TheMaundy Second Thursday Sunday in Lent STUNDAYHURSDAY, 28, 9F EBRUARYAPRIL 2009 2021 110:301:00 AM SAINT PAUL LUTHERAN AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF FAITH  303.839.1432  WWW.STPAULDENVER.ORG

Welcome to Saint Paul Church, an open, affirming, and diverse community of faith representing two Christian traditions, that of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and that of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. Each tradition maintains and honors its own heritage, and each worships according to its own liturgical practices. As one community of faith, the members of the respective traditions work together in social outreach and shared hospitality. Together we rejoice in the manner in which diversity has enriched, nurtured, and challenged the life and ministry we share in Christ, and we regret actions and attitudes throughout the Church that may have inhibited or prevented access to Word and Sacrament because of age, race, socio-economic or marital status, physical or mental capacities, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We are a Reconciling in Christ community.

C=Congregation P=Presiding Minister A=Assisting Minister

The Entrance Rite ______

PRELUDE Would You Share My Passion? Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (preceded by a Johann Sebastian Bach harmonization of the chorale)

INVOCATION P: Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, the keeper of the covenant, the source of steadfast love, our rock and our redeemer. C: Amen.

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS P: God hears us when we cry, and draws us close in Jesus Christ. Let us return to the one who is full of compassion.

Silence for Reflection

P: Fountain of living water, C: pour out your mercy over us. Our sin is heavy, and we long to be free. Rebuild what we have ruined and mend what we have torn. Wash us in your cleansing flood. Make us alive in the Spirit to follow in the way of Jesus, as healers and restorers of the world you so love. Amen.

P: Beloved, God’s word never fails. The promise rests on grace: by the saving love of Jesus Christ, the wisdom and power of God, your sins are ☩ forgiven, and God remembers them no more. Journey in the way of Jesus. C: Amen. OPENING HYMN The God of Abraham Praise YIGDAL Today we hear God tell Abram (Abraham), “I will make my covenant between me and you,” and we hear the Apostle Paul say, “The promise . . . did not come to Abraham . . . through the law but through the righteousness of faith . . . in order that the promise may rest on grace . . . .” In this “Christianized” version of the 14th-century Yigdal, or Hebrew Creed, we join with the “whole triumphant host” in praising “the God of Abraham” for that “all-sufficient grace.”

1 The God of A – br’ham praise, who reigns en – throned a – bove, 2 The God of A – br’ham praise, at whose su – preme com – mand, 3 The God of A – br’ham praise, whose all – suf – fi – cient grace, 4 Be – fore the Sav – ior’s face the ran – somed na – tions bow, 5 The whole tri – um–phant host gives thanks to God on high;

1 the an – cient of e – ter – nal days, and God of love. 2 from earth we rise and seek the joys at God’s right hand. 3 shall guide us all our pil – grim days in all our ways. 4 o’ er – whelmed at God’s re – deem – ing grace, for – ev – er new. 5 ―Hail Fa – ther, Son, and Ho – ly Ghost,‖ they ev – er cry.

1 Al – might – y, great I AM! By earth and heav’n con – fessed; 2 We all on earth for – sake, its wis – dom, fame, and pow’r, 3 God deigns to call us friend, though God is ev – er God, 4 Christ’s glow – ing wounds of love now kin – dle to a flame 5 Hail A–br’ham’s God and ours! With heav’n we now pro – claim:

1 we bow and bless the sa – cred name for – ev – er blest. 2 and God our on – ly por – tion make, our shield and tow’r. 3 and God shall save us to the end through Je – sus’ blood. 4 a – ris – ing to ex – alt a – bove the Pasch – al Lamb. 5 All might and maj – es – ty are yours, O great I AM!

Text: Thomas Olivers, 1725-1799, alt. Music: Hebrew melody; arr. Meyer Lyon, 1751-1797.

GREETING P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. C: And also with you. 2 KYRIE Lord, Have Mercy Franz Schubert (from Deutsche Messe, D. 872)

SALUTATION P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you.

PRAYER OF THE DAY P: Let us pray. O God, by the passion of your blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life. Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. 3 The Liturgy of the Word ______

FIRST READING Genesis17.1-7, 15-16 As with Noah, God makes an everlasting covenant with Abraham and Sarah. God promises this old couple that they will be the ancestors of nations, though they have no child together. God will miraculously bring forth new life from Sarah’s womb. The name changes emphasize the firmness of God’s promise.

