Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 16, 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 Rev. Simón Bautista Betances, Canon Missioner for Latino Ministries and Outreach 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
Chant de Paix from Neuf Pièces
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Choral Introit Tone VII
V. I am the saving health of my people, saith the Lord God: R. Out of whatsoever tribulation they shall pray to me, I will surely help them, and I will be their God for ever and ever.
Hymn 47 Gott sei Dank
The Word of God
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
Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Celebrant Let us pray.
Old Scottish Chant
Almighty and everlasting God, who in Christ hast revealed thy glory among the nations: Preserve the works of thy mercy, that thy Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of thy Name; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The First Reading
Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 119: 97 104
Jeremiah 31:27-34
Simplified Anglican chant
Oh, how I love your / law! * all the day long it is in my / mind. Your commandment has made me wiser than my / enemies, * and it is always /with me.
I have more understanding than all my / teachers, * for your decrees are my / study.
I am wiser than the / elders, * because I observe your com/mandments.
I restrain my feet from every evil / way, * that I may keep your / word.
I do not shrink from your/ judgments, * because you yourself have / taught me. How sweet are your words to my / taste! * they are sweeter than honey to my / mouth. Through your commandments I gain under/standing; * therefore I hate every lying /way.
The Second Reading 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
Hymn 531 Melcombe
Alleluia Tone II
V. Alleluia. Lord, thou hast been our refuge. R. From one generation to another. Alleluia.
The Holy Gospel Luke 18:1-8
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 Rev. Bradley Varnell, Canon Missioner for Community Life and Young Adult Ministry
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.
Commissioning of the Search Committee
Members of the Search Committee gather at the chancel steps.
Senior Warden We present to you these members of the cathedral to serve as the Search Committee for our new dean.
Celebrant Let us pray.
O God, you know us better than we know ourselves. Guide our Search Committee in our search for a new dean. Empower each person to use their unique gifts in this ministry of discernment; may they share openly and honestly their thoughts with each other; may they honor and respect one another’s opinions; may they encourage humility, patience, and joy; and in all they do, grant them Grace to put their trust in you and to follow the promptings of your Holy Spirit. Finally, instill in all of us a vision of the cathedral family, that we will be united in love and joyfully accomplish this mission, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
In the name of God and of this congregation, we commission you to serve in this sacred role as members of the Dean Search Committee.
People May God grant you wisdom and faith in this ministry. Amen.
The Holy Communion
Offerings of alms and bread and wine are received.
At the Offertory
Anthem Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Verbe égal au Très-Haut, Notre unique espérance, Jour éternel de la terre et des cieux, De la paisible nuit nous rompons le silence, Divin Sauveur, jette sur nous tes yeux. Répands sur nous le feu de ta grâce puissante. Que tout l’enfer fuie au son de ta voix, Dissipe le sommeil d’une âme languissante
Qui la conduit à l’oubli de tes lois. O Christ, sois favorable à ce peuple fidèle Pour te bénir maintenant rassemblé. Reçois les chants qu’il offre, A ta gloire immortelle, Et de tes dons qu’il retourne comblé.
O Word equal to the Almighty, our one hope, Eternal light of earth and of the heavens, this peaceful night’s silence we break, Divine Saviour, cast your eyes upon us. Bestow upon us the fire of thy powerful grace. May all Hell flee at the sound of thy voice, dispel the slumbers of a tardy soul, which leads it to forget thy laws. O Christ, show favour to this faithful people to bless Thee now gathered together. Accept the hymns they offer to thy immortal glory, And may they return blessed beyond measure with thy gifts.
-canticle for Tuesday Matins from Roman Breviary; French paraphrase by Jean Racine (1639-1699); Valerie Worth (1933-1994), trans.
114
Healy 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 Healy 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 Pierre Villette (1926-1998)
O salutaris Hostia, Quae caeli pandis ostium: Bella premunt hostilia, Da robur, fer auxilium. Uni trinoque Domino Sit sempiterna gloria, Qui vitam sine termino Nobis donet in patria. Amen.
O saving Victim, who expandest the door of heaven, hostile armies press, give strength; bear aid. To the One and Triune Lord, may there be everlasting glory; who life without end gives us in the homeland. Amen.
Prayer after Communion page 339
The Blessing
Hymn 473 Crucifer
The Dismissal
Deacon Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Closing Voluntary Fanfare Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
Readings this Week from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Old Testament Jeremiah 31:27-34
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals. And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord. In those days they shall no longer say: “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” But all shall die for their own sins; the teeth of everyone who eats sour grapes shall be set on edge. The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt-- a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be
my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.
The Epistle 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
As for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.
The Gospel Luke 18:1-8
Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, `Grant me justice against my opponent.’ For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, `Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’” And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Dolores Russell Goble.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of his parents, Frank E. Hood and Lillian Wadkins Hood and his aunt, Margaret Hughes by Frank E. Hood Jr.
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