Welcome to the Anglican Parish of
CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney
12 FEbruary 2017
The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist & Children’s Ministry Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Eucharist (Dudman) Hymns: 393 369 355 87 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Service in A minor (Darke) Hymns: 369 87 355 Motet: Panis Angelicus (Franck) Postlude: On a theme of Orlando Gibbons (Song 22) (Stanford) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Canticles Second Service (Gibbons) Hymns: 245 57 404(desc. Sutcliffe) Anthem: Geistliches Lieder (Brahms) Postlude: Andante religioso from Sonata No. 4 (Mendelssohn)
Left: Mary Magdalene visits the tomb of Jesus: stained-glass, northern sanctuary wall
Morning PEWSHEET
PLEASE TAKE HOME
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 13 FEBRUARY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Christian Meditation
TUE 14 FEBRUARY Cyril (d. 869) and Methodius, bishop (d. 885 missionaries to the Slavs)
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
WED 15 FEBRUARY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist
THU 16 FEBRUARY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
FRI 17 FEBRUARY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist
SAT 18 FEBRUARY
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
Sun 19 FEBRUARY Seventh Sunday after Epiphany 7.00am 7.30am 9.00am
Lev 19.1-2, 9-18, Ps 119.33-40, 1 Cor 3.10-17, Mt 5.38-48 Morning Prayer Eucharist Sung Eucharist & Children’s Ministry Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Setting: Eucharist (Dudman) 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Setting: Missa aeterna Christi munera (Palestrina) Motet: Lord, I trust Thee (Handel) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Mr Ryan Austin-Eames Canticles: Servuce in B flat (Stanford) Anthem: Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb (Handel)
The flowers in the church this week are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Christopher Gillies 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.
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 Psalm 119.1
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord.
COLLECT
Almighty God, you gave the law to guide our lives: grant that we may never shrink from your commandments, but, as we are taught by your Spirit, may fulfil your law in perfect love; through Christ our Lord and Master, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
FIRST Reading
Deuteronomy 10.12-22 So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being. Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth with all that is in it, yet the Lord set his heart in love on your ancestors alone and chose you, their descendants after them, out of all the peoples, as it is today. Circumcise, then, the foreskin of your heart, and do not be stubborn any longer. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall also love the
stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You shall fear the Lord your God; him alone you shall worship; to him you shall hold fast, and by his name you shall swear. He is your praise; he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things that your own eyes have seen. Your ancestors went down to Egypt seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars in heaven. 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 119 1. Blessed are those whose way is blameless: who walk in the law of the Lord. 2. Blessed are those who keep his commands: and seek him with their whole heart; 3. Those who do no wrong: but walk in the ways of our God. 4. For you, Lord, have commanded us: to persevere in all your precepts. 5. If only my ways were unerring: towards the keeping of your statutes! 6. Then I should not be ashamed: when I looked on all your commandments. 7. I will praise you with sincerity of heart: as I learn your righteous judgements. 8. I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
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Mass Readings Second reading
1 Corinthians 3.1-9 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for solid food. Even now you are still not ready, for you are still of the flesh. For as long as there is jealousy and quarrelling among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving according to human inclinations? For when one says, “I belong to Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely human? What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labour of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building. For the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom. Alleluia! 4
Gospel
Matthew 5.21-37 The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ. “You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council; and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire. So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court with him, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. Truly I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to go into hell. “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of
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Mass readings unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. “Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.’ But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.
This is the gospel of the Lord Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
OFFERTORY SENTENCE
Lord, we make this offering in obedience to your word. May it cleanse and renew us, and lead us to our eternal reward.
COMMUNION SENTENCE
They ate and were filled. The Lord gave them what they wanted: They were not deprived of their desire.
Communion MOtet Panis angelicus César Franck (1822–90)
Panis angelicus fit panis hominum, dat panis caelicus figuris terminum: o res mirabilis, manducat Dominum pauper servus et humilis. The bread of angels becomes the food of humanity. The heavenly bread brings mere symbols to an end. O what marvel: a poor humble servant consumes the Lord.
from Sacris solemniis juncta Office Hymn for Matins on Corpus Christi
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SUNDAY NOTICES Organ Recital Next Sunday, 19 February at 2pm there will be an organ recital by Michael Butterfield, Assistant Director of Music at St Mary’s Cathedral. Entry is by ‘note’ donation and an afternoon tea will follow. Palm Crosses Parishioners are asked to place their palm crosses from last year in the Offertory Plate over the next few Sundays. The crosses will be burned in preparation for Ash Wednesday on 1 March.
