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
24 JUly 2016
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Setting: Mass in E (Smith) Hymns: 499, 500, 333, 406 (t. 242) 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Hymns: 333 (desc. Caplin), 406 (t. 242), 500 Setting: Missa Reginae Pacis (Peeters) Motet: Jesu dulcis memoria (Ward) Postlude: Choral Song (S S Wesley) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong, Procession & Solemn Benediction Preacher: Fr Ian Crooks Hymns: 213 (i), 175, 281 (desc. Caplin), Disposer Supreme (desc. Sutcliffe) Canticles: Tone VII Faux- Bourdon (Shaw) Anthem: Os justi (Bruckner) Postlude: Toccata in D minor BWV 538i (Bach)
Left: The High Altar, viewed from the Rector’s stall
morning PEWSHEET
PLEASE TAKE HOME
welcome to christ church st laurence
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.
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 25 JULY James, Apostle and Martyr
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Christian Meditation
TUE 26 JULY Anne, mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
WED 27 JULY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist
THU 28 JULY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
FRI 29 JULY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist
SAT 30 JULY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
Mary and Martha of Bethany
William Wilberforce, social reformer (d.1833)
Sun 31 JULY The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
SENTENCE
Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. (luke 11.9)
COLLECT
Provident Father, with the prayer your Son taught us always on our lips, we ask, we seek, we knock at your door: help us so to seek that we may truly find, so to ask that we may joyfully receive, and so to knock that the door of mercy may be opened for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
FIRST Reading 7.00am 7.30am 9.00am 10.30am
Hosea 11. 1-11; Ps 107:1-9, 43; Col 3.1-11; Luke 12.13-21 Morning Prayer Eucharist Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Mass in E (Smith) Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Service in A-minor (Darke) Motet: Be still my soul (Whitlock)
6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Canticles: Service in F (Darke) Anthem: They they go down to the sea in ships (Sumsion)
The flowers in the church this week are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Delma Stubley 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.
Hosea 1.2-10 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ‘Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.’ So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. And the Lord said to him, ‘Name him Jezreel; for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.’ She conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, ‘Name her Loruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them. But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will
save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by war, or by horses, or by horsemen.’ When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said, ‘Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people and I am not your God.’ Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people’, it shall be said to them, ‘Children of the living God.’ 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 85
1. O Lord, you were gracious to your land: you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2. You forgave the iniquity of your people: and covered all their sin. 3. You put aside all your wrath: and turned away from your fierce indignation. 4. Return to us again, O God our saviour: and let your anger cease from us. 5. Will you be displeased with us for ever: will you stretch out your wrath from one generation to another? 6. Will you not give us life again: that your people may rejoice in you?
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Mass Readings 7. Show us your mercy, O Lord: and grant us your salvation. 8. I will hear what the Lord God will speak: for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful ones, whose hearts are turned to him. 9. Truly his salvation is near to those that fear him: and his glory shall dwell in our land. 10. Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other; 11. Truth shall flourish out of the earth: and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12. The Lord will also give us all that is good: and our land shall yield its plenty. 13. For righteousness shall go before him: and tread the path before his feet.
Second reading
Colossians 2.6-19 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; when you were buried with him in baptism, you 4
were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it. Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on selfabasement and worship of angels, dwelling on visions, puffed up without cause by a human way of thinking, and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. For the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia. You have received the Spirit which makes us God’s children, and in that Spirit we call God our Father. Alleluia!
Gospel
Luke 11.1-13 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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Mass Readings Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial.’ And he said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.” And he answers from within, “Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.” I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. ‘So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock,
and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’ ’ This is the gospel of the Lord, Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
OFFERTORY SENTENCE
Lord, receive these offerings chosen from your many gifts. May these mysteries make us holy and lead us to eternal joy.
COMMUNION SENTENCE
Happy are those who show mercy; mercy shall be theirs. Happy are the pure of heart; for they shall see God.
MOTET WORDS Jesus, dulcis memoria Derek Ward Jesu, dulcis memoria, dans vera cordi gaudia; sed super mel et omnia ejus dulcis praesentia.
Sis, Iesu, nostrum gaudium, qui es futurus praemium: sit nostra in te gloria, per cuncta semper saecula. Amen.
Jesu, the very thought of Thee, with sweetness fills my breast, but sweeter far Thy face to see, and in Thy presence rest
Jesu, our only joy be Thou, As Thou our prize wilt be: Jesu, be Thou our glory now, And through eternity. Amen.
