Almighty God,
you have given your only Son
to be for us both a sacrifice for sin
and also the example of godly life:
give us grace that we may always thankfully receive
the benefits of his sacrifice,
and also daily endeavour
to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

Almighty and everlasting God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray
and to give more than either we desire, or deserve:
Pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid,
and giving us those good things
which we are not worthy to ask
save through the merits and mediation
of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.

God of compassion,
in this eucharist we know again your forgiveness
and the healing power of your love.
Grant that we who are made whole in Christ
may bring that forgiveness and healing to this broken world,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

(c) 1st Reading 1 Kings 2: 10–12; 3: 3–14
643* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
533* God of grace and God of glory

(c) Psalm Psalm 111 [Ep4B/Pr23C*]
84* Alleluia! raise the anthem
130* Jesus came, the heavens adoring
529* Thy hand, O God, has guided
373* To God be the glory! Great things he has done!

(p) 1st Reading Proverbs 9: 1–6
433* My God, your table here is spread

(p) Psalm Psalm 34: 9–14
507 Put peace into each other’s hands
372* Through all the changing scenes of life

2nd Reading Ephesians 5: 15–20
346* Angel voices ever singing
454* Forth in the peace of Christ we go
92* How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
356 I will sing, I will sing a song unto the Lord
360* Let all the world in every corner sing
362* O God beyond all praising
708* O praise ye the Lord! Praise him in the height
364* Praise him on the trumpet, the psaltery and harp
710* Sing to God new songs of worship
369* Songs of praise the angels sang
313* The Spirit came, as promised
374* When all thy mercies, O my God
458* When, in our music, God is glorified
344* When morning gilds the skies
376* Ye holy angels bright

The Gospel John 6: 51–58
398* Alleluia! sing to Jesus
401 Be known to us in breaking bread
403* Bread of the world in mercy broken
407 Christ is the heavenly food that gives
411* Draw near and take the body of the Lord
220* [Glory be to Jesus]
647* Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
420* ‘I am the bread of life’
581* I, the Lord of sea and sky
422* In the quiet consecration
425* Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts
435* O God, unseen, yet ever near
624 Speak, Lord, in the stillness
449 Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
451 We come as guests invited