Lessons and Carols Christmas Eve Monday 24 December 2012 • 4 p.m.
welcome to grace
It’s Christmas.
Christmas message from the Bishop Christmas is the center of the most sublime time in the year, running from St. Andrew’s Day on November 30 through the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6. In this season we learn again to see the enormous importance of the small and the defenseless in our lives — both in our inner lives and in the world of our experiences. It is in the small and the defenseless that true life, divinity, and love are to be found.
— The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop
welcome from the Dean Welcome to Grace Cathedral during this holiday season. The staff and people of this cathedral join me in wishing you a very merry Christmas. We hope that our Christmas services will inspire you, and that we will have the opportunity to welcome you back in the new year. This is a house of prayer for all people, which means it is your cathedral. Please come back and enjoy this sacred space and our worship, and spend some time with us. We will be delighted to see you again. To learn more about our worship services and cathedral events, as well as our work in the community and city, please see our website, www.gracecathedral.org.
— The Very Reverend Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean
Worshipping with us The words and music of our Christmas services speak from our ancient tradition and perhaps also give voice to what is waiting to be expressed in our own hearts. They announce both God’s promises and their fulfillment‚ something we can never earn or work for. They come as pure gift. We celebrate here our outrageous but firm belief that God yearns to be part of our lives and world. We believe that this really has happened in the person of Jesus the Christ and continues to happen in us. Coming together in this great cathedral cave, we recall the little cave of Bethlehem where this mysterious truth about God-with-us was so tenderly made known. Some of our services include Holy Communion. You are most welcome to follow the guiding of the ushers to receive the bread and wine, which we believe, by the power of God’s Holy Spirit, do not just recall and point to God’s presence with and for us, but also contain and really make present this divine gift. If you do not wish to receive either the wine or the bread, cross your arms in front of you, touching your shoulders, and simply say, “Amen.” Again, we welcome you among us and wish you the blessings of a merry Christmas.
A Fest iva l of Les so n s a n d C a ro l s Christmas Eve • Monday 24 December 2012 4:00 pm
Welcome to Grace Cathedral. Our community is honored you’ve joined us for our Christmas celebrations. They are familiar and loved by us, yet are new and full of fresh power every year. Perhaps like you, we are still listening and learning, deeply hoping and expecting the miracle of Christmas to be born again in us. This service is based on traditional forms developed in Anglican cathedrals and college chapels. The Lessons, drawn from Holy Scripture, unfold the history of salvation and its culmination in the birth of Jesus, God’s incarnate Son. The words and music speak from our ancient tradition and perhaps also give voice to what’s waiting to be expressed in your own heart. They announce both God’s promises and their fulfillment—something we can never earn or work for. They come as pure gift.
We celebrate here our outrageous but firm belief that God yearns to be part of our lives and world. We believe that this really has happened in the person of Jesus the Christ and continues to happen in us. Coming together in this great Cathedral cave we recall the little cave of Bethlehem where this mysterious truth about God-with-us was so tenderly made known. Again, we welcome you among us and wish you the blessings of a merry Christmas.
Hearing assistance devices are available from the ushers. Restrooms are located on the lower level. Ask an usher about wheelchair seating or large-print leaflets. As you prepare for worship, please be sensitive to the needs of those around you who may wish to pray quietly. Please refrain from unnecessary conversation, silence any audible electronic devices, and do not use photographic, video, or audio recording equipment before or during worship services.
Voluntary
Allegro cantabile (Symphony no. 5)
Hymn
Charles M. Widor
The people stand as the procession enters.
Solo treble
Choir alone
All
Irby
Once in royal David’s city stood a lowly cattle shed, where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.
He came down to earth from heaven, who is God and Lord of all, and his shelter was a stable, and his cradle was a stall; with the poor, and meek and lowly, lived on earth our Savior holy.
