The Third Sunday in Lent March 3, 2024
9 a.m.
We welcome you to Christ Church Cathedral. Since 1839, this Christian community has gathered for worship. To learn more about the ministries we share in this place, you are invited to fill in one of the welcome cards found in the pew rack. We are glad you are here!
The Cathedral is equipped with a hearing loop for assisted listening via telecoil.
The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
The Very Rev. Nathaniel Katz, Dean Celebrant
The Liturgy is found in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns and service music (S) are in The Hymnal 1982.
Opening Voluntary
Prelude in D minor George Oldroyd (1886-1951)
Hymn 388 Hanover
The Word of God
Penitential Order BCP page 351
Celebrant Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins.
People His mercy endures for ever.
The people kneel.
The General Confession page 352
The people stand.
Kyrie Eleison S 96 Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
The Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And also with you.
Celebrant Let us pray.
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The First Reading
Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
1 Corinthians 1:18–25
Respuesta/Refrain
The refrain is first sung by the cantor and then immediately repeated by the congregation and choir.
Respuesta/Refrain
Señor,tútienespalabras,pa
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Lord you have the words of ev er last ing life.
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Respuesta/Refrain
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Respuesta/Refrain
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The law of the Lord 1.
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Respuesta/Refrain ñor, tú tie nes pa
- The pre cepts of the 2.
The Holy Gospel John 2:13–22
Lord you have the words
- mand of the Lord is clear,
Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People Glory to you, Lord Christ.
After the Gospel reading, the Priest says The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to you, Lord Christ.
The law of the Lord 1.
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- The pre cepts of the 2.
The Children’s Sermon KariAnn Lessner, Minister for Children and Families
- mand of the Lord is clear,
The Sermon The Rev. Paul Fromberg
The Nicene Creed page 358
The Prayers of the People Form II, page 385
The Peace
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And also with you.
The People greet one another in the name of the Lord, after which the people are seated for brief announcements.
The Holy Communion
Offerings of alms and bread and wine are received.
At the Offertory
Anthem George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Keep me faithfully in thy paths, O Lord, and cleanse me from my sin. In thy goodness, Lord, be thou merciful.
— Psalms 25 and 51, para.
The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer A, page 361
Sanctus and Benedictus S 130 Franz Schubert
The Eucharistic Prayer continues page 362
The Breaking of the Bread
Celebrant Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast.
The sacrament of Holy Communion has been precious to Christians for 2,000 years. It is a way in which many sense the reality of God’s forgiveness, our union with God and each other, and the eternal life to which we belong. Please know that you do not have to be an Episcopalian to receive Communion. To receive, you may kneel or stand at the altar rail. Receive the Bread in the palm of your hand and the Wine either by drinking from the cup or by intinction, touching the Bread to the Wine. Gluten-free Bread is available; simply ask at the altar rail. If you need Communion brought to you in the pew, please tell an usher.
At the Administration
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Anthem arr. Simon Lindley (b.1948)
Jesu, joyaunce of my heart, Blessed Jesu;
Bliss unto my soul thou art, Holy Jesu;
Sure defence from Satan’s dart, Sweetest Jesu.
Thousand times I think of thee; Longing for thy company; Jesu, My Redeemer.
Feed me, every want supply, Bread of heaven;
Slake my thirst, or else I die, From thy fountain;
Let me in thy blessing lie, Gentle Jesu; Sweetest Jesu.
— Johann Flittner (1618-1678)
Hymn 149 Old 124th
The Lenten Dismissal
Priest Bow down before the Lord.
The people kneel.
Priest Look mercifully on this your family, Almighty God, that by your great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Voluntary
Prelude and Fugue in G minor
Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Refreshments are available in Reynolds Hall.
Readings this Week from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Old Testament Exodus 20:1–17
Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work — you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it. Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
The Epistle 1 Corinthians 1:18–25
The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews continued on next page
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demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
The Gospel John 2:13–22
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Tom Forrester Lord.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of their mother, Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton, their father, Thomas Woodward Houghton, their grandmother, Dorothy Trone Howe Dupree, and their grandfather, Knox Briscoe Howe, by Rowena Houghton Dasch and Adele Houghton.
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