5/24/2026
Pentecost
Fr Ken Casey
Prelude: Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling.............Paul Manz
The Word of God
Opening Hymn: Hail thee, festival day!..........Hymn 225
The Acclamation......................BCP 355
Gloria:.......................................Hymn S-278
The Collect of the Day (Pentecost)............BCP 227
Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life to every
race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad
this gift throughout the world by preaching of the Gospel, that it may
reach to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who
lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
First Lesson: Acts: 2:1-21.........................Bible 119
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent
wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues,
as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.
All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other
languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now there were devout Jews
from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound
the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them
speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked,
"Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear,
each of us, in our own native langage? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and
residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Phrygia, and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to
Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans,
and Arabs-in our own languages we hear the speaking about God's deeds
of power." All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does
this mean?" But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine." But
Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men
of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be know to you, and listen to
what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine
o'clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all
flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men
shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my
slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun
shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming
of the Lord's great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the
name of the Lord shall be saved.'"
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Responsive Reading: Psalm 104:25-35, 37.....................BCP 736
O Lord, how manifold are your works!*
in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
Yonder is the great and wide sea with it's living things too many to number,*
creatures both small and great.
There move the ships, and there is that Leviathan,*
which you have made for the sport of it.
All of them look to you*
to give them their food in due season.
You give it to them; they gather it*
you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.
You hide your face, and they are terrified;*
you take away their breath, and they die, and return to their dust.
You send forth you Spirit, and they are created;*
and so you renew the face of the earth.
May the glory of the Lord endure for ever;*
may the Lord rejoice in all his works.
He looks at the earth and it trembles;*
he touches the mountains and they smoke.
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;*
I will praise my God while I have my being.
May these words of mine please him;*
I will rejoice in the Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.*
Hallelujah!
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13....................................Bible 174
No one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties
of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;
and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them
in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
To one is given through the Spirit utterance of wisdom, and to another
the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by
the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the
working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of
spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually
just as the Spirit chooses. For just as the body is one and has many members, and
all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves
or free-and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Sequence Hymn: Come down, O Love diving..................Hymn 516
The Holy Gospel: John 20:19-23............Bible 115
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the
house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he
showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw
the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so
I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive
the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain
the sins of any, the are retained."
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you Lord Christ.
The Sermon.............................Fr Ken Casey
Baptismal Covenant..............BCP 304
The Prayers of the People
The Confession..............BCP 360
The Peace
Offertory Music: Breathe on me, Breath of God.......Hymn 516
The Great Thanksgiving (Eucharistic Prayer A).......BCP 361
Sanctus.........Hymn S-128
The Lord's Prayer........BCP 364
The Breaking of Bread
Music at Communion: Be Thou My Vision.........Emma Lou Diemer
Post-Communion Prayer...................BCP 365
The Blessing
Announcements
Closing Hymn: We are one in mission...........ELW 576
The Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Sharing God's Love with
all People! Alleluia!
Postlude: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing.............Paul Manz
