The Second Sunday in Lent
February 25, 2024
9 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. We are glad you are here!
The Cathedral is equipped with a hearing loop for assisted listening via telecoil.
The Holy Eucharist: Rite Two
The Rev. Canon Bradley Varnell Celebrant
The Liturgy is found in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns and service music (S) are in The Hymnal 1982.
Opening Voluntary Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Prelude on O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde groß, BWV 622
Hymn 401 Leoni
The Word of God
Penitential Order BCP page 351
Celebrant Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins.
People His mercy endures for ever.
The General Confession page 352
Kyrie Eleison S 96 Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
The Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And also with you.
Celebrant Let us pray.
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The First Reading Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16
Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Respuesta/Refrain
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Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. People Glory to you, Lord Christ.
After the Gospel reading, the Priest says The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise to you, Lord Christ.
The Children’s Sermon KariAnn Lessner, Minister for Children and Families
The Sermon
The Very Rev. Nathaniel Katz, Dean
The Nicene Creed page 358
The Peace
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you.
People And also with you.
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 Franz Schubert
Anthem arr. Patrick Liebergen (1949-2020)
Bless me, Lord, in all your glory,
Bless me, Lord, from heav’n above;
Holy Savior, God almighty, Bless my life in peace and love.
Shepherd me and keep me near you, Ev’ry day I praise your name;
When my heart is filled with gladness, Lord, your glory I proclaim.
Bless me, Lord, in all your glory,
Bless me, Lord, through all my days; Holy Savior, God almighty, Hear my joyful song of praise. Amen.
— Patrick LiebergenThe Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer A, page 361
Sanctus and Benedictus S 130 Franz Schubert
The Eucharistic Prayer continues page 362
The Breaking of the Bread
Celebrant Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast.
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
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return in thankfulness.
For Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love
Is God our Father dear;
And Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love Are, his Child and care.
Austin C. Lovelace (1919-2010)
For Mercy, has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
Then let all those of every clime, That pray in their distress, Pray to the human form divine, Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.
— William Blake (1757-1827)Hymn 473 Crucifer
The Lenten Dismissal
Priest Bow down before the Lord.
The people kneel.
Priest Keep this your family, Lord, with your never-failing mercy, that relying solely on the help of your heavenly grace, they may be upheld by your divine protection; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Voluntary Chorale Prelude on Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610 Johann Sabastian Bach Refreshments are available in Reynolds Hall.
Readings this Week from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Old Testament Genesis 17:1–7, 15–16
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.” Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.” God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.”
The Epistle Romans 4:13–25
For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”) — in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “So numerous shall your descendants be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he continued on next page
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grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith “was reckoned to him as righteousness.” Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
The Gospel Mark 8:31–38
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.”
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.
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