Maundy Thursday March 28Th 2013, 7:00Pm
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Maundy Thursday March 28th 2013, 7:00pm Please take a moment to silence your cellphone. Thank you. The Word of God Prelude on ʹUbi caritasʹ (where true love and charity are found, God is there) Gerald Near Please STAND as able, when the Celebrant stands, and join in singing as indicated, The Gathering Hymn Where true charity and love dwell Ubi caritas Please join in singing the Antiphon. The cantors will sing the verses. 1. Since the love of Christ has joined us in one body 2. As we are all of one body, when we gather let us all rejoice and be glad now and always. let no discord or enmity break our oneness. And as we hear and love our Lord, the living God, May all our petty jealousies and hatred cease So let us in sincerity love all people That Christ the Lord may be with us through all our days [Ant.] [Ant.] 3. Now we pray that with the blessed you grant us grace to see your exalted glory. O Christ our God our boundless source of joy and truth, of peace and love, for ever and forevermore, world without end. [Ant.] The Celebrant greets the people Celebrant The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship A † appears in the margin of the Holy Spirit be with you. where you may wish to make All And also with you. the sign of the cross over your body. Making the sign The Prayers of Confession of the cross is a choice left to Deacon On this night long ago, our Lord Jesus Christ said: ʺIf you love me, keep my each worshipper. commandments.ʺ ʺUnless I wash you, you have no part in me.ʺ It is simply a way to Let us confess to God our sins against his love, and ask God to cleanse us engage your entire body and make us new. (not just your speech and mind) in worship, Please kneel or bow, as able. and physically Silence is kept. to signify embracing the blessing of God. Celebrant Lord Jesus Christ, we confess we have failed you as did your first disciples. We ask for your mercy and your help. Celebrant When we take our ease rather than watch with you: Lord, forgive us. All Christ have mercy. Celebrant When we bestow a kiss of peace, yet nurse enmity in our hearts: Lord, forgive us. All Christ have mercy. Celebrant When we strike at those who hurt us rather than stretch out our hands to bless: Lord, forgive us. All Christ have mercy. Celebrant When we deny that we know you for fear of the world and its scorn: Lord, forgive us. All Christ have mercy. Deacon/Preacher: The Rev. Paula Vukmanic Celebrant: The Rev. Sarah Hubinsky Phelps Please stand as able. The Absolution Celebrant Gracious God, the strength of all who put their trust in you, mercifully accept our prayers; and because, in our weakness, we can do nothing good without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in keeping your commandments we may please you, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. All Amen. The Collect of the Day Celebrant The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Celebrant Let us pray. Holy God, your Son Jesus Christ was faithful to the end and drank the cup prepared for him: may we who share his table watch with him through the night of suffering and be faithful. Amen. Please be seated for the readings. The First Lesson Exodus 12:1‐4, 11‐14 Lector A reading from the Book of Exodus. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the LORD. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance. Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. The Gradual Psalm 116: 1, 10‐17 Robert Knox Kennedy Anglican chant is a treasured tradition in the Episcopal Church. We sing the words of the Psalm on one note until the accent (á), which indicates to move to the next note. Please sing (or read silently) along with us! How shall I now repay the Lórd for all his gifts to mé? I will lift up salvation’s cúp and call on him in néed. I love the Lord because he héard, because he listened to my pléa; Because when I have called on hím he has inclined his ear to mé. The grave held me within its gríp, the cords of death entangled mé; Then sorrow overwhelmed my lífe and grief was my lot constantlý. I called upon his name and sáid, “Save me, O Lord, I pray to yóu;” Full of compassion is our Gód; the Lord is gracious, righteous, tóo. The innocent are kept from hárm; he helped me when I was brought lów; Turn, then, my soul, and take your rést; he treats you fairly, as you knów. He keeps my feet from any fáll, my eyes from tears, my life from déath, Page 2 And in the presence of the Lórd I will walk while I draw my bréath. The Second Lesson 1 Corinthians 11: 23‐26 Reader A reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Please stand as able for The Holy Gospel John 13: 1‐17, 31b‐35 Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People Glory to you, Lord Christ. Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his out‐ er robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciplesʹ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ʺLord, are you going to wash my feet?ʺ Jesus answered, ʺYou do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.ʺ Peter said to him, ʺYou will never wash my feet.ʺ Jesus answered, ʺUnless I wash you, you have no share with me.ʺ Simon Peter said to him, ʺLord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!ʺ Jesus said to him, ʺOne who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.ʺ For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, ʺNot all of you are clean.ʺ After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, ʺDo you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord‐‐and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one anotherʹs feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them.