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High Mass

The Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ | January 12, 2014 | 10:30 am

Welcome We acknowledge our presence on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples.

Welcome to St. James’, especially if you are a newcomer or visitor. Children of all ages are fully welcome at every liturgy. We hope that you will enjoy your visit here with us.

Please help us to get to know you by introducing yourself to one of the clergy.

VISION STATEMENT Discovering the beauty of holiness in our lives and neighbourhood, by living a Christ-centred sacramental life rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.

MISSION OBJECTIVES • To be a beacon for all as a neighbourhood and destination church where we invite and welcome friends, family and strangers into our midst; • To deepen our life of prayer and formation in Christ; • To develop relationships and fellowship in open, honest and spiritual ways among parishioners, with our neighbours, and those in need; • To pursue and practice justice and mercy for the imparting of the Kingdom of God within and beyond the Parish; •To maintain financial equilibrium, develop our reserves and optimize the use of our assets to ensure the preservation of our sacred space and ministry from generation to generation, to the everlasting glory of God. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

TODAY 9:30 AM

9:45 AM 10:30 AM 5:00 PM

Formation on Sundays: Music and Art in the Christian Imagination: Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony (no. 2), led by Ruth Greenaway-Robbins.

Rosary Prayers, Lady Chapel High Mass followed by Coffee Hour Evening Prayer, Blessed Sacrament Chapel

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The image on the front cover is taken from a 2010 photograph by Dallas Bittle of the Baptistry at St. James’.

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Before Mass If you require assistance at any time, please speak to one of the welcomers at the Church entrance (narthex).

As a friendly reminder, please turn off all electronic devices that might disrupt worship.

In the interest of security, please keep purses and other valuables with you at all times.

Wireless hearing amplifiers are available.

Washrooms can be accessed through the doors on the left hand side at the back of the church on the opposite side to the entrance.

Your family is welcome at St. James’. Children may remain in the Church during the service: there is a play area with toys and colouring books in the back of the church.

The sacrament of reconciliation (confession) is available. Speak with a priest to make an appointment.

The Mass booklet contains all the prayers and information required to participate in the Mass.

The directions given in this booklet to stand, sit and kneel are offered as guidelines to those who are able. The symbol + indicates when to make the sign of the cross. It is also customary to make a discreet bow at the name of Jesus.

You are encouraged to take the opportunity before Mass for silence, stillness and prayer. Please refrain from talking before Mass begins.

We adore you, most Holy Lord Jesus Christ here and in all your churches throughout all the world; and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

St. Francis of Assisi

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A Reflection Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized; let us also go down with him, and rise with him.

John is baptizing when Jesus draws near. Perhaps he comes to sanctify his baptizer; certainly he comes to bury sinful humanity in the waters. He comes to sanctify the Jordan for our sake and in readiness for us; he who is spirit and flesh comes to begin a new creation through the Spirit and water.

The Baptist protests; Jesus insists. Then John says, ‘I ought to be baptized by you.’ He is the lamp in the presence of the sun, the voice in the presence of the Word, the friend in the presence of the Bridegroom, the greatest of all born of woman in the presence of the firstborn of all creation, the one who leapt in his mother’s womb in the presence of him who was adored in the womb, the forerunner and future forerunner in the presence of him who has already come and is to come again. ‘I ought to be baptized by you’; we should also add: ‘and for you’, for John is to be baptized in blood, washed clean like Peter, not only by the washing of his feet.

Jesus rises from the waters; and a drowned world rises with him. The heavens like paradise with its flaming sword, closed by Adam for himself and his descendents, are rent open. The Spirit comes to him as to an equal, bearing witness to his Godhead. A voice bears witness to him from heaven, his place of origin. The Spirit descends in bodily form like the dove that once long ago announced the ending of the flood and so gives honour to the body that is one with God. Today let us honour Christ’s baptism and celebrate this feast in holiness. Be cleansed entirely and continue to be cleansed. Nothing gives such pleasure to God as the conversion and salvation of human beings, for whom his every word and every revelation exist. He wants you to become a living force for all humanity, lights shining in the world. You are to be radiant lights as you stand beside Christ, the great light, bathed in the glory of him who is the light of heaven. You are to enjoy more and more the pure and dazzling light of the Trinity, as now you have received – though not in its fullness – a ray of its splendour, proceeding from the one God, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to whom be glory and power for ever and ever.