We, like Mary, rest confounded that a stable should display heaven’s Word, the world’s creator, cradled there on Christmas Day, yet this child, our Lord and brother, brought us love for one another. And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own redeeming love; for that child so dear and gentle is our Lord in heaven above; and he leads his children on to the place where he is gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable, with the oxen standing by, we shall see him; but in heaven, set at God’s right hand on high. Where like stars his children crowned, all in white shall wait around.
The Bidding Prayer
Remain standing.
The Dean
The Lord’s Prayer
All
The Blessing
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.
Invitatory Carol
Choir
The Almighty God bless us with his grace; Christ give us the joys of everlasting life; and to the fellowship of the citizens above, may the King of Angels bring us all. Amen. The people sit.
J. S. Bach
Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light, And usher in the morning; O shepherds, shrink not with afright, But hear the angel’s warning. This Child, now weak in infancy, Our confidence and joy shall be, The power of Satan breaking, Our peace eternal making.
Th e Fi rst Les so n
Genesis 3: 8–15, 22–24
An ancient parable about human free will and the consequences of sin.
Carol
Choir
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The tree of life my soul hath seen, laden with fruit and always green: The trees of nature fruitless be compared with Christ the apple tree. His beauty doth all things excel: by faith I know, but ne’er can tell the glory which I now can see in Jesus Christ the apple tree.
Stanford Scriven
For happiness I long have sought, and pleasure dearly I have bought: I missed of all; but now I see ‘tis found in Christ the apple tree. I’m weary with my former toil, here I will sit and rest awhile: under the shadow I will be, of Jesus Christ the apple tree. This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, it keeps my dying faith alive; Which makes my soul in haste to be with Jesus Christ the apple tree. Anon, collection of Joshua Smith, New Hampshire, 1784
Th e S eco n d Les so n
Isaiah 40: 1–5, 9–11
God’s prophet announces comfort and calls on the people to prepare for redemption.
Carol
Choir
English Trad. arr. H. Walford Davies
The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown. The rising of the sun, and the running of the deer, the playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir. The holly bears a blossom, as white as the lily flower; and Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ, to be our sweet Saviour. Refrain The holly bears a berry, as red as any blood; and Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ, for to do us sinners good. Refrain The holly bears a prickle, as sharp as any thorn, and Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ, on Christmas day in the morn. Refrain The holly bears a bark, as bitter as any gall; and Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ, for to redeem us all. Refrain The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown, of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown. Refrain
Th e Th i rd Les so n
The prophet proclaims that God will come and save us.
Carol
Choir
Isaiah 35: 1–10 Tune from Piae Cantiones harm. G.R. Woodward
Ding-dong, ding: Ding-a-dong-a-ding: Ding-dong, ding-dong: Ding-a-dong-ding. Up! good Christen folk, and listen how the merry churchbells ring, and from steeple bid good people come adore the newborn King; Tell the story how from glory God came down at Christmastide, bringing gladness, chasing sadness, showering blessings far and wide. Born of mother, blest o’er other, Ex Marie Virgine, [of the Virgin Mary] In a stable (‘tis no fable), Christus natus hodie. [Christ is born today]
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Hymn
Sung by all, standing. All
God Rest You Merry
God rest you merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay; remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day, to save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray. O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy; O tidings of comfort and joy!
From God our heavenly Father a blessèd angel came and unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same: how that in Bethlehem was born the Son of God by name. O tidings ...
“Fear not, then,” said the angel, “Let nothing you affright; this day is born a Savior of a pure virgin bright, to free all those who trust in him from Satan’s power and might.” O tidings ... Now to the Lord sing praises, all you within this place, and with true love and charity, each other now embrace; this holy tide of Christmas doth bring redeeming grace. O tidings ...
Th e Fo u r t h Les so n
The people sit.
Isaiah 7: 10–15
God promises that a child shall be conceived who will be known as “God with us”
Carol
Choir
On Christmas night all Christians sing, To hear the news the angels bring, News of great joy, news of great mirth, News of our merciful King’s birth.
Then why should men on earth be so sad, Since our Redeemer made us glad, When from our sin he set us free, All for to gain our liberty? When sin departs before his grace, Then life and health come in its place; Angels and men with joy may sing, All for to see the newborn King.
