, and send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon this bread and this wine, that, overshadowed by his life-giving power, they may be the Body and Blood of your Son, and we may be kindled with the fire of your love and renewed for the service of your Kingdom.

Help us, who are baptised into the fellowship of Christ's Body to live and work to your praise and glory; may we grow together in unity and love until at last, in your new creation, we enter into our heritage in the company of the Virgin Mary, the apostles and prophets,* and of all our brothers and sisters living and departed.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be to you, Lord of all ages, world without end. Amen.

19. Breaking of the Bread

silence , or

The living bread is broken for the life of the world

Lord, unite us in this sign.

20. Lord's Prayer -( either)

As our Saviour has taught us, so we pray: Our father in heaven, hallowed be you name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Do not bring us to the time of trial but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.,

(or)

As our Saviour Christ has commanded and taught us, we are bold to say: Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who 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.

21. Communion Song

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

or

Jesus, Lamb of God: have mercy on us. Jesus, bearer of our sins: have mercy on us. Jesus, redeemer of the world: Give us your peace.

22. Communion

At the giving of the bread: The Body of Christ given for you.

At the giving of the cup: The Blood of Christ shed for you.

The Communicant replies to both - Amen

THANKSGIVING AND SENDING OUT

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is gracious. And his mercy endures for ever.

24. Prayers One of the following is said together:

(c) Father, your steadfast purpose is the completion of all things in your Son. May we who have received the pledges of the kingdom, live by faith, walk in hope and be renewed in love, until the world reflects your glory and you are all in all; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

25. Blessing

The peace of God which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen.

A seasonal variant may be used.

26. Dismissal

Let us go in peace to love and serve the Lord. In the name of Christ. Amen.

SEASONAL MATERIAL FOR INSERTION IN EUCHARISTIC PRAYER 1

Each clause is inserted at the same place in the paragraph which precedes the Sanctus

ADVENT As children of your redeeming purpose, who await with eager longing the fulfilment of all things in the coming of your Son, we offer you our praise,...

CHRISTMAS As children of your redeeming purpose, for whom Christ Jesus humbled himself and became poor to make us rich, we offer you our praise...

EPIPHANY As children of your redeeming purpose, who have seen the radiance of your glory revealed to all the nations in your Son, we offer you our praise...

LENT As children of your redeeming purpose, who are called to share Christ's suffering and be made like him in his death, we offer you our praise...

PASSIONTIDE As children of your redeeming purpose, for whom Christ endured the cross of shame to rise triumphant over sin and death, we offer you our praise,...

EASTER As children of your redeeming purpose, freed by him who burst from the tomb and opened the gate of life, we offer you our praise,...

ASCENSION As children of your redeeming purpose, who rejoice that in Jesus our human nature is carried for ever into the glory of heaven, we offer you our praise,...

PENTECOST As children of your redeeming purpose, who are marked with the seal of your Spirit for the day of our final liberation, we offer you our praise...

TRINITY As children of your redeeming purpose, who worship the mystery of your Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we offer you our praise,...

ALL SAINTS As children of your redeeming purpose, called to attain with all your saints to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, we offer you our praise,...

MARY As children of your redeeming purpose, who honour Mary, chosen mother of your Son, and with all generations call her blessed, we offer you our praise,...

ALL SAINT As children of your redeeming purpose, rejoicing in communion with N. and all your saints, we offer you our praise,...

DEDICATION As children of your redeeming purpose, your household, founded upon apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus himself the chief cornerstone, we offer you our praise,...

UNITY As children of your redeeming purpose, called to bring all things in heaven and on earth into a perfect unity in Christ, we offer you our praise,...

HARVEST As children of your redeeming purpose, and stewards of your creation who give thanks for the fruits of the earth in their season, we offer you our praise,...

BAPTISM/ CONFIRMATION/ ORDINATION As children of your redeeming purpose, who are marked with the seal of your Spirit for the day of our final liberation, we offer you our praise,...

FUNERAL As children of your redeeming purpose, who as pilgrims on this earth are kept safe in your tender and steadfast love, we offer you our praise,...

(Anticipation) (Suitable for Advent)

Worship and praise belong to you, God our maker. Out of nothing, you called all worlds to be, and still you draw the universe to its fulfilment. Dawn and evening celebrate your glory till time shall be no more. In Christ your Son, the life of heaven and earth were joined, sealing the promise of a new creation, given, yet still to come. Taught by your Spirit, we who bear your threefold likeness look for the City of Peace in whose light we are transfigured and the earth transformed.

As children of your redeeming purpose who await the coming of your Son, we offer you our praise, with angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven singing the hymn of your unending glory.

