High Mass
Dedication Sunday | October 5, 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 Formation: Second’s Shepherd’s Play Rehearsal, Bishop’s Room 10:30 AM High Mass, Church 12:00 PM Coffee Hour, Parish Hall 5:00 PM Evening Prayer, Blessed Sacrament Chapel ______________________________________________________________________ This booklet is printed on recycled paper. Discarded copies will be recycled.
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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 “I do not think that the life of Heaven bears any analogy to play or dance in respect of frivolity. I do think that while we are in this ‘valley of tears,’ cursed with labour, hemmed round with necessities, tripped up with frustrations, doomed to perpetual plannings, puzzlings, and anxieties, certain qualities that must belong to the celestial condition have no chance to get through, can project no image of themselves, except in activities which, for us here and now, are frivolous. For surely we must suppose the life of the blessed to be an end in itself, indeed The End: to be utterly spontaneous; to be the complete reconciliation of boundless freedom with order–with the most delicately adjusted, supple, intricate, and beautiful order? How can you find any image of this in the ‘serious’ activities either of our natural or of our (present) spiritual life? Either in our precarious and heart-broken affections or in the Way which is always, in some degree, a via crucis? No, Malcolm. It is only in our ‘hours-off,’ only in our moments of permitted festivity, that we find an analogy. Dance and game are frivolous, unimportant down here; for ‘down here’ is not their natural place. Here, they are a moment’s rest from the life we were place here to live. But in this world everything is upside down. That which , if it could be prolonged here, would be a truancy, is likest that which in a better country is the End of ends. Joy is the serious business of Heaven.” C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (San Diego: Harvest, 1964), 92-93.
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Notes
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Entrance Rite PRELUDE At the entrance of the clergy and servers all stand.
Stand
INTROIT O how dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and gate of heaven: and men shall call it the Palace of God. Psalm The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious apparel: the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength. Glory be . . . Terríbilis est—Healey Willan
PROCESSION
PROCESSIONAL HYMN 210 Green Hymn Book (New English Hymnal) – Only-begotten, Word of God Eternal STATION COLLECT
Celebrant All
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. They will always be praising thee.
Let us pray.
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O God our heavenly Father, make the door of our parish church wide enough to receive all who need human love and fellowship and a Father’s care, and narrow enough to shut out all envy, pride, and uncharitableness. Here may the tempted find succour, and the sorrowing receive comfort; here may the careless be awakened to repentance, and the penitent be assured of thy mercy; and here may all thy children renew their strength in thee and go on their way rejoicing; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
KYRIE ELEISON Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.
Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Setting: Missa ’O westron wynde’ — Healey Willan
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS (See overleaf)
COLLECT OF THE DAY
Stand
Celebrant All
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.
Celebrant
Let us pray. Almighty God, watchful and caring, our source and our end, all that we are and all that we have are thine. Accept us now, as we give thanks to thee for this place where we have come to praise thy name, to ask thy forgiveness, to know thy healing power, to hear thy word, and to be nourished by the body and blood of thy Son. Be present always to guide and to judge, to illumine and to bless thy people. This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
All
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GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
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The Liturgy of the Word OLD TESTAMENT READING
Be seated
Reader
A reading from the First Book of Kings.
Reader All
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven. He said, ‘O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart, the covenant that you kept for your servant my father David as you declared to him; you promised with your mouth and have this day fulfilled with your hand. Therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant my father David that which you promised him, saying, “There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children look to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.” Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant my father David. ‘But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built! Have regard to your servant’s prayer and his plea, O LORD my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today; that your eyes may be open night and day towards this house, the place of which you said, “My name shall be there”, that you may heed the prayer that your servant prays towards this place. Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray towards this place; O hear in heaven your dwellingplace; heed and forgive. 1 Kings 8:22-30 The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
PSALM
A cantor sings the antiphon first; the people repeat it thereafter.
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” Now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Antiphon
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls and quietness within your towers. Antiphon Psalm 122:1-2, 6-7
EPISTLE READING Sub-deacon
A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews.
You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. (For they could not endure the order that was given, ‘If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.’ Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, ‘I tremble with fear.’) But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. Hebrews 12:18-24
Sub-deacon All
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
ALLELUIA
A cantor begins the alleluia; all repeat it thereafter.
