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

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Proper 16B

The Holy Eucharist

The Reverend Canon George M. Maxwell, Jr., Celebrant

The Reverend Canon Catherine Zappa, Preacher

Voluntary

Two Hymn Preludes Rockingham (Hymn 321)

Mit Freuden zart (Hymn 408)

T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1964)

The Welcome

THE WORD OF GOD

The Opening Hymn: 408

music: Mit Freuden zart, melody from “Une pastourelle gentile,” 1529; adapt. Pseaumes cinquante de David, 1547, and Kirchengeseng darinnen die Heubtartickel des Christlichen Glaubens gefasset, 1566 words: Johann Jacob Schütz (1640-1690), trans. by Frances Elizabeth Cox (1812-1897), alt.

The Opening Acclamation

Celebrant: Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

All: And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

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 Collect of the Day: Proper 16

Celebrant: The Lord be with you.

All: And also with you.

Celebrant: Let us pray.

Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Epistle: Ephesians 6:10-20

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

Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power. Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints. Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

Lector: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

8:45 a.m. only: Children ages 4 (by September 1, 2021) through fifth grade may follow the acolytes and chapel leaders to Children’s Chapel at this time. Children will return to the nave at the Offertory.

All stand.

The Sequence: Hymn 617

music: Song 1, melody & bass Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); harm. Hymns for Church and School, 1964 words: John White Chadwick (1840-1904), alt.

All remain standing.

The Holy Gospel: John 6:56-69

Gospeler: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. All: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Jesus said, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum. When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.” Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

Gospeler: The Gospel of the Lord.

All: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Sermon: Canon Zappa

All stand or kneel to pray.

The Prayers of the People

Celebrant: Let us stand or kneel to pray. God of faithfulness and compassion, we offer the concerns of our lives and the world as we pray, “God of mercy, hear our prayer.”

Intercessor: We pray for the church throughout the world. Within the Anglican Communion of Churches, we pray today for the Anglican Church of South America. Within the Episcopal Church, we pray for Michael, our Presiding Bishop; for the Diocese of Atlanta; and for Robert, our Bishop. Within this Cathedral parish, we pray for our ministry of the day: The Cathedral Preschool Board and Staff. God of mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Intercessor: We pray for those who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world. We pray for Joe, our President; for the Congress and the Courts; for Brian, our Governor; and for Keisha, our Mayor. God of mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Intercessor: We pray for justice and peace, for goodwill among nations, and for the well-being of all people. We pray for the people of Haiti and Afghanistan. God of mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Intercessor: We pray for those who are in danger, sorrow, sickness, or any kind of trouble; and for those who minister to them. God of mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Intercessor: We pray for all those on our prayer list, including those with new or immediate concerns: The Crossley Family, Nathan Curry, Melana & Nyland Dickson, Sandy Ford, Karen Kauffman, Ginny Quinn, Debbie Ragen, Carson Rengel, Lorraine Reynolds, Richard Smith, Vernon T. We offer our own prayers and intercessions. God of mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Intercessor: We give you thanks for the many blessings of this life. We pray in thanksgiving: For the birth of Baldwin Johnson Bazzel, son Anne Russell and Johnson Bazzel; and grandson of Barbara and Frank Bazzel. For the birth of Sienna Katherine Otwell, daughter of Allison and Wesley Otwell; and granddaughter of Dianne & Vern Otwell For the birth of Collier Ruth Whitney, daughter of Radford and Grant Whitney. God of mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Intercessor: We pray for all who have died, that they may have a place in your eternal kingdom. God of mercy,

All: Hear our prayer.

Celebrant: Almighty and eternal God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth: Mercifully accept the prayers of your people, and strengthen us to do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Confession

Celebrant: Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Silence may be kept.

All: 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.