All out of darkness we have light, Which made the angels sing this night: ‘Glory to God and peace to men, Now and for evermore, Amen.’
Th e Fi f t h Les so n
The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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English Traditional, arr. David Willcocks
Luke 1: 26–38
Carol
Choir
Of one that is so fair and bright, velut maris stella, (as the star of the sea) Brighter than the day is light, parens et puella: (mother and daughter) I cry to thee, thou see to me, Lady, pray thy Son for me, tam pia, (so holy) That I might come to thee. Maria! (Mary) All this world was forlorn, Eva peccatrice, (because of sinful Eve) Till our Lord was y-born, de te genetrice. (of you, his mother) With ave it went away (hail) Darkest night and comes the day Salutis; (of salvation) The well springeth out of thee, Virtutis. (of virtue) Lady, flower of everything, Rosa sine spina, (rose without thorn) Thou bear Jesu, heavens king, Gratia divina: (by divine grace) Of all thou bear’st the prize, Lady, queen of paradise Electa: (chosen one) Maid mild, mother es effecta. (you are made)
Th e S ix t h Les so n
The One coming to save will be born in Bethlehem.
Hymn 92
Benjamin Britten
Sung by all, standing.
Micah 5: 2–4 Personent hodie
“Ideo Gloria in excelsis Deo!” Is Latin for “Therefore, glory to God in the highest!” text: Piae Cantiones, 1582; tr. Jane M. Joseph (1894-1929); music: melody from Piae Cantiones, 1582; harm. Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934) 5
Carol
The people sit. Choir
Gustav Holst
In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan; Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone. Snow had fallen snow on snow, snow on snow; In the bleak mid-winter, long ago.
Our God, Heav’n cannot hold him nor earth sustain. Heav’n and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign. In the bleak mid-winter a stable place sufficed, The Lord God Almighty Jesus Christ. Enough for Him, whom cherubim worship night and day, A breast full of milk and a manger full of hay. Enough for Him, whom angels fall down before, The ox and ass and camel, which adore. What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a wise man I would do my part; Yet what I can I give him? Give my heart.
Th e S eve n t h Les so n
– Christina Rosetti
Jesus is born at Bethlehem and is worshiped by angels and shepherds.
Luke 2: 1–20
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Carol
Choir
There’s a star in the East on Christmas morn, rise up, shepherd, and follow; it will lead to the place where Christ was born; rise up, shepherd, and follow. Leave your sheep and leave your lambs, rise up, shepherd, and follow. Leave your ewes and leave your rams, rise up, shepherd, and follow. Follow, follow, rise up, shepherd, and follow, follow the star of Bethlehem. Rise up, shepherd, and follow. If you take good heed to the angel’s words; rise up, shepherd, and follow; you’ll forget your flocks, you’ll forget your herds; rise up shepherd, and follow. Leave your sheep and leave your lambs, rise up, shepherd, and follow. Leave your ewes and leave your rams, rise up, shepherd, and follow. Follow, follow, rise up, shepherd, and follow, follow the star of Bethlehem. Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Th e E ig h t h Les so n
The Magi are led by the star to Jesus.
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American traditional arr. Benjamin Bachmann
Matthew 2: 1–12
Carol
Choir
Richard Dirksen
All this night shrill Chanticleer, day’s proclaiming trumpeter, Claps his wings and loudly cries, Mortals, mortals, wake and rise! See a wonder Heaven is under; From the earth is risen a Sun, shines all though day be done. Wake, O earth, wake everything, wake and hear the joy I bring; Wake and joy; for all this night heaven and every twinkling light, All amazing still stand gazing Angels, Powers and all that be, wake, and joy this Sun to see.
Hail, O Sun, O blessed Light, sent into the world by night! Let thy rays and heavenly powers shine in these dark souls of ours; For most duly thou art truly God and Man we do confess: Hail, O Sun of Righteousness! – William Austin
Th e N i n t h Les so n
The people stand.
from the writings of Dorothy Day
Founder of the Catholic Worker movement, Dorothy Day is under consideration to be added to the calendars of saints in the Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches.
