Tenebrae Maundy Thursday Liturgy & Meal Good Friday Solemn Liturgy
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The Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio located in downtown Cleveland HOLY WEEK 2015 SERVICES TENEBRAE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 6:00 PM (PAGE 4) MAUNDY THURSDAY LITURGY & MEAL THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 6:00 PM (PAGE 9) GOOD FRIDAY SOLEMN LITURGY FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 12:00 NOON (PAGE 17) THE MISSION OF TRINITY CATHEDR AL IS TO PROCLAIM IN WORD AND ACTION GOD’S JUSTICE, LOVE AND MERCY FOR ALL CREATION. WELCOME Welcome to Trinity Cathedral. We hope that our worship will provoke, unsettle, and strengthen your faith as we begin the annual walk through Holy Week. We also hope that you will join us in the commemoration of Jesus’ last days on earth so that you may fully experience both the pain of our Lord’s passion and the power of his resurrection. TUESDAY 12:00 PM RENEWAL OF VOWS , HOLY EUC H A R IS T , AND BLESSING OF OILS During Holy Week, it is traditional for the clergy to gather with the bishops at the cathedral and renew their ordination vows. In the Diocese of Ohio, lay people are also invited to join in the renewal of their baptismal vows, the celebration of the Eucharist, and the blessing of the oils for chrism and healing. WEDNESDAY 6:00 PM TENE br AE SE rv ICE The name Tenebrae (the Latin word for “darkness” or “shadows”) has for centuries been applied to the ancient mo- nastic night and early morning services (Matins and Lauds) of the last three days of Holy Week, which in medieval times came to be celebrated on the preceding evenings. By drawing upon material from each of the former three offices of Tenebrae, this one-hour service provides an extended meditation upon, and a prelude to, the events in Jesus’ life between the Last Supper and the Resurrection. Special music this year will feature François Couperin’s “Leçons de ténèbres” sung by sopranos Margaret Carpenter and Madeline Apple Healey. MAUNDY TH U R SDAY 12:10 PM HOLY EUC H A R IS T AND HEALING SE rv ICE IN th E CH A P EL 6 PM MAUNDY TH U R SDAY PO T LUCK MEAL , LI T U R GY , AND VIGIL On the night before he died, Jesus gathered with his friends for a last meal. To commemorate this special evening, we gather as friends for a ritualized potluck meal (please bring something to share – bread and wine are provided). We will recall the story of liberation and honor our spiritual ancestors. After the meal and Eucharist we will process to the gallery for a brief contemplative prayer service. Following this contemplative service, all are invited to remain in prayer and reflection. This space for reflection, meditation, and prayer will be available Thursday evening from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Good Friday morning from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. GOOD FR IDAY 12 NOON SOLE M N LI T U R GY OF GOOD FR IDAY At the mid-day Solemn Liturgy we will recall the story of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion according to the Gospel of Mark, pray the Solemn Collects for Good Friday, sing hymns, and offer our own prayers of contrition. 1:00 PM GOOD FR IDAY BLUES & LA M EN T A T IONS The Trinity Gateway Band will lead this service of music, poetry, scripture and silence. The music will include a beautiful and deeply moving combination of jazz and American Spirituals. 2 1:00 PM CH ILD R EN ’S GOOD FR IDAY SE rv ICE All children and youth are invited to join Chris Decatur to experience the journey of Jesus from the garden to the cross. Through a variety of art materials and games, children will learn what makes this the holiest of weeks. The Labyrinth in the nave is available throughout Holy Week (until 3pm on Good Friday) for private prayer and meditation. 