We welcome you to Christ Church Cathedral. Since 1839, this Christian community has gathered for worship.
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The Second Sunday of Lent
five o’clock in the evening
The Rev. Canon Bradley Varnell Celebrant
Joel Goodloe Cantor
Good evening and welcome to The Well. The order of service has been adapted to observe the holy season of Lent. We are so glad that you are here. Come close, draw near, and receive the grace of God.
Opening Music
Traditional Scottish Tunes
Prayer for the Evening
Lord, in these days of mercy, make us quiet and prayerful; In these days of challenge, make us stronger in you; In these days of emptiness, take possession of us; In these days of waiting, open our hearts to the mystery of your cross. Amen.
Please stand. Hymn
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Words: Brian Wren, 1973 Tune: STELLA ~ English Traditional; arr. Henry Frederick Hemy, 1818-188
Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CCL# 11426131, onelicense.net # 726591-A
Collect of the Day
God of dispossession, you rebuke our refusal to give up our idols, separate and safe: send us with Jesus on the way of the cross, that we might lose our love of death and take the risk of life, through Jesus Christ, the new covenant. Amen.
Please be seated.
Psalm 22:22–30
Praise the Lord, you that fear him; * stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob’s line, give glory.
Deus, Deus meus
For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty; neither does he hide his face from them; * but when they cry to him he hears them. My praise is of him in the great assembly; * I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship him. The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord shall praise him: * “May your heart live for ever!”
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, * and all the families of the nations shall bow before him.
For kingship belongs to the Lord; * he rules over the nations.
To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; * all who go down to the dust fall before him.
My soul shall live for him;
my descendants shall serve him; * they shall be known as the Lord’s for ever.
They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn * the saving deeds that he has done.
Please stand.
The Holy Gospel Mark 8:31–38
Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
People Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Jesus began to teach his disciples that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life?
Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Priest The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise to you, Lord Christ.
All sit. A period of silence is observed.
The Reflection
A period of silence is observed following the reflection.
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Kyrie Eleison
The intercessor says
You enter the desert to face the hardest truth; we live in self-deception. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
You offer the bread that gives true life; we consume what leaves us craving more. Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
You refuse to worship empty power; we let greed rule our world. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Confession
The intercessor says
God has promised forgiveness to all who truly repent, turn to Christ in faith and are themselves forgiving.
In silence we call to mind our sins.
Our insensitivity to the needs of others, O Lord, forgive.
Our prejudice and fear that prevent us from love, O Lord, forgive.
The narrowness of our vision and our shrinking from your demands, O Lord, forgive.
Our resentment against those who have hurt us, O Lord, forgive.
Our desire to do your work in our way, O Lord, forgive.
Our impatience with those who are different from us, O Lord, forgive.
Our failure to listen properly to other points of view, O Lord, forgive.
Our fear of coming out of the fortress of our own souls into fuller life and deeper love, O Lord, forgive.
Absolution
The Celebrant says
Through the cross of Christ, God have mercy on you, pardon you and set you free. Know that you are forgiven and be at peace. God strengthen you in all goodness and keep you in life eternal. Amen.
Additional Prayers of Intercession and Thanksgiving
Following the Confession and Absolution during the instrumental music, you are welcome to come forward to light a votive candle as a symbol of your prayer. As we see others light candles, we recognize that we are all carrying prayer concerns known to us alone, and we are reminded to treat one another with kindness and care. Tapers and votives are located to the right of the altar and in front of the transept to the left. Please feel free to go to either of these places to light a candle.
The Peace
The Celebrant says
He will not command legions of angels nor ride the machine of holy war; he will become a slave, take our hate into his heart and win us with forgiveness, for he is God’s unexpected peace.
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you.
People And also with you.
So the day dawn for me
The people greet one another in the name of the Lord, after which the people are seated for brief announcements.
Offertory Hymn
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The people stand.
The Holy Communion
The Great Thanksgiving
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And also with you.
Celebrant Lift up your hearts.
People We lift them to the Lord.
Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People It is right to give God thanks and praise.
We thank you, desert Mother, for in the valley of dry bones you create hearts of flesh quickened by the Spirit’s breath. We thank you, wise Sister, that you walk in cloud and fire with your lost and faithless people. We thank you, Son of Heaven, that you empty yourself of might and glory and set your face towards the fickle crowd, the cruel empire, the faithful despisers.
We welcome you as God’s own fool whose cross brings to nothing the violence of the world and reveals another wisdom outside the city walls.
Therefore, with all who follow your way with the traders and tax collectors, the soldiers and prostitutes, and all who caught a glimpse of glory in the humanity you shared, we worship God’s own holiness revealed in sweat and tears:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
We ask that your Holy Spirit will fall upon us and upon these gifts that these fragile, earthly things may be to us the body and blood of our lord and brother, Jesus Christ; who, on the night that he was betrayed, gathered with his faltering friends for a meal that tasted of freedom. Calling them to his table, he took bread and broke it and said: “ Th is is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.” In the same way after supper, he took the cup saying: “ Th is cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, whenever you drink it, to remember me.” As on that night, so here and now he offers himself in touch and taste beyond all words can hold.
Great is the mystery of faith:
Christ has died
Christ is risen
Christ will come again.
Therefore we come in memory and hope, responding to your call and the promise that echoes from the dawn of all time.
May mind and heart be held by your self-giving love as we stand before the cross, approach the empty tomb, and praise the one whose name is lifted high above all earthly power.
Receive our broken offering through his all-powerful grace and bind us in communion with all who share your gifts; through Jesus Christ, in whom all ages and all the worlds are drawn into ceaseless love of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN.
The Lord’s Prayer
And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of The Bread
Celebrant We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ;
People We who are many are one body, for we all share in the one bread.
Celebrant Bread and wine; the gifts of God for the people of God.
People May we who share these gifts be found in Christ and Christ in us.
At the direction of the ushers you are invited to form a single line in the central aisle to receive Communion in front of the altar. 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 the priest. If you need Communion brought to you in the pew, please tell an usher.
Celebrant Let us pray.
Lord of this feast beyond measure and price; we thank you for meeting us in our brokenness so that none might be lost: liberate us now to share bread with our neighbor, each receiving from the other what we need to be ourselves. Amen.
The Blessing
May the crucified Christ shatter our brittle fear, draw all people to his glory and make us servants living for the world; and the blessing of God Almighty, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, be with us this day and always. Amen.
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AZAIR Gaelic melody transcribed by Alasdair Codona - Text: Psalm 51, verses 9-12 para. Ian Robertson Pitt-Watson (1923-1995)
text & music ©The Church Hymnary Trust ~ Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CCL # 11426131 ~ Onelicense.net # 726591-A
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.
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Closing Music
Traditional English Tunes
Becky Baxter, Music Coordinator and Harpist for The Well
Dr. Kimberly Clark, flautist
Sally Keller, cellist
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Kay Kimble Martin.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in celebration of the birthdays of Jim and Joyce Nielsen by Tim and Carol Nielsen.
Welcome to Christ Church Cathedral!
We are blessed by your presence. If you are new to the Cathedral, please fill out the WELCOME card in your pew and put it in the offering plate or give it to an usher.
Tours of the Cathedral are available every Sunday following the 11 a.m. service and on the third Sunday of each month after the 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. services. Look for the guide under the crucifixion window at the rear of the nave.
Portions of this service come from “Prayers for an Inclusive Church” by Steven Shakespeare, published by Church Publishing, Inc.
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