The Fifth Sunday of Easter
THE HOLY EUCHARIST
May 3, 2026
Welcome to the Monastery Chapel. We warmly invite you to participate fully in our worship.
Pavan Denis Bédard
Entrance Hymn On this day, the first of days Hymnal 47
Opening Acclamation
Presider Alleluia! Christ is risen!
People The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Collect for Purity
Presider Almighty God,
People to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Vidi aquam
Sung by the Schola as all are aspersed with baptismal waters
Hymn of Praise Glory to God in the highest Hymnal S 278
Collect of the Day
Prelude
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading Acts 7:55 – 60
Gradual: Psalm 31:1 – 5, 15 – 16
BCP, p. 622
Second Reading 1 Peter 2:2 – 10
The Holy Gospel John 14:1 – 14
Sermon
The Apostles’ Creed
Presider I believe in God, People the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE HOLY COMMUNION
The Collection of Gifts and Offerings
Your financial gifts support the Brothers’ life and our ministry to many, here at our Monastery in Cambridge and at our rural Monastery, Emery House, in West Newbury, and others whom we reach electronically and in our travels on mission.
Offertory Hymn
The Great Thanksgiving
Christ is made the sure foundation Hymnal 518
Invitation to Communion
Presider Behold what you are.
People May we become what we receive.
Healing
The Church’s Sacramental Ministry of Healing with the Laying on of Hands and Anointing with Prayer is offered today. If you would like to receive this ministry, make your way to the St. John’s Chapel after receiving Communion. Tell the Brother your name and briefly describe for whom or what you would have him pray.
A Note about Holy Communion
Please refrain from intinction (dipping the Bread into the Chalice). If you wish to abstain from receiving from the Chalice, remember that the Church catholic has always taught that the fullness of the Sacrament is received even when only one form is received.
Please indicate to the Brother administering Bread at Holy Communion if you require a gluten-free Host.
Post-Communion Hymn Jesus lives! thy terrors now Hymnal 194
Prayer after Communion
Presider God of love,
People in this eucharist we have heard your truth and shared in your life.
May we always walk in your way, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
Easter Blessing and Dismissal
Br. James Koester, Presider & Preacher
Br. Jamie Nelson, Acolyte
Mr. Carson Cooman, Monastery Organist
The Monastery as Sanctuary
We want our Monastery to be a sanctuary for our guests and for the Brothers. Please silence your electronic devices. We also ask you not to photograph, video, or record services in the Chapel, or to photograph other guests or Brothers without their express permission.
Postlude Galliard Denis Bédard