8:45 A.M. and 11:15 A.M.

The Holy Eucharist in Social Distance for the Common Good

The Very Reverend Samuel G. Candler, Celebrant

Hendricks Anthony, Preacher

Grace and peace to you! We are the Body of Christ, connected spiritually and emotionally, and visually, even when we cannot gather together in person. Prepared in social distance for the common good, this liturgy honors the patterns of our tradition and is intended to facilitate our continued common prayer, as we share spiritual communion. This Sunday is also “Youth Sunday.” We celebrate and give thanks for our Cathedral youth community! Cathedral Youth have prepared today’s Prayers of the People and will be serving this morning in various capacities, including acolyte, lector, intercessor, soloist, and preacher.

Voluntary

Prière du Christ montant vers son Père (from L’Ascension)

(Prayer from Christ ascending towards His Father)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

The Welcome from the Dean

THE WORD OF GOD

The Opening Hymn: 460, stanzas 1, 2, & 4

music: Hyfrydol, Rowland Hugh Prichard (1811-1887), descant Patrick Scott (b. 1986) words: William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898)

The Opening Acclamation

Celebrant: Alleluia. Christ is risen.

All: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia.

The Collect for Purity

Almighty God, 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.

The Gloria in excelsis

S 278, William Mathias

The Collect of the Day: Ascension Day

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Celebrant: Let us pray.

Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his promise, he abides with his Church on earth, even to the end of the ages; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

The Epistle: Ephesians 1:15-23

Lector: A Reading from The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians.

I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Lector: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

The Gradual: Psalm 47

Anglican chant: C. Hylton Stewart BCP, p. 650

1 Clap your hands, all you peoples; * shout to God with a cry of joy. 2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared; * he is the great King over all the earth. 3 He subdues the peoples under us, * and the nations under our feet. 4 He chooses our inheritance for us, * the pride of Jacob whom he loves. 5 God has gone up with a shout, * the Lord with the sound of the ram’s-horn. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; * sing praises to our King, sing praises. 7 For God is King of all the earth; * sing praises with all your skill. 8 God reigns over the nations; * God sits upon his holy throne. 9 The nobles of the peoples have gathered together * with the people of the God of Abraham. 10 The rulers of the earth belong to God, * and he is highly exalted.

The Sequence: Hymn 219

music: Ach Herr, du allerhöchster Gott, Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) words: Arthur T. Russell (1806-1874), alt.

The Holy Gospel: Luke 24:44-53

Gospeler: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.

All: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus said to his disciples, “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. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God.

Gospeler: The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Sermon: Hendricks Anthony

The Nicene Creed

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

The Prayers of the People

We offer the concerns of our lives, with the congregation responding, “Hear our prayer.” Join us today and throughout the week in praying for all of those on our parish prayer list, found after “Parish Notices.”

Intercessor: We pray for the church throughout the world: We pray for the Episcopal church – for our clergy, lay leaders, and all our members. We pray for unity in all of Christ’s church and for courage to stand for justice and love even when it is difficult. We pray that the church can reach and serve all who need to hear about Jesus. We pray for all people struggling with their faith or with finding God during these times. Risen Lord, All: Hear our prayer. Intercessor: We pray for our nation and all in authority: We pray for the leaders of the United Nations, for Joe our president, for the Congress and the courts, for Brian our governor, for Keisha our mayor; and for all leaders who are sacrificing for the common good or striving to do the right thing. We pray for reconciliation and cooperation in our political systems. Risen Lord, All: Hear our prayer. Intercessor: We pray for the welfare of the world: We pray for eyes to see, ears to hear, and hearts to love in God’s name. We pray for the care of our mother earth; for those who suffer the consequences of natural disaster; for recovery from this pandemic around the world; and for countries in dire need of Covid vaccine help. We pray for humane resolutions for all countries struggling with war and political unrest. We pray for all those without housing; and for all who face persecution. Risen Lord, All: Hear our prayer. Intercessor: We pray for the concerns of our local community: We pray for all young people; for students who are stressed during exams and finishing up this school year; for the Episcopal Youth Community at St. Philip’s; and for our seminarian Will Drosos, as he moves into new opportunities. We pray for the safe gathering and reopening of churches, businesses, and community activities; and for our medical workers, police, firefighters, and all who serve our communities. We pray for those who will be traveling. Risen Lord, All: Hear our prayer. Intercessor: We pray for people in any need or trouble: We pray for all who are hospitalized, undergoing kidney dialysis, or suffering from depression or any mental health issues. We pray for safety for all who live in fear of violence. We pray for those who are suffering from Covid-19, social isolation, exhaustion, or financial insecurity. We pray that we all emerge stronger and smarter from this pandemic. Risen Lord, All: Hear our prayer. Intercessor: We pray for all who have died, that they may see God’s glory. We pray for: Susan Greenfield Risen Lord, All: Hear our prayer. Intercessor: We give thanks for our youth community; for all the adult leaders and teachers here at the Cathedral; and for God’s winks and the blessings that we receive each day. Celebrant: O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of your people; in the multitude of your mercies, look with compassion upon us and all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

