High Mass
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost | August 9, 2015 | 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 10:30 AM High Mass, Church 12:00 PM Coffee Hour, Parish Hall 5:00 PM Evening Prayer, Blessed Sacrament Chapel ______________________________________________________________________
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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 Give instead of demanding, trust others instead of compelling their trust, serve instead of being served, bless instead of cursing. And be sure that when you have done all things well you will still be an unprofitable servant. So be attentive to the others, not in order to dominate or exploit them but to work for their happiness discreetly and effectively and to build them up in all the riches of faith and love. And you, accept from your brother or sister the help you need. Be thankful for the variety of gifts and differences of personality. When you put your own potential and insights at the service of your brothers and sisters your unity will grow stronger and richer, and together you will create that spaciousness which finds room for everyone. Pluriformity is not the end but the means to make unity more powerful and the individual bear more fruit. -from ‘Rule for a New Brother’, Benedictine Priory ‘Regina Pacis’, Great Britain: Anchor Press, 1973.
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Entrance Rite PRELUDE At the entrance of the clergy and servers all stand.
Stand
INTROIT Look, O Lord, graciously upon thy covenant, and forsake not the congregation of the poor forever: arise, O Lord, maintain thine own cause; and be not unmindful of the voices of them that seek thee. Psalm O God, wherefore art thou absent from us for so long: why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture? Glory be‌ Respice, Domine (Mode VI)
KYRIE ELEISON All sing
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GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
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COLLECT OF THE DAY Celebrant All
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.
Celebrant
Let us pray. Almighty God, thou didst send thy Holy Spirit to be the life and light of thy Church. Open our hearts to the riches of thy grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love, joy, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
All
The Liturgy of the Word OLD TESTAMENT READING Reader
Be seated
A reading from the Second Book of Samuel. The king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders concerning Absalom. So the army went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. The men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the slaughter there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. The battle spread over the face of all the country; and the forest claimed more victims that day than the sword. Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on. And ten young men, Joab's armour-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him, and killed him. Then the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, "Good tidings for my lord the king! For the Lord has vindicated you this
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Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" The Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up to do you harm, be like that young man." The king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33
Reader Alll
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
PSALM
A cantor sings the antiphon first; all repeat it thereafter.
Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice; let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss, O Lord, who could stand? For there is forgiveness with you; therefore you shall be feared. Antiphon I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; in his word is my hope. My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. Antiphon Psalm 130:1-5
EPISTLE READING Sub-deacon
A reading from the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians. So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labour and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the HIGH MASS | 9
day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 4:25-5:2
Sub-deacon Alll
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
ALLELUIA
A cantor begins the alleluia; all repeat it thereafter.
Stand
Alleluia. Lord, thou hast been our refuge: from one generation to another. Alleluia. Before you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Alleluia. Domine, refugium (Mode V)
HOLY GOSPEL Celebrant Alll Celebrant Alll
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 said to the people, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" Jesus answered them, "Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." John 6:35, 41-51
Celebrant Alll
The Gospel of Christ. Praise be to thee, O Christ.
SERMON
Be Seated Father Kevin Hunt (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 Celebrant
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
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. 14 | HIGH MASS
The Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist OFFERTORY & PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Be seated
My hope hath been in thee, O Lord: I have said, thou art my God; my time is in thy hand. In te speravi (Mode I)
HYMN
Stand The People sing the hymn while the People’s gifts of bread, wine and money are brought forward. 470 Green Hymn Book (New English Hymnal) — To the Name that Brings Salvation To the Name that brings salvation, Praise and honor let us pay, Which for many a generation Hid in God's foreknowledge lay; But to every tongue and nation Holy Church proclaims today. Jesus - be that name our treasure; Name beyond that words can tell; Name of gladness, Name of pleasure, Ear and heart delighting well; Name of sweetness, passing measure, Freeing souls from sins’ dark spell. Name that calls for adoration, Name that speaks of victory, Name for grateful meditation In the vale of misery, Name for loving veneration By the citizens on high.
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Name that whosoever preaches Makes sweet music to the ear; Who in prayer this Name beseeches Finds divinest comfort near; Joyful then the heart that reaches To embrace that Name so dear. Name by hard-won right exalted Over every other name; And when man was sore assaulted, Put the enemy to shame; Strength to them that else had halted, Sight to blind, and health to lame. Jesus, we thy name adoring, Long to see thee as thou art: Of thy clemency imploring So to write it in our heart, That hereafter, upward soaring, We with angels may have part. Where thou reignest with the Father, Thou the everlasting Son, Where with the eternal Spirit, Threefold God, yet ever One, May our eyes behold thy splendour When our earthly course is done.
