SAINT MICHAEL
and All Angels Episcopal Church
The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost September 8, 2024
11 AM TRADITIONAL Saint Michael Chapel
WELCOME
FROM THE RECTOR
The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata
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The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Holy Eucharist: Rite I
The service begins on page 323 of The Book of Common Prayer. Hymns may be found in the blue hymnal in the pew rack.
The Word of God
Prelude
L iebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730 and 731
Entering Procession (standing, sung by all)
“ Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old” St. Matthew
J.S. Bach
Hymn 567
The Opening Acclamation and Collect for Purity (standing)
Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
People And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.
Celebrant Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Song of Praise (standing, sung by all)
“Glory be to God on high”
The Collect of the Day (standing)
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray.
Hymn S 202
Today’s prelude settings are inspired by a humble, introspective prayer by Tobias Clausnitzer. The hymn features just two short phrases, with the second half of each phrase being identical. Despite its simplicity, the melody offers such rich possibilities that Bach composed several short organ preludes based on it.
Grant us, O Lord, we pray thee, to trust in thee with all our heart; seeing that, as thou dost alway resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so thou dost not forsake those who make their boast of thy mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Chanted by the Choir to a psalm setting by Edward Bairstow.
The First Lesson (seated)
Isaiah 35:4-7a
Say to those who are of a fearful heart, ‘Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.’ Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water.
Lector
People
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
The Psalm (seated) Psalm 146 Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul! * I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, * for there is no help in them.
When they breathe their last, they return to earth, * and in that day their thoughts perish.
Happy are they who have the God of Jacob for their help! * whose hope is in the LORD their God;
Who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them; * who keeps his promise for ever;
Who gives justice to those who are oppressed, * and food to those who hunger.
The LORD sets the prisoners free; the LORD opens the eyes of the blind; * the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;
The LORD loves the righteous; the LORD cares for the stranger; * he sustains the orphan and widow, but frustrates the way of the wicked.
The LORD shall reign for ever, * your God, O Zion, throughout all generations. Hallelujah!
The Second Lesson (seated)
James 2:1-17
My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favoritism really believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Have a seat here, please,” while to the one who is poor you say, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my feet,” have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the excellent name that was invoked over you? You do well if you really fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For the one who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
Sequence Hymn (standing, sung by all) Hymn 603, v.1
“ When Christ was lifted from the earth” St. Botolph
The Gospel (standing) Mark 7:24-37
Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he said to her, “For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter.” So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They were astounded beyond measure, saying, “He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”
Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
The Sermon (seated) The Reverend Mary Lessmann
The Nicene Creed (standing)
All We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Parish Prayers of the People
As of August 24, 2024
Edwin Adams
John Aldridge
Abel Aluart
Rami Angir
Kathryn Anschutz
Douglas Ashcraft
M‘Lou Bancroft
Barbara Hart Bell
Rebecca Bell
Kimberly Brand
Kimberly Brock
Sherrill Brown
Darrell Calvin
Cosette “Coco” Cathey
Suzanne Charriere
Patti Cooper
Carlos Cuellar
Carol Dotson
Kathy Dwight
Tommy Echols
John Flowers
Katherine Forrest
Dick Frazar
Robbie Gelhaus
Jody Guenther
Maggie Hall
Josh Hight
Andrea Hillburn
Henry Hubbell
Adele Ichilian
Ada Lynn Jones
Lynne Kent
Effie Carter Kline
Mary Lou Klotzman
The
Prayers of the People: Form I (standing)
Celebrant Let us pray for the Church and for the world.
Lector
Lector
With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying “Lord, have mercy.”
For the peace of the world, for the welfare of the Holy Church of God, and for the unity of all peoples, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector For Justin, the Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, our Presiding Bishop; George, our Bishop; our parish clergy and their families; for ___; and for all the clergy and people, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector For Joe, our President; Greg, our Governor; and Eric, our Mayor; for the leaders of the nations, and for all in authority, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector
We give you thanks for___. For this city, for every cit y and community, and for those who live in them, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, especially those on the Saint Michael prayer list, and for___, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector For the poor and the oppressed, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and for all who remember and care for them, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector For all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, especially___, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector For deliverance from all danger, violence, oppression, and degradation, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector That we may end our lives in faith and hope, without suffering and without reproach, let us pray to the Lord.
