The Fourth Sunday in Lent March 10, 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 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
Prelude on a Folk Hymn
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Choral Introit Tone VII
V. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem; and be ye glad for her, all ye that delight in her: R. Exult and sing for joy with her, all ye that in sadness mourn for her; that ye may be satisfied with her consolations.
Hymn 143 Erhalt uns, Herr
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 Celebrant reads a sentence of scripture following which all are invited to 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)
Gracious Father, whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which giveth life to the world: Evermore give us this bread, that he may live in us, and we in him; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The First Reading Numbers 21:4–9
Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
The Hymnal 1982, Service Music - #411 Chant setting
Psalm 107:1 3 17 22
Give thanks to the L ORD, for he is / good, and his mercy endures for / ever.
Simplified Anglican chant
Let all those whom the L ORD has redeemed pro/claim that he redeemed them from the hand of the / foe.
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Second half of chant
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He gathered them out of the / lands; from the east and from the west, from the north and from the / south.
Some were fools and took to rebellious / ways; they were afflicted because of their / sins.
They abhorred all manner of / food and drew near to death’s / door.
Then they cried to the L ORD in their / trouble, and he delivered them from their dis/tress.
He sent forth his word and / healed them and saved them from the / grave.
Let them give thanks to the L ORD for his / mercy and the wonders he does for his / children.
Let them offer a sacrifice of thanks/giving and tell of his acts with shouts of / joy.
The Second Reading Ephesians 2:1–10
Hymn 467 St. Bees
Verse before the Gospel Tone II
V. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; R. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever.
The Holy Gospel John 3:14–21
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 Very Rev. Nathaniel Katz, Dean
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 John Stainer (1840-1901)
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoso believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
— John 3:16, 17
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
Amy Beach
With prayer and supplication, let your requests be known unto God. And the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ our Lord.
— Philippians 4:6-7
Prayer after Communion page 339
Hymn 690 Cwm Rhondda
The Lenten Dismissal
Priest Bow down before the Lord.
The people kneel.
Priest Look down in mercy, Lord, on your people who kneel before you; and grant that those whom you have nourished by your Word and Sacraments may bring forth fruit worthy of repentance; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Voluntary
Postlude in G minor Op. 105, No. 2 Charles Villers Stanford (1852-1924)
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 Numbers 21:4–9
From Mount Hor the Israelites set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord to take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.
The Epistle Ephesians 2:1–10
You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved — and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God — not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
The Gospel John 3:14–21
Jesus said, “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the continued on next page
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world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Thomas Michael Cassin.
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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