High mass lent 3 mar 19 2017 web

High Mass

Third Sunday of Lent | March 19, 2017 | 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.

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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 strive 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 8:00 am Morning Prayer, Blessed Sacrament Chapel 8:30 am Low Mass, Lady Chapel 9:15 am Coffee Hour, Rectory 10:30 am High Mass, Church 12:00 pm Coffee Hour, Blessed Sacrament Chapel 12:30 pm Lent Reading Group, Rectory 4:00 pm Silent Prayer, Blessed Sacrament Chapel 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 are encouraged at the beginning of the High Mass to move to the Rectory for Godly Play (a presentation of the Christian story on their level), returning to family for the Peace. There is a play area with toys and colouring books at 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.

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A Reflection FIVE MARKS OF LOVE: A LENT PROGRAM OF THE SOCIETY OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST The Five Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion are:  To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom 

To teach, baptise and nurture new believers

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To respond to human need by loving service

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To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth

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Shortly after I left college, I returned to my home parish and was invited almost immediately to become a catechist. Now a catechist is one who teaches, baptizes, and nurtures new Christians, at least preparing them for holy baptism, but also nurturing in the faith as a follow-up.

The first rite in the catechumenate, this ancient process for preparation for Baptism, involves the admitting of the catechumen. And it begins with a simple question, “What do you seek?” The response is "Life in Christ."

And to underscore what this life in Christ is about, it is immediately followed by the great commandment, what we know as the summary of the law in the version that comes from Chapter 12 of Mark’s gospel. Jesus says, “Hear oh Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and all your strength.” Jesus immediately adds a second commandment, which is like the first, and this one from the Book of Leviticus. “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. There is no other commandment greater than these."

Now I think we’re often faced perhaps with the sense that this great commandment is an imperative, you know, “You shall. You shall. You must, by pulling yourself up by the bootstraps, working, achieve this way of being, and if you don’t, you’ve failed somehow to be a recipient of God’s grace and love.” But I think this is contrary completely to what Jesus was saying. Jesus was speaking of a loving response of God saying to us, “This is my purpose for you. This is my loving intention for you that you may come to love in a mutual relationship me in my fullness. Come to know how you are loved by me and thereby be able to love others.” There is that loving of others that is the teaching, baptizing, and nurturing that we speak about in this mark of love.

So we don’t have an imperative anymore, we have instead an invitation to mutual relationship, to fullness of life, to being taught ourselves by God, and being able to impart the good news of that love of out to us for others that they be nurtured and taught themselves.

How have you experienced God’s love, and how does that experience inform how you love others?

Br. Jonathan Maury, SSJE 4 | HIGH MASS

Notes

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

Stand

HYMN

507 Green Hymn Book (New English Hymnal) — A Lent Prose A cantor sings the refrain first; the people repeat it thereafter. A cantor sings the verses.

Refrain: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinned against thee.

To thee, Redeemer, on thy throne of glory: lift we our weeping eyes in holy pleadings: listen, O Jesu, to our supplications.

Refrain: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinned against thee.

O thou chief cornerstone, right hand of the Father: way of salvation, gate of life celestial: cleanse thou our sinful souls from all defilement.

Refrain: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinned against thee.

God, we implore thee, in thy glory seated: bow down and hearken to thy weeping children: pity and pardon all our grievous trespasses.

Refrain: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinned against thee.

Sins oft committed, now we lay before thee: with true contrition, now no more we veil them: grant us, Redeemer, loving absolution.

Refrain: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinned against thee.

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Innocent captive, taken unresisting: falsely accused, and for us sinners sentenced, save us, we pray thee, Jesu, our Redeemer.

Refrain: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinned against thee.

KYRIE Kyrie eleison.

Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Missa XVII (Kyrie salve) — plainsong

COLLECT OF THE DAY Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ giveth the water of eternal life, may we always thirst for thee, the spring of life and source of goodness; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

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The Liturgy of the Word OLD TESTAMENT READING Reader

Be seated

A reading from the Book of Exodus.

From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarrelled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink."

Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?" But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?" So Moses cried out to the Lord, "What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me."

The Lord said to Moses, "Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink." Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarrelled and tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"

Exodus 17:1-7

Reader Allll

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

PSALM

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

Come, let us sing to the Lord; let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. Antiphon For the Lord is a great God, and a great king above all gods.

In his hand are the caverns of the earth, and the heights of the hills are his also.