Hymn
All
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; come and behold him, born the King of angels;
O come, let us adore him... Christ the Lord.
O come, let us adore him... Christ the Lord.
O come, let us adore him... Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, sing, all ye citizens of heaven above; glory to God, glory in the highest;
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning; Jesus, to thee be glory giv’n; Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;
The Collect and Blessing
Bishop
People
Adeste fideles
Remain standing.
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Let us pray. O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
May Christ, who by his Incarnation gathered into one things earthly and heavenly, fill you with his joy and peace; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen. 7
Hymn 83
Sung by all, standing.
Mendelssohn
Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled! Joyful, all ye nations, rise, join the triumph of the skies; with th’angelic host proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem!
Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King!
Christ, by highest heav’n adored; Christ, the everlasting Lord; late in time behold him come, offspring of the Virgin’s womb. Veiled in flesh the Godhead see; hail th’incarnate Deity. Pleased as man with us to dwell; Jesus, our Emmanuel!
Mild he lays his glory by, born that we no more may die, born to raise us from the earth, born to give us second birth. Ris’n with healing in his wings, light and life to all he brings, hail, the Sun of Righteousness! hail, the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!
Voluntary
Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King!
Hark! the herald angels sing glory to the newborn King! Toccata (Symphony no. 5)
✮ Serving the assembly: Musicians Readers, First Lesson Second Lesson Third Lesson Fourth Lesson Fifth Lesson Sixth Lesson Seventh Lesson Eighth Lesson Ninth Lesson
Widor
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The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys Canon Benjamin Bachmann, Canon Director of Music Lawrence Thain, Assistant Director of Music Robbie Nooney, Deputy Head Chorister Ellen Fleishhacker, President, Choir Guild AnnaMarie Hoos, Cathedral Staff Marvin Canton, Cathedral Staff William Rounds, Cathedral Camerata Priscilla Geeslin, Former Trustee, Grace Cathedral The Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw, Dean The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop AnnaDeavere Smith, Trustee, Grace Cathedral
Copyrights: ‘Once in royal David’s city’ (Hymn EH1982-102): words: © 1982, James Warren McCrady; music: © 1957, Novello & Company Ltd,. Used by permission; ‘God rest ye merry, gentlemen’ (Hymn EH1982-105): words: By permission of Fleming H. Revell Company; music: harmonization and accompaniment copyrighted by the Church Pension Fund; ‘On this day earth shall ring’ (Hymn EH1982-092): words: © G. Shirmer, Inc. Reprinted by permission; music: Used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc.; ‘O come, all ye faithful’ (Hymn EH1982-083): (public domain); Hymns and Service Music reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-709351, All Rights Reserved; Used with permission.
Christmas flowers and foliage are given to the glory of God and with our thanks. In Honor Of:
Josephine Weiner Coe
Sunday mornings, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m., in Gresham Hall. Hosted by the Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw. Free and open to all. www.gracecathedral.org/forum.
