‘God our Father, whose Word has come among us in the Holy Child of Bethlehem, may the light of faith illumine our hearts and shine in our words and deeds.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 42, While shepherds watched …

We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 11, O Come, O come Emmanuel …

‘God of power and mercy, you call us once again to celebrate the coming of your Son. Remove those things which hinder love of you, that when he comes he may find us waiting in awe and wonder for him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.’ Our accompanying music videos this week take us from Accra to Omsk, but we open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 7, Hills of the north, rejoice …

We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 12, On Jordan’s banks …

‘Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility, that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal.’ We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 9, Lo He comes with clouds descending …

‘Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, our Lord and King: grant that the peoples of the earth, now divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his gentle and loving rule.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 394, Let all the world in every corner sing …

‘Almighty God, you sent your Son Jesus Christ to be the light of the world. Free us from all that darkens and ensnares us, and bring us to eternal light and joy’. We open our online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 417, O God our help in ages past …

‘Almighty God, whose people are knit together in one holy Church, the mystical Body of your Son: grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you.’ We open our online Liturgy of the Word with hymn 197, For all the saints, who from their labours rest …

‘Almighty God, whose chosen servant Abraham obeyed your call, rejoicing in your promise that in him the family of the earth is blessed, give us faith like his, that in us your promises may be fulfilled’. We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 486, We have a gospel to proclaim …

Lord God our redeemer, who heard the cry of your people and sent your servant Moses to lead them out of slavery, free us from the tyranny of sin and death, and by the leading of your Spirit bring us to our promised land. We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 473, When morning gilds the sky …

Almighty God, in our baptism you adopted us for your own. Quicken, we pray, your Spirit within us, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth. We open this Liturgy of the Word with hymn 433, O worship the king …

Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your name. We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 262, We plough the fields, and scatter …

Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered by your Holy Spirit into one, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your name. We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 237, Morning has broken …

Music accompanying this online Liturgy of the Word comes from as far afield as Huddersfield, Chennai and California. The organ voluntary concluding our worship is Handel’s Zadoc the Priest, and as well as a fine recording and video from the Basílica de Santa Maria de la Seu, near Barcelona, we have footage from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. We open with hymn 7, Hills of the north, rejoice …

We open our worship in church today by singing God Save the King. For this online Liturgy of the Word we can hear it sung for the first time for a living monarch since 1952, joining the congregation at the service of prayer and reflection which took place on Friday at St Paul’s Cathedral in memory of Queen Elizabeth II. Thereafter we will have music from Exeter, Cape Town, Dubai and Germany …

The musical accompaniment to today’s online Liturgy of the Word comes from Westminster Abbey, Florida, California and Asaba in Nigeria, where the choir of the Cathedral Church of St Peter opens our worship with hymn 417, O God our help in ages past …

‘Author and Giver of all good things, graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us in all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same.’ We open our worship with hymn 349, Come, let us join our cheerful songs …

‘Almighty God, we are taught by your word that all our doings without love are worth nothing. Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue.’ We open our worship with hymn 294, Just as I am …

‘Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and sent into our hearts the Spirit of your Son. Give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that all people may know the glorious liberty of the children of God.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word in the company of a mass choir in Chennai, India, with hymn 484, The Church’s one foundation …

‘Almighty God, you sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church. Open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love, joy, and peace.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 333, All my hope on God is founded …

‘Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ fed the hungry with the bread of his life and the word of his kingdom. Renew your people with your heavenly grace, and in all our weakness sustain us by your true and living bread.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 359, Fight the good fight …

‘O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: increase and multiply upon us your mercy, that with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 377, Immortal, invisible, God only wise …

‘Almighty God, your Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence. Give us pure hearts and constant wills to worship you in spirit and in truth.’ Music accompanying today’s Liturgy of the Word includes hymns from two other All Saints churches – in Aldershot and Northampton – but we open our worship at Pershore Abbey in Worcestershire with hymn 237, Morning has broken …

We open today’s Liturgy of the Word in Westminster Abbey with the Abbey Choir and the Choristers of the Chapel Royal singing John Rutter’s anthem ‘This is the day the Lord has made’ at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton  …

‘Almighty God, your Son Jesus Christ has taught us that what we do for the least of your children we do also for him. Give us the will to serve others as he was the servant of all.’ We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 7, Hills of the north, rejoice …

The music accompanying today’s Liturgy of the Word includes some favourite hymns, one featuring a New York artist/chorister whose work is a much-loved part of our St Mary’s Cathedral. We open our worship with hymn 238, New every morning is the love …

‘O God our defender, storms rage about us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us all from unbelief.’ We open our worship with hymn 146, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty …

We open our Liturgy of the Word for Pentecost Sunday in the company of the choristers from of St Michael’s, Highgate, in London with hymn 137, Come down, O Love divine …

We open our Liturgy of the Word this week in the company of the congregation of Chet Valley Churches in South Norfolk with hymn 130, Hail the day that sees Him rise …

This week we are in the company of musicians and singers from Los Angeles, Moscow and South India as well as Westminster Abbey and Ely Cathedral, opening our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 263, All creatures of our God and King …