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SURSUM CORDA & PROPER PREFACE
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 on this first day of the week overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us the way of everlasting life. 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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SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS Alll sing
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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.” + 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.
Alll
Celebrant
Alll
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 | 19
THE LORD’S PRAYER
BREAKING OF THE BREAD
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Kneel
AGNUS DEI Alll sing
ECCE, AGNUS DEI & DOMINE, NON SUM DIGNUS 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. HIGH MASS | 21
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 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.
ANTIPHON The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give thee for the life of the world. Panis, quem ego dedero (Mode I)
HYMN
Sit or kneel 87 Blue Hymn book (Common Praise) — Strengthen for Service, Lord Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands that holy things have taken; let ears that now have heard thy songs to clamour never waken. Lord, may the tongues which “Holy” sang keep free from all deceiving; the eyes which saw thy love be bright thy blessed hope perceiving. The feet that tread thy holy courts from light do thou not banish; the bodies by thy body fed with thy new life replenish.
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Concluding Rite PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Celebrant All
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.
All
Let us pray. Eternal God, grant to thy Church the unity and peace that we have tasted in this eucharist, the fruit of thy life-giving Spirit. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
BLESSING Celebrant
All
Stand
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
Be Seated
Stand Celebrant
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ANGELUS
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HYMN 564 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us o'er the world's tempestuous sea; guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, for we have no help but thee; yet possessing every blessing, if our God our Father be. Savior, breathe forgiveness o'er us; all our weakness thou dost know; thou didst tread this earth before us; thou didst feel its keenest woe; lone and dreary, faint and weary, through the desert thou didst go. Spirit of our God, descending, fill our hearts with heavenly joy; love with every passion blending pleasure that can never cloy; thus provided, pardoned, guided, nothing can our peace destroy.
POSTLUDE Prelude and Fugue in B Flat (BWV 560) — 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. HIGH MASS | 25
The flowers on the High Altar are given to the Glory of God, and with grateful thanks for the safe arrival of Olivia, our first great-grandchild, from Jan and Brian Strehler
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The Thurible NOTES FROM THE CLERGY A conversation between three of us after Mass on Thursday, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord but also the 70th Anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, prompted me to reflect again on the perennial question of the juxtaposition of the potential for good and evil.
So we see around us potential for good, the divine breaking through, and for evil: in the beauty and wonder of creation, over against our lack of stewardship and our capacity to mar and disfigure; in the searching and aspirations of the human mind, for good or ill; love and hatred in human relationships, In the Transfiguration of Jesus we one to one, community, ethnic. I see the intensity, the brilliance, of have been moved by the beauty of the divine presence, our humanity mutual care and compassion shot through with divine glory. As offered one to another here the disciples and we are given this amidst the squalor, deprivation glimpse of who and how Jesus is, so and limitations of the Downtown we have a sense of who and how Eastside. For Christians of course we shall be: St John in his first we see the divine breaking letter writes, "We do not know through above all in our worship, what we shall be, but we know that the simple bread and wine of the we shall be like him because we Eucharist shot through with the shall see him as he is." In the presence of Christ. Gospels, the Transfiguration is a turning point, the prelude to the Let's keep our eyes open to catch Passion, Death and Resurrection. It a glimpse of this divine glory gives Jesus and the apostles, breaking in, to encourage and including our own St James, strengthen us to continue working strength and encouragement to for the coming of God's Kingdom persevere, to go up to Jerusalem. here on earth as it is in heaven. In the intense heat and light of the explosion at Hiroshima we see a Fr. Kevin defining instant of the human capacity for inhumanity to fellow men and women: 140,000 dead instantaneously, thousands of others made to endure a lingering and painful death.
