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
6 MARCH 2016
Laetare/Mothering Sunday
7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Ian Crooks Setting: Missa sine nomine ( Jewkes) Hymns: 457(ii), 161(t. 385), 445, 384 10.30am Solemn High Mass with the Blessing of the Simnel Cake Preacher: Fr Ian Crooks Hymns: 62, 384(desc. Caplin), 445 Setting: Collegium Regale (Howells) Motet: Ave Maria ( Josquin des Prez) Postlude: Chorale Prelude on Rockingham (See NEH 95) (Parry) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr John Sanderson Hymns: 60(i), 84, 88 Canticles: Mag & Nunc on Plainsong Tones (Wills) Anthem: Alma redemptoris mater (Ockeghem) Postlude: Chorale Prelude O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV 618 (Bach)
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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 7 MAR Perpetua and her companions, martyrs at Carthage (d. 203)
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
TUE 8 mar
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
WED 9 MAR Sister Emma SSA, superior, Society of the Sacred Advent, Queensland 8.00am (d.1939) 12.15pm
Isa 49.8-15; Ps 145.8-13; John 5.17-30 Morning & Evening Prayer (7.30am, 5.30pm) Sung Eucharist Healing Eucharist
THU 10 MAR
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
John of God, worker among the sick and poor, Spain (d. 1550)
FRI 11 MAR
Wis 2.1, 12-22; Ps 34.15-22; John 7.25-30 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist 6.30pm The Stations of the Cross
SAT 12 MAR
Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)
Sun 13 MAR
The Fifth Sunday in Lent (Passion Sunday)
Isa 43.16-21; Ps 126; Phil 3.3-14; John 12.1-8 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Sung by The Cathedral Singer 6.30pm Solemn Evensong & Benediction Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Canticles: Evening Service (Woodside) Anthem: Lamentations (di Lasso)
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
God has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and given us the ministry of reconciliation.
COLLECT
God of compassion, you are slow to anger, and full of mercy, welcoming sinners who return to you with penitent hearts: receive in you loving embrace all who come home to you, and seat them at your bountiful table, that, with all your children, they may feast with delight on all that satisfies the hungry heart. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Saviour, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
FIRST Reading
Joshua 5.2-12 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites a second time.’ So Joshua made flint knives, and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath-haaraloth. This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the warriors, had died during the journey through the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt. Although all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people born on the journey through the
wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. For the Israelites travelled for forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the warriors who came out of Egypt, perished, not having listened to the voice of the Lord. To them the Lord swore that he would not let them see the land that he had sworn to their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. When the circumcising of all the nation was done, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.’ And so that place is called Gilgal to this day. While the Israelites were encamped in Gilgal they kept the passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. On the day after the passover, on that very day, they ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the land, and the Israelites no longer had manna; they ate the crops of the land of Canaan that year. 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. The psalm is sung at Solemn High Mass.
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Mass Readings PSALM 34
11. Come, my children, listen to me: and I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12. Which of you relishes life: wants time to enjoy good things? 13. Keep your tongue from evil: and your lips from telling lies. 14. Turn from evil, and do good: seek peace and pursue it. 15. The eyes of God are on the righteous: and his ears toward their cry. 16. The Lord sets his face against wrongdoers: to root out their memory from the earth. 17. The righteous cry; the Lord hears it: and frees them from all their afflictions. 18. The Lord is close to those who are broken-hearted: and the crushed in spirit he saves. 19. The trials of the righteous are many: but our God delivers us from them all. 20. He guards all our bones: so that not one is broken.
Second reading
Colossians 3.12-17 As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; 4
and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. For the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. At Solemn High Mass, the Tract is sung as the Gospel procession is made ready.
Tract 1 2 3 4 5
Those who put their trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion: which cannot be shaken, but endures for ever. As the mountains stand about Jerusalem, so stands the Lord about his people: from this time for-ward, for ever more. For the sceptre of wickedness shall have no sway over the land apportioned to the righteous: lest the righteous set their hands to do evil. Do good, O Lord, to those who are good: to those that are up-right in heart. As for those who turn aside to crooked ways, let the Lord lead them away with the evil-doers: and in Israel let there be peace.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Praise and honour to you Lord Jesus Christ. I will rise and go to my father and tell him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. Praise and honour to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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Mass Readings Gospel
Luke 2.33-35 The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. And the child Jesus’ father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed— and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’
OFFERTORY SENTENCE
Lord, we offer you these gifts which bring us peace and joy. Increase our reverence by this eucharist, and bring salvation to the world.
