The Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Please refrain from bringing food or drink (except if for young children) into the church during Mass.
Please silence all mobile phones and electronic devices.
People often wish to take the time before and after worship for silent prayer. Please be considerate of your fellow worshippers by refraining from conversations before Mass and applause at the end of the postlude. Thank you very much for your thoughtfulness.
Child-care is available for children under age 6; please ask an usher for directions; all children are welcome in worship, and we encourage parents to bring children to Communion.
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PRELUDE The 100th Psalm Tune. Set as a Lesson, from MS. John Blow (1649-1708)
A bell sounds. All stand as they are able.
ENTRANCE HYMN 377 · Old 100th (see pg 14)
VIDI AQUAM
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Vidi aquam egredientem de templo, a latare dextro, alleluia: et omnes, ad quos pervenit aqua ista, salvi facti sunt, et dicent: alleluia alleluia.
I saw water flowing from the right side of the temple, alleluia, and it brought to people everywhere God’s life and his salvation, and the people sang in joyful praise: alleluia, alleluia.
Ambrosian chant
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
William Mathias
Hymnal S278
THE COLLECT OF THE DAY
Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Celebrant Let us pray.
O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
All are seated.
THE FIRST LESSON Acts 9:36-43
Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas. She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, “Please come to us without delay.” So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the
ALLELUIA
Plainsong, Mode VIII
The Gospel procession makes its way to the pulpit. A Cantor intones the Alleluia, and the congregation repeats it once, then again following the Versicle.
V. I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;* I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.
THE HOLY GOSPEL John 10:22-30
Deacon The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People Glory to you, Lord Christ.
At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered, “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me; but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.”
Deacon The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to you, Lord Christ.
THE SERMON The Reverend Caroline Stacey
THE NICENE CREED Hymnal S105
Calvin Hampton
OFFERTORY HYMN 523 · Abbot’s Leigh (see pg 16)
All stand.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
Eucharistic Prayer B, The Book of Common Prayer, p. 367
The Celebrant continues:
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. But chiefly are we bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for he is the true Paschal Lamb, who was sacrificed for us, and has taken away the sin of the world. By his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has won for us everlasting life. 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.
SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS
William Mathias
Hymnal S128
All are invited to stand or kneel while the Eucharistic Prayer is read by the Celebrant. Midway through the Eucharistic Prayer, the Celebrant says Therefore, according to his command, O Father,
Celebrant
and People
We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory;
The Celebrant concludes. 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.
THE LORD’S PRAYER Hymnal S149
McNeil Robinson II
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
The Celebrant breaks the bread. A short period of silence follows.
FRACTION ANTHEM
William Byrd (1540-1623)
Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia: itaque epulemur in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis, alleluia.
INVITATION
Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us, alleluia: therefore let us keep the feast, with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, alleluia.
Celebrant The gifts of God for the people of God.
This is the Lord’s Table. All are encouraged to come forward at this time. Gluten free wafers are available from the Priest on the pulpit side of the altar. If you are not baptized, or do not wish to receive, you are encouraged to come forward for a blessing. Signal this by crossing your arms across your chest.
COMMUNION MOTET
G.P. da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Surrexit pastor bonus qui animam suam posuit pro ovibus suis et pro grege suo mori dignatus est. Alleluia.
Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus, alleluia: itaque epulemur in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis, alleluia.
Lo, the good shepherd rises, he who himself laid down his life for the sheep of his pasture and was counted worthy to die for his flock. Alleluia.
For Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us, alleluia: therefore let us keep the feast, with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth, alleluia
POSTCOMMUNION HYMN 334 · Alles ist an Gottes Segen (see pg 17)
Sung by all, standing.
POSTCOMMUNION PRAYER
Said by all.
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.
THE PASCHAL BLESSING
May Almighty God, who has redeemed us and made us his children through the resurrection of his Son our Lord, bestow upon you the riches of his blessing. Amen.
May God, who through the water of baptism has raised us from sin into newness of life, make you holy and worthy to be united with Christ for ever. Amen.
May God, who has brought us out of bondage to sin into true and lasting freedom in the Redeemer, bring you to your eternal inheritance. Amen.