People Lord, have mercy.
Lector In the communion of Saint Michael and of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and one another, and all our life, to Christ our God.
People To thee, O Lord our God.
Celebrant Hasten, O Father, the coming of thy kingdom; and g rant that we thy servants, who now live by faith, may with joy behold thy Son at his coming in glorious majesty; even Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
Danny Landeros
Jack Levens
Dimitri Margetis
David Martin
John Morelock
Keith Nix
Jordan Oberbilling
Bob Paddock
Nancy Penn
Jim Riggert
Barbara Singleton
Brad Smith
Jim Smith
Byrd Teague
Timothy Teu
Shea Walker
Michael Wallens
Mary Anne Walters
Katharine Westbrook
Mary Wolf
Confession of Sin and Absolution (kneeling)
Celebrant Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.
All
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against thee in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved thee with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in thy will, and walk in thy ways, to the glory of thy Name. Amen.
Celebrant Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him, have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all g oodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Peace (standing)
Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And with thy spirit.
Announcements (please be seated) Give online by selecting General 2024 from the dropdown menu.
The Holy Communion
Offertory Anthem (sung by the Saint Michael Choir)
Come, You People, Rise and Sing Kenneth Dake
Come, you people, rise and sing praise to God who made you, And to heav’n’s eternal King bring the prayers God bade you. Bring your praise for mercies past, all God’s love confessing, And in life, while life shall last, ask your Maker’s blessing.
Praise we God the only Son who in mercy sought us; Born to save a world undone, out of death he brought us; Here, awhile he showed his love, suffered uncomplaining; Now he pleads for us above, ris’n, ascended, reining!
Creator, Son, and Holy Ghost, help us to adore you, Till with all the angel host low we fall before you, Till throughout our earthly days, guided, loved, forgiven, We can blend our songs of praise with the song of heaven!
- Cyril A. Alington
Presentation Hymn (standing, sung by all) Hymn 380, v. 3
“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow” Old 100th
The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer II (standing)
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant L ift up your hearts.
People We lift them up unto the Lord.
Celebrant Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
People It is meet and right so to do.
It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God.
A native of Barrington, Illinois, Kenneth Dake holds degrees in piano performance from The Juilliard School where he was a student of the late Sascha Gorodnitzki.
For eight years, Mr. Dake served as Organist/Choirmaster of New York City’s St. George’s Church Episcopal Church. “Come, You People, Rise and Sing” was written for the Marble Sanctuary Choir at Marble Collegiate Church in New York, and uses the hymn tune “Boundless Mercy,” which first appeared in the tunebook Union Harmony in 1830.
All baptized persons of any age regardless of their denomination and tradition are welcome to share in the banquet of the Lord’s Supper.
Here a Proper Preface is sung or said on all Sundays, and on other occasions as appointed.
At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant is to hold it, or lay a hand upon it; and at the words concerning the cup, to hold or place a hand upon the cup and any other vessel containing wine to be consecrated.
Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and singing,
Sanctus and Benedictus (standing, sung by all) Hymn S 114
“Holy, holy, holy”
Please kneel as you are able.
All glory be to thee, O Lord our God, for that thou didst create heaven and earth, and didst make us in thine own image; and, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to take our nature upon him, and to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption. He made there a full and perfect sacrifice for the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again.
For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread; and when he had given thanks to thee, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my Body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
L ikewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink this, all of you; for this is my Blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins. Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy people do celebrate and make, with these thy holy gifts which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; and looking for his coming again with power and great glory.
And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us, and, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, to bless and sanctify
these gifts of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the Body and Blood of thy dearly-beloved Son Jesus Christ.
And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, whereby we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies. Grant, we beseech thee, that all who partake of this Holy Communion may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction; and also that we and all thy whole Church may be made one body with him, that he may dwell in us, and we in him; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord;
By whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. AMEN.
And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
All 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.
The Breaking of the Bread (sung by all) Hymn S 152 “Alleluia”
Celebrant
The Gifts of God for the People of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.
