THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Prelude Spielstück No. 8 (Op. 18/1) Hugo Distler
THE HOLY EUCHARIST
Praise to the Lord, the almighty
Presider Blessed be God who creates all things. People God’s love is new every morning.
T HE S OCIETY OF S AINT J OHN THE E VANGELIST 980 Memorial Drive Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 617.876.3037 www.SSJE.org
Opening Acclamation
September 18, 2022
Welcome to the Monastery Chapel. We warmly invite you to participate fully in our worship.
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.
Entrance Hymn
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Hymnal 390
Entrance Hymn Praise to the Lord, the almighty
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Hymn of Praise Glory to God in the highest Congregational Mass by John Lee
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Gradual Psalm Psalm 113
Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, saying, "When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer wheat for sale? We will make the ephah small and the shekel great, and practice deceit with false balances, buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and selling the sweepings of the wheat." The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
Presider Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. People Amen.
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
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Collect of the Day
First Reading Amos 8:4 7
6 Second Reading 1 Timothy 2:1 7
First of all, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself a ransom for all this was attested at the right time. For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
7 The Holy Gospel Luke 16:1 13
"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, `What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.' Then the manager said to himself, `What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, `How much do you owe my master?' He answered, `A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, `Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' Then he asked another, `And how much do you owe?' He replied, `A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, `Take your bill and make it eighty.' And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.
Sermon
8 The Nicene Creed Hymnal S 105
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People Amen.
Confession and Absolution of Sin
Prayers of the People
As announced
Presider Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through the grace of Jesus Christ, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.
The Collection of Gifts and Offerings
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The Peace
We greet one another, sharing the peace of Christ
We are now allowing the option of offering the peace using physical contact. If you choose to do so please graciously observe the preference of those who prefer to offer the peace through a prayerful gesture without contact.
Presider Let us confess our sins against God and God’s creation. Holy and merciful God, People we confess that we have failed to honor you by rightly claiming our kinship with all your creatures. We have walked heavily on your earth, overused and wasted its resources, taken for granted its beauty and abundance, and treated its inhabitants unjustly, holding future generations hostage to our greed. Have mercy on us and forgive us our sin. Renew in us the resolve to keep and conserve your earth as you desire and intend, with grateful and compassionate hearts, through your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Offertory Hymn holy city, seen of John Hymnal
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Congregational Mass by John Lee
Sanctus
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The Great Thanksgiving
THE HOLY COMMUNION
13 The Lord’s Prayer Hymnal S 148, alt.
Fraction Anthem Congregational Mass by John Lee
Invitation
We will now administer Holy Communion by both Bread and Wine. If you feel uncomfortable receiving the Wine, please remember that the Church catholic has always taught that the fullness of the Sacrament is received even when only one form is received. For public health reasons, Diocesan policy does not allow for Intinction (dipping the Bread into the Wine). Please refrain from this practice.
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Presider The Gifts of God for the People of God. People Thanks be to God.
Ministration of Communion
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Closing Hymn Sing praise to God, who reigns above Hymnal 408
Presider Let us Lovingpray.God,
People we give you thanks for restoring us in your image and nourishing us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood. Now send us forth a people, forgiven, healed, renewed; that we may proclaim your love to the world and continue in the risen life of Christ our Savior. Amen.
Prayer after Communion
Blessing & Dismissal
Hugo Distler
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Postlude Spielstück No. 5 (Op. 18/I)
Season of Creation
For our weekly Tuesday evening student group we invite local students to join us each week for the Eucharist, supper, discussion, and Compline, in any combination. Information and registration can be found at ssje.org/students.
Announcements
Welcome
Student Tuesdays
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We are excited to announce that, after several years of prayerful discernment, the community has made the decision to revive our ministry at Emery House. As a first step in that process, a small group of brothers will re establish a residential community there in January. We anticipate opening our guest ministry at Emery House sometime in the spring of 2023. We will be making an announcement about further steps later in the Fall. We ask for your patience as those details emerge, and for your prayers and support as we respond to God’s call in West Newbury.
We are delighted to welcome you to the Monastery today, either in person or online. If you are a visitor, or new to the Monastery or Community, please take a moment to introduce yourself to one of the Brothers following the Eucharist. If you are joining us online, please drop us a note telling us from where you are joining us.
Ministry at Emery House
The Season of Creation is celebrated by Christians around the world as a time for renewing, repairing and restoring our relationship to God, one another, and all of creation. In 1989 Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitros I proclaimed September 1 as the Orthodox Day of Prayer for Creation. Subsequently, the World Council of Churches (WCC) extended the celebration until October 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. In turn, in 2015 Pope Francis made the Season of Creation official for the Roman Catholic Church. The Episcopal Church joins this international effort for prayer and action for climate justice and an end to environmental racism and ecological destruction.
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Retreat Day
Program Retreats
We are now offering refreshments after the Sunday Eucharist in the Guesthouse Garden. If you would like to volunteer to bring baked goods, a sign-up sheet in the narthex is available. See Brother Michael for more information if interested.
Registration for program retreats has begun. You can view the offerings and make a request at www.ssje.org/programs. We look forward to offering these themed retreats again in the winter and spring. Offerings for 2023 will be available in December.
Post Sunday Eucharist Refreshments
Gluten Free Wafers at Holy Communion
Please indicate to the Brother administering Holy Communion if that is your preference.
Livestreaming
We livestream Evening Prayer and Compline throughout the week, as well as the Sunday and Tuesday Eucharists. If you cannot join us in person, please join us online.
Monastery Guesthouse
Dates of availability for self led retreats in the guesthouse from September 2022 through July 2023 are now available online. You can view them and make a request at www.ssje.org/reservation. We look forward to welcoming you for a time of quiet, prayer, and rest. We ask that all guests be fully vaccinated and boosted for Covid and willing to follow our most current health and safety protocols.
The community’s next retreat day is Wednesday, October 5. We will not pray Compline on Tuesday, October 4 or Morning Prayer and Compline on Wednesday, October 5. Our retreat day in November will be Wednesday, November 9.
Saturday Evening Prayer
For more information about the Society, stays in the Guest House, or to subscribe to Brother Give Us A Word, or our occasional news update, please check our website at www.SSJE.org
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Evening Prayer (Evensong) is one of the glories of Anglicanism. The community sings Evening Prayer at 6:00 PM Wednesday through Saturday and at 4:00 PM on Sunday. Saturday Evening Prayer is especially beautiful. Now that the chapel is open again, why not make attending Evening Prayer on Saturday, or another evening during the week, part of your regular pattern.
Br. Lucas Hall, Acolyte Mr. James Woodman, Monastery Organist
Br. Geoffrey Tristram, Presider & Preacher
Supplementary hymns are used by permission and licensed to be reprinted for this service by OneLicense.Net: #A 725463
Congregational Mass by John Lee
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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.
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