Easter 3 [2015]

ST. DAVID’S CHURCH CHRIST CHURCH with the

St. Basil’s Chapel

Jesus said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them. Luke 24: 41-43 THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 19TH APRIL, 2015 Rector: The Rev’d Canon Noel A. Burke, M.A. Tel. No.: 435-4272 E-mail: nburke@anglican.bb Associate: The Very Rev’d William G. St. C. Dixon, CBE, MA [Dean Emeritus of The St. Michael Cathedral] E-mail: spod@caribsurf.com

ORDER OF THE HOLY MASS THE ENTRANCE RITE Introit Hymn 175* 163 Easter Sentence Page 98 Acclamation Page 101 Collect for Purity Page 101 Kyries Page 102 Gloria in Excelsis Page 102 Collect Page 169 THE LITURGY OF THE WORD 1st Reading: Acts 4: 5-12 Psalm 98 Page 596 Epistle: I John 1: 1-2:2 Gradual Hymn 174 THE HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 24: 36b-4 The Sermon The Nicene Creed Page 104 Intercession: H Page 120 Act of Penitence & Absolution Page 123 The Greeting of Peace Page 124 THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT THE OFFERTORY 166 The Presentation of the Offerings Page 126 The Sursum Corda Page 126 Easter Preface Page 128 “Therefore we praise you” Page 131 Sanctus et Benedictus Qui Venit Page 131 Consecration Prayer B Page 135 The Lord’s Prayer Page 144 The Breaking of Bread Page 145 The Invitation Page 145 Agnus Dei Page 147 (Administration of Holy Communion) 180, 172, 607 644 Post Communion Prayer Page 148 THE DISMISSAL RITE The Blessing Page 150 Notices and Announcements Recessional Hymn 138 (Booklet page 11) Sacred Heart of Jesus, come into my heart

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LECTORS & INTERCESSORS AT MASS TODAY 6:15 a.m.

7:45 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

Lesson

Marceline Smith

Margaret Gilkes

Adam Trotman

Epistle

Kathy Greenidge

Anthony Foster

Shonnay Welch

Intercession

Elsa Weekes

Rhonda Forde

Ina Foster

THE COLLECT

o God, whose blessed Son made Himself known to His disciples 
 in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may 
 behold Him in all His redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

THE FIRST READING: READER:

A Reading from the Word of God written in the Acts of the Apostles Chapter 4 beginning at the 5th verse

On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest and Ca'iaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, "By what power or by what name did you do this?" Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed, be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well. This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner. And there is

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salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

Reader: ALL:

Here ends the Reading.

Thanks be to God.

PSALM 98 1. Sing to the Lord a new song, * for he has done marvellous things.

2. With his right hand and his holy arm * has he won for himself the victory.

3. The Lord has made known his victory;* his righteousness has he openly shown in the sight of the nations.

4. He remembers his mercy and faithfulness to the house of Israel, * and all the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God .

5. Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands; * lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing.

6. Sing to the Lord with the harp, * with the harp and the voice of song.

7. With trumpets and the sound of the horn* shout with joy before the King, the Lord.

8. Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it, * the lands and those who dwell therein.

9. Let the rivers clap their hands, * and let the hills ring out with joy before the Lord, when he comes to judge the earth.

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10.In righteousness shall he judge the world* and the peoples with equity.

V. R.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son;*and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning is now:*and shall be forever.

Amen

THE EPISTLE A Reading from the Word of God written in the First Letter of John Chapter 1 beginning at the 1st verse.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -- the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us -- that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Reader: ALL:

Here ends the Reading.

Thanks be to God.

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THE HOLY GOSPEL The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke Glory to Christ our Saviour.

At that time while the disciples were talking, the risen Jesus himself stood among them. But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them.

Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.� Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. �

The Gospel of Christ Praise to Christ our Lord.

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From the Rector’s Desk Greetings: The Holy Eucharist is the primary service of the church. It is the sacrament to which we have recourse Sunday by Sunday and in the midweek Wednesday evening Mass here in our parish.

Growing up in my home parish; the mass was celebrated on a daily basis as it was done in may other parishes; however one would hardly find a daily mass in regular parish life today.

At times we look to scripture as we seek to find the origins of this most important liturgical rite which we carry out with great care and attention and after diligent planning so that we can offer the best that we can to almighty God. Robert Cabie in Volume II of a book entitled “The Church at Prayer: An Introduction to the Liturgy The Eucharist, raises the question: What happened at the last meal Jesus took with his disciples?

Cabié acknowledges that the early witnesses, meaning the synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke (John does not mention the Last Supper), have not left us a description of its origins and that Paul’s 1st letter to the Corinthians does not exactly give us a Eucharistic Rite, arguably there was no need.

Like most things origins are always difficult to trace. One thing seems certain that quite early in the Tradition christians came to accept the power and presence of our Lord when they shared an actually meal and that later this became the ritual meal which we share Sunday by Sunday and in the schedules masses during the week.

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We can deduce from our celebration of the Holy Eucharist a basic spirituality that tells us how our lives are build around this weekly celebration in which we are fed with the broken and resurrected Body of Christ.

The last meal shared with Jesus must have meant tremendous confusion for the disciples; but it continued in their individual and collective memory and by the close of the 1st century was etched in the institutional memory of the merging christian church.

The disciples were devastated at the death of Jesus and were later comforted and encouraged by his presence that even after his crucifixion he continued in the power of resurrection to break the bread inviting them to participate in meal sharing.