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SUNDAY NOTICES Thank you Fr Ron and Chantal would like to extend their gratitude and thanks to everyone who joined them last weekend to celebrate Fr Ron’s 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Following Solemn High Mass today, Fr Ron invites parishioners to join him for a glass of champagne in the parish hall. Feast of St James Tomorrow, 25 July, our friends at St James’, King St celebrate their patronal festival with a Festal Eucharist at 6.30pm followed by a Spanish themed dinner in the Covered Courtyard at the church. The clergy at SJKS have extended a special invitation to parishioners at CCSL to attend. Simon Polson Sadly, Simon Polson, our muchloved Parish Administrator and Chorister will depart these shores very soon to commence PhD studies at the University of Maryland. As a country boy, Simon is happiest catching up with friends around a Barbeque. We will farewell Australia’s newest Ambassador to Washington with a typical Australian ‘Indoors/ Outdoors Luxury Barbeque with Finger Buffet’ on Friday 5 August at 6.30pm in the Parish Hall. Food will be provided. For catering purposes, please add your name to the list at 6
the West Door as soon as possible. Those who are attending are invited to bring something to drink, and to wear something tasteful with a ‘Stars and/or Stripes’ theme. Simon’s last Sunday at CCSL will be the Sunday immediately after (7 August). Confirmation and Reception On Sunday 21 August we will welcome our regional Bishop, The Right Rev’d Dr Michael Stead. This will be our new bishop’s first official Sunday visit to CCSL. Bishop Michael will preach at the 9.00am and 10.30am Masses, and will confer the sacrament of Confirmation at Solemn High Mass on that day. If you would like to be a candidate for Confirmation or Reception into the Anglican Church, please contact the parish office by email, office@ccsl.org.au, or speak directly with a member of the clergy. St Laurence Day Parish Lunch The annual parish lunch to celebrate the Feast of St Laurence will be held in the parish hall on Sunday 14 August 2015 after High Mass. Entry is by donation of $35 per person. Places are limited. To reserve your seat, please give your donation to Lyn Bannerman on Sunday 24 July or 7 August (or you can pay at the door if places are still available.) Children and full-time students accompanied by a parent are free, but their names
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must be recorded to reserve a seat for them. BYO bottled wine. Fruit juice, tea and coffee will be provided. If you have any dietary restrictions, please contact Colin Bannerman 0409 123694 no later than 7 August. This year, proceeds of the lunch will go to support the work of ABM.
At Belltower Books Have a browse of the discounted books and cards available at Belltower Books today. Quality second-hand books are available for as little as $1; art cards are also priced at $1; lectionaries for 2016 are reduced to $2.
Fr Martin Davies Fr Martin Davies has been appointed priest-in-charge of the parish of Stroud in the Diocese of Newcastle and will begin this new role in September. We are grateful to Fr Martin for leading the St James’s Institute for the last four-and-a-half years, during which time he has been a frequent preacher and celebrant at CCSL. Fr Martin and his wife, Julianne, will divide their time between Stroud and Sydney. Please keep Fr Martin and Julianne in your prayers during this time of transition.
What’s on in Sydney? Looking for interesting things to do in winter such as lectures, musical events, meditation, discussion groups exploring ideas, and more? Want to meet other people who share common interests? Check often the Events page on the Anglicans Together website: http://www. anglicanstogether.org Concert On next Friday, 29 July, Fr Daniel and Peta Dries will give a lunchtime concert at St Stevens Macquarie St at 1.10pm. The program will include music by J. S. Bach, whose anniversary
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PARISH DIRECTORY Church address Parish office address Parish postal address Rector
812 George St, Sydney L2, 812B George Street, Sydney PO Box 1324, Haymarket NSW 1240 office@ccsl.org.au Fr Daniel Dries fr.daniel@ccsl.org.au
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SENIOR ASSISTANT PRIEST STUDENT MINISTERS
Fr John Sanderson fr.john@ccsl.org.au Antony Weiss Antony.Weiss@student.moore.edu.au Ryan Austin-Eames ryan.austineames@gmail.com Fr Ron Silarsah fr.ron@ccsl.org.au Fr Michael Giffin Fr Eric Hampson Fr Ian Crooks Simon Polson office@ccsl.org.au Rebecca Mychael r.mychael@ccsl.org.au Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Brenda Hunter b.hunter@ccsl.org.au Anthony Miller a.miller@ccsl.org.au Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Parish Hall, 505 Pitt St choir@ccsl.org.au Neil McEwan AM frscm n.mcewan@ccsl.org.au Peter Jewkes p.jewkes@ccsl.org.au Joshua Ryan j.ryan@ccsl.org.au Helen Hewson office@ccsl.org.au Editors tdt@ccsl.org.au
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