Welcome to the CHS Vientiane Worship Service Resources
Kossowski, Adam. Veni Sancti Spiritus, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56946 [retrieved April 11, 2021]. Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/8750321716 - Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.. |
Opening Hymn of Praise
Holy Spirit you are welcome here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zEiiZi2DKk
There's nothing worth more
That could ever come close
No thing can compare
You're our living hope
Your presence, Lord
I've tasted and seen
Of the sweetest of loves
Where my heart becomes free
And my shame is undone
Your presence, Lord
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for
To be overcome by Your presence, Lord
Your presence, Lord
There's nothing worth more
That could ever come close
No thing can compare
You're our living hope
Your presence, Lord
I've tasted and seen
Of the sweetest of loves
Where my heart becomes free
And my shame is undone
Your presence, Lord
Let us become more aware of Your presence
Let us experience the glory of Your goodness
Our heavenly Father
thank you that you love us
and care for us all the time.
We know that this week
we have not always lived the way you tell us.
We have done wrong things
and not done all the good things we should have done.
Only you can save us,
so please forgive us
and help us to live as your friends.
We ask this in Jesus’ name.
A prayer of affirmation
Sender of the Spirit, and Spirit.
May our weakness be filled by strength from beyond our own resources because we try to follow Jesus’ way in faith and commitment.
So, when we try to do the right thing, we are reminded that Spirit works for good through our lives all along.
When we muster all our courage in the face of our fears, the Spirit calms the fears of the world all along.
When we wake up tomorrow and do not relish that day, the Spirit is ahead of us walking through the cool of the evening with the troubles of the day vanquished all along.
We offer these prayers in the name of Jesus Christ, who promised that Spirit to his disciples.
Amen
First Reading: Acts 2:1-21
Second Reading: Romans 8:22-27
Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Holy Spirit,
wrap your dove wings around us,
spark your bright flame within us,
blow your refreshing wind among us,
so that we can be
your Pentecost people today.
Amen
Prayers of Intercession
we thank you that when we grieve
and find it hard to pray,
when we cannot find the words,
your Spirit intercedes,
with groans too deep for words.
Spirit intercede for us now.
Sometimes we lose heart
at all the suffering we witness,
both near and far,
but may we always see you
wherever your children suffer,
wherever the earth cries out in anguish.
You, the God of all creation,
tear open the heavens
and dwell among your people.
Give us courage
to go into all the places you already are.
Remind us that nothing done
in the name of love is ever wasted
and that all that we do
for the least of these,
we do for you.
We pray for your healing
for all of creation.
We pray for unity in your church
so that, together with you,
we may heal the world.
We pray for all who lead
and give wise counsel.
May they lead with justice and compassion,
and build on a foundation of love.
And we pray for all whom we know,
struggling this day—
with loss,
with disappointment,
with illness,
with bereavement,
with lack of hope and purpose.
Spirit of God,
blow change through our hearts,
our lives,
our world.
Your kingdom come
on earth as in heaven.
Amen