Sunday, October 3, 2021, St. Francis of Assisi, Holy Eucharist

Saint Francis of Assisi

T HE H OLY E UCHARIST October 3, 2021

Welcome to the Monastery Chapel.

We warmly invite you to participate fully in our worship.

Prelude

Dalby’s Fancy

Entrance Hymn 1.

Earth and all stars (vv. 1, 2, 3, 6)

Earth and all stars, loud rushing planets, sing to the Lord a new song!

O victory, loud shouting army, sing to the Lord a new song!

Refrain: He hath done marvelous things.

I, too, will praise him with a new song!

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Engines and steel, loud pounding hammers, sing to the Lord a new song!

Limestone and beams, loud building workers, sing to the Lord a new song!

Classrooms and labs, loud boiling test-tubes, sing to the Lord a new song!

Athlete and band, loud cheering people, sing to the Lord a new song!

Refrain

6.

Trumpet and pipes, loud clashing cymbals, sing to the Lord a new song!

Harp, lute, and lyre, loud humming cellos, sing to the Lord a new song!

Hymnal 412

Refrain

Hail, wind, and rain, loud blowing snowstorms, sing to the Lord a new song!

Flowers and trees, loud rustling dry leaves, sing to the Lord a new song!

Refrain

3.

Herbert Howells

Knowledge and truth, loud sounding wisdom, sing to the Lord a new song!

Daughter and son, loud praying members, sing to the Lord a new song!

Refrain

Refrain Words: Herbert F. Brokering (b. 1926)

THE

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Opening Acclamation Presider Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

People And blessed be God's kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.

Collect for Purity Presider Almighty God, People to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn of Praise

Gloria

Proulx – A Community Mass

Gloria to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our pray’r, receive, receive our pray’r.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.

Amen. Amen

Collect of the Day Presider Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of the blesséd Francis, we may for love of you delight in your whole creation with perfectness of joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

People Amen.

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The Word of God First Lesson Job 39:1–18

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“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?

Do you observe the calving of the deer?

Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you know the time when they give birth, when they crouch to give birth to their offspring, and are delivered of their young?

Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and do not return to them.

“Who has let the wild ass go free?

Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass, to which I have given the steppe for its home, the salt land for its dwelling place?

It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.

It ranges the mountains as its pasture, and it searches after every green thing.

“Is the wild ox willing to serve you?

Will it spend the night at your crib?

Can you tie it in the furrow with ropes, or will it harrow the valleys after you?

Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it?

Do you have faith in it that it will return, and bring your grain to your threshing floor?

“The ostrich’s wings flap wildly, though its pinions lack plumage.

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For it leaves its eggs to the earth, and lets them be warmed on the ground, forgetting that a foot may crush them, and that a wild animal may trample them.

It deals cruelly with its young, as if they were not its own; though its labor should be in vain, yet it has no fear; because God has made it forget wisdom, and given it no share in understanding.

When it spreads its plumes aloft, it laughs at the horse and its rider.

Psalm Psalm 148:7–14 Refrain: My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

Second Lesson Galatians 6:14–18 14 May

I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything! 16 As for those who will follow this rule—peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 17 From

now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body.

18 May

the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.

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Gospel Reading Matthew 11:25–30 Jesus Thanks His Father 25 At

that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

28 “Come

to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

The Sermon

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The Nicene Creed 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.

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Hymnal S 105

The Prayers of the People Confession and Absolution of Sin Presider Most merciful God, People we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.

We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.

For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

As announced

The Peace

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Offertory Hymn

Most High, omnipotent, good Lord

1. Most High, omnipotent, good Lord, to thee be ceaseless praise outpoured, and blessing without measure.

From thee alone all creatures came; no one is worthy thee to name.

5. By mother earth my Lord be praised; governed by thee she hath upraised what for our life is needful.

Sustained by thee, through every hour, she bringeth forth fruit, herb, and flower.

2. My Lord be praised by brother sun who through the skies his course doth run, and shines in brilliant splendor: with brightness he doth fill the day, and signifies thy boundless sway.