Stand
Alleluia. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house: and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Alleluia. My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregation will I bless the Lord. Alleluia. Dómine, diléxi (Mode V)
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HOLY GOSPEL
All stand and turn to face the book of the Gospels
Then Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves. He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’ The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did, and heard the children crying out in the temple, ‘Hosanna to the Son of David’, they became angry and said to him, ‘Do you hear what these are saying?’ Jesus said to them, ‘Yes; have you never read, “Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise for yourself”?’ Matthew 21:12-16
SERMON
Be Seated Mother Joyce Locht
(At the conclusion of the sermon, silence is kept)
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NICENE CREED
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Stand
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Celebrant
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
All
After each petition this response is said: Lord in thy mercy. Hear our prayer.
All All
Stand
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. HIGH MASS | 13
CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION Deacon
Let us humbly confess our sins to almighty God.
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.
Kneel
All
PEACE
Stand
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The Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist OFFERTORY & PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Be Seated
O Lord God, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen your people who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. Keep such thoughts in the hearts of your people, O Lord God. Dómine Deus, in simplicitate (Mode VI)
HYMN
Stand The People sing the hymn while the People’s gifts of bread, wine and money are brought forward. 485 Green Hymn Book (New English Hymnal) — Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided
SURSUM CORDA & PROPER PREFACE
Stand
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Celebrant
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. Heaven itself cannot contain thee, and thy glory fills all the world. Thou dost accept our setting apart of places for thy worship, and in them pour out thy gifts of grace upon thy faithful people. This table is a sign to us of the heavenly altar, where thy saints and angels praise thee. Here we have recalled the sacrifice of thy Son; here we have been fed with the body and blood of thy son; here our sins have been forgiven; here we have tasted the joys of thy eternal kingdom. Grant that in these mysteries we may be united with one another and strengthened for service in thy world. 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 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. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra Gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. + Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis. Setting: Missa ’O westron wynde’ — Healey Willan
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THE 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.” + 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.
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Celebrant
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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. HIGH MASS | 17
THE LORD’S PRAYER
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
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Kneel
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: Missa ’O westron wynde’ — Healey Willan
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 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 (the precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ) from the chalice (common cup) 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.
MOTET This place was made by God; a priceless holy place, it is without fault. Locus iste — Anton Bruckner
HYMN
Sit or kneel
459 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — Christ is Our Cornerstone
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Concluding Rite PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Celebrant All
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.
Celebrant
Let us pray. Father, thou hast given us this time of joy and hast nourished us in heavenly things; Grant that we may show in our lives the love of Christ who is our God and Saviour. Amen.
All
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.
DISMISSAL
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Stand
Be Seated
Stand
ANGELUS
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HYMN 528 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — O God, Our Help in Ages Past
POSTLUDE Fugue in E flat (BWV 552b) — J. S. Bach
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 a member 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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The flowers on the High Altar are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Eurice Belle and Anita Singh from Anita Sandiford.
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Please take this booklet away with you to aid in your own reflection, prayers, and for your information.
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The Thurible RECTOR’S NOTES Could joy be the greatest scandal for Christians? I was taught — and have experienced as a parish priest — that our experience of suffering is often the stumbling block to faith, especially in Jesus Christ. My perception has been changed recently as I reflected on this passage: "Someone wrote recently ‘Joy might be a greater scandal than evil, suffering or death’. [David Ford]. This is what I have been moved by in Christian communities around the world who face the most devastating of conditions. Their certainty that Jesus is alive enables them to face all horrors with joy. Not happiness, but joy. Joy can exist alongside mental illness, depression, bereavement, fear, because the joy of Christ comes from knowing that nothing and no one less than God has the last word." (See “Quote of this Week”) I was then struck by two recent encounters with parishioners. One was in the midst of recovery from addition — the habit had led to his children being taken from his care. He had lost other very close loved ones through bereavement. In spite of these and many other challenges in his life, his smile and whole being radiated joy. He is a person of joy in spite of, what would seem to many
of us, overwhelming struggles and afflictions. Another parishioner, in her ninth decade of life, has endured many procedures for cancer in the last ten years. Her physical wellbeing has been significantly impacted by ill health and the passage of the years. When we spoke I expected a litany of lament and complaint. Instead, I was barraged with an assault of appreciation for life's many blessings infused with the fragrance of joy. What had happened? These examples of joy are somewhat scandalous — in human terms. But to be expected when we live in the power of the Holy Spirit. So we continue with our exploration of the Fruits of the Spirit based on Galatians 5:22-23. Perhaps the greatest contemporary exploration of joy can be found in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel (2013) by Pope Francis. What are your "go to" passages on joy in Scripture and Tradition? For me, the most joyous moment in all the narrative of Scripture is the meeting between Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist — the Visitation.