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

Glory and thanksgiving be to you, most loving Father. In Jesus you showed us yourself. Our hope is built on him, the first, the last, the living one. Obedient, even to accepting death, he opened the gate of glory and calls us now to share the life of heaven. Before he was given up to suffering and death, alight with the vision of a feast which heralded a kingdom yet to come, at supper with his disciples he took bread and offered you thanks. He broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying: 'Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.' After supper, he took the cup, he offered you thanks, and gave it to them, saying: 'Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new covenant; it is poured out for you, and for all, that sins may be forgiven. Do this in remembrance of me.'

We now obey your Son's command. We recall his blessed passion and death, his glorious resurrection and ascension; and we look for the coming of his Kingdom. Made one with him, we offer you these gifts and with them ourselves, a single, holy, living sacrifice.

Hear us, most merciful Father, and send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon this bread and this wine, that, overshadowed by his life-giving power, they may be the Body and Blood of your Son, and we may be kindled with the fire of your love and renewed for the service of your Kingdom.

Help us, who are baptised into the fellowship of Christ's Body to live and work to your praise and glory; may we grow together in unity and love until at last, in your new creation, we enter into our heritage in the company of the Virgin Mary, the apostles, and prophets, and of all our brothers and sisters living and departed.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be to you, Lord of all ages, world without end. Amen.

(Returning to God) (Suitable for Lent and Passiontide)

Worship and praise belong to you, maker of light and darkness. Your wisdom draws beauty from chaos, brings a harvest out of sorrow and leads the exiles home. In Christ your Son, enemies are reconciled, debts forgiven and strangers made welcome. Your spirit frees us to live as sons and daughters in our Father's house.

We, who by Christ's power follow the way of the Cross, sharing the joy of his obedience, now offer you our praise, with angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven singing the hymn of your unending glory.

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

Glory and thanksgiving be to you, most loving Father, for Christ in whom the world is reconciled. Lifted on the cross, his suffering and forgiveness spanned the gulf of our sins had made. Through the dark struggle death was swallowed up in victory that life and light might reign.

Before he was given up to suffering and death, recalling the night of Israel's release, the night in which the sons of Egypt died, your Chosen One, himself the Firstborn, freely offering his life. At supper with his disciples he took bread and offered you thanks. He broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying: 'Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.'

After supper he took the cup, he offered you thanks, and gave it to them saying: 'Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new covenant; it is poured out for you, and for all, that sins may be forgiven. Do this in remembrance of me.'

We now obey your Son's command. We recall his blessed passion and death, his glorious resurrection and ascension; and we look for the coming of his Kingdom. Made one with him, we offer you these gifts and with them ourselves, a single, holy, living sacrifice.

Hear us, most merciful Father, and send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon this bread and this wine, that, overshadowed by his life-giving power, they may be the Body and Blood of your Son, and we may be kindled with the fire of your love and renewed for the service of your Kingdom.

Help us, who are baptised into the fellowship of Christ's Body to live and work to your praise and glory; may we grow together in unity and love until at last, in your new creation, we enter into our heritage in the company of the Virgin Mary, the apostles, and prophets, and of all our brothers and sisters living and departed.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be to you, Lord of all ages, world without end. Amen.

New Life, The Lord, The Spirit (Suitable for Easter Day to Pentecost)

Worship and praise belong to you, Author of all being. Your power sustains, your love restores, our broken world. You are unceasingly at work from chaos bringing order and filling emptiness with life. Christ, raised from the dead, proclaims the dawn of hope, He lives in us that we may walk in light. Your Spirit is fire in us, your breath is power to purge our sin and warm our hearts to love.

As children of your redeeming purpose, freed by him who burst from the tomb and opened the gate of life we offer you our praise, with angels and archangels and the whole company of heaven, singing the hymn of your unending glory:

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

Praise and thanksgiving be to you, Lord of all, for by the Cross eternal life is ours and death is swallowed up in victory. In the first light of Easter glory broke from the tomb and changed the women's sorrow into joy. From the Garden the mystery dawned that he whom they had loved and lost is with us now in every place for ever.

Making himself known in the breaking of the bread, speaking peace to the fearful disciples, welcoming weary fishers on the shore, he renewed the promise of his presence, and of new birth in the Spirit who sets the seal of freedom on your sons and daughters.

Before he was given up to suffering and death, recalling the night of Israel's release, the night in which slaves walked free, at supper with his disciples he broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying: Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.' After supper, he took the cup, he offered you thanks, and gave it to them saying: 'Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new covenant; it is poured out for you, and for all, that sins may be forgiven. Do this in remembrance of me.'

We now obey your Son's command. We recall his blessed passion and death, his glorious resurrection and ascension; and we look for the coming of his Kingdom. Made one with him, we offer you these gifts and with them ourselves, a single, holy, living sacrifice.

