Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King November 20, 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 welcome 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 south transept (to the right) 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 Variations on Coronation
Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
Choral Introit Tone VII V. Thus saith the Lord, I know thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: R. Ye shall call upon me, and I will hearken unto you, and will bring again your captivity from every nation.
Hymn 450 Coronation
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 202
The Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Celebrant Let us pray.
Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in thy wellbeloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The First Reading Jeremiah 23:1-6
Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 46 Simplified Anglican chant
God is our refuge and / strength, * a very present help in / trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be / moved, * and though the mountains be toppled into the depths of the / sea; Though its waters rage and / foam, * and though the mountains tremble at its / tumult.
The L ORD of hosts is / with us; * the God of Jacob is our / stronghold.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of / God, * the holy habitation of the Most / High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be over/thrown; * God shall help her at the break of / day. The nations make much ado, and the kingdoms are / shaken; * God has spoken, and the earth shall melt a/way.
The L ORD of hosts is / with us; * the God of Jacob is our / stronghold. Come now and look upon the works of the / L ORD, * what awesome things he has done on / earth.
It is he who makes war to cease in all the / world; * he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear, and burns the shields with / fire.
“Be still, then, and know that I am / God; * I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the / earth.”
The L ORD of hosts is / with us; * the God of Jacob is our / stronghold
The Second Reading Colossians 1:11-20 Hymn 483 St. Magnus
Alleluia Tone II
V. Alleluia. Blessed is the kingdom of our father David, that is coming. R. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Alleluia.
The Holy Gospel
Luke 23: 33-43
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. Becky Zartman, Canon Missioner for Evangelism and Formation
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 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise, Be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. — Psalm 100
The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer II, page 340
Sursum Corda S 112
Sanctus and Benedictus S 114
Healey Willan
The Eucharistic Prayer continues page 341
Fraction Anthem
Agnus Dei S 158
Healey Willan
The sacrament of Holy Communion has been precious to Christians for 2,000 years. It is a way in which many sense the reality of God’s forgiveness, our union with God and each other, and the eternal life to which we belong. Please know that you do not have to be an Episcopalian to receive Communion here. To receive, you may kneel or stand 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; simply ask at the altar rail. If you need Communion brought to you in the pew, please tell an usher.
At the Administration
Anthem Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
Even before we call on Your name To ask you, O God, When we seek for the words to glorify you, You hear our prayer; Unceasing love, O unceasing love, Surpassing all we know.
Glory to the Father, And to the Son, And to the Holy Spirit.
Even with darkness sealing us in, We breathe your name, And through all the days that follow so fast, We trust in You; Endless your grace, O endless your grace, Beyond all mortal dream.
Both now and for ever, And unto ages and ages, Amen.
—Michael Dennis Browne (b.1940)Prayer after Communion page 339
The Blessing Hymn 494 Diademata
The Dismissal
Deacon Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Closing Voluntary Trumpet Tune Frederick Swann (1931-2022)
Readings this Week from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Old Testament
Jeremiah 23:1-6
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord. The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers-- all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
The Gospel Luke 23:33-43
When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots to divide his clothing. The people stood by, watching Jesus on the cross; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!” The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” There was also an inscription over him, “This is the King of the Jews.” One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” He replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Eugene Decker Manly.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of his parents Nellie J. and Floyd W.Robinson Sr. in honor of his mother’s birthday and his parent’s anniversary by Floyd.
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in honor of Shirley Davis lovingly by Keith Davis and Rick Newlin.
Weekday Services
Morning Prayer, 7:30 a.m., Monday-Friday on Zoom
Evening Prayer, 6 p.m., Monday- Friday on Zoom
Oración del mediodía, Mediodía, lunes y jueves en Facebook
Contemplative Prayer, 11:15 a.m., Mondays in Mellinger Room
Holy Eucharist, Noon, Wednesdays in Golding Chapel
Bilingual Holy Eucharist, 6 p.m., Wednesdays in Golding Chapel
Links available at: www.christchurchcathedral.org/weekdayservices