– Gregory of Nazianzus, Oration 39, 14-16, 20; PG 36, cols 350-1, 354, 358-9; ET by ICEL.

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Notes

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Entrance Rite PRELUDE At the entrance of the clergy and servers all stand.

Stand

INTROIT You love righteousness and hate iniquity; therefore God, your God has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. Psalm My heart is stirring with a noble song: let me recite what I have fashioned for the king.

DilexĂ­sti (Mode VIII)

KYRIE ELEISON Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Kyrie eleison.

Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Setting: Short Communion Service (Phrygian) — Charles Wood

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS (See facing page) COLLECT OF THE DAY Celebrant All

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Celebrant

Let us pray.

Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus didst reveal him to be thy Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit, keep thy children, born of water and the Spirit, faithful to their calling; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who livest and reignest with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

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GLORIA IN EXCELSIS

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The Liturgy of the Word OLD TESTAMENT READING Reader

Be seated

A reading from the Book of Isaiah.

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the Lord, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols. See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.

Isaiah 42:1-9

Reader Alll

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

PSALM

A cantor sings the antiphon first; the people repeat it thereafter.

Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon the mighty waters. Antiphon And in the temple of the Lord all are crying, "Glory!"

The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king for evermore.

The Lord shall give strength to his people; the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. Antiphon Psalm 29:1-3, 9-11 8 | HIGH MASS

EPISTLE READING Sub-deacon

A reading from the Book of Acts.

Peter began to speak to the Gentiles: "I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Acts 10:34-43

Sub-deacon Alll

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

ALLELUIA

A cantor begins the alleluia; all repeat it thereafter

Stand

Alleluia. I have found David my servant. With my holy oil have I anointed him.

Alleluia. My hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.

Alleluia.

InvĂŠni David servum meum (Mode V)

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HOLY GOSPEL

All stand and turn to face the book of the Gospels

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfil all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased."

Matthew 3:13-17

SERMON

Be seated Sr. Mary Christian Cross (At the conclusion of the sermon, silence is kept)

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NICENE CREED

Stand

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Celebrant

From the rising of the sun to its setting, let us pray to the Lord.

All

After each petition this response is said: Lord in thy mercy.

Hear our prayer.

All All

After the petition for the departed: + Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.

And may light perpetual shine upon them.

May they rest in peace.

Amen.

The celebrant concludes the prayers with a collect.

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Stand

CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION Deacon

Let us humbly confess our sins to almighty God. Kneel

All

Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things and judge of all people: We acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we from time to time most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy divine majesty.

We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings.

Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Celebrant

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him: have mercy upon you; + pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness; and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

All

PEACE

Stand

The ministers and people may greet one another in the name of the Lord in the customary way.

You may choose not to shake hands at the Peace. A simple exchange of “Peace be with you” with eye contact and a nod, or a bow, is a good substitute.

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The Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist OFFERTORY & PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS

Be seated

Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord; we bless you from the house of the Lord. God is the Lord; he has shined upon us, alleluia, alleluia.

Benedíctus qui venit (Mode VIII)

THE OFFERTORY HYMN

Stand

The People sing the hymn while the People’s gifts of bread, wine and money are brought forward.

628 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) – O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

SURSUM CORDA & PROPER PREFACE

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Stand

It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times and in all places, give thanks unto thee: O Lord holy, Father almighty, everlasting God: creator and preserver of all things.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, in substance of our mortal flesh, manifested forth his glory, that he might bring us out of darkness into his own marvellous light.

Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praising thee and saying:

SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth.

Pleni sunt cĂŚli et terra Gloria tua.

Hosanna in excelsis. + Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini: Hosanna in excelsis.

