Bulletin for Palm Sunday, April 05, 2020
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels The Diocese of Barbados Diocesan Bishop The Right Rev’d Michael B. St. J. Maxwell, MA, Dean The Very Rev’d Dr. Jeffrey D. Gibson Precentor The Rev’d Canon George Knight, B.Min. Assistant Priest The Rev’d Dr. Marcus Lashley Assistant Curate The Rev’d Richard Kellman, L.Th. Organist/Choirmaster Mr. John F. Bryan, B.Sc., BMus. Administrative Assistant Ms. Armel Marshall, B.Sc., Cert SM: Cert HRM Verger Mrs. Chloe Grant Assistant Verger Ms. Harriet Lowe SUNDAY, APRIL 5tH, 2020 “ 1 SUNDAY OF THE PASSON: Palm Sunday SUNDAY, APRIL 5TH, 2020 “Embracing All Persons” The Cathedral is closed; however, members are asked to pray the Office of Morning Prayer, at home with their household. ORDER OF WORSHIP Opening Sentence Lent page 33(BCP, CPWI) The Sacrifice of God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:18 Versicles & Responses V. Blessed be the Lord our God, R. By whose grace we are yet alive. V. Blessed be His Son Jesus Christ, R. By whose rising we are set free. V. Blessed be the Spirit of God, R. In whom is our hope and our joy 2 Prayer of Intent Let us pray Father, we come together in the Name of your Son Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, to offer you our worship, praise and thanksgiving. To you belong all power and glory. You are the source of all goodness. Let our worship bear witness to your peace and saving power. Through your Spirit may we ever rejoice in the abiding presence of our risen and ascended Lord. Amen. INVITATORY Jubilate Psalm 100 O shout to the Lord in triumph all the earth: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His face with songs of joy, Know that the Lord He is God: it is He who has made us and we are His, we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Come into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: give thanks to Him and bless His holy Name. For the Lord is good, His loving mercy is forever: His faithfulness throughout all generations. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now: and shall be for ever. Amen. Confession & Absolution The Minister says: Lord, we pray to you for the forgiveness of our sins. Silence may be kept. Minister and people, together say: 3 Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; in your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things done and left undone; and so uphold us by your Spirit that we may live and serve you in newness of life, to the honour and glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. All: Grant merciful Lord, to your faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve you with a quiet mind: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Psalm 31:9-16 9 Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; my eye is consumed with sorrow, and also my throat and my belly. 10 For my life is wasted with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails me because of affliction, and my bones are consumed. 11 I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even to my neighbours, a dismay to those of my acquaintance; when they see me in the street they avoid me. 12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am as useless as a broken pot. 13 For I have heard the whispering of the crowd; fear is all around; they put their heads together against me; they plot to take my life. 14 But as for me, I have trusted in you, O LORD. I have said, "You are my God. 15 My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. 4 16 Make your face to shine upon your servant, and in your loving-kindness save me." Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen. The First Lesson: Isaiah 50:4-9a “The Servant submits to suffering” 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backwards. 6 I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. 7 The Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; 8 he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. 9 It is the Lord GOD who helps me; who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up. A Song of Penitence Kyrie Pantokrator Prayer of Manasseh 1-2, 4, 6-7, 11-15 O Lord and Ruler of the hosts of heaven, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of all their righteous offspring: You made the heavens and the earth, with all their vast array. All things quake with fear at your presence; they tremble because of your power. But your merciful promise is beyond all measure; it surpasses all that our minds can fathom. 5 O Lord, you are full of compassion, long-suffering, and abounding in mercy. You hold back your hand; you do not punish as we deserve. In your great goodness, Lord, you have promised forgiveness to sinners, that they may repent of their sin and be saved. And now, O Lord, I bend the knee of my heart, and make my appeal, sure of your gracious goodness. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I know my wickedness only too well. Therefore I make this prayer to you: Forgive me, Lord, forgive me. Do not let me perish in my sin, nor condemn me to the depths of the earth. For you, O Lord, are the God of those who repent, and in me you will show forth your goodness. Unworthy as I am, you will save me, in accordance with your great mercy, and I will praise you without ceasing all the days of my life. For all the powers of heaven sing your praises, and yours is the glory to ages of ages. Amen. The Second Lesson: Matthew 21:1-11 “Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem” When Jesus and his disciples had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, `The Lord needs them.' And he will send them immediately." This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, 6 "Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey." The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven! " When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" The crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee." Benedictus Luke 1:68-79 Blessed are you, Lord the God of Israel You have come to your people and set them free. You have raised up for us a mighty Saviour born of the house of your servant David. Through his holy prophets You promised of old to save us from our enemies from the hands of all who hate us, To show mercy to our forebears, and to remember your holy covenant. This was the oath you swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our enemies, Free to worship you without fear: holy and righteous before you all the days of our life. And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High: 7 for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, To give God’s people knowledge of salvation: by the forgiveness of their sins. In the tender compassion of our God: the dawn from on high shall break upon us, To shine upon those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death: and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.