Sixth Sunday of Easter May 17, 2020 11 a.m. We welcome you to Christ Church Cathedral. Since 1839, this Christian community has gathered for worship.
Morning Prayer, Rite I The Very Rev. Barkley S. Thompson, Dean Officiant The Liturgy is found in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns and service music (S) are in The Hymnal 1982.
Opening Voluntary
Prelude in C Minor, Op. 37, No. 1
Introit
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
Tone VII V. Give peace, O Lord, to them that wait for thee, and let thy Prophets be found faithful: R. Regard the prayers of thy servant, and of thy people Israel.
Hymn 4881982 - #488 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart The Hymnal
Slane
Opening Sentences 1 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
all else The be nought me,indeed: save that thou artAlleluia. Lord is to risen O come, let us adore him. Alleluia. thou my best thought, by day or by night, I waking was gladorwhen they said me, “Letmy us light. go to the house of the Lord.” sleeping, thyto presence 2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; — Psalm 122:1 I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou my great Father; thine own may I be; thou in me dwelling, and I one with thee. 3 High King of heaven, when victory is won, may I reach heavenÕs joys, bright heavenÕs Sun! Heart of my heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all. Your ritesong purchase includes a one-time use reprint license for congregational use. This song may be printed in congregational song sheets for one-time use. No permission is granted to include this song in a hymnal or other permanent or semi-permanent collection of songs. No other form of the music, whether for use by a choir, organ or other accompaniments is covered by this license. Please contact the publishers for these permissions.
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Confession of Sin Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Silence may be kept. Officiant and People together, all kneeling
Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, we have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, we have offended against thy holy laws, we have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, spare thou those who confess their faults, restore thou those who are penitent, according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord; and grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. The Priest alone stands and says
The Almighty and merciful Lord grant you absolution and remission of all your sins, true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Invitatory and Psalter All stand. Officiant People
O Lord, open thou our lips. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
Officiant and People
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.
Hymn 399
Venite
alternate tune: Darwall’s 148th
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Psalm 66:7–18
Officiant and People together
Bless our God, you peoples; * make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holds our souls in life, * and will not allow our feet to slip. For you, O God, have proved us; * you have tried us just as silver is tried. You brought us into the snare; * you laid heavy burdens upon our backs. You let enemies ride over our heads; we went through fire and water; * but you brought us out into a place of refreshment. I will enter your house with burnt-offerings and will pay you my vows, * which I promised with my lips and spoke with my mouth when I was in trouble. I will offer you sacrifices of fat beasts with the smoke of rams; * I will give you oxen and goats. Come and listen, all you who fear God, * and I will tell you what he has done for me. I called out to him with my mouth, * and his praise was on my tongue. If I had found evil in my heart, * the Lord would not have heard me; But in truth God has heard me; * he has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer, * nor withheld his love from me. 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. 4
The First Reading
Acts 17:22–31
Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him — though indeed he is not far from each one of us. For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” Reader People
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Hymn S 280
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Gloria in excelsis
Robert Powell (b.1932)
The Holy Gospel
John 14:15–21
Deacon A reading from the Gospel according to John.
Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.” Deacon The word of the Lord. People
Thanks be to God.
Sermon
The Rev. Becky Zartman, Canon Missioner for Welcome and Evangelism
The Apostles’ Creed Officiant and People together, all standing
I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. 7
The Prayers The People stand or kneel. Officiant People Officiant
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Let us pray.
Officiant 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. Officiant O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage; People Govern them and lift them up for ever. Officiant Day by day we magnify thee; People And we worship thy Name ever, world without end. Officiant Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin; People O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. Officiant O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us; People As our trust is in thee. Officiant O Lord, in thee have I trusted; People Let me never be confounded.
The Collect of the Day O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Collect for Sundays O God, who makest us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of thy Son our Lord: Grant us this day such blessing through our worship of thee, that the days to come may be spent in thy favor; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 8
Prayers of the People
Form II, page 385
A Collect for Mission Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of thy faithful people is governed and sanctified: Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before thee for all members of thy holy Church, that in their vocation and ministry they may truly and godly serve thee; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Offertory Solo
W.A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te. We praise thee, we bless thee, we adore thee, we glorify thee. Hannah Shea, soloist
— from Mass in C Minor
The General Thanksgiving Officiant and People
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.