6. My Lord be praised by those who prove in free forgivingness their love, nor shrink from tribulation.

Happy, who peaceably endure; with thee, Lord, their reward is sure.

3. My Lord be praised by sister moon and all the stars, that with her soon will point the glittering heavens.

Let wind and air and cloud and calm and weathers all, repeat the psalm.

7. For death our sister, praisèd be, from whom no one alive can flee.

Woe to the unpreparèd!

But blest be they who do thy will and follow thy commandments still.

4. By sister water be thou blessed, most humble, useful, precious, chaste; be praised by brother fire; jocund is he, robust and bright, and strong to lighten all the night.

8. Most High, omnipotent, good Lord, to thee be ceaseless praise outpoured, and blessing without measure.

Let creatures all give thanks to thee, and serve in great humility.

Words: Francis of Assisi (1182–1226); tr, Howard Chandler Robbins (1876–1952), alt.

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Hymnal 406

The Holy Communion The Great Thanksgiving Presider The Lord be with you.

People And also with you.

Presider People

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Presider

God of all power, Ruler of the Universe, you are worthy of glory and praise.

People Glory to you for ever and ever.

Presider

At your command all things came to be: the vast expanse of interstellar space, galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses, and this fragile earth, our island home.

People By your will they were created and have their being.

Presider

From the primal elements you brought forth the human race, and blessed us with memory, reason, and skill. You made us the rulers of creation. But we turned against you, and betrayed your trust; and we turned against one another.

People Have mercy, Lord, for we are sinners in your sight.

Presider

Again and again, you called us to return. Through prophets and sages you revealed your righteous Law. And in the fullness of time you sent your only Son, born of a woman, to fulfill your Law, to open for us the way of freedom and peace.

People By his blood, he reconciled us. By his wounds, we are healed.

Presider

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And therefore we praise you, joining with the heavenly chorus, with prophets, apostles, and martyrs, and with all those in every generation who have looked to you in hope, to proclaim with them your glory, in their unending hymn:

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Sanctus, Holy, Holy…

Proulx – A Community Mass

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.

Heav’n and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.

Blest is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.

Presider

And so, Father, we who have been redeemed by him, and made a new people by water and the Spirit, now bring before you these gifts. Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ our Lord.

On the night he was betrayed he took bread, said the blessing, broke the bread, and gave it to his friends, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper, he took the cup of wine, gave thanks, and said, "Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Remembering now his work of redemption, and offering to you this sacrifice of thanksgiving, People We celebrate his death and resurrection, as we await the day of his coming.

Presider

Lord God of our Ancestors; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; God of Sarah and Hagar, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah; God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: Open our eyes to see your hand at work in the world about us.

Deliver us from the presumption of coming to this Table for solace only, and not for strength; for pardon only, and not for renewal. Let the grace of this Holy Communion make us one body, one spirit in Christ, that we may worthily serve the world in his name.

People Risen Lord, be known to us in the breaking of the Bread.

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Accept these prayers and praises, Father, through Jesus Christ our great High Priest, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, your Church gives honor, glory, and worship, from generation to generation.

People Amen.

Presider

The Lord’s Prayer

Hymnal S 148

Fraction Anthem

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Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

Collect of Longing Loving Father, we who are physically distant now groan inwardly as we await the day when we are restored to the company of our neighbors and brought to the fullness of your presence in the Eucharistic feast. Comfort us in our longing to be near each other, assure us of your indwelling presence, and hasten the day when we will abide with you and all our beloved siblings in that kingdom where there is neither sorrow nor crying but the fullness of joy with all your saints; through Jesus Christ our Savior.

People Amen.

Presider

Presentation Behold what you are.

People May we become what we receive.

Presider

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Post Communion Hymn

O holy city, seen of John

1.

O holy city, seen of John, where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign, within whose foursquare walls shall come no night, nor need, nor pain, and where the tears are wiped from eyes that shall not weep again!

2.

O shame to us who rest content while lust and greed for gain in street and shop and tenement wring gold from human pain, and bitter lips in blind despair cry, "Christ hath died in vain!"