Before the reading: A: A reading from Genesis.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, ―I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.‖ Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, ―As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

God said to Abraham, ―As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.‖

After the reading: D: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

PSALMODY Psalm 22:23-30 Tone 4

Cantor: ANTIPHON

C: ANTIPHON

Cantor: Praise the LORD, you that fear him; stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob’s line, give glory. For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty; neither does he hide his face from them; but when they cry to him, he hears them. My praise is of him in the great assembly; I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship him. The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the LORD shall praise him: May your heart live forever!

C: ANTIPHON

Cantor: All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall bow before him. For kingship belongs to the LORD; he rules over the nations. To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; all who go down to the dust fall before him. My soul shall live for him; my descendants shall serve him; they shall be known as the LORD’S forever. They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn the saving deeds that he has done.

C: ANTIPHON

Psalm text reprinted from Book of Common Prayer (1979) in the public domain. Music from The Plainsong Psalter, Copyright © 1988 by The Church Pension Fund; admin. Church Publishing Incorporated, New York. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779. 4 SECOND READING Romans 4.13-25 Paul presents Abraham as the example for how a person comes into a right relationship with God not through works of the law but through faith. Though Abraham and Sarah were far too old for bearing children, Abraham trusted that God would accomplish what God had promised to accomplish.

Before the reading: A: A reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans.

For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.

For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, ―I have made you the father of many nations‖)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become ―the father of many nations,‖ according to what was said, ―So numerous shall your descendants be.‖ He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Therefore his faith ―was reckoned to him as righteousness.‖ Now the words, ―it was reckoned to him,‖ were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.

After the reading: A: The word of the Lord. C: Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Sung by All before and after the Verse Plainsong, Mode I

Verse (Cantor): ―If any want to become my followers,‖ says the Christ, ―let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.‖

GOSPEL Mark 8.31-38 After Peter confesses his belief that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus tells his disciples for the first time what is to come. Peter’s response indicates that he does not yet understand the way of the cross that Jesus will travel.

Before the Gospel: P: The Holy Gospel according to Saint Mark. C: Glory to you, O Lord.

P: Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ―Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.‖

He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ―If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.‖ 5 After the Gospel: P: The Gospel of the Lord. C: Praise to you, O Christ.

HOMILY Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey

Silence for Meditation

HYMN OF THE DAY Would You Share My Passion? JESU, MEINE FREUDE Each stanza of this hymn begins with a question. The first, “Would you share my passion?,” and the third, “Would you join my triumph?,” have obvious links to Scripture, such as this morning’s Gospel. The second, however, was inspired by a thirteenth- century text by Mechthild of Magdeburg in which she has God demand of the soul, “Do you wish to know my meaning? Then lie down in the fire.”

1 Would you share my pas - sion? Take your cross and fol - low. 2 Would you know my mean - ing, daz - zling in its ra - diance? 3 Would you join my tri - umph, o - ver death vic - to - rious

Climb Gol - goth - a’s hill. Taste the cup of sor - row, wine and gall com -

Lie down in the fire. Brave the flames of wis - dom, sear - ing with their

ris - ing from the grave? Pain and grief are fore - courts of the heav -‘nly

min - gled. Drink its bit - ter fill. Bear the scourge of doubt and fear. mys - t’ry, fierce with Love’s de - sire. Cast the dark - ened glass a - way. cit - y, bought with blood I gave. Suf-f’ring marks the nar - row gate.

Though a jeer - ing crowd de - ride you, I will walk be - side you. O - pen to a bril - liant burn - ing: seek and find true learn - ing. Yet, though tri - als throng to greet you, none can now de - feat you.

Text: Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953. Music: Johann Crüger, 1598-1662.

Text Copyright © 2002 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.

NICENE CREED C: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the virgin Mary, and was made truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen. 6 INTERCESSIONS A: Relying on the promises of God, we pray boldly for the church, the world, and all in need., saying: Hear our prayer. C: Hear our prayer.

After each petition of the prayer: A: Hear us, O God. C: hear our prayer.

