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RADIO 4 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT:

At ten past eight on 大象传媒 Radio 4 and 大象传媒 Sounds it鈥檚 time now for Sunday Worship which comes from the Queen's Free Chapel of St George, Windsor Castle. The preacher is the Dean, The Right Reverend David Conner, and the service is led by the Succentor, The Reverend Jonathan Coore.

SUCCENTOR:

Welcome to St George鈥檚 Chapel, Windsor Castle, and to Choral Mattins on this Whitsunday marking the platinum jubilee celebrations of Her Majesty The Queen. The College of St George was founded here in 1348 and has fulfilled its vocation to offer daily prayer to Almighty God, unbroken, ever since. Wherever you are taking part in this service, you are most welcome. We begin by singing the hymn, Come Down O Love Divine.

CHOIR/ORGAN/CONGREGATION: Come down, O love divine (Down Ampney)

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Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God.

Almighty and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant unto you pardon and remission of all your sins, time for amendment of life, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Our Father,

which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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CANTOR/CHOIR: Preces (Smith)

Cantor: 听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord, open thou our lips;

Choir: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O God, make speed to save us;

Choir: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord make haste to help us.

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son:

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 and to the Holy Ghost

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 As it was in the beginning,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 is now, and ever shall be:

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 world without end. Amen.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Praise ye the Lord.

CHOIR/ORGAN: Psalm 150 (Talbot)

O听praise听God in his holiness : praise him in the firmament of his power.

Praise him in his noble acts : praise him according to his excellent greatness.

Praise him in the sound of the trumpet : praise him upon the lute and harp.

Praise him in the cymbals and dances : praise him upon the strings and pipe.

Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals : praise him upon the loud cymbals.

Let every thing that hath breath : praise the Lord.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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READER 1: Acts 2:1-21

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When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples 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.

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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, 鈥楢re not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? 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鈥攊n our own languages we hear them speaking about God鈥檚 deeds of power.鈥� All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, 鈥榃hat does this mean?鈥� But others sneered and said, 鈥楾hey are filled with new wine.鈥�

But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: 鈥楳en of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o鈥檆lock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

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鈥淚n 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鈥檚 great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.鈥�

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Here endeth the lesson.

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CHOIR/ORGAN: Jubilate in B flat (Stanford)

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READER 2: Acts 2:1-21

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Philip said to him, 鈥楲ord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.鈥� Jesus said to him, 鈥楬ave I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 鈥淪how us the Father鈥�? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.

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鈥業f you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you for ever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

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Here endeth the lesson.

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SUCCENTOR:

The anthem 鈥楾hou wilt keep him in perfect peace鈥� is a setting of words from scripture to the music of 19th Century organist Samuel Sebastian Wesley. It was sung at Her Majesty鈥檚 Coronation.

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CHOIR/ORGAN: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace (Wesley)

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I believe in God

the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,

Born of the Virgin Mary,

Suffered under Pontius Pilate,

Was crucified, dead, and buried,

He descended into hell;

The third day he rose again from the dead,

He ascended into heaven,

And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost;

The holy Catholick Church;

The Communion of Saints;

The Forgiveness of sins;

The Resurrection of the body;

And the Life everlasting.

Amen.

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CANTOR/CHOIR: Lesser Litany, Lord鈥檚 Prayer, Responses & Collects (Smith)

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Cantor: 听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord, open thou our lips;

Choir: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O God, make speed to save us;

Choir: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord make haste to help us.

Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The Lord be with you;

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And with thy spirit.听

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Let us pray.听

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Lord, have mercy upon us.听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Christ, have mercy upon us.听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Lord, have mercy upon us.

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听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Our Father,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Which art in heaven,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Hallowed be thy Name.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Thy kingdom come.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Give us this day our daily bread.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And forgive us our trespasses,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 As we forgive them that trespass against us.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And lead us not into temptation,

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 But deliver us from evil.

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Amen.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us;

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And grant us thy salvation.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord, save the Queen;

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Endue thy ministers with righteousness;

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And make thy chosen people joyful.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord, save thy people;

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And bless thine inheritance.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Give peace in our time, O Lord;

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O God, make clean our hearts within us;

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 God, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end.

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Amen.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries; through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Amen.

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Cantor:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 O Lord our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Choir:听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Amen.