The Peace

The Celebrant says: The peace of the Lord be always with you.

All: And also with you.

The Parish Notices

Those for whom prayers have been requested:

Long Term Prayers: R. Huntley Allen, Penny Barnett, Edgar & Judith Beach, Perry Benton, Virginia Bicksler, Heather Clark, Sharon Crews, Lynne D’Huyvetter, Terry Dornbush, Sarah duBignon, Deborah Ellington, Dan Elson, Ruth Fuqua, Jane Jones, Louise Kan, Lisa Krysiak, Sandy Land, Jill Mahaffey, Carol McDonald, Kay McPherson, Glenn Miller, Ashley Minear, Royce Mitchell, Laura Moore, Susan Myers, Charlie Neal, Linus Nickel, Marion Palmore, Beth Pitzer, Joann Lewis Pobst, Garry Pryor, Rowland Radford, Rubye & Wayne Reid, Lorraine Reynolds, Agnes Elizabeth Robertson, Louis “Skip” Schueddig, Leticia Justo Serrano, Linda Stallcup, Julie Sutton, Sarah Szymke, Tommy Truesdale, Ron Wallace, Elleanor Wilson, Faye Van Winkle For Family & Friends: Bettina Bass, Bella Bond, David Bond, Kerrigan Casey, Andrew Clark, Vickie & Bob Coffman, Marie Corrigan, Ava Corroon, The Darmon Family, Marg Denny, Bob Deysher, Renea Dunn, David Elmore, Carleton Fuller, Patricia Plummer Glowatsky, Robert Hoder, Cadel Ingraham, Lilliana Isola, Stephen Jones, Robin Kemp, Grace Lawson, Pete Livezey, Lauren Makhlouf, Pat Martin, Marge Massey, Michelle Maxwell, Katie McRae, Betsy Moore, Mary Nelson, Steven Norman, Bella Emerson Plummer, Francis Powers, Courtney Rosenthal, Carol Russell, Einar Sagstuen, James Sands, Cindy Snell, Paul Sturtz, Caroline Southerland, Tina Susco, Yvonne Tate, Pierson Thames, Wayne Thurman, Roger Traylor, Whit A. Wright, Karen Young, Hollis Youngner

THE HOLY COMMUNION

The Offertory

At the time of the Offertory, you may offer whatever you have to God. Each of us has something to offer, and every one of those offerings is accepted by God. In a few minutes, when the celebrant prays the Eucharistic Prayer, God blesses all those offerings, wherever they are today. If you would like to make a financial offering to the ministry of the Cathedral, you may do so by visiting: cathedralATL.org/contribute.

The Offertory Anthem

music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1514-1594), O Rex gloriae words: Antiphon for Magnificat at 2nd Vespers of Ascension Day

O Rex gloriae Domine virtutum, qui triumphator hodie super omnes coelos ascendisti, ne derelinquas nos orphanos, sed mitte promiscum patris in nos, spiritum veritatis.

Alleluia. King of glory, Lord of power, who triumphantly on this day high above the heavens hast ascended, do not leave us as orphans, but send forth the Father’s promise to us, even the Spirit of truth. Alleluia.