All are invited to come forward to the Communion rail at the direction of our ushers. Stand or kneel at the rail as you are able, and receive the wafer in the palm of your outstretched hands. If you desire a gluten-free wafer, clasp your hands in front of you with your palms down. Receive the wine by drinking from the chalice as it is offered to you, or by retaining the wafer, to dip lightly into the chalice for yourself. If you are not receiving, you may cross your arms over your chest and receive a blessing. If you are unable to physically come to the rail, please indicate to an usher that you would like to receive Communion at your seat.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. In his final job as Cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Bach had the task of composing, rehearsing, directing, and performing nearly 60 sacred cantatas a year. Over his lifetime he would write some 400 of these, though sadly nearly half are lost. The Cantata No. 147 (Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben) was first performed on July 2, 1723. Today’s anthem, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” is the final chorale of this cantata.
Communion Anthem (sung by the Saint Michael Choir)
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, holy wisdom, love most bright, Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring, soar to uncreated light. Word of God our flesh that fashion’d with the fire of life impassion’d. Striving still to truth unknown, soaring, dying, round Thy throne.
Through the way where hope is guiding, hark, what peaceful music rings, Where the flock in Thee confiding, drink of joy from deathless springs. Theirs is beauty’s fairest pleasure, theirs is wisdom’s holiest treasure. Thou dost ever lead Thine own, in the love of joys unknown.
- Martin Janus (1661)
Communion Hymn (sung by all)
“Before thy throne, O God” St. Petersburg
The Post-Communion Prayer (kneeling, spoken by all)
Hymn 574
Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost feed us, in these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favor and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs, through hope, of thy everlasting kingdom. And we humbly
beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.
The Blessing (kneeling)
The Dismissal (standing)
Deacon Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Departing Procession (standing, sung by all) Hymn 376
“Joyful, joyful, we adore thee” Hymn to Joy
Postlude
Postlude in C Minor, Op. 21 Ernst Friedrich Richter
Ernest Friedrich Richter (1808–1879), was a German musical theorist and composer, born at Großschönau, Saxony. In 1843, he was appointed professor of harmony and counterpoint at the conservatory of music, then newly founded by Felix Mendelssohn. On the death of Moritz Hauptmann in 1868, he was elected cantor of Thomasschule in Leipzig, conducting the Thomanerchor, an office he retained until his death.
The foregoing text of the worship service contained in this order of worship is taken from the Book of Common Prayer 1979.
The Book of Common Prayer alone is of authority in the worship of the Episcopal Church. This program is provided for convenience of use on this occasion.
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†oday at Saint Michael
Adult Formation
7:30 AM
Traditional
Saint Michael Chapel
9 AM
Traditional Church
Joy! A Children’s Service
Saint Michael Chapel
11 AM
Traditional
Saint Michael Chapel
11 AM
Contemporary Church
5:30 PM
Traditional
Saint Michael Chapel
Due to construction, there is no Sunday morning formation today, but adults are invited Thursdays from Sept 12 – Oct 3 for a Bible Study called “Israel’s Mission: Becoming A Kingdom of Priests”
Learn more at saintmichael.org/adults.
Coming Up for CFM & Youth
10 a.m. | Church Patio and Chapel Narthex
Today | Acolyte, Usher, and Choir Preview
From serving as an usher or acolyte to singing in the choir, there is a way for everyone to serve on Sunday mornings.
September 15 | Welcome-Greeter Ministry Preview
Find out how you can be part of the team who welcomes everyone on Sunday mornings.
September 15 | AVL Behind-the-Scenes Look for Youth
10:30 – 11 a.m. | AVL Studio in the Church Narthex
Youth interested in learning how the AVL team works its magic to run the worship services are invited to this behind-the-scenes look and see if they want to volunteer with this ministry.
Announcements
The Rev. Ken Brannon on Sabbatical | Now – Nov 4
Saint Michael has a wonderful sabbatical policy for our clergy. Sabbaticals allow us to invest in the future ministry of our clergy. From September 3 – November 4, Ken Brannon will be traveling with his family and visiting a monastery in upstate New York. While Ken is away, you may direct questions to Shannon Blake at sblake@saintmichael.org.