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READER 3:

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We beseech thee, Almighty God, to keep thy servant, Elizabeth, our most gracious Queen and governor, and so rule her heart in thy faith, fear and love, that she may ever have affiance and trust in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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God save our Gracious Sovereign, and all the companions, living and departed, of the Most Honourable and Noble Order of the Garter. Amen.

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Gracious God, we give you thanks for the reign of your servant Elizabeth our Queen, and for the example of loving and faithful service which has shown among us. Help us to follow her example of dedication and to commit our lives to you and to one another, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Almighty God, we pray for refugees and displaced persons around the world. We ask for peace in those places where there is conflict and disaster. May this and every nation be just and equitable in its dealings and grant that may powers and authorities may have the humility to make restitution where needed. Through Jesus Christ. Amen.

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Lord Jesus Christ, we place before thee the sick and the fearful; the anxious and

the lost; the lonely and the unfulfilled and those who are imprisoned or enslaved.

We pray thee, that thy Holy Spirit would bring order from chaos and a renewal of

hope. For thy name's sake. Amen.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all evermore. Amen.

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THE DEAN:

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Today we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost. It is sometimes known as the 鈥楤irthday of the Church鈥�. We remember the occasion when, a while after Jesus had finally departed from their sight, a confused group of his disciples suddenly and quite dramatically, received some God-given inspiration to go out and give voice to the message of Jesus Christ about the love of God for all people. They discovered their purpose in life; a purpose that has shaped the lives of Christian disciples ever since.

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We are told that, at the time, there were, living in Jerusalem, people from all over the world. They represented different cultures and traditions, and they spoke different languages. However, it seems that many were able to hear and begin to understand the message of those early Christians; the message that there is but one God, that all people are God鈥檚 beloved children, and that the lengths to which God鈥檚 love for us will go have been shown in the life and death of Jesus Christ.

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Maybe it is not surprising that they should have begun to hear and understand what the disciples had to say. Perhaps, buried deeply within the hearts of most of us, wherever we might come from and whoever we might be, there is a conviction that, as human beings, we shall never find real peace and happiness until we recognize our fundamental belonging to, and need of, one another in the human family.

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The achievement of that state appears always to elude us; escape our grasp. The present situation in Ukraine is an ugly illustration of the waywardness and hardness that can cloud and shape the heart when pride and ambition stifle its better instincts. It is easy for us to lose hope for the future; easy for us to lose faith in the possible fulfilment of our shared, and maybe universal, dreams. We need so much encouragement if we are to live up to what we know to be the best in us, and the best for us.

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At this time, we are celebrating the Queen鈥檚 Platinum Jubilee; Her Majesty鈥檚 seventy years as our Sovereign. Among the many, many things for which we give thanks is Her sense of family; not only seen in Her abiding loyalty to, and love for, those who are naturally closest to Her, but seen also in Her commitment to embrace, as one family, a diversity of people in this nation, the Commonwealth and far beyond. In times both good and bad, She has helped us to believe that, for all our differences, we belong together; that we need each other. She has encouraged us to treasure that heartfelt conviction that the future wellbeing of this world depends upon our remaining true to the belief that we are all God鈥檚 children, deserving of each other鈥檚 care, respect and love.

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For that encouragement; for that reminder of what we know to be the best in us, and the best for us, we are genuinely grateful. Yet, even at the humblest level, for most of us it remains a struggle to care for, respect and love those whose behaviour, background and beliefs differ from our own.

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On this Pentecost Sunday, let us pray most earnestly that we shall never cease to be inspired by the Spirit of Jesus Christ to proclaim in word and deed his message of the love of God for all people. So perhaps, we shall play a small but vital part in bringing healing to an all-too-divided world.

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THE DEAN:

The Spirit of truth lead you into all truth, give you grace to confess that Christ Jesus is Lord, and strengthen you to proclaim the word and works of God; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be amongst you and remain with you always. Amen.

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CHOIR/ORGAN: The National Anthem

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God save our gracious Queen,

Long live our noble Queen,

God save The Queen!

Send her victorious,

Happy and glorious,

Long to reign over us,

God save The Queen!

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ORGAN: VOLUNTARY

Closing Announcement: Sunday Worship came from the Queen's Free Chapel of St George, Windsor Castle. The service was led by the Succentor, The Reverend Jonathan Coore, and the preacher was the Dean, The Right Reverend David Conner. The producer was Ben Collingwood. The programme is available now on 大象传媒 Sounds from where you can also click through to a copy of the script.