And the blessing, mercy, and grace of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you for ever. Amen.
THE DISMISSAL
The Deacon bids the dismissal.
Deacon Let us go forth in the name of Christ, alleluia, alleluia.
People
POSTLUDE Trumpet Tune in D Major
William Boyce (1711-1779)
Please refrain from applause at the end of the postlude, to respect the devotional practices of others. A brief service of prayer with laying on of hands for healing follows this service, at the votive icon.
The flowers at the votive icon are given today by Robert Butt in loving memory of his mother Joan Butt, forever in his heart.
About our Eastertide liturgies
The “Great Fifty Days” – the fifty days including and following Easter Day have been celebrated as a special season around Christ’s glorious Resurrection, at least nominally, by the Catholic church for centuries. The first-century Christian author, Tertullian called this period the laetissimum spatium or the “most joyful time.” In fact, early Christians called this entire season “Pentecost”, now the name of the season’s culminating feast which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-4). While not new, the idea of celebrating Easter for the entire
fifty days is an idea that has taken on a new sense of vitality with the liturgical renewal that led to our present Prayer Book.
The Acclamation used throughout the Easter season is, “Alleluia. Christ is risen. R. The Lord is risen indeed.”, and two Alleluias are added to both the Dismissal versicle and response (and the music is quite florid). The Confession of Sin is not used during the Easter season.
About the music at today’s service
Tomás Luis de Victoria, the greatest composer of the Spanish 16th century “golden age” of polyphonic music, was born in Avila in 1548 and in about 1558 became a choirboy in Avila Cathedral, where he received his earliest musical training. When his voice broke, he was sent to the Collegium Germanicum in Rome in which he was enrolled as a student in 1565. He was to spend the next 20 years in Rome and occupied a number of posts there of which the most important were at S. Maria di Monserrato, the Collegium Germanicum, the Roman Seminary (where he succeeded Palestrina as Maestro di Cappella in 1571) and S. Apollinare. In 1575 he took holy orders and three years later he was admitted to chaplaincy at S. Girolamo della Caritá. Around 1587, he left Italy and, in that year, took up an appointment as chaplain
to the dowager Empress María at the Royal Convent for Barefoot Clarist Nuns, where he acted as maestro to the choir of priests and boys that was attached to the convent. Vidi aquam is a four-voice setting of the Eastertide antiphon sung during the sprinkling of the congregation with holy water.
Thomas Weelkes ranks with Morley and Wilbye as one of the best English madrigalists. In spite of his fame as a madrigalist, he was employed almost all of his life by the church. Born in 1573, he was appointed organist of Winchester College in about 1598, moving in 1602 to Chichester Cathedral as organist and choirmaster, where he stayed to his death in 1623. His career deteriorated as he was increasingly cited for drunkenness, and in 1616 was deprived of most of his
SUNDAY MAY 11 Easter 4
9:15 am Holy Eucharist*
10:20 am Sunday School & Text Talk
11:15 am Holy Eucharist*
3:30 pm AlAnon LH
MONDAY MAY 12
12:00 pm Holy Eucharist
7:00 pm AA Aud
7:00 pm Antiracism Discussion Group Zoom
TUESDAY MAY 13
12:00 pm Holy Eucharist
7:00 pm AA Aud
WEDNESDAY MAY 14
12:00 pm Stations of the Resurrection & Holy Eucharist
6:00 pm Holy Eucharist Chapel
6:30 pm Bible Study LH
7:00 pm AA Aud
THURSDAY MAY 15
12:00 pm Holy Eucharist
7:00 pm Friends of Shelly LH
7:00 pm Centering Prayer Zoom
FRIDAY MAY 16
12:00 pm Holy Eucharist
7:00 pm AA Aud
SATURDAY MAY 17
2:00 pm Community Closet LH
4:00 pm Art & Acceptance Aud
SUNDAY MAY 18 Easter 4
9:15 am Holy Eucharist*
10:20 am Sunday School & Text Talk
11:15 am Holy Eucharist* 3:30 pm AlAnon LH
* Childcare for children ages 6 and under is available.
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