In Memory Of:
Roy Ashley Anna Marguerite deGroot Barte Martha Barte Bovard Anna Marguerite Barte Brenna John Britton Litsa D. Contoules Vivian L. Contoules Jane Crocker The Rev. Paul C. Deckenbach Dorothy’s mom, dad, & brother (Chicago) Tom Dross Archdeacon Thomas Dyson, grandfather of Nicholas, Edward, & Julian Herbert H. Gee Patricia C. Georgantas Paul Halley Arnold & Harriet Houck Goon Yan Jeong Yin Ming Jeong Harold & Rosalie Johnson Cary & Agnes Reynolds Jones Kazuhiro’s mom, dad, & brother (Tokyo) Gerard & Irene Lane Fred & Jacqueline Lazar Sunny deGroot Manahan Helen Mavromatis Our fathers, Allison “Bud” Decker & Farrar “Ark” Carruth Alicia Parlette Ted N. Poulos Paul W. Poynter
THE FORUM I WINTER 2013
JA N UA RY 1 3
David G. Rodgers Anna Souris Dean J. Stevens Mary C. Stevens
Thank you to:
Anonymous Richard & Alice Alsterberg Barbara Belloli Rebecca Bowman J. M. Xena Brenna Thomas Cantrell & Robert Lane Gabriel & Nancy Carruth Virginia & Michael Coe Samuel Crocker Diocesan Altar Guild Jerome Englebardt Virginia C. Gee Aristides Georgantas Peter Gettner Peter Grace Gary Jennings & John Poynter Herbert L. Jeong Dr. Ronald C. Johnson The Rev. Vern E. Jones Juliana Dyson Smith Catherine Stevens Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta & Kazuhiro Tsuruta The Ven. Anthony Turney
The high altar flowers are given by Lucy Buchanan to the glory of God and in loving memory of John Edward Buchanan, Jr. (1953-2011). An Evening of Silent Films Saturday, January 26, 2013 Dorothy Papadakos accompanies iconic films on the great Aeolian-Skinner organ.
7 p.m. The Battleship Potemkin (1925) 9 p.m. Nosferatu (1922) Single Tickets: $10 – $20 Cathedral Pass (both films with priority seating): $17 – $34 www.cityboxoffice.com, 415-392-4400
The Rt. Rev. Dr. David Stancliffe, former Bishop of Salisbury Music and Theology JA N UA RY 2 0
Dr. Sarah Ogilvie, linguist and lexicographer with Anna Deavere Smith, actor and playwright Words of the World JA N UA RY 2 7
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano The Next Generation of Opera F E B R UA RY 3
The Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Magdalene & Thistle Farms Activism and Priesthood F E B R UA RY 1 0
Linda Ronstadt, Grammy winner and arts advocate The Power of Music F E B R UA RY 1 7
The Rev. Rosa Lee Harden and Kevin Jones, Co-founders of SOCAP Money and Meaning F E B R UA RY 24
The Very Rev. June Osborne, Dean of Salisbury Cathedral Medieval Cathedrals
MARCH 10
Anne Patterson, Grace Cathedral’s 2013 Artist in Residence Music and the Visual Arts MARCH 17
Rob Bell, author and founder of Mars Hill Bible Church What We Talk About When We Talk About God “Come to Bethlehem and see ...” Holy Land Pilgrimage Oct. 31 - Nov. 13, 2013 Experience the biblical and cultural sites relating to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, his ministry in Galilee and his death and resurrection in Jerusalem. Led by the Rev. Canon Mark Stanger and a local Palestinian Christian licensed tour guide, Canon Iyad Qumri. Information session following Thursday Evensong, January 17th, at 6 p.m. Contact the Rev. Mark Stanger at marks@gracecathedral.org.
cathedral worship
Christmas services
Sunday Nursery 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Eucharist 8:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Choral Eucharist 11 a.m. Evensong 3 p.m. Contemplative Eucharist 6 p.m.
Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve Bishop’s Christmas Pageant, 11 a.m.
Monday - Friday Morning Prayer Holy Eucharist Evening Prayer
Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Holy Eucharist Choral Evensong Saturday Morning Prayer Evening Prayer
Christmas Lessons & Carols, 4 p.m.
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The Choir of Men & Boys. Capacity crowd; come early.
9 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 5:15 p.m.
Sung by the Cathedral Camerata
7:30 a.m. 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday, December 25, Christmas Day Christmas Day Choral Eucharist, 11 a.m.
9 a.m. 3 p.m.
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Children in costume help enact the Christmas story
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Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist, 11 p.m. The Choir of Men & Boys and orchestra. Capacity crowd; come early.
The cathedral will be open from 8 am. 4 p.m. on December 25 and December 26.
COME DINE AND CELEBRATE AT A GALA TO BENEFIT GRACE CATHEDRAL Distinguished guest speaker Linda Ronstadt Distinguished guest performer Suzanne Mentzer
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