What we have is a service that is taken very seriously by us and one in which we too experience the presence of the resurrected Christ in a real way.

Your friend and priest, Noel A. Burke, MA (The Rev’d Canon) Rector

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CURRENT NEWS AND EVENTS The Church Mission Committee is sponsoring a panel discussion on the topic “Life and Death Issues: Medical Futility”. The panelists are Mr. Ivan Walters- Attorney at Law; Dr. Anne-Marie Hassell - Physician and Canon Noel Burke Rector of St. David’s Church and Tutor (Part-time) in Ethics and Citizenship at the Barbados Community College. It will be held in the St. Leonard’s Church on Tuesday April 21 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. All persons are invited.

HEALTH GUILD WALK The Health Guild walk will be held on Friday May 1, 2015 beginning at 5:30pm. The route:- Turn right at Living Waters, on to Fort George reservoir. Turn right at Dash Valley, right through South District up to Nazarene Church, turn right at Egerton and return to St. David.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK 19: Ari Boyce, Dr. Reginald King; 20: Corene Cave, Joycelyn Woodroffe; 21: Kerry Massiah; 23: Sheila Brathwaite; 24: Carol-Anne Bradshaw; Evelyn Maughn, Shacola Mitchell WE REMEMBER AT MASS TODAY . . .

Leroy Allder, Grace Armstrong, Maureen Bagot & family, Carl Barrow, Ina Beamish, Norma Belle, Elrita Blackman, Joan & Cliff Bradford, Audine Brewster, Ethan Brooker, Ianthe Browne, Patricia Browne, Audley Croney, Estelle Davis, Nancy Durant, Jean Farmer, Sylvia Fields, Betty Gill, Evelyn Gittens, Nigel Griffith, Owen Harrison, Henderson Haynes, Veronica Headley, Elaine Hewitt, Caulda “Hetty” Hobbs, Clotilda Howard, Eileen Hunte, Ruby Jones, Norma Kirton, Tyrell McCollin, Deanne & Selwyn Powlett, Ronald Rawlins, Emmerson Rock, Pearl Rock, Joan Rollock, Clement Selman, Myrna Smith, Rachel Stampfli, Archibald Suttle, Cherie Tempro, Evelyn “Brandy” Taylor, Pamela Toppin, Deighton Whitney, April Williams, Jean Williams, Jennifer Williams, Peter Williams, Anne Wiltshire, Vita Yarde.

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HEALTH CORNER

By Sophia Marshall Body image is the mental representation or internal picture we have of our physical body; an inner view of our outer selves. Our body image is strongly influenced by messages from family, friends, television, movies and other sectors of society. Do you have a positive or negative image of yourself? Did you look at the lady, who just sat in front of you and wished you had her hips? What about the gentleman in the choir? Do you wish that you were handsome like him? Pursuit of that ‘perfect’ body never leads to happiness. Here are some tips to help you learn to love your body: -

Change your self-talk. Follow your thoughts for 1 or 2 days.

Be vigilant in hearing the types of messages that you repeat about your inner and outer self. Increase positive selfmessages and decrease the negative ones.

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Develop affirmations that focus on a new attitude about your body. “I like my body when I eat the way it wants me to.

I have attractive legs. I have nice arms.”

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If you are weighing yourself, throw out the scale! This metal object has been given too much power to determine how you feel on any given day.

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Ask yourself if you exercise for appearance or for fitness.

If it is for appearance, you may want to assess how helpful this is to achieving a positive body image.

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Try not to compare yourself to models, actors, magazine photos. They search the world over for these faces and bodies and none of them are as they appear! Television makeup takes hours to apply, photography tricks and photo airbrushing eliminate lines, blemishing and pores. These people don’t even look this way in real life.

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Talk to a professional if negative body image is hurting you in your personal life, relationship or the workplace.

Source: McFarland B, Baker-Bauman T. Shame and Body Image.

Florida: Health Communication, 1990.

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CHRIST is risen! Christ is risen!

He hath burst His bonds in twain; Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

Alleluia! swell the strain!

For our gain He suffer’d loss

By Divine decree; He hath died upon the Cross, But our God is He. Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

He hath burst His bonds in twain; Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

Alleluia! swell the strain!

See the chains of death are broken; Earth below and heaven above Joy in each amazing token Of His rising, Lord of love; He for evermore shall reign By the Father’s side, Till He comes to earth again, Comes to claim His Bride.

Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

He hath burst His bonds in twain; Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

Alleluia! swell the strain!

Glorious Angels downward thronging Hail the Lord of all the skies; Heav’n with joy and holy longing For the Word Incarnate, cries, “Christ is risen! Earth, rejoice!

Gleam, ye starry train!

All creation, find a voice; He o’er all shall reign.”

Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

He hath burst His bonds in twain; Christ is risen! Christ is risen!

O’er the universe to reign.

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THIS WEEK IN THE PARISH:

Today

ST. DAVID 6:15 a.m.

Holy Mass & Sermon 7:45 a.m.

Solemn Mass & Sermon 7:45 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 Holy Communion & Homily

Monday

5:30 p.m.

Line dancing

Tuesday

9:30 a.m.

Bible Study (Adults)

Wednesday

7:00 p.m.

Said Mass & Homily

Thursday

10:00 a.m.

Prayer Group

Friday

10:00 a.m.

Office Hours

Saturday Next Sunday

9:00 a.m.

6:15 a.m.

7:45 a.m.

Confirmation Class

Holy Mass & Sermon Solemn Mass & Sermon ST. BASIL

Sunday

8:30 a.m.

Said Mass & Sermon Sunday School

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