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TODAY AT ST. JAMES’ Dedication of St. James’ Church MORNING PRAYER 8:00 am in the Church LOW MASS 8:30 am in the Church FORMATION ON SUNDAY 9:30 am in the Bishop’s Room HIGH MASS 10:30 am in the Church COFFEE HOUR 12:00 pm in the Parish Hall EVENING PRAYER 5:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
FORMATION ON SUNDAYS FORMATION ON SUNDAY 9:30 am in the Bishop’s Room The series will continue through Advent except for a pause in October. During three Sundays (the 5th , 19th , and 26th ), we will read and rehearse together a dramatic work that we will offer during the Heart of the City Festival on November 1st , and so recall our successful production last year of Everyman. This year we have chosen the raucous yet serious medieval morality play, known as The Second Shepherds’ Play, a timeless comedy that indeed helps to define the Fruits of the Spirit. Leslie Arnovick and Paul Stanwood
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OUR PARISH THANK YOU Thank you to all who made the Fellowship Lunch on Michaelmas Day such a wonderful time. Donations were gathered to feed four children in Haiti a daily hot lunch so they can attend school for a year. Mtr. Alexis HAPPY SNAPPIES Calling all photographers–it’s time again to submit photos for the 2015 Ordo Kalender. This year’s theme is “Life in the Spirit.” NEW ISSUE OF PAX The Michaelmas 2014 issue of PAX is now available in print and on the St. James’ website at: http://stjames.bc.ca/ publications-2/ MOTHERS’ UNION MEETING The Mothers’ Union will be meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7:00 pm in the Bishop’s Room. YOU ARE INVITED! Women’s Guild Bargain Sale Friday, Oct. 31st, 11 am-12:30 pm The St. James’ Women’s Guild Bargain Sale is an hour and a half in bargain sale heaven – a chance to pick up household items, gifts, electronics, clothes, a last minute Halloween costume and oodles of other items for cheap, cheap, prices. Long-time Guild member Pam Jeacocke ODNW reports “1916 is the earliest record of a guild sale when the proceeds were used to pay off the church bank overdraft! It is a happy time with families newly arrived in the city or individuals moving from homelessness able to find cookware, dishes or bedding at a price they can afford. Proceeds
from the sale go in part to support the work of neighbours such as The Bloom Group (formerly St. James’ Community Services). All Saints’ Day High Mass & Open House (part of Heart of the City) Saturday, Nov. 1st, 10:30 am-4 pm The All Saints’ Day High Mass and Open House (part of Heart in the City) is an all-day opportunity to visit the church, learn of its history and witness to the City and experience its ancient practices. At 10:30am a glorious All Saints’ Day Solemn High Mass and Procession will celebrate the Saints of Christendom with pageantry and age-old ritual. For those not used to high church liturgy this is a chance to bathe the senses. At St. James’ on high holy days such as this, even the incense is special! Hear the full St. James’ Choir singing Palestrina‘s Missa Aeterna and Willan‘s O How Glorious. Following the Mass there is a luncheon for everyone in the church hall and an afternoon full of activities: • Organist and Choral Director Gerald Harder will offer a talk and demonstration of the church‘s renowned 1760 Casavant pipe organ in the choir gallery. • After the High Mass. It has become a Heart of the City tradition at St. James’ to stage medieval morality plays in the church and this year‘s offering is The Second Shepherd’s Play, one of the Mystery Plays by the Wakefield Master, will be presented in modern English, directed by parish Archivist Paul Stanwood, ODNW. • At 2 pm in the church, parishioner Allan Duncan will take visitors on a guided tour of the wonderful Art Deco church building, telling of its architecture and the personalities who were involved in its construction in the 1930s. • Students from the now famous St. James’ Music Academy which offers musical instruction to more than 150 kids in the DTES, will offer a special performance. • Photographer Christine Hatfull will exhibit under the choir gallery recent images from her project documenting the on-going architectural re-purposing of the former BC Remand Centre (across the street from St James’) into social housing.