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.

Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. + Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Setting: Short Communion Service (Phrygian) — Charles Wood

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PRAYER OF CONSECRATION Celebrant

Kneel

All glory be to thee, O Lord our God, who didst make us in thine own image; and, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to take our nature upon him, and to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption. He made there a full and perfect sacrifice for the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again; who, in the same night that he was betrayed, took bread; and, when he had given thanks to thee, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” + Likewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink this, all of you; for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins: Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.” +

Alll

Celebrant

Alll

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Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy people do celebrate and make, with these thy holy gifts which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; and looking for his coming again with power and great glory.

And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us, and, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, to bless and sanctify these gifts of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the body and blood of thy dearly-beloved Son Jesus Christ.

We praise thee, we bless thee, we thank thee and we pray to thee, Lord our God. And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, whereby we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies. Grant, we beseech thee, that all who partake of this holy communion may worthily receive the most precious body and blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and be filled with thy grace + and heavenly benediction; and also that we and all thy whole Church may be made one body with him, that he may dwell in us, and we in him; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord; By whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end.

Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER

Kneel

BREAKING OF THE BREAD

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AGNUS DEI Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world : have mercy upon us.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: have mercy upon us.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: grant us thy peace.

Setting: Short Communion Service (Phrygian) — Charles Wood

All who are baptized and believe Christ present in this sacrament are invited to come forward for communion. Those who are unable to receive communion, or do not yet receive, are invited to come forward for a blessing. To indicate you wish a blessing, fold your arms rather than holding out your hand for the Sacrament. When coming forward to receive, please approach from the centre aisle only and follow the directions of the attendant standing at the head of the aisle. Please return to your seat via the side aisles.

When you receive the Holy Bread please consume it immediately. It is no longer permissible to intinct the Holy Bread in the Holy Wine.

You may choose not to receive the Holy Wine from the chalice at this time. If so, once you have received the Holy Bread please remain kneeling and fold your arms to indicate that you do not wish to receive from the chalice.

COMMUNION MOTET Jesu, the very thought is sweet; in that dear name all heart-joys meet. No word is sung more sweet than this, no sound is heard more full of bliss, than Jesus, Son of God most high.

Jesu, the Very Thought is Sweet — Charles Wood

COMMUNION HYMN 508 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) – I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

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Sit or kneel

Concluding Rite PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Celebrant All

Celebrant

All

Stand

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

Gracious God, lover of all, by this sacrament thou makest us one family in Christ thy Son, one in the sharing of his body and blood, one in the communion of his Spirit.

Help us to grow in love for one another and come to the full maturity of the Body of Christ.

We ask this in his name.

Amen.

BLESSING OF THE BAPTISMAL BANNER The banner is brought to the chancel for a blessing.

Celebrant All Celebrant All

Our help is in the Name of the Lord.

Who hath made heaven and earth.

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Celebrant

Let us pray.

O Lord Jesus Christ, by the baptism of thy beloved sons and daughters they are incorporated into thy Body the Church and made heirs of thine eternal Kingdom. + Bless this banner, and grant that those named thereon who were marked with the sign of the Cross may continue to grow in their faith and knowledge of thee with the help of thy grace and the prayers of Our Lady, St. James' our patron, and all the faithful people of this parish. We ask this in thy Holy Name, for thou liveth and reigneth with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.

Amen.

All

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BLESSING Celebrant

All

Kneel The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God Almighty, the +Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always.

Amen.

Notices and announcements may be given.

THE DISMISSAL

Be Seated

Stand

ANGELUS (See facing page)

FINAL HYMN 378 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) – Crown Him with Many Crowns POSTLUDE Ciacona in E minor (BuxWV 160) — Dietrich Buxtehude During the postlude you are encouraged to remain quietly in the nave, or to move to the Bishops’ Room to enjoy coffee hour conversation.

For prayer requests please contact the Office or speak to one of the clergy.