3.

Give us, O God, the strength to build the city that hath stood too long a dream, whose laws are love, whose crown is servanthood, and where the sun that shineth is God's grace for human good.

4.

Already in the mind of God that city riseth fair: lo, how its splendor challenges the souls that greatly dare-yea, bids us seize the whole of life and build its glory there.

Words: Walter Russell Bowie (1882–1969), alt.

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Hymnal 582

Prayer After Communion Presider Let us pray.

Eternal God, People heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.

Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Blessing and Dismissal Postlude

Verset in F

James Woodman

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We value your friendship and are honored by your presence.

Over the last several weeks, as we have once again been open for the Sunday Eucharist, we have been reminded how important the monastery chapel, the monastic community, and our life of worship are to all of you. I assure you the feeling is mutual! Those long months, when we were closed due to the pandemic, were a challenge to all of us, on a great many levels.

When we reopened in July, our concern was to make the chapel, and our worship, safe and welcoming for everyone. This continues to be a priority for us. Balancing the health and safety of Brothers, staff, Residents, members of the congregation, and our occasional guest, many of whom fall into the vulnerable persons category, is a challenging task.

As you may know, toward the end of August, the Diocese of Massachusetts issued new guidelines regarding in-person worship. These guidelines include the permission to resume congregational singing as long as everyone is masked and keeps appropriately distanced. As I announced earlier, we have now had the opportunity to consult with medical professionals who know the Community, the physical limitations of the chapel, our style of worship, and the science of the virus, and who have reviewed the new guidelines. Because this is our home, and we Brothers spend over two hours each day in the chapel, unmasked, and because a number of Brothers are deemed vulnerable, we have decided to follow the advice of our medical consultants, and continue to ask you as members of the chapel congregation, to refrain from singing. We are aware that the opportunity to sing together is one of the things which people have missed the most. However, for the safety of everyone involved, and especially the Brothers, we ask that you allow the Brothers to sing on your behalf, including the service music.

Now that one time use bulletins are allowed, we are printing the text of the hymns to enable you to follow along and sing in your heart. We know this will not replace the joy of singing yourself but hope that it will enhance in a small way, your experience of this morning’s Eucharist. As our friends, we also know that we can count on your support in this matter.

Your friendship and presence are important to us. Please know that we are so glad you are here today.

James Koester SSJE Superior

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Refreshments Please join us in the guesthouse garden following the Sunday Eucharist for a time of fellowship and conversation. This is a good way to reconnect with the community and other members of the congregation after being apart for so long. Masks are optional.

We Apologize As you may have discovered over the past several days, we have been having technical difficulties with our livestreaming. We apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment.

We are doing our best to make sure the system is fully operational.

Looking Ahead The Brothers will not be livestreaming Evening Prayer or Compline on Friday or Saturday, 8 and 9 October, or Evening Prayer on Sunday, 10 October. The in-person Eucharist on Sunday, 10 October will be celebrated and livestreamed as normal.

The Brothers will also not be livestreaming our services beginning Tuesday, 26 October. We will resume livestreaming on Tuesday, 2 November with the Eucharist at 5:30 PM. In addition, there will not be a public, or livestreamed, celebration of the Eucharist on Sunday, 31 October and the chapel will be closed that morning.

Online Programs Our online programs for the fall are now listed on www.ssje.org/programs/ Please help us get the word out to new people by forwarding the link to your friends.

Cambridge Half Marathon On Sunday, 7 November, Memorial Drive, in front of the Monastery, will be closed to parking due to the Cambridge Half Marathon. Parking passes will be available from Br James that day for people who normally park on Memorial Drive, and who instead park in one of the local parking garages.

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❖ Br. Luke Ditewig, Presider & Preacher Mr. James Woodman, Monastery Organist ❖

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The Monastery as Sanctuary We want our Monastery to be a sanctuary for our guests and for the Brothers. Please silence your electronic devices. We also ask you not to photograph, video, or record services in the Chapel, or to photograph other guests or Brothers without their express permission.