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands have molded the dry land. Antiphon

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Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Oh, that to-day you would hearken to his voice! Antiphon Harden not your hearts, as your forebears did in the wilderness, at Meribah, and on that day at Massah, when they tempted me.

They put me to the test, though they had seen my works. Antiphon

Forty years long I detested that generation and said, "This people are wayward in their hearts; they do not know my ways."

So I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter into my rest." Antiphon Psalm 95

EPISTLE READING Sub-deacon

A reading from the Letter of Paul to the Romans.

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person - though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Romans 5:1-11

Sub-deacon Allll

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

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TRACT

Stand To you I lift up my eyes, O Lord, to you, enthroned in the heavens. Be merciful to us, O Lord, be merciful to us.

Ad te levavi (Mode VIII)

HOLY GOSPEL Deacon People Deacon People

All stand and turn to face the book of the Gospels The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.

Glory be to thee, O Lord.

Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?

Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty.

The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come back." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!" The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is

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called Christ). "When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us." Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who is speaking to you." Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, "What do you want?" or, "Why are you speaking with her?" Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, "Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?" They left the city and were on their way to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something." But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." So the disciples said to one another, "Surely no one has brought him something to eat?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, 'Four months more, then comes the harvest'? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labour.

Others have laboured, and you have entered into their labour." Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I have ever done." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Saviour of the world."

John 4:5-42

Deacon

People

The Gospel of Christ.

Praise be to thee, O Christ.

SERMON

Be Seated Canon Douglas Williams (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.

The celebrant concludes the prayers with a collect.

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CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION Deacon

All

Celebrant

All

PEACE

Ye that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead the new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways: draw near with faith, and take this holy sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to almighty God. Kneel 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.

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.

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

The statutes of the Lord are right and rejoice the heart; sweeter far than honey, than honey in the comb; by them also is your servant enlightened.

Justitiae Domini (Mode IV)

HYMN

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

537 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — In the Cross of Christ I Glory In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o'er the wrecks of time; all the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime.

When the woes of life o'ertake me, hopes deceive, and fears annoy, never shall the cross forsake me: lo, it glows with peace and joy.

When the sun of bliss is beaming light and love upon my way, from the cross the radiance streaming adds new lustre to the day.

Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, by the cross are sanctified; peace is there that knows no measure, joys that through all time abide.

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In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o'er the wrecks of time; all the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime.

SURSUM CORDA & PROPER PREFACE

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.

Who hast bidden us thy faithful people to cleanse our hearts and to prepare with joy for the paschal feast; that reborn through the waters of baptism, and renewed in the Eucharistic mystery, we may be more fervent in prayer and more generous in works of love.

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

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Stand

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.

SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS Missa XVII (Kyrie salve) — plainsong

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PRAYER OF CONSECRATION Celebrant

Kneel

Blessing and glory and thanksgiving be unto thee, almighty God, our heavenly Father, who 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; who made there, by his one oblation of himself once offered, a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memorial of that his precious death, until his coming again.

Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee; and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed body and blood; who, in the same night that he was betrayed, took bread; and, when he had given thanks, he brake 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 ye all, of this; 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.” +

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Celebrant

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Wherefore, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, we thy humble servants with all thy holy Church, remembering the precious death of thy beloved Son, his mighty resurrection, and glorious ascension, and looking for his coming again in glory, do make before thee, in this sacrament of the holy bread of eternal life and the cup of everlasting salvation, the memorial which he hath commanded.

We praise thee, we bless thee, we thank thee and we pray to thee, Lord our God. And we entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion; And we pray that by the power of thy Holy Spirit, all we who are partakers of this holy communion may be fulfilled with thy grace + and heavenly benediction; through Jesus Christ our Lord, by whom and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end.

Amen.

THE 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.

Missa XVII (Kyrie salve) — plainsong

INVITATION TO COMMUNION Celebrant All

+Behold the Lamb of God, behold him that taketh away the sins of the world.

O Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof, but speak the word only and my soul shall be healed.

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.

ANTIPHON “To him who drinks the water which I shall give,” said the Lord to the Samaritan woman, “it will be a spring of water welling up to life eternal.” Canticle Surely it is God who saves me: I will trust in him and will not be afraid.

Qui biberit aquam (Mode V)

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HYMN

Sit or kneel 508 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto me and rest; lay down, thou weary one, lay down thy head upon my breast."