Please notify the Parish Office (604-685-2532) when a parishioner/friend/family member is hospitalized or housebound. The Office will arrange visitation, Holy Communion or Anointing with the Parish Clergy Team and Pastoral Care Ministry Coordinator. If entering hospital, please inform the hospital on arrival that you (or the patient you are with) are Anglican and ask for the hospital’s Anglican chaplain.

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ANGELUS

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The flowers on the High Altar are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Jean Moore by the family.

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The Thurible RECTOR’S NOTES Do you know the date of your baptism? The original “certificate of baptism” is by my side as I write.

Two months after my birth, I was baptized on June 18, 1972. I am so grateful for the faithfulness and love of my parents, family and Church who brought me as a babein-arms to the waters of salvation.

“To know the date of our Baptism is to know a blessed day,” said Pope Francis at a General Audience on January 8. “Indeed, we must reawaken the memory of our Baptism. We are called to live our Baptism every day, as the current reality of our lives.” www.news.va/ en/news/a-date-to-remember I love the tradition of holy water stoups – those containers which hold holy water by the entrance doorways to a church – into which we can dip our fingers and make the sign of the cross. As the water touches my forehead, I am reminded of the sign of the cross which was marked upon me at my baptism. As the Archbishop of Canterbury remarked recently, “It is a moment of significance because in every service, the cross on the face reminds us of the face on the cross.”www.archbishopofcanterbur y.org/articles.php/5191/everythingchanges-a-sermon-on-the-cross

Baptism bestows upon us the greatest dignity we can imagine and obtain in this life! With it no human accolade, no other credentials – no matter how eminent the institution, no worldly honours can compare.

“Nothing gives such pleasure to God as the conversion and salvation of human beings”, wrote Gregory of Nazianzus. (See the excerpt of Oration 39 in “A Reflection”) God wants us to become, “a living force for all humanity, lights shining in the world.” We are, “to enjoy more and more the pure and dazzling light of the Trinity.”

Inform. Inspire. Invite.

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Today at St. James’

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Formation on Sunday

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Our Parish

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Growing in the Knowledge of God

• Lest this seem self-indulgent, Pope Francis reminds us of that power through baptism which transforms us into servants: “Thanks to Baptism, we are capable of forgiving and of loving even those who offend us and do evil to us. Baptism helps us to recognize in the face of the needy, the suffering, and also of our neighbour, the face of Jesus.”

“As I know my birthday, I should know my Baptism day, because it is a feast day.”

Relationships & Fellowship

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Parish Council

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Office Reminders

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Opportunities to Serve

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Liturgy

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Quote of this Week

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Saints This Week

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Mass this Week

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Daily Lectionary

Fr. Mark Greenaway-Robbins

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TODAY AT ST. JAMES’ MORNING PRAYER 8:00 am in the Church.

LOW MASS 8:30 am in the Church.

FORMATION SESSION 9:30 am in the Bishop’s Room.

ROSARY PRAYERS – THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES 9:45 am in the Lady Chapel.

HIGH MASS 10:30 am in the Church.

COFFEE HOUR 12:00 pm in the Bishops’ Room.

EVENING PRAYER 5:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

FORMATION ON SUNDAY FORMATION ON SUNDAYS: MUSIC AND ART IN THE CHRISTIAN IMAGINATION Mahler and the Second Symphony “Resurrection” Jan. 12th , 9:30 am in the Bishop’s Room Ruth Greenaway-Robbins Mahler's Second Symphony “Resurrection” is a choral and symphonic masterpiece written by a man whose life work was to deeply search the existential question.

For Mahler much of life work was using music as vehicle within which to expedite such questions as: What is the meaning of life; What is our place in the universe; Why do we suffer and Where we go after this life? Although a convert to Christianity from the 24 | THE THURIBLE

Gustav Mahler

Jewish faith, Mahler cannot be placed in a simple box labelled “Christian” but rather perhaps a man deeply influenced by Christianity. However; his second Symphony is a powerful rendering of life, death and the resurrection and has much to offer as musical reflection of the Christian faith.

