Christ Church Cathedral March 12, 2023 5 p.m. Lenten Order of Service
We welcome you to Christ Church Cathedral. Since 1839, this Christian community has gathered for worship.
The Cathedral is equipped with a hearing loop for assisted listening via telecoil.
Third Sunday in Lent
five o’clock in the evening
The Rev. Bradley Varnell, Canon Missioner for Community Life and Young Adult Ministry Celebrant
Good evening and welcome to the Well. To mark the season of Lent, we have prepared a new Order of Service for our worship during the month of March. You will notice that the first part of the service, the Liturgy of the Word, has a contemplative rhythm and begins with an Opening Confession. The practice of beginning the service with confession is ancient, dating back to the Sarum Rite.
After the prayer for the evening, the congregation will be invited to sit for a period of silence and to remain seated for the reading of the gospel and the reflection. While this pattern may be unfamiliar to you, it allows us to settle into a meditative and reflective experience without interruption. Following the prayers we will rise, sing, and then share the peace. Following the peace, the rhythm of the liturgy will return to the customary and familiar pattern of the table.
We are so glad that you are here. Come close, draw near, and receive the grace of God.
Opening Music
Traditional Scottish Tunes
At the sound of the bell, please stand.
Opening Sentence
My mercy is incomparably greater than all the sins you could commit.
— God speaking to Catherine of Sienna
The congregation remains standing for the Opening Confession.
Opening Confession
Celebrant I confess to God, and in the presence of all God’s people, that I have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and I pray God to have mercy on me. People May God have mercy on you, pardon and deliver you from your sins, and give you time to amend your life.
Celebrant Amen.
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People We confess to God, and in the presence of all God’s people, that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and we pray God to have mercy on us.
Celebrant May God have mercy on you, pardon and deliver you from your sins, and give you time to amend your life.
People Amen.
Celebrant Turn again, O God, and give us life People That your people may rejoice in you.
Celebrant Create in us clean hearts, O God, People And renew a right spirit within us.
Celebrant Give us the joy of your saving help again, People And sustain us with your bountiful Spirit.
Trisagion
Trisagion - Holy God
We will sing the entire response three times.
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text: from The Book of Common Prayer (Proposed). Copyright 1977 by Charles Mortimer Guilbert as custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer.
music: Betty Pulkingham (1928-2019), © Celebration Services (International) Ltd., 1974, 1975. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission. CCL # 11426131 and OneLicense.net #726591-A
A Prayer for the Evening
Stay with us, Lord, since the day is far spent and the night is coming; kindle our hearts on the Way, that we may recognize you in the scriptures, in the breaking of the bread, and in each other. Amen.
Please be seated. A period of silence is observed.
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Reading John 4:5–42
Lector A reading from the Gospel of John.
Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)
The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get
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that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.”
Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.” Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
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A period of silence is observed.
The Reflection The Rev. Becky Zartman, Canon Missioner for Evangelism and Formation
Two minutes of silence is observed following the reflection.
Prayers of the People (The people may stand or kneel for the prayers.)
The Leader begins.
As evening falls and courage sometimes falters, let us turn our hearts to God in prayer.
Silence
We pray for those gathered here and all that lies heavy on our hearts. We pray that you would know our needs even before we recognize them. Grant us those good things for which we dare not, or in our blindness cannot, ask.
Silence
We pray for those in positions of leadership in the world, our nation, our state, and our city. Grant them the spirit of wisdom, charity, and justice, that they may promote the well-being of all people.
Silence
We pray for the sick, the bereaved, the oppressed, and the homeless, that they may be comforted by your Holy Spirit, who brings light to the darkest places.
Silence
We pray for the broken and torn fabric of the earth as it yearns for healing, trusting that you make all things new.
Silence
We pray for this and all communities of faith. We pray that you would open the hearts of your faithful to seek your truth and pursue it in love.
Silence
We pray that you would disturb us, Lord, when our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little; when with the abundance of things we possess we have lost our thirst for the water of life. Push back, we pray, the horizons of our hopes, and move us into your future in strength, courage, hope, and love.
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Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. Amen.
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And also with you.
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The Peace
The People greet one another in the name of the Lord, after which the people are seated for brief announcements.
The Offertory
The Holy Communion
The Great Thanksgiving
The people stand.
Celebrant Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest. With friend, with stranger, with young and old, be among us tonight.
People Come close to us that we may come close to you. Strengthen us that we may strengthen one another. Renew us that where we have failed, we may begin again.
The People kneel or stand.
In the beginning God made the world. The world flowed from God and God shaped it, filling it with light and life. God knew the world, but we chose not to know God. We turned from God, and though God sought us through patriarchs, matriarchs, and prophets, still we strayed. Our rebellion imperiled the fullness God intends for us, and when the world could bear no more, God sent Jesus, his Son. Among friends, gathered round a table, Jesus took bread, and, having blessed it, he broke the bread and gave it to his disciples saying, “This is my body which is given for you.” In the same way he took wine, and, having given thanks for it, he poured it and gave the cup to his disciples saying, “This cup is the new covenant with God, sealed with my blood. Take this and share it.” Lord Jesus Christ, present with us now, as we do in this place what you did in an upstairs room, breathe your Spirit upon us and upon this bread and wine, that they may be heaven’s food and drink for us, renewing, sustaining, and making us whole, and that we may be your body on earth, loving and caring for the world. Through, with, and for the love of Christ, we share this bread and cup in the unity of your Spirit, Father Almighty. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.