I came to Jesus as I was, so weary, worn, and sad; I found in him a resting place, and he has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold, I freely give the living water; thirsty one, stoop down and drink, and live."

I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life-giving stream; my thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, "I am this dark world's light; look unto me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright."

I looked to Jesus, and I found in him my star, my sun; and in that light of life I'll walk till traveling days are done.

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Concluding Rite PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Celebrant All

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Celebrant

Let us pray.

God of our pilgrimage, we have found the living water.

Refresh and sustain us as we go forth on our journey, in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord.

Amen.

All

Stand

SOLEMN PRAYER OVER THE PEOPLE AND BLESSING Deacon

Bow down before the Lord.

Celebrant

Look mercifully on this thy family, Almighty God, that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Amen.

And the blessing of God almighty, the + Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be amongst you and remain with you always.

Amen.

All

All

Notices and announcements may be given.

DISMISSAL

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Kneel

Be Seated

Stand

ANGELUS

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HYMN 565 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim though this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand.

Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more, feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through.

Strong deliverer, strong deliverer. be thou still my strength and shield, be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death, and hell’s destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side: songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee, I will ever give to thee.

Please join us in the Rectory to enjoy coffee hour.

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 Thurible NOTES FROM THE CLERGY Accountability is a buzz-word these days. One way or another, in politics and business, in civic and community living, people question, hold one another to account. We see this on a grand scale in the standoff between President Trump and the US Courts, or the current series of protests against oil pipelines. On the individual or small group level we expect each other to conform to norms of mutual respect. In the workplace there is regular review and assessment; voluntary organisations monitor progress on agreed aims and objectives.

This challenge and accountability is manifest in the Judaeo-Christian tradition, and God is not exempt.

The Old Testament prophets constantly call to account both rulers and the nation, but the Psalmist questions and challenges God, echoed supremely by Jesus in his cry from the cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" In Genesis (32.24-30) Jacob struggles and wrestles with God until God reveals Godself: Charles Wesley's

hymn "Come, O thou Traveller unknown" (New English Hymnal 350) is inspired by this story.

"Come, O thou Traveller unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see; My company before is gone, And I am left alone with thee; With thee all night I mean to stay And wrestle till the break of day."

Inform. Inspire. Invite.

Yes, we have permission to challenge and question God, to struggle in prayer, just as God challenges us, calls us to account. It is often only in and through this struggle that we come to know deepdown with Wesley that God's name is indeed Love. "'Tis Love, 'tis Love! Thou diedst for me, I hear thy whisper in my heart; The morning breaks, the shadows flee, Pure, universal Love thou art.

To me, to all, thy mercies move; Thy nature and thy name is Love."

Father Kevin Hunt

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Relationships & Fellowships

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Daily Lectionary Mass this Week

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TODAY AT ST. JAMES’ THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT MORNING PRAYER 8:00 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel LOW MASS 8:30 am in the Lady Chapel COFFEE HOUR After Low Mass in the Rectory HIGH MASS 10:30 pm in the Church COFFEE HOUR After High Mass in the Rectory STUDY GROUP 12:30 pm in the Bishops’ Room SILENT PRAYER 4:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel EVENING PRAYER 5:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

OUR PARISH TODAY Fr. Matthew is preaching at All Saints’, Ladner, this morning, and Deacon Lucy at St Anselm’s.

TODAY: FIVE MARKS OF LOVE Everyone is invited to this Lent Course on the Anglican Five Marks of Mission from the Cowley Fathers, the Society of St John the Evangelist, held after High Mass in the Bishops’ Room on Sundays Mar. 19, 26, April 2 & 9. Also at 6 pm in the Rectory on Thursday evenings March 23, 30, & April 6.

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ICON EXHIBITION On Sat. March 25, from 10 am to 2 pm, St. James’ will welcome iconographer Andre Prevost to speak on icons, the method of writing an icon and their devotional use. There will be time for meditation and devotion in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, with icons from local artists. Mass will follow, then lunch and a visit to St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church a few doors down on Cordova Street, where we will be able to see Andre’s icon of St. Paul. To submit an icon for the show, please email the office or contact Deacon Lucy. Volunteers to be present in the Chapel and to assist with lunch and clean up are needed, again please contact Deacon Lucy: lucy@stjames.bc.ca or 604-3629959.

