St. Martin of Tours-Nov. 7
ORDER OF SERVICE
WELCOME A Brief History of Martin Click HERE
HYMN Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
READING Psalm 63:2-9
CALL TO WORSHIP
Dear Lord, we thank You for giving us St. Martin of Tours as an example of holiness. Help us to imitate the virtue he showed in the detachment from material possessions he exercised during his lifetime.
We pray that we may always be conscious of the needs of the less fortunate around us.
We pray that we may be eager to assist our brothers and sisters in Christ, out of love for God.
We pray that we may be as devoted a servant of God as he was.
We pray that we may never allow the opinions of those around us to hinder our devotion to God.
May we grow in a spirit of detachment from worldly things. We pray that we may grow in the desire for the true riches of Heaven. Amen.
READING Judges 6:23-31
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Lord, if Your people still have need of my services,
I will not avoid the toil.
Your will be done. I have fought the good fight long enough.
Yet if You bid me continue to hold the battle line in defense of Your camp,
I will never beg to be excused from failing strength.
I will do the work You entrust to me:
Pray for those on the list
While You command, I will fight beneath Your banner.
LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN Let Us Break Bread Together Click HERE
READING Mark 12:38-44
REFLECTION Martin of Tours & the Country Pagans Click HERE
COMMUNION Please Participate in Communion on your own.
BENEDICTION
Lord God, source of all that is good, we praise your holy name on this day in which we celebrate the memory of your faithful servant, Martin of Tours. By the example of his life, renew in us the desire to follow daily in the footsteps of Christ, your Son. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
