Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
November 17, 2024 11:00 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 Simón Bautista Betances
Celebrant
The Liturgy is found in The Book of Common Prayer (BCP). Hymns and service music (S) are in The Hymnal 1982.
Opening Voluntary
Andantino con moto
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Choral Introit Tone VII
V. If thou, O Lord, wilt be extreme to mark iniquities, Lord, who may abide it: R. For unto thee belongeth mercy, O God of Israel.
Hymn 391
Celebrant
The Word of God
Winchester New
Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. BCP page 323 People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.
The Collect for Purity and the Summary page 323
Gloria Communion Service in F Herbert Sumsion (1899–1995)
The Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Celebrant Let us pray.
Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them; that, by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The First Reading Daniel 12:1–3
Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in / you; * I have said to the L ORD, “You are my Lord, my good above all / other.”
All my delight is upon the godly that are in the / land, * upon those who are noble among the / people. But those who run after other / gods * shall have their troubles / multiplied. Their libations of blood I will not / offer, * nor take the names of their gods upon my / lips. O L ORD, you are my portion and my / cup; * it is you who uphold my / lot.
My boundaries enclose a pleasant / land; * indeed, I have a goodly / heritage. I will bless the L ORD who gives me / counsel; * my heart teaches me, night after / night. I have set the L ORD always be/fore me; * because he is at my right hand I shall not / fall. My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit re/joices; * my body also shall rest in / hope. For you will not abandon me to the /grave, * nor let your holy one see the / Pit.
2nd half of chant
You will show me the path of / life; * in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures for ever/more.
The Second Reading Hebrews 10:11–25
Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Hymn 615
Alleluia
V. Alleluia. They that know thy Name will put their trust in thee; R. For thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. Alleluia.
St. Flavian
Tone II
The Holy Gospel Mark 13:1–8
Priest The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. 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. Canon Liz Kronenberg
The Nicene Creed page 326
The Prayers of the People Form IV, page 388
The Confession and Absolution page 331
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
Ave, maris stella, Dei Mater alma, Atque semper Virgo, Felix caeli porta.
Solve vincla reis, Profer lumen caecis, Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce.
Vitam praesta puram, Iter para tutum, Ut videntes Jesum, Semper collaetemur.
Sit laus Deo Patri, Summo Christo decus Spiritui Sancto, Tribus honor unus. Amen.
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Hail, star of the sea, Nurturing Mother of God, And ever Virgin Happy gate of Heaven.
Loosen the chains of the guilty, Send forth light to the blind, Our evil do thou dispel, Entreat (for us) all good things.
Bestow a pure life, Prepare a safe way: That seeing Jesus, We may ever rejoice.
Praise be to God the Father, To the Most High Christ (be) glory, To the Holy Spirit (Be) honour, to the Three equally. Amen.
— attr. St. Venatius Fortunatus (c.530–c.600/609) or Hermannus Contractus (1013–1054)
Cathedral Treble Choir Marianna Parnas-Simpson, Director
The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer II, page 340
Sursum Corda S 112
Sanctus and Benedictus Communion Service in F Herbert Sumsion
The People kneel as able.
The Eucharistic Prayer continues page 341
Fraction Anthem
Celebrant Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.
Agnus Dei
Communion Service in F Herbert Sumsion
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 Stephen Paulus (1949–2014)
Even before we call on your name to ask you, O God, When we seek for the words to glorify you, you hear our prayer; Unceasing love, O unceasing love, surpassing all we know.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, And to the Holy Spirit.
Even with darkness sealing us in, we breathe your name, And through all the days that follow so fast, we trust in you; Endless your grace, O endless your grace, beyond all mortal dream.
Both now and for ever, and unto ages and ages, Amen.
— Michael Dennis Browne (b.1940)
When Lay Eucharistic Visitors are taking the Sacrament to members of our Cathedral family:
Celebrant In the name of this congregation, I send you forth bearing these holy gifts, that those to whom you go may share with us in the communion of Christ’s body and blood.
People We who are many are one body, because we all share one bread, one cup.
Prayer after Communion page 339
The Blessing
Hymn 598
The Dismissal
Priest Let us go forth in the name of Christ.
People Thanks be to God.
Closing Voluntary
Allegro giocoso from 7 Improvisations
Mit Freuden zart
Camille Saint-Saëns
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
Old Testament
Daniel 12:1–3
The Lord spoke to Daniel in a vision and said, “At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life,
and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.”
The Epistle Hebrews 10:11–25
Every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God,” and since then has been waiting “until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet.” For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,” he also adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.” Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
The Gospel
Mark 13:1–8
As Jesus came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.” When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?” Then Jesus began to say to them, “Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birthpangs.”
The Book of Remembrance
This week we remember Robert Wilder Cossum Jr.
The Beauty of Flowers
The flowers on the Cathedral Altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of his parents Nellie J. and Floyd W. Robinson Sr. and in honor of his mother’s birthday and his parents’ anniversary by Floyd W. Robinson Jr.
The flowers at the World War I Memorial are given to the glory of God in celebration of the marriage of Frances Smith and Cameron Jones by their parents.
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