The Great Thanksgiving

Eucharistic Prayer A, The Book of Common Prayer (BCP), p. 361

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Celebrant: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them to the Lord.

Celebrant: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Celebrant: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

Through your dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord. After his glorious resurrection he openly appeared to his disciples, and in their sight ascended into heaven, to prepare a place for us; that where he is, there we might also be, and reign with him in glory.

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:

The Sanctus and Benedictus

S 128, William Mathias

Celebrant: Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all.

He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, 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 we proclaim the mystery of faith:

All: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

Celebrant: We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts. Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him. Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom.

All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ. By Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, 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,

The Lord’s Prayer

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

Celebrant: Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;

All: Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.

The Communion

During these next moments of meditation, wherever you are, please receive whatever gifts God makes available to you, in whatever form God makes available to you. We share spiritual communion today.

The Meditation Music: Hymn 221, stanzas 1, 2, & 4

music: Gonfalon Royal, Percy Carter Buck (1871-1947) words: Medieval Latin, sts. 1-3 tr. F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984), st. 4 tr. Benjamin Wade (1819-1885)

The Postcommunion Prayer

Celebrant: Let us pray.

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 Blessing

The Closing Hymn: 218

music: Deo gracias, English ballad melody, Trinity College MS, 15th cent. words: The Venerable Bede (673-735), sts. 1-2 tr. Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896) alt st. 3 tr. Benjamin Webb (1819-1885) alt.

The Dismissal

Deacon: Let us go forth in the name of Christ. Alleluia! Alleluia!

All: Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Voluntary

Transports de Joie (from L’Ascension)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

All music is reprinted by permission under ONE LICENSE (license number A-717455). Music from The Hymnal 1982 © Church Publishing, Inc., unless noted otherwise below: Hymn 218 music © 1947 Mercury Music Corp, a subsidiary of Theodore Presser Co. Hymn 221 music by permission of Oxford University Press. Hymn S-128 by permission of Oxford University Press. Hymn S-278 by permission of Oxford University Press.

Youth Sunday

2021 Graduates

Anne Marie Alsobrook Hendricks Anthony Graham Barnett Henry Berman Ansley Betts Sibley Brown Alex Camillo Miles Connor Julia Cotter Jacqueline Cunningham Elizabeth Easton Davis Thomas Followill Claire Genova Rivers Graham Mason Harper Paul Huebner Bradley Tyer Jones Jamie Jones Jack Joyce Amalie Little Lucy McCollum Ann Myrick McGrew Josh Mininberg Ashley Mitchell Jennifer Perkins Mary Paige Pope James Richard Laura Richard Will Rothschild Thomas Siegenthaler William Sirotkin John Srouji Lucy Spearman Jarrett Walden Oliver Whitney Kate Willoughby Lindsay Zappa

2020-2021 Choristers

Head Chorister: Jacqueline Cunningham

The Cathedral Choristers

Anne Ford Bateman Brooke Benedict Mary Evelyn Binnicker Jacqueline Cunningham Kate Cunningham Pruit DeLong Phoebe Ellis Virginia Jane Hultgren Marianne James Mary Elizabeth Kirkland Jack McNamara George Philpott Grace Richardson Edward Rosenblath Ann Rosengren Eva Russell Julia Russell Robert Strange Alex Sugden Sam Sugden Knox Weggler Katherine Yeoman

2020-2021 Senior Acolytes

Hendricks Anthony Thomas Followill Paul Huebner Sarah Huger Josh Mininberg Ashley Mitchell

Confirmation Teachers

David Burge Ally Collings Huston Collings Shelby Guilbert Lindsey Hardegree Jennifer Irvin Haven Long Blake McDaniel Doug O’Bryan Matt Richardson

Youth Sunday School Teachers

Will Drosos Rob Walton

EYC Volunteers

Ally Collings Huston Collings Will Drosos Will Jones Blake McDaniel Abby Schultz Rachel Woods

Youth Advisory Board

Luci Anderson Stephen Culp Allison Davis Shelby Guilbert Landon Lanier Jay Perkins Jennifer Rosenblath Mary Mac Stukes Rob Walton

High School Mentors

Rebie Benedict Marshall Irvin William Irvin Charlie Long Carter Sessions Sadler Stukes