For a full recording of Mahler’s Second Symphony see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwRPYijLygA. For more information see:http://gustavmahler.com/ symphonies/mahler-symphony-2.html FORMATION ON SUNDAYS: MUSIC AND ART IN THE CHRISTIAN IMAGINATION Jan. 19th – Ben Ewert, director of Oculus Chamber Choir, on Christian music.

Jan. 26th – Prof. Carol Knicely on Christian art.

Feb. 2nd – no session.

Feb. 9th – Dr. Alexander Rosenblatt, Israeli musicologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Music, UBC. ALL WELCOME!

OUR PARISH DIANA BROWN R.I.P. A committal will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday 14th January at Vancouver Crematorium – within Mountain View Cemetery - 5505 Fraser St, Vancouver.

Parish members are welcome and encouraged to join the clergy in attending this funeral rite since Diana’s family are not available to be present.

A Requiem Mass for the repose of her soul will be held at St. James' Church on Saturday, January 25, at 1:00 pm with reception to follow.

Diana Brown, our oldest and longest serving parishioner died on New Year’s Day, 2014 at the age of 105. Born on May 12th, 1908 on a cattle ranch in Colorado that her London father had purchased in 1881, she moved with her parents to Vancouver in 1916. The family settled in the West End where Diana attended the original Crofton House School. She met her future husband, Hugh Agassiz Brown in Vancouver in 1930, and they married at St. James’ Church in 1931. Both Hugh, who died in the 1970s, and Diana were actively involved in all the concerns of this busy and thriving Parish. A large congregation, including many visitors and guests, marked Diana’s first 100 years in 2008 with a magnificent birthday celebration in the Church and Hall, crowning her 85 years of Christian devotion and unwavering dedication to the life of St. James’. May Diana rest in peace and rise in glory.

MTR. ALEXIS SAUNDERS – PASTORAL UPDATE In the week before Christmas Mtr. Alexis fell and sustained a complex fracture to her wrist which subsequently required surgery. She is now recovering at home. Please keep her in your prayers. We look forward to her return and the resumption of her ministry among us. Mtr. Alexis welcomes visits so please be in touch with her if you can support her in this way. Fr. Mark.

GROWING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD ST. JAMES’ HOME STUDY Sean and Amelia Birch continue to have a bi-weekly bible study, working through the Gospel of Luke. We will be resuming on January 8th, at 7:30. Everyone is welcome, however; those in mid-20's to early 40's may feel the most comfortable.

Amelia and Sean Birch Please feel free to talk to us after High Mass, or email: roweramo@gmail.com or smbirch@gmail.com for details on location. You can also join our "St James Home Study" Facebook group for bi-weekly announcements.

SEEKING CONFIRMATION, REAFFIRMATION OR RECEPTION? If you desire the sacrament of confirmation, you are invited to participate in a course of preparation beginning the first week of February. Confirmation is an expression of deepening and conscious commitment to the way of Christ. The sacrament is a means of grace and strength for living out the vows made at baptism. Reaffirmation is an opportunity to renew your baptismal vows. Reception is for members who were confirmed in other churches and who now desire to be received into the Anglican Communion.

We hope this may be a rich time of learning, prayer, and relationship building. If you are interested in preparation, please contact in person or via email Fr. Mark, rector@stjames.bc.ca, one of the clergy, or let the Office know. The celebration of confirmation/ reaffirmation/reception has yet to be finalized, customarily it takes place during Eastertide at Christ Church Cathedral.

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RELATIONSHIPS & FELLOWSHIP WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY At 7:00pm on Friday January 24th 2014, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 525 Campbell Avenue, we are invited to join with our brothers and sisters in the neighbourhood to pray for and work towards the visible unity of the church.

OFFICE REMINDERS BOOKING SPACES AT ST. JAMES’ If you want to use any space at St. James’ it is essential to make a booking with the Office in advance. If you are using a space without it being booked there is no guarantee you will have the use of it in the event of a scheduling conflict. Please support the work of the Parish by always booking the space you wish to use.