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TODAY AT ST. JAMES’ ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST MORNING PRAYER 8:00 am in the Church LOW MASS 8:30 am in the Church 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
OUR PARISH PIGEONS IN THE CHURCH Following our recent problem with pigeons coming into the church through open windows, we are asking all parishioners to help this problem from recurring by ensuring that any open windows are closed after each service. It might help to think, if you need to open a window, please close it when you no longer need it open. Thank-you for your help in this regard. Brian Rocksborough-Smith, for the Wardens
KIDS’ CORNER Vision: To help children and their parents find new ways to more fully participate in mass and aid in their spiritual formation. "This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” John 6:50-51 (NRSV) For thousands of years bread has been one of the most important parts of our diet. Bread comes in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. Bread is often baked into loaves, muffins, bread sticks, buns, bagels, and flat breads like tortillas. We love to spread things on our bread — things like butter, jam, honey, creamed cheese, and peanut butter. Most of us probably eat bread in some form every day. What is your favorite kind of bread? What is your favorite way to eat bread? As far back as Bible times, bread was very important to life. You may remember the time when the Israelites were starving in the desert. Every morning God sent bread from heaven for the people to eat: it was called ‘manna’. I'm sure you also remember the time when Jesus fed a crowd of 5000 people with just five loaves of bread and two small fish. Do you remember when Jesus taught his disciples to pray? He taught them to say, "Give us this day our daily bread." Yes, bread is, and always has been, a very important part of life. Bread tastes very good, and when we are hungry, eating bread is a good way to satisfy our hunger. But guess what? Tomorrow we will be hungry again! What if there was a bread that we could eat and not be hungry again? Wouldn't that be great? Bread can provide vitamins and minerals to help us grow strong and healthy, but eating bread won't help us live forever. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was bread which, if we ate it, we would live forever?
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Well, there is! Let's call it heavenly bread. It is bread that came from heaven. After Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and two small fish, many people followed him. The only problem was, they followed Jesus, not because of his teaching, they followed him because he fed them. Jesus said, "You come looking for me because you ate the loaves and had your fill." Then Jesus told them, "The bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever." In the Mass Jesus comes to us as the heavenly bread that satisfies our hunger. He is the heavenly bread that gives us eternal life. Eat the bread that came down from heaven. Eat and live. Our Father, we thank you that in the Mass we may feed on Jesus, the living bread, that we might have eternal life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
RELATIONSHIPS & FELLOWSHIP FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: Caring for Aging Parents A series of talks (for which there is a fee) will culminate free public lecture on "Caring for Aging Parents: Straight Answers that Help You Serve Their Needs Without Ignoring Your Own", to be held Thursday, August 27, at Saint Mark's Parish (UBC). "Caring for aging parents can often be a time of frustration, guilt, helplessness, and anxiety," states Dr. Johnson. "How can we learn to replace these negative feelings with an invitation for peace?" For more info, please contact: Elizabeth Morse Saint Mark's College/Corpus Christi College emorse@corpuschristi.ca
Adapted from www.sermons4kids.com
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COMMEMORATION St. Dominic Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 August 8 Dominic was a Spanish priest who, early in the thirteenth century, founded the Order of Preachers — a brotherhood whose entire vocation is to preach and instruct the faithful in the doctrines of the Church. Dominic’s own vocation as a preacher began in 1206, when he was passing through southern France with his bishop. He noticed how the people flocked to the Cathars, who combined a life of radical simplicity with strange, non-Christian beliefs. Dominic realized that the people could not be brought back to the Church so long as bishops and priests made the rights of the institution their primary concern. So he adopted a life modelled on today’s gospel: he renounced all property except for the robe on his back and travelled up and down the countryside, preaching to strangers on the road and to crowds in the market-places. Dominic convinced many others to join him in his enterprise of faith, and together they developed a movement which not only countered heresy in France but also spread out and renewed the teaching of the faith throughout southern Europe. Dominic himself was a quiet person who preferred to live with his fellow-preachers in poverty, rather than accept any of the honours pressed upon him. As an early account of his life says: “He rarely spoke unless it was with God in prayer, or about God for the instruction of those who travelled with him.” He specially desired the gift of love, so that he might always care for others in their need for salvation. In his later years he began to develop a rule for his followers, to ensure that their unique vocation would continue in the Church. His new brotherhood was called the Order of Preachers and its members came to be known as “Dominicans” in his honour. Dominic himself died in 1221, still on the road preaching, but the Dominicans carried on his work and became a major force in theological education — as they still are to this day. For All the Saints, Prayers and Readings for Saint’s Days, ABC, 1994
