Welcome to the Anglican Parish of
The Anglican Parish of CHRIST CHURCH
ST LAURENCE
CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURE Railway Square, Sydney
Railway Square, Sydney Consecrated 1845
11 OCTOBER 2015
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Ron Henderson Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: 393, 362, 433, 358(ii) 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Henderson Hymns: 433(desc. Gray), 358(ii), 362 Setting: Mass for four voices (Byrd) Motet: Perfect love casteth out fear (Southwood) Postlude: Chaconne in E minor, BuxWV 160 (Buxtehude) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Te Deum Preacher: Fr Rob Sutherland Hymns: 372, 294, 417 Canticles: Collegium Regale (Howells) Anthem: Cantate domino (Monteverdi) Te Deum: Setting in B-flat (Stanford) Postlude: Imperial March, op. 32 (Elgar)
Left: The Lectern, northern side of the Chancel, Christ Church St Laurence
MORNING PEWSHEET
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welcome to christ church st laurence Christ Church St Laurence is an inner city parish committed to the spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. As a congregation and as the Church we are committed to the support of the underprivileged, the persecuted and the socially marginalised. We are an Anglican church in the Anglican Catholic tradition.
THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE MON 12 OCT
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
TUE 13 OCT
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer , England (d. 1845)
WED 14 OCT
Romans 2.1-11; Ps 62.1-8; Luke 11.42-46 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist
THU 15 OCT
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
FRI 16 OCT
Romans 4.1-8; Ps 32.7-12; Luke 12.1-7 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
SAT 17 OCT
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
Sun 18 OCT
Jeremiah 8.22-9.3; Psalm 145.10-18; 2 Timothy 4.9-17a; Luke 10. 1-9
Teresa of Avila, teacher (d. 1592) Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, bishops and martyrs (d. 1555) Ignatius of Antioch, bishop & martyr (d.c. 115) St Luke, Evangelist & Martyr
7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Ron Henderson 10.30am Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Henderson Setting: Spatzenmesse (Mozart) Motet: Beati quorum via (Stanford) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong, Procession & Benediction Canticles: Service in E (Wesley) Anthem: O quam gloriosum (Byrd)
The flowers in the Church this week are given to the Glory of God, and in loving memory of Arthur and Dorothy Nethercote
Mass Readings
Please use these readings in conjunction with the coloured service booklet. Breakfast is served after the 7.30am Eucharist today. Refreshments are served after the 9.00am Sung Eucharist and the 10.30am Solemn High Mass, all in the Parish Hall. All are welcome. If you are a visitor please ask a sidesperson for directions.
SENTENCE
There is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for Jesus’ sake, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. (Mark 10.29-30)
COLLECT
Merciful God, in your Son you call not the righteous but sinners to repentance: draw us away from the easy road that leads to destruction, and guide us into paths that lead to life abundant, that in seeking your truth, and obeying your will, we may know the joy of being a desciple of Jesus our Saviour; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
FIRST Reading
Job 23.1-9, 16-17 Job answered his companions: ‘Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; but he would give heed to me. There an upright person could reason with
him, and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge. If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him; on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him. ‘God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; If only I could vanish in darkness, and thick darkness would cover my face!’ For the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Verses of the psalm are read alternately by a single reader and the congregation. A pause is observed at the colon for reflection. At Solemn High Mass, the choir sings the Psalm.
PSALM 22
1. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me: why are you so far from helping me and from the words of my groaning? 2. My God, I cry to you by day, but you do not answer: and by night also I take no rest. 3. But you continue holy: you that are the praise of Israel. 4. In you our forebears trusted: they trusted, and you delivered them; 5. To you they cried and they were saved: they put their trust in you and were not confounded. 6. But as for me, I am a worm and no man: the scorn of all and despised by the people. 7. Those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips at me and wag
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Mass Readings their heads, saying, 8. ‘He trusted in the Lord-let him deliver him: let him deliver him, if he delights in him.’ 9. But you are he that took me out of the womb: that brought me to lie at peace on my mother’s breast. 10. On you have I been cast since my birth: you are my God, even from my mother’s womb. 11. O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand: and there is none to help. 12. Many oxen surround me: fat bulls of Bashan close me in on every side. 13. They gape wide their mouths at me: like lions that roar and rend. 14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart within my breast is like melting wax. 15. My mouth is dried up like a potsherd: and my tongue clings to my gums.