WRITING AN ICON Andre Prevost will offer a workshop on Mon. Mar. 27, 10 am to 4 pm, at the St. Kateri Centre, St. Paul’s RC Church, E. Cordova St. Bring a bag lunch.

To ensure materials are available, rsvp to Fr. Garry: glaboucane@rcav.org KID’S CORNER This is the third Sunday in Lent. The Gospel tells us a lot of stuff this Sunday! Here's what happened.

Jesus was in Samaria and his disciples had gone off and left Jesus by himself. He was very thirsty. Jesus saw a woman and asked her for a drink. That surprised her because usually men did not talk to women they did not know in those days, so she told him she thought it was unusual. He then told her that if she knew who he really was, she would not hesitate to fetch him a drink and he would have given her "living water" which is kind of like a free ticket to the Kingdom of God. She spoke with Jesus further and then she realized he must be a prophet because he knew a lot about her. Prophets are people that come so close to God, and God comes so close to them, that they know what God is saying and they tell the people what God wants them to hear.

After a time, the woman told Jesus that she had heard about a Messiah. Jesus told her that he was

that man! So she went back to her village and told everyone about her visit. Some others came to where the woman had been and tracked Jesus and his disciples down. They asked him to stay and teach them as he had taught the woman, and he did. After that happened, there was a lot more people who believed in Jesus being the son of God.

RELATIONSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS LENTEN SERVICE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Thurs. Mar. 30 at 7 pm Spirit of Life Lutheran, 375 W 10th Ave, Vancouver Salal + Cedar and Earthkeepers invite you to take time with us during the holy season of Lent to examine both our complicity and our capacity in the state of global climate change.

MVA In October 2014, Metro Vancouver Alliance held a Municipal Election Assembly attended by 800 people from 50 organizations. On that night we received commitments from local politicians, including Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, on a civic agenda. We will be doing the same thing ahead of the BC provincial election in May. On April 4th, at our Provincial Election Accountability Assembly, we will use the combined power of up to 100 community, labour, faith, and educational organizations to ask the leaders of BC's provincial parties to commit to commonly agreed proposals that will bring much needed change to BC. Bishop Melissa Skelton will be a guest speaker. Agenda: 4:30 PM onward -- food trucks available at the Italian Cultural Center; 6:00 PM -- assembly begins with our cultural program. If you’d like to join other members of the MVA for this exciting night of nonpartisan grassroots democracy please contact Pat McSherry at 604 687 6844 or patmcsherry@telus.net

PWRDF EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE PWRDF is supporting two more appeals to address the humanitarian crisis in East Africa through our memberships in the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and ACT Alliance. To address the famine in South Sudan, PWRDF has made a $20,000 contribution through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to support a project led by ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) Canada. This is further to the contribution in mid-February of $50,000 to the ACT Alliance appeal for South Sudan and Kenya.

ADRA Canada is currently working with ADRA South Sudan, who operates a project in the city of Juba that provides Child Friendly Spaces and school supplies to displaced families there. The schools serve porridge every morning to about 100 students, but teachers have noticed an increase in hungry children to about 300. March 14 ACT Alliance announced an appeal to respond to the drought emergency in Somalia and PWRDF has pledged $30,000 to the effort. Somalia’s intense drought is the result of four seasons of inadequate rainfall. This lack of water has devastated crops and livestock, and in the worst affected areas families have no choice but to sell their possessions and borrow food and money to get by. PWRDF’s gift will help ACT Somalia Forum members provide food, water, sanitation, education, health care, cash and livestock to people in need.

To donate online go to: http://pwrdf.org/donate specify South Sudan By phone 416-924-9192 ext. 355; 1-866-308-7973 By mail make cheques payable to PWRDF, Emergency Response: South Sudan and send to: PWRDF, Anglican Church of Canada 80 Hayden Street, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 3G2

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Icon Exhibition Saturday, March 25, 2017 Saturday, March 25, 2017 The Annunciation of the Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary 10:00 am - 2:00 pm To include Mass, a presentation from guest speaker, Andre J. Prevost and a display of artistic contributions from across the diocese.

Light lunch provided.

