Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 9, 2022
11 a.m.
We welcome you to Christ Church Cathedral. Since 1839, this Christian community has gathered for worship. To learn more about the ministries we share in this place, you are invited to fill in one of the cards found in the pew rack.
The Cathedral is equipped with a hearing loop for assisted listening via telecoil.
The Holy Eucharist: Rite One
The Very Rev. Gary Jones, Interim Dean Celebrant
Welcome to Christ Church Cathedral! We have a socially distanced and masked seating section available. The east transept is reserved for those who choose both to physically distance and wear masks. If you’re sitting in that designated section, you are expected to wear masks and sit socially distanced. For others who wish to mask, we have masks available at all welcome tables.
The Liturgy is found in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns and service music (S) are in The Hymnal 1982.
Opening Voluntary Aria on a Chaconne
Joel Martinson (b.1960)
Choral Introit 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 435 (omitting * stanzas)
The Word of God
King’s Weston
Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. BCP page 323 People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.
The Collect for Purity and the Summary page 323
Gloria in Excelsis S 204
The Collect of the Day
Old Scottish Chant
Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Celebrant Let us pray. Lord, we pray thee that thy grace may always precede and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 66: 1 11
Simplified Anglican chant
Be joyful in God, all you / lands; * sing the glory of his Name; sing the glory of his / praise. Say to God, “How awesome are your / deeds! * because of your great strength your enemies cringe be/fore you. All the earth bows down be/fore you, * sings to you, sings out your / Name.”
Come now and see the works of / God, * how wonderful he is in his doing toward all / people. He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the water on / foot, * and there we re/joiced in him.
In his might he rules for ever; his eyes keep watch over the / nations; * let no rebel rise up a/gainst him. 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. 2nd half of chant
You let enemies ride over our heads; we went through fire and / water; * but you brought us out into a place of re/freshment.
The Second Reading 2 Timothy 2:8-15
Hymn 567
Alleluia
V. Alleluia. Your words, O Lord, are spirit and truth. R. You have the words of everlasting life. Alleluia.
St. Matthew
II
Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
After the Gospel reading, the Deacon says The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
The Sermon
The Very Rev. Richard Sewell, Dean of St. George’s College, Jerusalem
The Nicene Creed page 326
The Prayers of the People Form IV, page 388
The General Confession page 331
The Peace
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And with thy spirit.
The People greet one another in the name of the Lord.
The Holy Communion
Offerings of alms and bread and wine are received.
At the Offertory Anthem Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; laudate eum, omnes populi. Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in aeternum.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
— Psalm 117
The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer II, page 340
Sursum Corda S 112
Sanctus and Benedictus S 114
Healey Willan (1880-1968)
The Eucharistic Prayer continues page 341
Fraction Anthem S 152 Ambrosian chant
Celebrant Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.
Agnus Dei S 158
Healey Willan
All baptized Christians are welcome and encouraged to receive Holy Communion. Communion is received either kneeling or standing at the altar rail. Receive the Bread in the palm of your hand, and the Wine either by drinking from the Cup or by intinction, touching the Bread to the Wine. Gluten-free Bread is available; ask at the altar rail.
At the Administration Anthem Jacques Arcadelt (c.1507-1568)
Hear my prayer, O God, turn not from me; hearken unto the voice of my supplication. I will call on God, he alone will be my salvation. He endureth for all generations. O Lord almighty, turn not thyself from me, I pray thee, Lord God! O hear my prayer, Lord!
— Psalm 86:6 and misc. psalms adapted by Henry Wilder Foote (1875-1964)
Prayer after Communion page 339
The Blessing
Hymn 400 (omit * stanzas) Lasst uns erfreuen
The Dismissal
Deacon Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Closing Voluntary Trumpet Tune in A Major David N. Johnson (1922-1987)
Readings this Week from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Old Testament
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
The Epistle 2 Timothy 2:8-15
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David-- that is my gospel, for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful-- for he cannot deny himself. Remind them of this, and warn them before God that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.
On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Thomas E. Cobb.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in thanksgiving for the Cathedral Bookstore, founded October 17, 1983, and its faithful volunteers.
The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of Texas
The Rt. Rev. Jeff W. Fisher, Bishop Suffragan
The Rt. Rev. Kai Ryan, Bishop Suffragan
The Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso, Assistant Bishop
The Very Rev. Gary Jones, Interim Dean The Rev. Kathy Rock Pfister, Canon Vicar
The Rev. Simón Bautista Betances, Canon Missioner for Latino Ministries and Outreach
The Rev. Becky Zartman, Canon Missioner for Evangelism and Formation
The Rev. Bradley Varnell, Canon Missioner for Community Life and Young Adult Ministry
The Rev. Edward L. Stein, Assisting Priest Robert L. Simpson, Canon for Music Daryl Robinson, Cathedral Organist Matthew R. Dion, Organ Scholar Lucy Chambers, Bookstore Manager
The Beacon Day Center is open every Thursday–Monday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. to serve the needs of Houston’s underserved and homeless population.
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