10-31-21 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church Faith. Empowerment. Community.

“…Where you go, I will go…”

Ruth 1:16

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Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost October 31, 2021 8:00 a.m. Low Mass 10:30 a.m. Sung Eucharist Cover art: Photo: David Wirzba

Health and Safety Guidelines for Worship and Fellowship

Welcome to St. Edmund’s Episcopal Church. We thank you for joining us for worship at this time. Take note that seating is distanced, and proper facial covering is required for all persons. Please adhere to the instructions of the ushers who will be seating you and it is imperative that you stay in the seat you are seated. For the health and wellbeing of all who are in attendance, we ask that everyone observe the following protocols: • • • • • • • •

Do not attend if you have flu-like or COVID-19 symptoms or are exposed to someone with COVID-19.

Always wear your face mask except when partaking of the bread at communion.

Maintain six feet from others except members of your family.

Feel free to use hand sanitizer when you enter the parish. Sanitizer is also available before receiving communion.

Feel free to speak the responses while masked but during this phase of re-entry we will refrain from singing.

At the exchange of the Peace, wave, bow, or offer some other contactless gesture while maintaining a safe distance.

Follow the directions of the ushers for how to receive communion, one side at a time.

Please refrain from singing at this time. The musical director and choir will provide the music for now.

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Welcome “After A Dream”

Prelude

“The Church’s One Foundation“

Opening Hymn The people stand

“Hear Our Prayer”

Introit

People

Faure

Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Gloria Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world:

have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Collect for the Day

People Celebrant

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Let us pray.

Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your gift that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The people sit First Lesson A reading from Ruth

Ruth 1:1-18

1Long ago, during the time the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man named Elimelech left the town of Bethlehem in Judah. He, his wife, and his two sons moved to the country of Moab. 2The man’s wife was named Naomi, and his two sons were named Mahlon and Kilion. They were from the Ephrathah family of Bethlehem in Judah. The family traveled to the hill country of Moab and stayed there. 3Later, Naomi’s husband, Elimelech, died, so only Naomi and her two sons were left. 4Her sons married women from the country of Moab. One wife’s name was Orpah, and the other wife’s name was Ruth. They lived in Moab about ten years; 5then Mahlon and Kilion also died. So Naomi was left alone without her husband or her two sons. 6While Naomi was in the country of Moab, she heard that the LORD had helped his people. He had given food to his people in Judah. So Naomi decided to leave the hill country of Moab and go back home. Her daughters-in-law also decided to go with her. 7They left the place where they had been living and started walking back to the land of Judah. 8Then Naomi told her daughters-in-law, “Each of you should go back home to your mother. You have been very kind to me and my sons who are now dead. So I pray that the LORD will be just as kind to you. 9I pray that the LORD will help each of you find a husband and a good home.” Naomi kissed her daughters-in-law, and they all started crying. 10Then the daughters said, “But we want to come with you and go to your family.” 11But Naomi said, “No, daughters, go back to your own homes. Why should you go with me? I can’t have any more sons to be your husbands. 12Go back home. I am too old to have a new husband. Even if I thought I could be married again, I could not help you. If I became pregnant tonight and had two sons, 13you would have to wait until they grew to become men before you could marry them. I cannot make you wait that long for husbands. That would make me very sad. And I am already sad enough—the LORD has done many things to me!” 14So again

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they cried very much. Then Orpah kissed Naomi goodbye, but Ruth hugged her and stayed. 15Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her own people and her own gods. You should do the same. 16But Ruth said, “Don’t force me to leave you! Don’t force me to go back to my own people. Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you sleep, I will sleep. Your people will be my people. Your God will be my God. 17Where you die, I will die, and that is where I will be buried. I ask the LORD to punish me if I don’t keep this promise: Only death will separate us.” 18Naomi saw that Ruth wanted very much to go with her. So Naomi stopped arguing with her.

People

The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.

Psalm 1 Praise the LORD!

Psalm 146

My soul, praise the LORD! 2 I will praise the LORD all my life.

I will sing praises to him as long as I live.

3 Don’t depend on your leaders for help.

Don’t depend on people, because they cannot save you.

4 People die and are buried.

Then all their plans to help are gone.

5 It is a great blessing for people to have the God of Jacob to help them.

They depend on the LORD their God. 6 He made heaven and earth.

He made the sea and everything in it.

He can be trusted to do what he says.

7 He does what is right for those who have been hurt.

He gives food to the hungry.

The LORD frees people locked up in prison.

8 The LORD makes the blind see again.

The LORD helps those who are in trouble.

The LORD loves those who do right.

9 The LORD protects strangers in our country.

He cares for widows and orphans, but he destroys the wicked.

10 The LORD will rule forever!

Zion, your God will rule forever and ever!

Praise the LORD! Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Alleluia

Second Lesson A reading from Hebrews

Hebrews 9:11-14

11But Christ has already come to be the high priest. He is the high priest of the good things we now have. But Christ does not serve in a place like the tent that those other priests served in. He serves in a better place. Unlike that tent, this one is perfect. It was not made by anyone here on earth. It does not belong to this world. 12Christ entered the Most Holy Place only one time—enough for all time. He entered the Most Holy Place by using his own blood, not the blood of goats or young bulls. He entered there and made us free from sin forever.

13The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a cow were sprinkled on those who were no longer pure enough to enter the place of worship. The blood and ashes made them pure again—but only their bodies. 14So surely the blood sacrifice of Christ can do much more.

Christ offered himself through the eternal Spirit as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will make us completely clean from the evil we have done. It will give us clear consciences so that we can worship the living God.

People

The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.

Musical Selection

“It Is Enough”

Mendelssohn

The Gospel The people stand

People

Mark 12:28-34 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ According to Mark.

Glory to you, Lord Christ.

One of the scribes came near and heard the Saducees disputing with one another, and seeing that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’; and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’ —this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question.

People

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Sermon The people sit

Rev. Juan Reed

The Nicene Creed The people stand

Book of Common Prayer 358

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.

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We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.

He has spoken through the Prophets.

Prayers of the People A Litany of Thanksgiving For UTO Ingatherings LEADER: When we are free of fear and worry, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When our children return home safely, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When a new baby is born in our family, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When we receive your gifts of food, clothing, and shelter, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When we see your creative hand in the beauty of nature, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When our loved ones return to you, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When the sick and suffering are healed, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When the right solution comes to some serious problem, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When we find the peace of God in pain and sorrow, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When we find through faith that death is a gateway into eternal life with Christ, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER: When we have enjoyed good fellowship and friends, PEOPLE: O God, accept our offering.

LEADER AND PEOPLE: O God, we ask that we may ever be united in our response to your love, thankful for our many blessings and happy to give our offerings; that by your Holy Spirit all nations and peoples may know the power of the love of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Confession of Sin

Book of Common Prayer 359

The people kneel Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

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Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through our Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.

The Peace The people stand Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you People And also with you.

“You’ll Never Walk Alone”

Offertory

The Great Thanksgiving The people stand

Rogers & Hammerstein

Book of Common Prayer 367

People Celebrant People Celebrant People

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Preface

The presider will chant the proper preface for the day/season..

Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

The people kneel We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world.

In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.

On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore, according to his command, O Father, Celebrant and People We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory;

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O Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine. We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.

By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN. And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say, Celebrant and People Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.

Musical Selection

“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

Post Communion Prayer

Book of Common Prayer 365

The people stand or kneel, and all say together Eternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Blessing Musical Selection

“Go In The Grace Of The Lord”

Banard

Dismissal

People Postlude

Let us bless the Lord, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia.

“March From Scipio”

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Handel