Second reading
Hebrews 4.12-16 The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account. Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us 4
therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia. Happy are the poor in spirit; the kingdom of heaven is theirs! Alleluia.
Gospel
Mark 10.17-31 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: “You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother.”’ He said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.’ Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’ When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions. Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, ‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!’ And the disciples were
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Mass Readings perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, ‘Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’ They were greatly astounded and said to one another, ‘Then who can be saved?’ Jesus looked at them and said, ‘For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.’ Peter began to say to him, ‘Look, we have left everything and followed you.’ Jesus said, ‘Truly I tell you there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age – houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and
children, and fields – but with persecutions – and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.’ This is the gospel of the Lord, Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
OFFERTORY SENTENCE
Lord, accept the prayers and gifts we offer in faith and love. May this eucharist bring us to your glory.
COMMUNioN SENTENCE
The rich suffer want and go hungry: but nothing shall be lacking to those who fear the Lord.
COMMUNION MOTET Perfect Love Casteth ( Jeremy Southwood) Lord, give me blessed fear, And much more blessed love That fearing I may love Thee here And be Thy harmless dove: Until Thou cast out fear, Until Thou perfect love, Until Thou end mine exile here And fetch Thee home Thy dove. Christina Georgina Rossetti
Readings: The Revised Common Lectionary in NRSV (1997), Mowbray, London. Introit, Collect and Psalm: A Prayer Book for Australia (1995), Broughton Books, Sydney. Propers: The Roman Missal (1969 & 1983), E.J.Dwyer (Aust.). Reproduced with permission. CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney
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SUNDAY NOTICES St Luke, Evangelist & Martyr Next Sunday is the Feast of St Luke, Evangelist & Martyr. We will be following Luke’s Gospel throughout 2016 (Liturgical Year C). Please join us and invite friends as we celebrate this important feast at all services next Sunday.
Churchill Fellows Evensong The 50th Anniversary National Convention of Churchill Fellows is being in Sydney this weekend. Tonight, Solemn Evensong at Christ Church St Laurence will acknowledge the work of many Fellows who are involved in ministry across Australia and will mark the final activity of the National Convention. Following the service, Fr Adrian Stephens Please pray for Fr Adrian Stephens and we will hold a reception in the hall to Jeannie. Fr Adrian has been diagnosed welcome our visitors. Please join us for with aggressive prostate cancer and is the evening. scheduled for surgery on 6 November. The prognosis is encouraging, but Christmas Stock at Belltower Books cannot be determined until post-surgery. With only a few of Sundays until Fr Adrian will send more information Christmas, our Bookstore has begun as it becomes available. Please pray. selling the perfect Christmas gift ideas. Fr Adrian’s home address is 28 Mine Please take the time to browse the Rd., Kanmantoo SA 5252. bookstore stock. All proceeds raised from sales at Belltower Books directly Study Groups support the work of our church. Books, There will be two additional study cards, wrapping paper and other gifts are groups prior to Advent. On a similar available. basis to our Lenten Study Groups, these will be led by the clergy of Choir Friends’ Open Rehearsal the parish and will be held in the During the past week, the Friends of the parish hall on Tuesdays at 6pm and Choir were invited to an Open Rehearsal Wednesdays at 11am, through the 4 to learn more about how our choir weeks of November. We will use the prepares the music for services at CCSL. book “In God’s Hands” by Archbishop The Open Rehearsal was an enjoyable Desmond Tutu, published as the experience for both the Choir and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2015 Lent Friends. If you would like to become Book; this is now available from the a Friend of the Choir, please speak to Bookshop for $23. the Choir Manager, Craig Johnston, or contact the parish office. 6
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PARISH DIRECTORY Church address Parish office address Parish postal address Rector (ON LEAVE)
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ACTING RECTOR STUDENT MINISTER Licensed Clergy
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