CHURCH OFFICE HOURS JANUARY 18 The office will be closed on Saturday, January 18 due to vacation leave.

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE CHRISTMAS GIFT CARDS—THANK YOU Fr. Matthew wishes to thank each person who contributed gift cards, or funds to acquire them, for distribution within the parish. Thanks to Jan Strehler for coordinating this. The cards brought many thanks and genuine smiles from all who received them.

PARISH COUNCIL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Saturday, February 2, 2014 (NOTE REVISED DATE) All parishioners are invited to attend the next Parish Council meeting to be held after the 10:15 am Mass.

This meeting will run from 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. As usual, coffee and delicious refreshments will be provided. We look forward to having you join us on Saturday, February 2.

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CEREMONY, FEAST & TALKING CIRCLE— THANK YOU A huge thank you to everyone who helped with the January 8th Ceremony, Feast & Talking Circle: Jerry Adams, Marty Adams, Mary Brown, Gary Campbell, Anne Kennedy, Sheila Patterson, Lynn Wilson, and Chris Summers. Elder Kelvin Bee prepared a delicious traditional feast for us of fish stew with oolichan oil (grease) and melt-in-your-mouth bannock. About 50 attended: Aboriginal community members, clergy and parishioners. I believe we truly demonstrated that we are developing relationships and fellowship in open, honest and spiritual ways among parishioners, with our neighbours, and those in need.

Coordinators, Pat McSherry and James Mckenzie

LITURGY HOUSE BLESSINGS IN EPIPHANY The Church offers a special service of house blessing for its members. It is especially appropriate to do this during the season of Epiphany. If you would like to arrange to have your home blessed, please contact Fr. Mark, one of the clergy, or through the Office.

BLESSED CHALK AND A PRAYER FOR YOUR HOME 20+G+M+B+14 This may be written on the lintel above the front door into your home. A piece of blessed chalk from Mass on the Epiphany may be taken home with you for this purpose. The chalk will be available in the Narthex.

After writing 20+G+M+B+14, this prayer may be said: Let us pray.

O Lord holy, Father Almighty, everlasting God, we beseech thee to hear us: and vouchsafe to send thy holy Angel from heaven, to guard and cherish, protect and visit, and evermore defend all that dwell in this house. I call upon thy Saints, Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, to protect my Family and my home from every harm and danger, and I place this mark over my door to remain as a constant reminder to us and all who enter here that my house is truly a house of the Lord. O God, make the door of my house the gateway to thine Eternal Kingdom.

All this we ask through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord.

Amen.

BAPTISMAL BANNER AND COVENANT At High Mass today – on the Feast of the Baptism of Christ – a baptismal banner, created by the Mothers’ Union, will be blessed. It bears the names of all who have been baptized during 2013. We began this tradition in 2007 and the baptismal banners since then are hung in the Parish Hall beside the Melanesian cross.

These banners are an aid to prayer: we can give thanks

for the sacrament of new birth into which each named person has been baptized, and we can pray for a deepening of their faith in Christ and those who accompany them in their earthly pilgrimage.

This year the General Synod of our Church added a new clause to the words of the baptismal covenant –the promise we make at every baptism. It is this: "Will you strive to safeguard the integrity of God's creation, and respect, sustain and renew the life of the Earth?" To which the people respond: "I will, with God's help." When Baptisms are celebrated at St. James’ this clause will now be added to the words of the baptismal covenant. For background information to this revision go to http:// news.anglican.ca/news/stories/2630

QUOTE OF THIS WEEK A few weeks ago I did a baptism. It was a fine occasion. The baby was well-behaved, the family were more than delightful. It was perhaps a little higher profile than normal, but it was a unique and special occasion in the way every baptism is. During the service, I did a very remarkable thing, as at every baptism. I marked the baby with the sign of the cross.

It is a moment of significance because in every service, the cross on the face reminds us of the face on the cross.

The Archbishop of Canterbury's sermon at the Festival of the Cross, Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, Saturday 16 November, 2013.