7:30 PM GOOD FR IDAY CONCE rt The Passion According to St. John--Johann Sebastian Bach Trinity Cathdral Choir and Trinity Consort “The John Passion holds our attention from beginning to end--its music stirring, disturbing, exultant and profoundly moving.” -John Eliot Gardiner, Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven EAS T E R SUNDAY 6 AM TH E GR EA T VIGIL OF EAS T E R Join us for a very special sunrise service as we light the fire of Easter in the Cathedral’s columbarium and process with the Paschal candle through a darkened cathedral to hear the story of salvation in word, drama and song. We will then gather at the font for the renewal of our baptismal vows. We will proclaim Jesus’ resurrection, ring the bells of Easter, smell the flowers and incense, and celebrate the first Eucharist of the morning with Bishop Arthur Williams as celebrant, and the Very Rev. Tracey Lind as homilist. It’s really worth getting up early, and we’ll even feed you breakfast when it’s over! 9 AM CON T E mp O R A R Y FES T I V AL EUC H A R IS T We will celebrate Easter at this festive Eucharist with the Trinity Gateway Band. Dean Lind will preach and preside. Worship will culminate in a great circle of joyous love, acceptance and abundance around God’s table. 11:15 AM FES T I V AL CH O R AL EUC H A R IS T Following the festive shout of “Alleluia, Christ is risen!” we will once again herald the Good News of Easter. Rousing music will be provided by the Cathedral Choir, brass quartet, timpani and organ, conducted by Todd Wilson. Music will include the great hymns of Easter, anthems by Hancock and J.S. Bach, and Widor’s thrilling Toccata with organ and brass as postlude. The Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth will preach, and The Very Rev. Tracey Lind will preside at the Eucharist, where all are welcome. On behalf of the gathered community of faith at Trinity Cathedral, we invite you to walk through a Holy Week that you’ll never forget. 3 WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK APRIL 1, 2015 6:00PM TENEBRAE The name Tenebrae (the Latin word for “darkness” or “shadows”) has for centuries been applied to the ancient monastic night and early morning services (Matins and Lauds) of the last three days of Holy Week, which in medieval times came to be celebrated on the preceding evenings. Apart from the reading or chanting of the Lamentations (in which each verse is introduced by a letter of the Hebrew alphabet), the most conspicuous feature of the service is the gradual extin- guishing of candles and other lights in the church until only a single candle, considered a symbol of our Lord, remains. Toward the end of the service this candle is hidden, typifying the apparent victory of the forces of evil. At the very end, the organ plays, symbolizing the earthquake at the time of the resurrection (Matthew 28:2), the hidden candle is restored to its place, and by its light all depart in silence. In the book of Occasional Services, provision is made for Tenebrae on Wednesday evening only, in order that the proper liturgies of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday may find their place as the principal services of those days. By drawing upon material from each of the former three offices of Tenebrae, this service provides an extended meditation upon, and a prelude to, the events in our Lord’s life between the Last Supper and the Resurrection. Tonight’s service uses only the first of the three Nocturns of Lauds. The ministers enter the church in silence and proceed to their places. FI R S T NOC T U R N OF MA T INS FO R MAUNDY TH U R SDAY Officiant Zeal for your house has eaten me up; People The scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me. PSAL M 69: 1-23 Said by everyone quietly (seated) Save me, O God, * for the waters have risen up to my neck. I am sinking in deep mire, * and there is no firm ground for my feet. I have come into deep waters, * and the torrent washes over me. I have grown weary with my crying; my throat is inflamed; *my eyes have failed from looking for my God. Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my lying foes who would destroy me are mighty.* Must I then give back what I never stole? O God, you know my foolishness, * and my faults are not hidden from you. Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O God of hosts; * let not those who seek you be disgraced because of me, O God of Israel. Surely, for your sake have I suffered reproach, * and shame has covered my face. I have become a stranger to my own kindred, * an alien to my mother’s children. Zeal for your house has eaten me up; * the scorn of those who scorn you has fallen upon me. I humbled myself with fasting, * but that was turned to my reproach. I put on sack-cloth also, * and became a byword among them. Those who sit at the gate murmur against me, * and the drunkards make songs about me. But as for me, this is my prayer to you, * at the time you have set, O God: “In your great mercy, O God, * answer me with your unfailing help.