After the final petition: P: We entrust ourselves and all our prayers to you, O faithful God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. C: Amen.

PEACE P: The peace of Christ be with you always. C: And also with you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Liturgy of the Eucharist ______

OFFERING Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus, BWV 481 attr. Johann Sebastian Bach Margaret Ozaki, soprano

Let us ever walk with Jesus, follow his example pure, through a world that would deceive us and to sin our spirits lure. Onward in his footsteps treading, pilgrims here, our home above, full of faith and hope and love, let us do our Father’s bidding. Faithful Lord, with me abide; I shall follow where you guide.

Let us suffer here with Jesus, and with patience bear our cross. Joy will follow all our sadness; where he is there is no loss. Though today we sow no laughter, we shall reap celestial joy: all discomforts that annoy shall give way to mirth hereafter. Jesus, here I share your woe; help me there your joy to know.

Let us also live with Jesus. He has risen from the dead that to life we may awaken. Jesus, since you are our head, we are your own living members; where you live, there we shall be in your presence constantly, living there with you forever. Jesus, if I faithful be, life eternal grant to me.

Text: Sigismund von Birken, 1626-1681; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978.

Translation Copyright © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, admin. Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.

OFFERTORY PRAYER A: Let us pray. Faithful God, C: you walk beside us in desert places, and you meet us in our hunger with bread from heaven. Accompany us in this meal, that we may pass over from death to life with Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. 7 PREFACE DIALOGUE

PROPER PREFACE P: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, . . . and join their unending hymn:

SANCTUS Holy, Holy, Holy Are You Franz Schubert (from Deutsche Messe, D. 872)

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Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER P: O God triune, how majestic is your name in all the earth. . . . The earth is full of your glory. C: The earth is full of your glory.

P: O God triune, you took on our flesh in Jesus our healer . . . The earth is full of your glory. C: The earth is full of your glory.

P: We praise you for the heart of Jesus, . . . The earth is full of your glory. C: The earth is full of your glory.

P: Send forth your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. . . . The earth is full of your glory. C: The earth is full of your glory.

P: Amen, and amen. C: Amen, and amen.

LORD’S PRAYER P: Baptized into Christ’s death that we share in Christ’s resurrection, let us pray for the fulfillment of this mystery as Jesus taught us: C: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.

INVITATION TO COMMUNION P: Jesus draws the whole world to himself. Come to this meal and be fed. C: Thanks be to God. 9 AGNUS DEI Jesus, Lamb of God Franz Schubert (from Deutsche Messe, D. 872)

COMMUNION P: The body of Christ, broken for you.

Please partake of the bread with the Presiding Minister.

P: The blood of Christ, shed for you.

Please partake of the wine with the Presiding Minister.

POST-COMMUNION BLESSING P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace. C: Amen.

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER A: Let us pray. God of steadfast love, at this table you gather your people into one body for the sake of the world. Send us in the power of your Spirit, that our lives bear witness to the love that has made us new in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. C: Amen. 10 BENEDICTION P: You are what God made you to be: created in Christ Jesus for good works, chosen as holy and beloved, freed to serve your neighbor. God bless you ☩ that you may be a blessing, in the name of the holy and life-giving Trinity. C: Amen.

CLOSING HYMN Hope of Abraham and Sarah PLEADING SAVIOR This hymn was written for a study guide entitled, Being a 21st-Century Christian in the United States. In considering the theme, the author “realized how essential it is now to consider what it means to be Christian in a world of many faiths.” Hence, she began “with the three faith heritages which look to Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar as part of their story,” and produced a hymn that refers not only to “mosque and synagogue and church,” but also to “Torah, cross, and crescent.”

1 Hope of A – bra – ham and Sar – ah, friend of Ha – gar, God of Ruth, 2 Root us in our own tra – di – tion, faith our fore – bears hand–ed down. 3 Hope of A – bra – ham and Sar – ah, sov – ’reign God whom we a – dore,

1 you de – sire that ev – ’ry peo – ple wor – ship you in spir – it, truth. 2 Grow us in your grace and know–ledge; plant our feet on sol – id ground.

3 form in us your new cre – a – tion free of vio – lence, hate, and war.