The Absolution

Celebrant: 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 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:

For Immediate Needs: The Crossley Family, Nathan Curry, Melana & Nyland Dickson, Sandy Ford, Karen Kauffman, Ginny Quinn, Debbie Ragen, Carson Rengel, Lorraine Reynolds, Richard Smith, Vernon T. Long Term Prayers: R. Huntley Allen, Penny Barnett, Edgar & Judith Beach, Perry Benton, Virginia Bicksler, Heather Clark, Sharon Crews, Marg Denny, Terry Dornbush, Sarah duBignon, Deborah Ellington, Dan Elson, Ruth Fuqua, Douglas T. Grey, Jr., Rebecca Harris, Jane Jones, Louise Kan, Lisa Krysiak, Jill Mahaffey, Tommy Mason, Carol McDonald, Kay McPherson, Glenn Miller, Ashley Minear, Royce Mitchell, Susan Myers, Charlie Neal, Linus Nickel, Dudley Ottley, Marian Palmore, Garry Pryor, Rowland Radford, Rubye & Wayne Reid, Agnes Elizabeth Robertson, Louis “Skip” Schueddig, Daniel Sherman, Linda Stallcup, Sarah Szymke, Tommy Truesdale, Ron Wallace, Elleanor Wilson, Faye Van Winkle For Family & Friends: Lisa Bachman, Bettina Bass, David Bond, Darrell Boyette, Pam Breedlove, Elizabeth Cannon, Andrew Clark, Vickie & Bob Coffman, Marie Corrigan, Ava Corroon, Carleton Fuller, Peter Garbus, Theresa Gent, Patricia Plummer Glowatsky, Gayle Higley, Robert Hoder, William Hudson, Cadel Ingraham, Lilliana Isola, Stephen Jones, Robin Kemp, Carole Kline, Rita Lewis, Pete Livezey, Lauren Makhlouf, Pat Martin, Michelle Maxwell, Betsy Moore, Jovita Moore, Steven Norman, Bill Poole, Ann & Tom Quigley, Carter Randall, Courtney Rosenthal, Lisa & Sophia Rowe, Einar Sagstuen, James Sands, Milton Shiver, Timothy Shotmeyer, Mike Stone, Paul Sturtz, Tina Susco, Yvonne Tate, Pierson Thames, Bryson Thomas, Wayne Thurman, Olive Toy, Roger Traylor, Harris Wilson, Whit A. Wright, Hollis Youngner

THE HOLY COMMUNION

The Offertory

The Offertory Anthem

music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), O how amiable are thy dwellings words: Psalm 84:1-3; Psalm 90:17; & Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

O how amiable are thy dwellings: thou Lord of hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of Hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be alway praising thee. The glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us. O prosper thou our handywork.

O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.

The Great Thanksgiving

Eucharistic Prayer B, The Book of Common Prayer (BCP), p. 367

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.

For by water and the Holy Spirit you have made us a new people in Jesus Christ our Lord, to show forth your glory in all the world.

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 129, Robert Powell

Celebrant: 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,

All: We remember his death, We proclaim his resurrection, We await his coming in glory;

Celebrant: And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, 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 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.

Communion Anthem

music: John Gardner (1917-2011), Fight the good fight with all thy might words: John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811-1875)

Fight the good fight with all thy might, Christ is thy strength and Christ thy right; Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. Run the straight race through God’s good grace, Lift up thine eyes and seek His face; Life with its way before us lies, Christ is the path, and Christ the prize. Cast care aside, lean on thy guide: His boundless mercy will provide; Trust, and thy trusting soul shall prove Christ is its life and Christ its love. Faint not, nor fear, His arms are near; He changeth not, and thou art dear; Only believe, and thou shalt see That Christ is all in all to thee. Amen.

Communion Hymns: 301 & 302

music: Rendez a Dieu, melody & harm. att. Louis Bourgeois (1510?-1561?) words, 301: Reginale Heber (1783-1826) words, 302: Greek ca. 110, tr. F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984), rev.

Sung to the same tune as Hymn 301.

Father, we thank thee who hast planted thy holy Name within our hearts. Knowledge and faith and life immortal Jesus thy Son to us imparts. Thou, Lord, didst make all for thy pleasure, didst give us food for all our days, giving in Christ the Bread eternal; thine is the power, be thine the praise.

Watch o’er thy Church, O Lord, in mercy, save it from evil, guard it still, perfect it in thy love, unite it, cleansed and conformed unto thy will. As grain, once scattered on the hillsides, was in this broken bread made one, so from all lands thy Church be gathered into thy kingdom by thy Son.

The Postcommunion Prayer

Celebrant: Let us pray.

All: Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

The Blessing

The Closing Hymn: 460, stanzas 1-4

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

The Dismissal

Deacon: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God.

Voluntary

“Hyfrydol” from Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

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 517 words stz. 3-4 © 1982 Carl P Daw Jr.; music by permission of Oxford University Press. Hymn 617 music from Hymns for Church and School, 1964. Hymn S-129 © Church Pension Fund.