St. James’ Anglican Church 303 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1L4 www.stjames.bc.ca

DAILY LECTIONARY DATE

DAILY MASS

MORNING PRAYER 9:00 AM

EVENING PRAYER 5:00 PM

MON. MARCH 20 St. Joseph of Nazareth, Patron of Canada

2 Sam 7:4, 8-16 Ps 89:1-4, 26-29 Lk 2:41-52

Ps 132 Is 63:7-16 Mt 1:18-25

Ps 34 2 Chron 6:12-17 Eph 3:14-21

TUES. MARCH 21 Feria

S of 3 Y 1:2, 11-20 Ps 25:3-8 Mt 18:21-35

Ps 78:1-39 Jer 7:21-34 Rom 4:13-25

Ps 78:40-72 Gen 45:1-15 Jn 7:37-52

WED. MARCH 22 Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, 1711

2 Sam 12:1-9a Ps 145:8-15 Lk 6:20-31

Ps 119:97-120 Jer 8:18 – 9:6 Rom 5:1-11

Ps 81, 82 Gen 45:16-28 Jn 8:12-20

THU. MARCH 23 St. Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia, C.332

Acts 17:22-31 Ps 33:6-11 Mt 5:11-16

Ps 42, 43 Jer 10:11-24 Rom 5:12-21

Ps 85, 86 Gen 46:1-7, 28-34 Jn 8:21-32

FRI. MARCH 24 St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Archbishop of Lima, 1606

Hos 14:1-9 Ps 81 Mk 12:28-34

Ps 95, 88 Jer 11:1-8, 14-20 Rom 6:1-11 Jn 8:33-47

Ps 8, 138 Gen 3:1-15 Rom 5:12-21

SAT. MARCH 25 The Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ (Lady Day)

Is 7:10-14 Ps 40:5-10 Heb 10:4-10 Lk 1:26-38

Ps 85, 87 Is 52:7-12 Heb 2:5-10

Ps 136 Gen 47:27 – 48:7 Jn 8:47-59

SUN. MARCH 26 Lent 4 Mothering Sunday

1 Sam 16:1-13 Ps 23 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41

Ps 66, 67 Her 14:1-9, 17-22 Gal 4:21 – 5:1

Ps 19, 46 Gen 48:8-22 Mk 8:11-21

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OFFICE & MASS TIMES 2017

MASS TIMES

MON. MARCH 20 St. Joseph of Nazareth, Patron of Canada

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

TUES. MARCH 21 Feria

5:30 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

WED. MARCH 22 Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, 1711

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

THU. MARCH 23 St. Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia, C.332

9:30 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

FRI. MARCH 24 St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, Archbishop of Lima, 1606

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

SAT. MARCH 25 The Annunciation of our Lord Jesus Christ (Lady Day)

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

SUN. MARCH 26 Lent 4 Mothering Sunday

8:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm

Morning Prayer Low Mass High Mass Evening Prayer

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 Blessed Sacrament Chapel. 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 Kevin Hunt fr.kevin@stjames.bc.ca 778-984-3208 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

Street Outreach: Father Matthew Johnson streetoutreachinitiative@gmail.com 604-685-7522 (non-emergency #) Days off: Monday & Saturday Deacon: The Revd Joyce Locht joyce.locht@gmail.com 604-614-9915 Deacon: The Revd Lucy Price lucy@stjames.bc.ca 604-362-9959 Days off: Friday & Saturday Honorary Assistant: Sister Mary Christian Cross, Deacon

CLERGY AVAILABILITY Clergy may be contacted through the Office: 604-685-2532. Parish Office hours are: Mon. to Sat. 9 am to 4 pm.

For immediate contact or within a few hours please contact Father Kevin on his cell phone at: 778-984-3208.

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

Children & Families Coordinator: Louisa Farrell louisafarrell237@gmail.com Organist & Choirmaster: Gerald Harder Assistant Organist: PJ Janson Custodial Staff: Building Manager, Art Cuthbertson: Mon-Fri, 9:00 am-2:00 pm 604-329-7567 Darren Campbell: Sat, 7:00 am-1:00 pm, Sun, 7-10 am

PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Annie Grant Secretary: Reece Wrightman

PARISH OFFICERS Rector’s Warden: Brian Rocksborough-Smith 604-291-9852 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Warden: Doug Ibbott 604-527-8100 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Warden: Pat McSherry 604-687-6844 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Trustee: Kelvin Bee Trustee: Justin Berger Trustee: PJ Janson Treasurer: Christopher Orr Envelope Secretary: Philip Green Parish Privacy Officer & Vestry Clerk: Linda Adams Archivist: Paul Stanwood St. James’ Anglican Church 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