1 Meet us in our sa – cred plac – es, mosque and syn – a–gogue and church.

2 Cul – ti – vate the seeds of shar – ing in this world of man – y creeds. 3 So may Tor – ah, cross, and cres–cent, each a sign of life made new,

1 Show us paths of un–der–stand–ing; bless us in our com–mon search.

2 Keep us o – pen, wise in learn – ing, bear–ing fruit in lov – ing deeds. 3 point us t’ward your love and jus – tice, earth at peace and one in you.

Text: Ruth Duck, b. 1947. Music: J. Leavitt, Christian Lyre, 1831.

Text Copyright © 2005 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779. DISMISSAL A: Go in peace. Share the good news. C: Thanks be to God.

POSTLUDE Would You Share My Passion? Johann Ludwig Krebs

Most of the liturgical texts are from Lutheran Book of Worship, Copyright © 1978 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Leader’s Desk Edition,

Copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Sundays and Seasons, Copyright © 2021 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All rights reserved. Additional liturgical texts, as well as most of the liturgical music, are from Deutsche Messe by Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx, Copyright © 1985, 1990 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. All rights reserved. Material from all of the above sources reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.

Scripture readings are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible, Copyright © 1989 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission. 11 Music Notes ______

This morning’s organ and vocal music is by three German baroque composers. The Prelude and Postlude, both based on the Hymn of the Day, are by eighteenth-century composers whose work reflects the style galant that marked the transition from the Baroque style of Bach to the Classical style of Mozart. The hymn itself combines very old German music with very new English words. The tune was composed by Johann Crüger (1598-1662), Cantor for St. Nicholas’ Church in Berlin, and it first appeared in Crüger’s Praxis Pietatis Melica (1644), along with the text with which it is most closely associated: Jesu, meine Freude (“Jesus, Priceless Treasure”–LBW #458). Today, however, we borrow this venerable tune for use with a text penned in 2000 by Mary Louise Bringle (b. 1953), Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina. The Prelude, preceded by a Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) harmonization of the chorale, is by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718-1795), who was a composer only by avocation; his ―real job‖ was directing the Royal Lottery in Berlin! The Postlude is by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1714-1780) served as organist for the Marienkirche in Zwickau (1737- 1744), the castle in Zeitz (1744-1756), and the court of Gotha-Altenburg (1756 to his death).

The Offertory solo is one of sixty-six songs attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), famed Cantor for Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, in the Musikalisches Gesangbuch, a collection of 954 ―old and new spiritual songs and arias‖ published by Georg Christian Schemelli (c. 1676-1762) in 1736. However, though Bach did provide figured bass accompaniments for many existing melodies in Schemelli’s compilation, he did not contribute any completely original compositions. Thus, the melody of the song we hear this morning was actually composed by Johann Schop (c. 1600-1665) in 1641, and the text was penned by Sigismund von Birken (1626-1681) in 1653. While most of Schemelli’s Chorales, as they became popularly known, are strophic with hymn-like melodies, the book was not a congregational hymnal in the strict sense of the word, but rather a set of ―sacred ariettas or spiritual songs . . . to be sung in the home for private devotion and in the family circle during the singing period,‖ which, according to Schemelli, ―should be held at least twice daily(!)‖ The chorale we hear this morning issues a call to discipleship mirroring that of Jesus in the Gospel.

Participants in the Liturgy ______

TODAY NEXT SUNDAY

Presiding Minister and Homilist: Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey Presiding Minister and Homilist: Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey Assisting Minister: Michael Wallin Assisting Minister: Jeri Rodrick Organist and Music Director: Cantor Mark Alan Filbert Organist and Music Director: Cantor Mark Alan Filbert Liturgical Cantor: Margaret Ozaki Liturgical Cantor: Margaret Ozaki AV Technicians: Jeff Harms, Tim Perlick, Ric White, AV Technicians: Jeff Harms, Tim Perlick, Ric White, Greg Yonker Greg Yonker

Readings for Next Sunday ______

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

Exodus 20.1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1.18-25 John 2.13-22

The Rev. Barbara Berry-Bailey, Pastor (ELCA)  The Rev. Donald Sutton, Pastor (ECC) Deacon Mark Alan Filbert, Cantor  Jeronimo Sanchez, Sexton ______

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