Hear us, most merciful Father, and send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon this bread and this wine, that, overshadowed by his life-giving power, they may be the Body and Blood of your Son, and we may be kindled with the fire of your love and renewed for the service of your Kingdom.

Help us, who are baptised into the fellowship of Christ's Body to live and work to your praise and glory; may we grow together in unity and love until at last, in your new creation, we enter into our heritage in the company of the Virgin Mary, the apostles and prophets, and of all our brothers and sisters living and departed.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be to you, Lord of all ages, world without end. Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER V (Suitable for Trinity season)

Worship and praise belong to you Father in every place and at all times. You made us, all the people of the world and everything that is. You give us the daylight. Your Word lights up our minds. Jesus was born among us to be light in our darkness. Your Spirit lives in us so that we can look at the world with your eyes. One day we will be with you in heaven, but already we laugh with the saints and angels and sing their song:

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

Father you never forget us or turn away from us even when we fail you. You sent your Son Jesus who gave his life for us. He healed those who were sick, cared for those who were poor and cried with those who were sad. He forgave sinners and taught us to forgive. For all your love we give you thanks in the way that Jesus showed us.

For on the night before he died, while he was having supper with his friends, he took bread and offered you thanks. He broke the bread, and gave it to them, saying: 'Take, eat. This is my Body: it is broken for you.' After supper he took the cup, he offered you thanks, and gave it to them saying: 'Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new covenant; it is poured out for you, and for all, that sins may be forgiven. Do this in remembrance of me.'

So, as we do what he told us, we open our hearts to him; we remember how he died and rose again to live now in us. Together with him we offer you these gifts: in them we give you ourselves.

Send your Holy Spirit on us and on this bread and this wine; that they may be the Body and Blood of Christ, and that, sharing your life, we may travel in your company to our journey's end.

With all your people we give you thanks and praise through the Son and in the Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

APPENDIX - FORMS OF INTERCESSION

Form 1 - Through Jesus, whom we confess as Lord, we give thanks and praise to the Father, calling on him who is judge of all: Father, your kingdom come.

Father, your kingdom come.

For all the peoples of the world; that they may know you as the God of peace, we pray to you, O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

For nations, for leaders and governments; that integrity may mark all their dealings, we pray to you O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

For all who labour for righteousness; that your presence and help may give them courage, we pray to you, O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

For communities torn by dissension and strife; that your forgiveness may bring them healing, we pray to you, O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

For the anxious, the lonely, the bereaved; that consolation and peace may be theirs, we pray to you, O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

For the Church, your household and family; that she may be firm in the confession of her hope, we pray to you, O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

For...our Bishop, and for all who bear Christ's name; that their lives may proclaim their glory, we pray to you, O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

For those who are separated from us by death; that theirs may be the kingdom which is unshakeable, we pray to you, O Lord:

Father, your kingdom come.

O God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep: make us perfect in all goodness to do your will and to be what you would have us be; through him to whom be glory for ever, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Form 2

O God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom you chose us, before the foundation of the world, and destined us in love to be your own: help us to pray for all your children.For the life of the world; that your peace may be known and may prevail: For... ...... Lord, hear us.

Lord, graciously hear us.

For all who suffer injury, death or loss; that they may know the hope to which you call us: For... ... Lord, hear us.

Lord, graciously hear us.

For all who exercise rule and authority; hat they may acknowledge your power: For....... Lord, hear us.

Lord, graciously hear us.

For the Church which is Christ's body; that it may live for the praise of your glory: For........ Lord, hear us.

Lord, graciously hear us.

O God, you exerted your strength and power when you raised Christ from the dead, putting everything in subjection beneath his feet: accept the prayers which we offer in his name for the world you have created and redeemed; through him in whom you have set forth the mystery of your will, to unite all things in heaven and on earth, your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Form 3

To him who alone is God let us make our requests with thanksgiving, through the one mediator, the man Christ Jesus. I ask your prayers for peace in the life of the world...... Pray for God's peace.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who suffer injury, sickness and loss..... Pray for all who are afflicted.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all who wield authority and influence.... Pray for all who exercise power.

Silence

I ask your prayers for all whom we have wronged..... Pray for all who hate us.

Silence

I ask your prayers for our bishop(s)....... and for all whom Christ has appointed to his service... Pray for God's people.

Silence

I ask your prayers for........

Silence

Give thanks to God for all in whom Christ has been honoured, (especially...)

Silence

O God, whose will it is that all should find salvation and come to know the truth: receive the prayers and petitions which we offer in faith and love; through him who gave proof of your purpose, and who sacrificed himself to win freedom for all mankind, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALTERNATIVE USE AT OFFERTORY

Prayers of Offering :

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation; through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made: it will become for us the bread of life.

Blessed be God for ever.

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation; through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands; it will become the cup of our salvation.

Blessed be God for ever.