Saint Macartin’s Cathedral Enniskillen
MORNING PRAYER (1)– PAGE 84 
with Holy Baptism - page 371 (271)
The Sixth Sunday of Easter 10/5/26 – Rogation Sunday

Processional Hymn: 336 Jesus where're thy people meet 
A GENERAL CONFESSION
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, which confess their faults. Restore Thou them that are penitent; According to Thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus 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.
THE ABSOLUTION
Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to His Ministers, to declare and pronounce to His people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe His holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech Him to grant us true repentance, and His Holy Spirit, that those things may please Him which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to His eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord, open Thou our lips and our mouth shall show forth Thy praise.
God, make speed to save us. O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Praise ye the Lord. The Lord's Name be praised.

VENITE

The Lesson: Acts 17: 22-31 
Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, ‘Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, “To an unknown god.” What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God Who made the world and everything in it, He Who is Lord of Heaven and Earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor He made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and He allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for Him and find Him—though indeed He is not far from each one of us. For “In Him we live and move and have our being”; as even some of your own poets have said, “For we too are His offspring.” Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the Deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now He commands all people everywhere to repent, because He has fixed a day on which He will have the world judged in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed, and of this He has given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead.’

The Psalm: Psalm 66: 7-18 - page 663 (379)
7  Bless our God, O you peoples; ♦
   make the voice of His praise to be heard,
8  Who holds our souls in life ♦
   and suffers not our feet to slip.
9  For You, O God, have proved us; ♦
   You have tried us as silver is tried.
10  You brought us into the snare; ♦
   You laid heavy burdens upon our backs.
11  You let enemies ride over our heads;
      we went through fire and water; ♦
   but You brought us out into a place of liberty.
12  I will come into Your house with burnt offerings
      and will pay You my vows, ♦
   which my lips uttered
      and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
13  I will offer You fat burnt sacrifices
      with the smoke of rams; ♦
   I will sacrifice oxen and goats.
14  Come and listen, all you who fear God, ♦
   and I will tell you what He has done for my soul.
15  I called out to Him with my mouth ♦
   and His praise was on my tongue.
16  If I had nursed evil in my heart, ♦
   the Lord would not have heard me,
17  But in truth God has heard me; ♦
   He has heeded the voice of my prayer.
18  Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer, ♦
   nor withheld His loving mercy from me.

The Epistle: 1 Peter 3: 13-22 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defence to anyone who demands from you an account of the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil. For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, in which also He went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight people, were saved through water. And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into Heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to Him. 

Hymn: 6 Immortal Invisible 
 
The Gospel: John 14: 15-21 New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
‘If 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. ‘I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love Me; and those who love Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love them and reveal Myself to them.’
Holy Baptism - page 371 (271)

Hymn: 657 O God of Bethel 

The Sermon

Offertory Hymn:  10 All my hope on God is founded 

The Blessing 

Hymn: 28 I sing the almighty power of God. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS for Sunday 10th May 2026
Lenten Project - Mission Focus - Mothers’ Union Overseas Fund
St Macartin’s MU would like to truly thank everyone who contributed to this year’s Lenten Project - MU Worldwide Fund. The project resulted in £3,020.56 being raised. This is an amazing sum and will be used to help with example, Literacy & Financial development, parenting programs & relationship support. We would like to thank the Dean most sincerely for choosing this project for the Lenten Theme. Once again I’d like to thank you all for your continued support to Mother’s Union. 
Mothers’ Union
Our end of year outing is on Monday 11th May to the Killyhevlin Hotel. Members should meet at the hotel for dinner at 6.30pm. 
Concert
You are invited to a concert, with Portadown  Male Voice Choir and the Elliott family, inMethodist Church, Darling Street, Enniskillen, on Saturday 16th May at 7.30pm. Admission is £12 and all are welcome.
Thursday 14th May 
11.00am - Holy Communion
Sunday 17th May - The Seventh Sunday of Easter: Sunday after Ascension
9.00am - Holy Communion 
11.00am - Morning Prayer