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COMMEMORATION St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Patron of Europe, Martyr, 1942 August 11 A brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her Baptism in 1922. Twelve years later she imitated Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), Edith abandoned Judaism in her teens. As a student at the University of Göttingen, she became fascinated by phenomenology, an approach to philosophy. Excelling as a protégé of Edmund Husserl, one of the leading phenomenologists, Edith earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1916. She continued as a university teacher until 1922 when she moved to a Dominican school in Speyer; her appointment as lecturer at the Educational Institute of Munich ended under pressure from the Nazis. After living in the Cologne Carmel (1934-38), she moved to the Carmelite monastery in Echt, Netherlands. The Nazis occupied that country in 1940. In retaliation for being denounced by the Dutch bishops, the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians. Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa, also a Catholic, died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942. http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1102
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DAILY LECTIONARY DATE
DAILY MASS
MORNING PRAYER 9:00 AM
EVENING PRAYER 5:00PM
MON. AUGUST 10
Col 1:24-29 Ps 69:31-36 Mk 8:34-38
Ps 89:1-18 2 Sam 13:23-39 Acts 20:17-38
Ps 89:19-52 Jg 12:1-7 Mk 9:42-50
TUES. AUGUST 11
Dt 31:1-8 Ps 111 Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
Ps 97, 99 2 Sam 14:1-20 Acts 21:1-14
Ps 94 Jg 13:1-15 Mk 10:1-16
WED. AUGUST 12
Ezek 34:11-16 Ps 40:5-11 Mt 9:35-38
Ps 101, 109:1-4, 20-30 2 Sam 14:21-33 Acts 21:15-26
Ps 119:121-144 Jg 13:15-24 Mk 10:17-31
THU. AUGUST 13
Jas 2:14-26 Ps 119:1-8 Mt 5:17-20
Ps 105:1-22 2 Sam 15:1-18 Acts 21:27-36
Ps 105:23-45 Jg 14:1-19 Mk 10:32-45
FRI. AUGUST 14
1 Peter 4:12-14, 1619 Ps 119:105-112 Jn 15:12-19
Ps 102 2 Sam 15:19-37 Acts 21:37- 22:16
Ps 141:1-11 Job 2:1-13 Mk 12:35-44
SAT. AUGUST 15
No Mass
Ps 137:1-6, 144 2 Sam 23:1-7, 13-17 Acts 25:13-27
Ps 45 Jer 31:1-14 Jn 19:23-27
SUN. AUGUST 16
Is 7:10-15 Ps 132:6-10,13-14 Gal 4:4-7 Lk 1:46-55
Ps 113, 115 1 Sam 2:1-10 Jn 2:1-12
Ps 45, 149 Jer 31:1-14 Jn 19:23-27
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OFFICE & MASS TIMES 2015
MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS
MON. AUGUST 10
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
St. Laurence, Deacon & Martyr at Rome, 258
For all deacons
TUES. AUGUST 11
5:30 pm in the Lady Chapel
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Patron of Europe, Martyr, 1942
For all victims of discrimination
WED. AUGUST 12
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
Consecration of Charles Inglis, 1st Anglican Bishop in Canada, 1787
For Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of Canada
THU. AUGUST 13
9:30 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop, Teacher of the Faith, 1667
For all engaged in palliative care
FRI. AUGUST 14
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
St. Maximilien Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941
For all prisoners of conscience
SAT. AUGUST 15 Feria SUN. AUGUST 16 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (tr.)
For Bishop Melissa and Eric on their wedding day
8:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm
Morning Prayer Low Mass High Mass Evening Prayer
Public prayer is oered 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.
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CLERGY
PARISH STAFF
Interim Priest-in-Charge: Canon Kevin Hunt fr.kevin@stjames.bc.ca 778-984-3208 Days off: Friday & Saturday
Office Managers: Linda Adams: Mon – Wed, 9:00 Z[-4:00 \[ Deanna Ferguson: Thu – Sat, 9:00 Z[-4:00 \[
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
Organist & Choirmaster: Gerald Harder Assistant Organist: PJ Janson Custodial Staff: Art Cuthbertson: Mon-Thu, 9:00 Z[-2:00 \[ 604-329-7567 Darren Campbell: Sat, 7:00 Z[-1:00 \[, Sun, 7-10 Z[
PARISH COUNCIL Honorary Assistant: Sister Mary Christian Cross, Deacon
Chair: vacant Secretary: vacant
CLERGY AVAILABILITY
PARISH OFFICERS
Clergy may be contacted through the Office: 604-685-2532. Parish Office hours are: Mon. to Sat. 9 am to 4 pm.
Bishop’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
For immediate contact or within a few hours please contact Father Kevin on his cell phone at: 778-9843208. 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
Trustee: Leslie Arnovick Trustee: Jerry Adams Trustee: Pat McSherry Treasurer: vacant 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