5 pm The Well leaflet 4/14/24 by Christ Church Cathedral

Order of Worship

Christ Church Cathedral

April 14, 2024

5:00 p.m.

We welcome you to Christ Church Cathedral. Since 1839, this Christian community has gathered for worship. The Cathedral is equipped with a hearing loop for assisted listening via telecoil.

Third Sunday of Easter

The Holy Eucharist

five o’clock in the evening

The Rev. Canon Simón Bautista Betances Celebrant

Emily Schuck Cantor

Good evening and welcome to The Well. The order of service has been adapted to observe the holy season of Easter. We are so glad that you are here. Come close, draw near, and receive the grace of God.

Opening Music

Traditional Welsh and Irish Tunes

Prayer for the Evening

Christ, you are risen from the dead. We are risen with you. May our life never deny this eternal life, this peace and hope and joy. Praise and glory to the God of life who is stronger than all kinds of death. Alleluia. Amen.

Please stand.

Hymn & b 4 3 œ œ

1. Loved 2.Heav'n

Loved with everlasting love

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Text: George Wade Robinson; CALON LAN, John Hughes, 1872-1914, arr. John Barnard, b. 1948 ~ Church Hymnary, 4th ed. © Compilation, The Church Hymnary Trust ~ Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CCL# 11426131; onelicense.net # 726591-A

Collect of the Day

Lord of the gathering feast, you walk with us on the shadowed road: burn our hearts with scripture’s open flame; unveil our darkened eyes as bread is torn and shared and from the broken fragments bless a people for yourself; through Jesus Christ, the host of the world. Amen.

Please be seated.

Psalm 4

Answer me when I call, O God, defender of my cause; you set me free when I am hard-pressed; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

“You mortals, how long will you dishonor my glory; how long will you worship dumb idols and run after false gods?”

Know that the Lord does wonders for the faithful; when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me.

Tremble, then, and do not sin; speak to your heart in silence upon your bed.

Offer the appointed sacrifices and put your trust in the Lord.

Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see better times!” Lift up the light of your countenance upon us, O Lord.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when grain and wine and oil increase.

I lie down in peace; at once I fall asleep; for only you, Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Please stand.

The Holy Gospel

Cum invocarem

Luke 24:36b–48

Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. People Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus himself stood among the disciples and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence. Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”

Priest The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to you, Lord Christ.

All sit. A period of silence is observed.

The Reflection

A period of silence is observed following the reflection.

Hymn

Lord, to You I bring my life

We will sing the entire hymn three times.

& b ú œ Lord,to ú œ YouI œ œ œ bring my œ Œ œ life; my œ œ œ GodI

& b œ œ j œ ‰ trustinYou; œ œ œ guidemein ú œ truthand œ œ œ faithfulness.

& b œ œ œ AllofYour ú œ pathsare œ œ œ mercyand ú œ steadfast . ú love. ∑ - -

text: Becky Baxter, inspired by Psalm 25: 1-16; music: THE HILLS OF IRELAND from Francis O'Neill's Music of Ireland, 1903 (adapt. Becky Baxter) Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CCL# 11426131; onelicense.net # 726591-A

Intercession for Easter

The People stand. The intercessor says

Jesus has risen from the dead! Alleluia!

By his cross he has defeated the power of evil; and through his resurrection we are set free. Alleluia! Lord, without your resurrection our faith would be empty and without hope. But you are alive, and we rejoice and dance and wonder in the mystery of your presence among us.

We pray for your your church: free us from the shackles of guilt and legalism, and help us to proclaim the message of healing and forgiveness for which you died.