COMMUNioN SENTENCE
Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus.
This is the gospel of the Lord, Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
COMMUNION MOTET Ave Maria ( Josquin des Prez c.1440–1521)
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, Virgo serena. Ave cujus conception, solemni plena gaudio, caelestia, terrestria, nova replete laetitia. Ave cujus nativitas nostra fuit solemnitas, ut lucifer lux oriens Verum solem praeveniens. Ave pia humilitas, Sine viro fecunditas, Cujus annunciatio Nostra fuit salvatio. Ave vera virginitas, Immaculata castitas, Cujus purificatio Nostra fuit purgation. Ave praeclara omnibus Angelicis virtutibus, Cujus fuit assumptio Nostra glorificatio. O Mater Dei, memento mei. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, fair virgin. Hail to you whose conception of holy joy fills heaven and earth with new rejoicing. Hail to you whose birth we celebrated like the day-star rising, foretelling the true Sun. Hail, holy and humble one, fruitful without a man, you whose annunciation was our salvation. Hail, true virginity, spotless chastity, whose purification cleansed us also. Hail to you who excel in all the angelic virtues, you whose assumption glorified us also. O Mother of God, remember me. Amen. CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney
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SUNDAY NOTICES Annual General Meeting Our Annual General Meeting took place last Sunday. We thank all of those who offered themselves for positions of leadership in the parish. In 2016, the Parish Churchwardens are Brenda Hunter (Rector’s Warden), Peter Hanson and Anthony Miller (People’s Wardens); the Parish Councillors are Elizabeth Comino, Colin Knowles, Brian Luhr, Jeremy Parkinson, David Russell, Colin Tso; and Lucy Clothier and Greg Loveday (Rector’s appointees). The Parish Representatives (Nominators) are Elizabeth Comino, Peter Hanson, Brenda Hunter, Brian Luhr and Anthony Miller. At the beginning of Solemn High Mass this Sunday, the parish’s leaders for the year ahead will be formally commissioned. Please continue to pray for those who are serving the parish in these positions for the year ahead. Pastoral Care Group The provision of pastoral care is a long standing tradition of ministry here at Christ Church St Laurence. We are pleased to announce the formation of a pastoral care group, which under the leadership of Fr John will seek to broaden the number of the people visited and increase the frequency of visits. The existence of this group will not reduce the pastoral visiting by our clergy. Sonya Gillies has kindly accepted an invitation to coordinate our group and she is currently coordinating the 6
initial visits of the group. The team of pastoral cares will continue to grow. Please speak to Fr John if you would like more information. St Laurence Music Inc In 2016, SLM Inc continues to be actively involved in providing the funds for the post of Organ Scholar and five Choral Scholarships at CCSL. Funds are also being allocated to support the forthcoming Lenten Concert. 2016 Holy Week Preacher We are delighted to announce that The Revd Dr James Walters will be this year’s Holy Week Preacher. Fr James is Chaplain to the London School of Economics, where he is a senior lecturer and a member of the advisory board to the LSE Programme for the Study of Religion and Non-Religion. Before taking up his post at the LSE, Fr James was a parish priest in North London and prior to ordination he worked for a Member of Parliament. He has a doctorate from Cambridge University in systematic theology and philosophy of religion and he is the author of Baudrillard and Theology (Continuum 2012). Fr James writes and teaches in the areas of theology, philosophy, politics and economics. Fr James is visiting Australia in 2016 as the Murdoch University International Theologian.
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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 Mr Antony Weiss Antony.Weiss@student.moore.edu.au Mr Ryan Austin-Eames ryan.austineames@gmail.com Fr Ron Silarsah fr.ron@ccsl.org.au Fr Michael Giffin Fr Eric Hampson Fr Ian Crooks Mr Simon Polson s.polson@ccsl.org.au Mr Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Ms Brenda Hunter b.hunter@ccsl.org.au Dr Anthony Miller a.miller@ccsl.org.au Mr Peter Hanson p.hanson@ccsl.org.au Parish Hall, 505 Pitt St choir@ccsl.org.au Dr Neil McEwan AM frscm n.mcewan@ccsl.org.au Mr Peter Jewkes p.jewkes@ccsl.org.au Mr Joshua Ryan j.ryan@ccsl.org.au Dr Helen Hewson office@ccsl.org.au Editors tdt@ccsl.org.au
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