All Souls’ Day High Mass Monday, Nov. 3rd, 6:30 pm The All Souls’ Day Mass features the St. James’ Choir singing Durufle’s Requiem Op 9, with special devotions for the faithful departed. Here is a chance to have passed friends and family remembered — all names forwarded to the church are read aloud as part of the service: call 604 685 2532 or email office@.stjames.bc.ca
20- & 30-SOMETHINGS Join us for Mass and bible study on Tuesday evenings and stay for a time of fellowship at a local pub afterwards! Contact Jenny for further information at youthworker@stjames.bc.ca .
RELATIONSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS OPEN HOUSE AT VANCOUVER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY Thursday, Nov. 13th Are you contemplating a course of theological studies in your near future? Come and see what VST has to offer you! Top-flight faculty • Graduate level degree and diploma programs • Small class sizes • Distance Education opportunities • New, state-of-the-art building slated to open in Fall 2015 • Meet for refreshments, attend Morning Prayer, attend a class, join us in Community Worship, share a meal with current students and faculty, Q&A with the Registrar’s office staff • To RSVP, contact Shannon at 604.822.9427 or email shannonl@vst.edu
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METRO VANCOUVER ALLIANCE ELECTION ACCOUNTABILITY ASSEMBLY Thurs. Oct. 9, 7-9 pm Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan Street Over the past year MVA engaged in a listening campaign involving conversations with hundreds of people in our member organizations and subsequent discernment process. Four issues – on Poverty, Housing, Transit and Social Isolation – were identified as the things MVA member institutions felt they had in common and could work on together. The research teams met regularly over the spring and summer – digging into their issue, consulting with people in the community, talking to experts – and identified problems facing people in the Lower Mainland. They then explored solutions to those problems. St. James’ parishioners served on these Teams: Mary Brown on Transit, Graham Murchie, Sheila Paterson and Pat McSherry on Poverty. On October 9, 2014, delegations from 49 member organizations, representing 200,000 citizens, will gather at the Italian Cultural Centre. This exercise in non-partisan grassroots democracy will bring together close to 1000 people including civic, faith and community leaders. At the Assembly we will ask Vancouver’s municipal politicians to explore new options around affordable housing in the city and re-examine the enforcement of current housing by-laws; commit to a proven anti-poverty strategy at the municipal level; actively engage in the upcoming transit referendum and support our campaign for affordable, accessible transit; and explore options and
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work with us to reduce social isolation and help neighbourhoods flourish by working with our member organizations. Gregor Robertson (Vision Vancouver) and Meena Wong (COPE) have confirmed they will be joining us on October 9th. We will ask them to commit to specific, achievable, proposals that will make Vancouver a better place to live and work. It’s going to be a great night and St. James’ will be represented. Please tell Pat McSherry if you’d like to come. This is not a public event, it’s for preregistered members only. CONFRONTING CHRISTIAN ZIONISM AND ITS CANADIAN ROOTS AND RESPONSES With Dr. Gary Burge and Dr. Ron Dart Friday October 24, 7:30 pm, UFV Abbotsford Saturday October 25, 9:30 am, St Mary’s Kerrisdale Come learn about Canada’s role in Israel Palestine and foreign policy in the Middle East. Contact andrew.klager@ufv.ca for more info. Hosted by Canadian Friends of Sabeel BC AFTER THE ASYLUM Thursday, November 6 to Saturday, November 8 Three days of interactive, multi-media events and discussions about the ongoing legacy of deinstitutionalization. Linking the past to the present through presentations, art, photography and film to foster better mental health policy, practices and understanding. History in Practice curriculum. For more information see: http://www.aftertheasylum.net/