responsibilities of the various positions. Full information is given in the diocese’s Parish Administration Ordinance 2008, Nomination Ordinance 2006, and Synod Membership Ordinance 1995. These can be accessed at https:// www.sds.asn.au/ under ‘Administrative Ordinances & Regulations’. Lenten Quiet Day On Saturday 4 March there will be a quiet day held at St John’s Balmain conducted by Rev’d Keith Dean-Jones. It will begin at 10.00am and conclude at 4.20pm. There is no charge, and participants are asked to bring a picnic lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided. Please contact Fr Ron Henderson for more information on 9755 9181 or rhenderson@ogs.net
Lenten Study Groups Lenten Study groups will be held this year on Wednesdays at 11am, and Thursdays at 6pm, commencing 8 and 9 March. They will use the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby’s Lent book for 2017 Dethroning Mammon which Safe Ministry and Child Protection is available from Belltower Books for The Diocese has in place a Safe Ministry programme for dealing with issues of $19. child protection and sexual misconduct. The Parish Council has formally adopted Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the the Diocese’s policy in this area. parish will be held on Sunday 5 March Comprehensive information about the at 12.30 pm. Nominations for elected programme, and about how to report positions should be made on the forms actual or potential abuse, can be found available in the church. Closing date for at the following web address: nominations is Monday 27 February at http://safeministry.org.au/about/ 9 am. If you accept nomination, please 2017 Parish Retreat Weekend send to the parish office, by the closing date and preferably in digital form, a We are delighted to announce that the brief statement of skills and experience Rev’d Catherine Eaton will be leading us on retreat from Friday 6 - Sunday (maximum 100 words) with a photo. The nomination form gives brief 8 October 2017. The setting for the information about the roles and retreat will be the beautiful lakeside 6
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SUNDAY NOTICES setting of St Joseph’s Conference Centre, Kincumber (on the Central Coast). Mthr Catherine has recently served as Canon-in-Residence at St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn, but spent most of her ordained ministry in the Diocese of Melbourne. Having retired to the Southern Highlands, Mthr Catherine has become involved in the Community of St Gabriel, our congregation in the Highlands. As places at the retreat will be limited, please mark these dates in your diary now, and please speak to Ann Bergman or Fr Daniel if you would like more information. St Laurence House - Save the Date A big event fund raiser for St Laurence House will be held on Thursday 23 February 2017, 6.30pm – 9.30pm, at St Paul’s College, Sydney University. Join us for an evening in discussion with Geraldine Doogue, ABC broadcaster and presenter. Music, drinks and canapés will be provided, and an auction will be held of black and white photos by residents of St Laurence House. Free on-site parking. Early bird tickets $80
(purchased by 1 February) and $90 thereafter. Buy tickets at www.stlaurence house.org.au or follow the link to www. trybooking.com/book/sessions Patrick White and God Father Michael Giffin’s latest book, Patrick White and God, is now available from the Cambridge Scholar’s Publishing website for UK £70 (A$115) including postage; however, Father Michael can order copies at the author’s price of UK £45 (A$75) including postage. Please leave your name at Belltower Books if you want a discounted copy. New Year Reminder Want to know throughout the year what is on in and around Sydney in the next few months? Keep an eye on the Anglicans Together Events page for a regularly updated list of exciting and fascinating events, being all things musical, contemplative, intellectually challenging etc. www.anglicanstogether. org/files/page_events.html
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PARISH DIRECTORY Church address Parish office address Parish postal address Rector
812 George St, Sydney Level 2, 812B George Street, Sydney PO Box 1324, Haymarket NSW 1240 office@ccsl.org.au Fr Daniel Dries fr.daniel@ccsl.org.au
www.ccsl.org.au P 02 9211 0560 F 02 9212 2449 M 0417 662 776
SENIOR ASSISTANT PRIEST Youth Ministry Leader STUDENT MINISTER Parish Administrator OUTREACH & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT Director of Music Organist
Fr John Sanderson fr.john@ccsl.org.au Melinda Seed m.seed@ccsl.org.au Ryan Austin-Eames ryan.austineames@gmail.com Rebecca Mychael r.mychael@ccsl.org.au Francesca Jones f.jones@ccsl.org.au
M 0408 130 864 P 02 9211 0560 M 0466 548 937 P 02 9211 0560 P 02 9211 0560
Neil McEwan AM frscm n.mcewan@ccsl.org.au Peter Jewkes p.jewkes@ccsl.org.au
P 02 9212 7776 P 02 9960 2476