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SAINTS THIS WEEK John Horden Bishop of Moosonee, Missionary, 1893 January 14 On this day we honour the memory of John Horden, first bishop of Moosonee and one of the most effective Anglican missionaries in nineteenth-century Canada.

He came to this country in 1851, when the Church Missionary Society assigned him the district of Moosonee – a vast area which included all of the territory surrounding James Bay. Besides English merchants and Norwegian settlers at Moose Factory, this district was peopled by scattered bands of three different First Nations – the Cree, the Ojibway, and the Chippewa.

Hordon’s yearly rounds of Moosonee were epic in their extent and remarkably successful in their purpose. He converted band after band to Christ, then took care to sustain his converts by developing a system of native Christian teachers. He also translated much of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer into one of the dialects of the Cree tongue.

After twenty-two years the diocese of Moosonee was formed, and Horden was made its first bishop. Instead of retreating into administrative duties, he extended his missionary work to the Inuit people who lived in the northern reaches of James Bay, and before his death in 1893 he ensured that all the many people of his diocese would be able to hear God’s Word in their own tongues.

For All the Saints: Prayers and Readings for Saints’ Days, ABC, 1994

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SAINTS THIS WEEK St. Anthony Abbot in Egypt, 356 January 17 Today we honour the memory of a holy man named Antony, who is often counted as the first true monk in the Christian tradition.

He was born around the year 250, the son of a prosperous farmer in the district of Middle Egypt. He probably never knew any but the Christian way, and grew up listening to the Gospels read out in the village church. But when he was twenty Antony suddenly heard with his heart these words of Christ: “Go, sell all you have, and give to the poor; and come, follow me.” Antony went and did just that: he renounced his inheritance and retired into the desert beyond his village.

The desert remained Antony’s home for the rest of his life. In his solitude he gave himself to prayer and fasting, to daily recitation of the Psalter, and most of all to waging war against the forces of spiritual darkness.

Antony did not dwell in the desert in order to avoid conflict, but to deal with his inner conflicts more effectively. He wished to teach his heart, as he himself said, “to hate all peace that comes from the flesh.” He succeeded in this purpose by performing extraordinary deeds of physical self-discipline. But before he died in the year 356, well over a hundred years old, Antony learned something still greater – to love God. It is for his love of God, wondrous and simple, that we remember Antony today.

For All the Saints: Prayers and Readings for Saints’ Days, ABC, 1994

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MASS THIS WEEK 2014

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS

MON. JANUARY 13

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

St. Hilary, Bp of Poitiers, Teacher of For a true understanding and appreciation of the Incarnation of our the Faith, 367 Lord.

9:30 am in the Lady Chapel TUES. JANUARY 14 John Horden, Bp of Moosonee, Msy 1893

For all Indigenous Christians, and for Mark McDonald, the National Indigenous Anglican Bishop

WED. JANUARY 15

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

Richard Meux Benson, Religious, Founder of the SSJE, 1915

For all men who are members of religious orders 9:30 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

THU. JANUARY 16 Feria

For all those who work in the medical professions, especially for those caring for the terminally ill

FRI. JANUARY 17

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

St. Antony, Abbot in Egypt, 356 For the Christian churches of Egypt and the Middle East SAT. JANUARY 18 The Confession of St. Peter Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins SUN. JANUARY 19 Epiphany 2 30 | THE THURIBLE

For reconciliation among Christian churches 8:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm

Morning Prayer Low Mass High Mass Evening Prayer

DAILY LECTIONARY DATE

DAILY MASS

MORNING PRAYER 9:00 AM

EVENING PRAYER 5:00PM

MON. JANUARY 13

2 Tim 1:13-14, 2:1-3 Ps 119:161-168 Lk 12:8-12

Ps 1, 2, 3 Gen 2:4-9, 16-25 Heb 1:1-14

Ps 4, 7 Is 40:12-23 Jn 1:1-18

TUES. JANUARY 14

Is 49:1-9 Ps 98 Mt 28:16-20

Ps 5, 6 Gen 3:1-14 Heb 2:1-10

Ps 10, 11 Is 40:25-31 Jn 1:19-28

WED. JANUARY 15

Rom 10:14-17 Ps 15 Mt 6:24-33

Ps 119:1-24 Gen 4:1-16 Heb 2:11-18

Ps 12, 13, 14 Is 41:1-16 Jn 1:35-42

THU. JANUARY 16

1 Sam 4:1c-11 Ps 44:7-14, 23-26 Mk 1:40-45

Ps 18:1-20 Gen 4:17-26 Heb 3:1-11

Ps 18:21-50 Is 41:17-29 Jn 1:43-51

FRI. JANUARY 17

Song of Sol 8:6-7 Ps 91:9-16 Mk 10:17-21

Ps 16, 17 Gen 6:1-8 Heb 3:12-19

Ps 22 Is 42:10-17 Jn 2:1-12

Acts 4:8-13 Ps 23 Mt 16:13-19

Ps 66, 67 Ezek 3:4-11 Acts 10:34-44

Ps 110:1-5, 116, 117 Is 43:1-13 Jn 2:13-22

Is 49:1-7 Ps 40:1-12 1 Cor 1:1-9 Jn 1:29-42

Ps 148, 149, 150 Gen 7:1-10, 17-23 Eph 4:1-16

Ps 114, 115 Is 43:14 – 44:4 Mk 3:7-19

SAT. JANUARY 18

SUN. JANUARY 19

Public prayer is offered Monday - Saturday in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel which is accessed on East Cordova Street through the Chapel Walkway. Morning Prayer 9.00 am. Evening Prayer 5.00 pm.

Please be on time since the gate may be closed once prayers have begun.

On Sundays: Morning Prayer 8.00 am. in the Church. Evening Prayer 5.00 pm. in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, please check the weekly bulletin for exceptions.

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CLERGY

PARISH STAFF

Rector: Father Mark Greenaway-Robbins rector@stjames.bc.ca / 778-316-7941 Days off: Friday & Saturday

Office Managers: Linda Adams: Mon – Wed, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM Deanna Ferguson: Thu – Sat, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Deacon: Mother Joyce Locht joyce.locht@gmail.com Street Outreach: Father Matthew Johnson streetoutreachinitiative@gmail.com

Building Manager & Assistant: Art Cuthbertson: Mon-Thu, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM 604-329-7567 Darren Campbell: Sat, 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

604-685-7522 (non-emergency #) Days off: Monday & Saturday Honorary Assistants: Mother Alexis Saunders, Priest Sister Mary Christian Cross, Deacon

Organist & Choirmaster: Gerald Harder Assistant Organist: Bruce McKenzie

CLERGY AVAILABILITY

PARISH OFFICERS

Clergy may be contacted through the Office: 604-685-2532 For immediate contact or within a few hours please contact the Rector on his cell phone at: Father Mark Greenaway-Robbins: 778-316-7941 You may need to leave a message if we are engaged in a pastoral matter and we will promptly return urgent calls. We seek to be available to all in any circumstances and encourage you to contact us and request an opportunity for a pastoral appointment.

For pastoral care and support you may also contact our Pastoral Care Ministry Coordinator: joyce.locht@gmail.com | Joyce Locht 604-614-9915

Rector’s Warden: Brian Rocksborough-Smith 604-291-9852 wardens@stjames.bc.ca People’s Warden: Reece Wrightman 604-872-4129 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Associate Warden: Betty Carlson 604-522-4412 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Trustee: Leslie Arnovick Trustee: Graham Murchie Trustee: Paul Stanwood Treasurer: Angela Van Luven Envelope Secretary: Philip Green Parish Privacy Officer & Vestry Clerk: Linda Adams PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Jane Turner Secretary: Erin Kenny

Diocese of New Westminster Anglican Church of Canada 303 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1L4 T: 604-685-2532 | Fax: 604-685-7605 E: office@stjames.bc.ca | Web: www.stjames.bc.ca Parish Office hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 am-4:00pm