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I Saw Three Ships – Simon Preston (B The Cathedral Church of St. James Christmas Eve Tuesday December 24, 2019 - Twilight Recital at 4:00pm; A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols at 4:30pm Annunciation to the Shepherds - Heinrich Vogeler, 1872-1942 More than a babe transfixed in time the child lives – in love and mirth; the smallest act of tenderness celebrates his birth. - Laura Lake Welcome to St. James Cathedral This sacred land is the territory of several Indigenous Nations - the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishnaabe, with special recognition to the Mississaugas of New Credit. We also acknowledge that we are on the shores of Niigaani-gichigami/Lake Ontario. This territory is governed by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Treaty, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Anishnaabe Confederacy to peaceably share and sustain the life of the Great Lakes. In the spirit of that Treaty we seek to place at the centre of our gatherings the values of respectful reciprocity, diversity, peace, responsibility, and mutual aid. A WARM WELCOME AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL especially visitors and newcomers attending this week’s services and other events. Information about Cathedral events and ministries announcements can be found at the back of this booklet after the service program. Questions? Speak to a sidesperson – the people wearing gold name tags. Children & Families Children and their families are encouraged to join the procession to the crèche. As the procession comes by your pew, feel free to join in and make your way to the crèche for the Children’s Talk with the Vicar. St. George’s Chapel: Families with children are welcome to use this space as needed to prepare to re-enter worship. This family friendly space has chairs for snuggles and reading, a change table, and open floor space for quiet play. Children’s Worship Booklets are available for use during the services to help guide children of all ages in worship. Ask a sidesperson for a copy. Please return any colouring supplies at the end of the service. Accessibility A Wheelchair Accessible Washroom is located at the front of the Cathedral through the doors by the pulpit. Assisted hearing devices are available from the sidespersons. Connect with the Cathedral Visit our website at stjamescathedral.ca |Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @stjamesto As this is a very public and open space please be aware of your personal belongings. Do not leave them unattended in the Cathedral or in the Cathedral Centre. 4:00pm Twilight Recital Patrick McElcheran, Organist Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 700 – Johann Sebastian Bach Largo, pastorale from Concerto Grosso in G Minor - Arcangelo Corelli Ou s’en vont ces gais bergers - Pierre Dandrieu Two fughettas on Christmas chorales - Johann Sebastian Bach Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 697; Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 701 Rhapsodie sur des Noels - Eugène Gigout Welcome! Please observe silence before the service begins and ensure that cell phones are turned off. Photography is not permitted during the liturgy. 4:30pm A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols Please remain seated. Hymn Text: Cecil Frances Alexander; Music: Henry John Gauntlett, 1858; Tune: Irby Solo Once in royal David’s city stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child. Choir He came down to earth from heaven who is God and Lord of all, And his shelter was a stable, and his cradle was a stall; With the poor, and mean, and lowly, lived on earth our Saviour holy. Please stand, as you are able. All And, through all his wondrous childhood, he would honour and obey, Love, and watch the lowly maiden in whose gentle arms he lay: Christian children all must be mild, obedient, good as he. For he is our childhood’s pattern, day by day like us he grew; He was little, weak, and helpless, tears and smiles like us he knew; And he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness. And our eyes at last shall see him, through his own redeeming love, For that Child so dear and gentle is our Lord in heaven above; And he leads his children on to the place where he is gone. Not in that poor lowly stable, with the oxen standing by, we shall see him; but in heaven, set at God’s right hand on high; when, like stars, his children crowned all in white shall wait around. 1 Bidding Prayer Officiant Beloved in Christ, in this Christmastide, let it be our care and delight to hear again the message of the Angels, and in heart and mind to go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, and the Babe lying in a manger. Let us read and mark in Holy Scripture the tale of the loving purposes of God from the first days of our disobedience unto the glorious Redemption brought us by this holy Child; and let us make this place glad with our carols of praise. But first, let us pray for the needs of his whole world; for peace and goodwill over all the earth; for the mission and unity of the Church for which he died, and especially in this country and within this city. And because this of all things would rejoice his heart, let us at this time remember in his name the poor and the helpless, the hungry and the oppressed; the sick and those who mourn; the lonely and the unloved; the aged and the little children; and all those who know not the Lord Jesus, or who love him not, or who by sin have grieved his heart of love. Lastly, let us remember before God his pure and lowly Mother, and all those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore and in a greater light, that multitude which no one can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom, in this Lord Jesus, we for evermore are one. These prayers and praises let us humbly offer up to the throne of heaven, in the words which Christ himself hath taught us: All Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Officiant The Almighty God bless us with his grace; Christ give us the joys of everlasting life; and unto the fellowship of the citizens above may the King of Angels bring us all. People Amen. 2 Carol Please be seated. Ding Dong Merrily On High - 16th Century French; arr. David Willcocks (1919-2015) Choir Ding dong! merrily on high In heaven the bells are ringing: Ding dong! verily the sky Is riven with angels singing. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! E'en so here below below, Let steeple bells be swungen, And io, io,io, By priest and people sungen. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Pray you dutifully prime Your matin chime ye ringers. May you beautifully rime Your eve time song ye singers. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! First Lesson Genesis 3: 8-15, 17-19 God tells sinful Adam that he has lost the life of Paradise and that his seed will bruise the serpent’s head. Reader And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast 3 hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Reader The word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.
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