QUOTE OF THIS WEEK Someone wrote recently “Joy might be a greater scandal than evil, suffering or death.” [David Ford]. This is what I have been moved by in Christian communities around the world who face the most devastating of conditions. Their certainty that Jesus is alive enables them to face all horrors with joy. Not happiness, but joy. Joy can exist alongside mental illness, depression, bereavement, fear, because the joy of Christ comes from knowing that nothing and no one less than God has the last word. Archbishop Justin Welby's Easter sermon Sunday 20th April 2014 http://tinyurl.com/n3a7h8m
DIDO’S “DID YOU KNOW?” The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew. (1) There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter. I realize of course that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty … I understand the grief of people who have to endure great suffering, yet slowly but surely we all have to let the joy of faith slowly revive as a quiet yet firm trust, even amid the greatest distress. (6) Consequently, an evangelizer must never look like someone who has just come back from a funeral! Let us recover and deepen our enthusiasm, that “delightful and comforting joy of evangelizing, even when it is in tears that we must sow. (10) Christians have the duty to proclaim the Gospel without excluding anyone. Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet. It is not by proselytizing that the Church grows, but “by attraction”. (15) Highlights from the introduction to the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel (2013)
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COMMEMORATION Our Lady of the Rosary The Roman Church, General Calendar October 7 Today’s observance, Our Lady of the Rosary, was first established to celebrate a 17th century naval victory associated with the prayers of the rosary, under the title “Our Lady of Victory.” In its developed, and less militaristic, form as “Our Lady of the Rosary,” it serves to remind us of the value of the rosary as a form of Christian devotion.1 The rosary is] a mental and vocal prayer of great depth in which Christians are drawn into the healing and regenerative mysteries of Christ’s life…. It is no exaggeration to say that, if we desire to know Jesus Christ, we ought to diligently and with love seek to know the Mother of God [who] nourished and protected the infant Jesus, and whose entire life was and is lived in complete union with her Son’s divine purpose.2 … John Paul II tells us: “The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at the heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the depth of the Gospel message in its entirety, of which it can be said to be a compendium. ... Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.” The word rosary means “crown of roses.” St. Louis De Montfort professes the Rosary to be a “priceless treasure which is inspired by God,” and the “mystical rose tree of Jesus and Mary in life, death, and eternity.” He tells us that reciting the Rosary produces spiritual roses which will “never wilt or die, and they will be just as exquisite thousands of years from now as they are today.”3 St. Louis … teaches that the Rosary is principally and in substance composed of the Prayer of Christ (The “Our Father”) and the Angelic Salutation (The “Hail Mary”). Therefore, in a sense, the Rosary dates to that pivotal day when the angel Gabriel greeted Mary with the words: “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” The Rosary thus becomes the “first prayer and the first devotion of the faithful.”4 1. www.catholic.org/hf/faith/story.php?id=43137 2. Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Introduction 3. The Secret of the Rosary 9, 13 4. The Secret of the Rosary 1
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COMMEMORATION St. Paulinus First Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 October 10 Paulinus was a Roman monk who was made a bishop in the year 625 and sent to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, where he settled at York and ministered to the few Christians at the court of King Edwin. The pagan king engaged Paulinus in long private discussions about the Christian faith and eventually called a council of his nobles to debate whether he should accept Paulinus’ religion. One of them answered in the classic tones of the Anglo-Saxon heritage and said: “This, O King, is how the present life of man appears to me in comparison with that time which is unknown. You are sitting feasting with your nobles in winter time; the fire is burning on the hearth in the middle of the hall and all inside is warm, while outside the wintry storms of rain and