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Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
Celebrant Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast.
The Invitation to Communion
Celebrant
So, come to this table, you who have much faith, and you who would like to have more; you who have been to this sacrament often, and you who have not been for a long time. You who have tried to follow Jesus, and you who have fallen short. Come. It is Christ who invites you to meet him here.
All are welcome and encouraged to receive Communion, whatever one’s Christian tradition.
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Prayer after Communion (The people may stand or kneel.)
Celebrant and People
Eternal Light, shine in our hearts. Eternal Power, be our strength. Eternal Wisdom, guide us as we serve you. Eternal Goodness, you have drawn us to your heart and united us in the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood. Now grant that with all our heart, mind, and strength, we may evermore seek your face in all those we meet in the world. Amen.
The Blessing
We know we shall pass this way but once. If there is any kindness we can show, or any good thing we can do, let us do it now. Let us not defer it or neglect it, for we shall not pass this way again. And the blessing of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit be among you and remain with you always. Amen.
— paraphrase of Etienne DeGrellet
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Text: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 ~ Tune: JOYOUS LIGHT, Marty Haugen Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. OneLicense.net #A-726591
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The Dismissal
Celebrant Deep peace of the running wave to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the shining stars to you. Deep peace of the Son of God to you. Deep peace, deep peace. People Thanks be to God.
Closing Music
English Dances, Thomas Ford (c. 1580-1648)
Becky Baxter, Music Coordinator and Harpist for the Well Dr. Kimberly Clark, flautist Sally Keller, cellist
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Fred Cunningham Alter.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of John Baird from his family.
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Welcome
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Announcements
TODAY
Easter Lilies • Easter lilies can be given in memory, honor, or thanksgiving this Easter. Orders received by the end of today, March 12, will be listed in the Easter dedications booklet. Send questions to Lisa Viktorin: lviktorin@christchurchcathedral.org or see her in the cloister between services. Order at www.christchurchcathedral.org/easterlilies
Lenten Series: Marcia Brennan • Professor Brennan of Rice University combines her studies of spirituality and mysticism with her background in contemporary art to explore images of love at the end of life. Sunday, March 19, at 10 a.m. in Reynolds Hall. Learn more at: www. christchurchcathedral.org/lent
Service Day at Olivewood Cemetery • Join the Youth Ministry and Justice and Peace councils as they help record details of the headstones of some of Houston’s early African-American trailblazers. March 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact Marcia Quintanilla: mquintanilla@ christchurchcathedral.org
Lenten Series: Finding Our Meaning & Purpose • Award-winning translator Carmen Acevedo Butcher guides us through Anonymous’s The Cloud of Unknowing and Brother Lawrence’s writings in Practice of the Presence. Saturday, March 25, 6:30-8 p.m., Sanders Hall. Register at: www.christchurchcathedral.org/lent
Instruction in Eucharist • Instruction in Eucharist is designed to help us learn/remember why and how we receive the Eucharist. This is an abbreviated version geared for those who want their kiddos to get the basics. The entire parish is welcome. March 26 at 10 a.m. in The Cathedral.
The Giving Tree • This annual fundraiser supports Cathedral Youth in their mission work. Learn more at www.christchurchcathedral.org/givingtree, or visit us in the cloister between services on Sundays during Lent.
Tea and Talk • Join the Cathedral Bookstore and friends this evening at Tea and Talk after The Well for conversation and refreshment. Drop in from 5:45–6:30 p.m. in the Bookstore and Latham Lobby.
Looking for Children’s Ministry • Follow Agnus to childcare for infants (6 weeks–5 years), or the Huffington Playground. Have questions? Contact KariAnn Lessner at kalessner@christchurchcathedral.org
Make Your 2023 EMC Pledge • There’s still time to make your annual pledge. We invite you to join us as we renew our commitment to our beloved Cathedral in time, talent, and treasure. To submit your pledge, simply drop a pledge card into the offering plate or visit www.christchurchcathedral.org/pledge to pledge online. If you have questions, contact Minister for Stewardship Karen Kraycirik at kkraycirik@ christchurchcathedral.org or 713-590-3338.
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Tours of the Cathedral are available after the 5 p.m. service on the third Sunday every month. If you would like a tour, meet the tour guide by the eagle lectern.
Welcome Team members are in the Cathedral Bookstore after the service to visit with you and answer any questions you may have.
Portions of this service are adapted from the Iona Community Worship Book and the Prayer Books of the Church of Ireland, the Anglican Church of New Zealand, and the Northumbrian Community.
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