The Blessing 9
Hymn 657 The Hymnal 1982 - #657 Love divine, all loves excelling
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Hyfrydol
1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down, The Dismissal fix in us thy dwelling, Officiant Lethumble us go forth in the name of Christ. Alleluia, alleluia. all thy faithful mercies crown. People be to God. Alleluia, alleluia. Jesus, thouThanks art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art; Closing Voluntary visit us with thy salvation, heart. Fugueenter in C every Minor,trembling Op. 37, No. 1 Felix Mendelssohn 2 Come, almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive; Hannah Shea, soloist suddenly return, and never, Daryl Robinson, Cathedral Organist nevermore thy temples leave. Thee we would be alway blessing, Music Notes serve thee as thy hosts above, Laudamus te, the solo we hear this morning, is taken from a work that had special significance pray, and praise thee without ceasing, gloryConstanza, in thy perfect love. for Mozart. Mozart’s future wife, suffered an illness during their engagement so 3 Finish then thy new creation; severe that in thanksgiving for her recovery he made a solemn vow to write a mass. After puremarried, and spotless letwork us be; they were he set to on what we now know as the Great Mass in C Minor. let us see thy great salvation Conceived on a scale too grand for liturgical use and lacking any commercial potential, it was perfectly restored in thee: eventually pushed aside and left unfinished at the composer’s death. What portions Mozart changed from glory into glory, did complete were performed a trip with Constanza to Salzburg in 1783 to introduce till in heaven we takeduring our place, wefamily. cast our crowns before thee, a stage father of the first order, had not approved hertill to his Mozart’s father, Leopold, lost in wonder, love, praise. of the marriage. Very likely in and an effort to impress Leopold with the wisdom of his choice, Mozart assigned the soprano solos to Constanza. — RLS Your ritesong purchase includes a one-time use reprint license for congregational use. This song may be printed in congregational song sheets for one-time use. No permission is granted to include this song in a hymnal or other permanent or semi-permanent collection of songs. No other form of the music, whether for use by a choir, organ or other accompaniments is covered by this license. Please contact the publishers for these permissions.
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Welcome
Sunday, May 17, 2020 Announcements Please fill out an important COVID-19 survey on returning to church • A Cathedral task force is at work preparing a plan for our return to in-person worship on the Cathedral campus. Please take the brief survey, available in the Dean’s weekly email and also on our website (on a blue button under the images on the homepage), to help us know your hopes, preferences, and concerns. When information is available, Dean Thompson will update everyone on the plans. Virtual worship continues until June 1. On Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom, learn how to help make masks • Please join the Mission Outreach Council in our effort to make masks to contribute to Houston Responds’ Masks for All Project. We need sewers, cutters, runners, and materials; fill out the form on the Cathedral website (under “Registrations”) to let us know how you would like to serve. We’ll send you an email and connect you to other volunteers to share progress, ask or answer questions, and find fellowship over Zoom. Email the Rev. Greg Seme at gseme@christchurchcathedral.org to get the Zoom link for this Tuesday’s meeting. Order your books now for Cathedral Reads, which is starting this June • We’re so excited for another summer of Cathedral Reads. This year, adults are reading A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, and youth and children are reading R.J. Palacios’ Wonder. You can order both books from our Bookstore, for pick-up or for delivery. Order online by filling out the form on our website (look for the Cathedral Reads banner or look under “Registrations”). The Cathedral is hosting a socially distanced, safe blood drive on Sunday, May 31 • A blood drive is one of the many ways we can support others during this time. One donation has the ability to save three lives. Our safe blood drive will be Sunday, May 31, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Reynolds Hall. People can give by appointment only. Go to our website under “Registrations” for the link to sign up. How to make a donation online • It is simple to make a donation on the Cathedral website, as an Easter offering or for any other reason. Look for the tab at the top of the site that says, “Give.” Click on the tab for a variety of ways to make a gift to the Cathedral. We are now offering options to pay via PayPal as well as a new “text-to-give” option. Simply text “Give” to 888-998-1634, and follow the instructions. If you have questions, contact Chief Administrative Officer and Minister for Stewardship Karen Kraycirik at kkraycirik@christchurchcathedral.org or 713-590-3338. For more information about these and other events at the Cathedral, visit christchurchcathedral.org, or cccathedraltx
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