The Third Sunday in Lent March 3, 2024
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. We are glad you are here!
The Cathedral is equipped with a hearing loop for assisted listening via telecoil.
The Holy Eucharist: Rite One
The Very Rev. Nathaniel Katz, Dean Celebrant
The Liturgy is found in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns and service music (S) are in The Hymnal 1982.
Opening Voluntary Prelude in D minor George Oldroyd (1886-1951)
Choral Introit Tone VII
V. Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net:
R. Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate, and in misery.
Hymn 388 Hanover
The Word of God
Penitential Order BCP page 319
Celebrant Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins. People His mercy endureth for ever.
The people kneel.
The General Confession page 320
The people stand.
Kyrie Eleison S 89
The Collect of the Day Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Celebrant Let us pray.
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) arr. James McGregor (1930-2022)
Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all
evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The First Reading Exodus 20:1–17 Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #411 Chant setting
Psalm 19 Simplified Anglican chant
The heavens declare the glory of / God, and the firmament shows his / handiwork.
Your
One day tells its tale to an/other, and one night imparts knowledge to an/other.
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Although they have no words or / language, and their voices are not / heard, Their sound has gone out into all / lands, and their message to the ends of the / world.
In the deep has he set a pavilion for the / sun; it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber; it rejoices like a champion to run its / course.
It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens and runs about to the end of it a/gain; nothing is hidden from its burning / heat.
The law of the L ORD is perfect and revives the / soul; the testimony of the L ORD is sure and gives wisdom to the / innocent.
The statutes of the L ORD are just and rejoice the / heart; the commandment of the L ORD is clear and gives light to the / eyes.
The fear of the L ORD is clean and endures for / ever; the judgments of the L ORD are true and righteous alto/gether.
More to be desired are they than gold, more than much fine / gold, sweeter far than honey, than honey in the / comb.
By them also is your servant en/lightened, and in keeping them there is great re/ward.
Who can tell how often he of/fends?
cleanse me from my secret / faults.
Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins; let them not get dominion / over me; then shall I be whole and sound, and innocent of a great of/fense.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your / sight, O L ORD, my strength and my re/deemer.
Hymn 142
St. Flavian
Verse before the Gospel Tone II
V. Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; R. And the God of hosts will be with you.
The Holy Gospel John 2:13–22
Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
After the Gospel reading, the Priest says
The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
The Sermon
The Rev. Paul Fromberg
The Nicene Creed page 326
The Prayers of the People Form II, page 385
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 William H. Harris (1883-1973)
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and the Spirit of God dwelleth within you: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are: for the love of whom ye do this day celebrate the joys of the temple with a season of festivity. Amen.
— Sarum Antiphon for the Dedication of a Church employing Revelation 21:3
The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer I, page 333
Sursum Corda S 112
Sanctus and Benedictus S 117 James McGregor after Verbum caro factum est, Hans Leo Hassler
The Eucharistic Prayer continues page 334
Fraction Anthem
Celebrant Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast.
Agnus Dei S 157
John Merbecke (c.1518-c.1585)
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 Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
O Lord, may the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable before Thee, Adonoy, my Rock and Redeemer. Amen.
— Psalm 19:14
Prayer after Communion page 339
Hymn 149 Old 124th
The Lenten Dismissal
Priest Bow down before the Lord.
The people kneel.
Priest Look mercifully on this your family, Almighty God, that by your great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in G minor
Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Cathedral tours highlighting the lore of the building, its windows, its woodwork and more are given by a guide each Sunday following the 11 o’clock service.
Look for the guide under the crucifixion window at the rear of the nave.
Readings this Week from the Revised Common Lectionary
The Old Testament Exodus 20:1–17
Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work — you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and continued on next page
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consecrated it. Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
The Epistle 1 Corinthians 1:18–25
The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
The Gospel John 2:13–22
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Tom Forrester Lord.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of their mother, Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton, their father, Thomas Woodward Houghton, their grandmother, Dorothy Trone Howe Dupree, and their grandfather, Knox Briscoe Howe, by Rowena Houghton Dasch and Adele Houghton.
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