First Sunday after the Epiphany January 8, 2023 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.
Masks are available at all welcome tables, and the south transept (to the right) usually has room for those desiring physical distancing. We are glad you are here!
The Cathedral is equipped with a hearing loop for assisted listening via telecoil.
Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist: Rite One
The Rev. Kathy Rock Pfister, Canon Vicar Celebrant
The Liturgy is found in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns and service music (S) are in The Hymnal 1982.
Opening Voluntary “Fiat Lux” from Douze Pièces Nouvelles Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
Choral Introit Tone VII V. Behold, he appeareth, the Lord and Ruler; R. A nd in his hand the kingdom, and power, and dominion.
Hymn 128 Three Kings of Orient
The Word of God
Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. BCP page 299 People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. Celebrant There is one Body and one Spirit; People There is one hope in God’s call to us; Celebrant One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism; People One God and Father of all.
The Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray.
Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan didst proclaim him thy beloved Son and anoint him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with thee and the same Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
The First Reading Isaiah 42:1-9 Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Ascribe to the L ORD, you / gods, * ascribe to the L ORD glory and / strength. Ascribe to the L ORD the glory due his / Name; * worship the L ORD in the beauty of / holiness. The voice of the L ORD is upon the waters; the God of glory / thunders; * the L ORD is upon the mighty / waters. The voice of the L ORD is a powerful / voice; * the voice of the L ORD is a voice of / splendor.
The voice of the L ORD breaks the / cedar trees; * the L ORD breaks the cedars of / Lebanon; He makes Lebanon skip like a / calf, * and Mount Hermon like a young wild / ox.
The voice of the L ORD splits the flames of fire; the voice of the L ORD shakes the / wilderness; * the L ORD shakes the wilderness of / Kadesh.
The voice of the L ORD makes the oak trees / writhe * and strips the forests / bare.
And in the temple of the / L ORD * all are crying, / “Glory!”
The L ORD sits enthroned above the / flood; * the L ORD sits enthroned as King for ever/more. 2nd half of chant
The L ORD shall give strength to his / people; * the L ORD shall give his people the blessing of / peace.
The Second Reading Acts 10:34-43 Hymn 120 Solemnis haec festivitas Alleluia Tone II
V. Alleluia. All of you who were baptized into Christ R. Have clothed yourselves with Christ. Alleluia.
The Holy Gospel Matthew 3:13-17
Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. 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
Presentation and Examination of the Candidates page 301
The Baptismal Covenant page 304
Prayers for the Candidates page 305
Thanksgiving over the Water page 306
The Baptisms page 307
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, after which the people are seated for brief announcements.
The Holy Communion
Offerings of alms and bread and wine are received.
At the Offertory
Anthem
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Christ, when for us you were baptized, God’s Spirit on you came, as peaceful as a dove and yet as urgent as a flame.
God called you his beloved Son, called you his servant too; his kingdom you were called to preach, his holy will to do.
Baptize us with your Spirit, Lord, your cross on us be signed, that, likewise in God’s service, we may perfect freedom find.
— Francis Bland Tucker (1895-1984)
The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer II, page 340
Sursum Corda S 112
Sanctus and Benedictus Mass in Dorian Mode Barrie Cabena (b. 1933)
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 Mass in D orian Mode Barrie Cabena
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. 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 Peter Hallock (1924-2014)
Jesus autem hodie regressus est a Jordane. Today Jesus returned to the Jordan.
When Jesus Christ baptised was, the Holy Ghost descended with grace; the Father voice was heard in the place.
Hic est filius meus, ipsum intende. This is my Son, listen to him.
There were Three Persons and one Lord, the Son baptised with one accord, the Father said this blessed word:
Now, Jesu, as thou art both God and man, and were baptised in from Jordan, at our last end, we pray thee, say then: —c. 8th cent. English Joel Goodloe, soloist
Prayer after Communion page 339
The Blessing Hymn 117 Morning Star
The Dismissal Celebrant Let us go forth in the name of Christ. People Thanks be to God.
Closing Voluntary Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, P. 46
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Readings this Week from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Old Testament Isaiah 42:1-9
Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the Lord, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols. See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.
The Epistle Acts 10:34-43
Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ — he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
The Gospel Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Barbara Puffer Speir.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Scott Cawley by his family. The flowers in the floor vases are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Donald McDonald by his children.
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