snow are raging; and a sparrow flies swiftly through the hall. It enters in at one door and quickly flies out through the other. For the few moments it is inside, the storm and wintry tempest cannot touch it, but after the briefest moment of calm it flits from your sight, out of the wintry storm and into it again. So this life of man appears but a moment; what follows or indeed what went before, we know not at all. If this new doctrine brings us more certain information, it seems right that we should accept it.” The council decided that Edwin would do right to become a Christian; and on Easter Day, 627, Paulinus baptized him. Many Northumbrian noblemen followed their king’s example, and Paulinus was able to extend his mission beyond York, founding churches as far south as Lincoln. But his work suffered a terrific setback when Edwin was killed in battle with the pagan Mercians, who then ravaged the Northumbrian church. Paulinus decided to quit northern England and return to Kent, where he was made bishop of Rochester and devoted himself to his flock until his death in the year 644. For All the Saints, Prayers and Readings for Saint’s Days, ABC, 1994
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DAILY LECTIONARY DAILY MASS
MORNING PRAYER 9:00 AM
EVENING PRAYER 5:00 PM
MON. OCTOBER 6
Gal 1:6-12 Ps 111:1-6 Lk 10:25-37
Ps 106:1-18 Hos 14:1-9 Acts 22:30-23:11
Ps 106:19-48 (2 Kgs 21:1-18) Lk 6:39-49
TUES. OCTOBER 7
Prov 8:22-31 Ps 113 Lk 1:26-38
Ps [120], 121, 122, 123 Mic 1:1-9 Acts 23:12-24
Ps 124, 125, 126, [127] (2 Kgs 22:1-13) Lk 7:1-17
WED. OCTOBER 8
Gal 2:1-2, 7-14 Ps 117 Lk 11:1-4
Ps 119:145-176 Mic 2:1-13 Acts 23:23-35
Ps 128, 129, 130 (2 Kgs 22:14-23:3) Lk 7:18-35
THU. OCTOBER 9
Gal 3:1-5 Ps 89:19-29 Lk 11:5-13
Ps 131, 132 [133] Mic 3:1-8 Acts 24:1-23
Ps 134, 135 (2 Kgs 23:4-25) Lk 7:36-50
FRI. OCTOBER 10
Is 2:2-5 Ps 27:1-6 Mt 5:14-16
Ps 140, 142 Mic 3:9-4:5 Acts 24:24-25:12
Ps 141, 143:1-11(12) (2 Kgs 23:36-24:17) Lk 8:1-15
SAT. OCTOBER 11
Gal 3:21-29 Ps 105:1-7 Lk 11:27-28
Ps 137:1-6(7-9), 144 Mic 5:1-4, 10-15 Acts 25:13-27
Ps 104 (Jer 35:1-19) Lk 8:16-25
SUN. OCTOBER 12
Ex 32:1-14 Ps 106:1-6, 19-23 Phil 4:1-9 Mt 22:1-14
Ps 146, 147 Mic 6:1-8 1 Cor 4:9-16
Ps 111, 112, 113 (Jer 36:1-10) Mt 15:21-28
DATE
Public prayer is offered Monday - Saturday in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel 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. 32 | THE THURIBLE
MASS THIS WEEK 2014
MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS
MON. OCTOBER 6
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
Feria
TUES. OCTOBER 7 Our Lady of the Rosary
WED. OCTOBER 8 Feria
For a lasting peace with justice in Israel - Palestine
5:30 pm in the Lady Chapel For the work of the Metro Vancouver Alliance (MVA)
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
For all our neighbours in Oppenheimer Park
THU. OCTOBER 9
9:30 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
St. Denis, Bishop of Paris & his companions, Martyrs, 272
For the growth of the Church in France
Fri. OCTOBER 10
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Religious & Teacher, 1897
For all missionary activity in the Province of York, UK
SAT. OCTOBER 11 St. Paulinus, 1st Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 SUN. OCTOBER 12 Harvest Thanksgiving
For the work of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
8:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm
Morning Prayer Low Mass High Mass Evening Prayer
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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 604-614-9915 | joyce.locht@gmail.com
Youth Worker: Jenny Scott 778-322-7967 | youthworker@stjames.bc.ca
Street Outreach: Father Matthew Johnson streetoutreachinitiative@gmail.com
Custodial Staff: Art Cuthbertson: Mon-Thu, 9:00 am-2:00 pm 604-329-7567 Darren Campbell: Sat, 7:00 am-1:00 pm, Sun, 7-10 am
604-685-7522 (non-emergency #) Days off: Monday & Saturday Honorary Assistants: Mother Alexis Saunders, Priest Sister Mary Christian Cross, Deacon
Organist & Choirmaster: Gerald Harder
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: Pat McSherry Treasurer: Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe Envelope Secretary: Philip Green Parish Privacy Officer & Vestry Clerk: Linda Adams Archivist: Paul Stanwood
PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Jenny Scott Secretary: Tracy Russell 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