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Evensong Thursday, January 30, 2020 5:15 p.m. Evensong Thursday in the Third Week after The Epiphany • 30 January 2020 • 5:15 pm Grace Cathedral is pleased to welcome the Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia on their North American tour, and we thank them for singing tonight’s service.
Voluntary Saraband Processional William H. Harris Introit The people stand as the procession enters. Richard Lloyd Choir Blessed be the Holy Trinity, who created and governs everything, now and for ever. Amen. –Introit for Trinity Sunday Opening Sentence Said by the Dean. The Invitatory and Psalter Preces The people stand. Anthony Piccolo Cantor O Lord, open thou our lips. Choir And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. O God, make speed to save us. O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Praise ye the Lord. The Lord’s name be praised. Hymn 448 Sung by all. Deus tuorum militum
text: Latin, 15th cent.; tr. Benjamin Webb (1819-1885), alt.; music: from Antiphoner, 1753; adapt. The English Hymnal, 1906, alt.; harm. after Basil Harwood (1859-1949)
1 Psalm 111 Sung by the choir, the people sit. Richard Lloyd (BCP, p. 754) The Readings Readings may be found near the end of this service leaflet.
Deuteronomy 18: 15–20 The Magnificat The people stand. Charles Villiers Stanford Evening Service in C major Choir My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. – Luke 1:45–55
Mark 1: 21–28 The people sit. The Nunc Dimittis The people stand. Stanford Choir Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people, to be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. – Luke 2:29–32 The Sermon The people sit. The Rev. Dr. Bob Derrenbacker Dean of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia
The Apostles’ Creed The people stand. Sung by all on a monotone. All I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; He ascended into heaven, And in Jesus Christ and sitteth on the right hand of his only Son our Lord; God the Father almighty. who was conceived From thence he shall come to by the Holy Ghost, judge the quick and the dead. born of the Virgin Mary, I believe in the Holy Ghost, suffered under Pontius Pilate, the holy catholic Church, was crucified, dead, and buried. the communion of saints, He descended into hell. the forgiveness of sins, The third day the resurrection of the body, he rose again from the dead. and the life everlasting. Amen.
2 The Prayers Piccolo Officiant The Lord be with you. Choir And with thy spirit. Let us pray. The people may kneel. Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us. The Lord’s Prayer Sung on a monotone. Piccolo Choir Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is 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. Amen. The Suffrages Piccolo Officiant O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Choir And grant us thy salvation. O Lord, save this land. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Endue thy ministers with righteousness. And make thy chosen people joyful. O Lord, save thy people. And bless thine inheritance. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. O God, make clean our hearts within us. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
The Collects Sung by cantor.
Anthem The people sit. William H. Harris Choir Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one equal music; no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession; no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity; in the habitation of thy glory and dominion, world without end. Amen. – John Donne, Sermon 146 Closing Prayers The people may kneel. The Rev. Canon Dr. Ellen Clark-King
3 Hymn 24 Sung by all, standing as an offering is received. St. Clement bb b œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ 1The day thou ga - vest, Lord, is end - ed, the dark - ness 2We thank thee that thy Church, un - sleep-ing, while earth rolls 3As o’er each con --ti nent and is - land the dawn leads 4So be it, Lord; thy throne shall nev - er, like earth’s proud bb b œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ 1 falls at thy be - hest; to thee our morn - ing hymns as - 2on - ward in - to light, through all the world her watch is 3on an - oth - er day, the voice of prayer is nev - er 4em - pires, pass a --way; thy king dom stands, and grows for bb b œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ 1 cend-ed, thy praise shall sanc - ti - fy our rest. 2 keep-ing and rests not now by day or night. 3si - lent, nor dies the strain of praise a - way. 4ev - er, till all thy crea - tures own thy sway. text: John Ellerton (1826-1893); music: Clement Cottevill Scholefield (1839-1904)
Voluntary Carillon Leo Sowerby The Readings
Deuteronomy 18: 15–20 Mark 1: 21–28 he Lord your God will raise up for you hey went to Capernaum; and when the a prophet like me from among your own sabbath came, he entered the synagogue people;T you shall heed such a prophet. This is andT taught. They were astounded at his what you requested of the Lord your God at teaching, for he taught them as one having Horeb on the day of the assembly when you authority, and not as the scribes. Just then said: ‘If I hear the voice of the Lord my God there was in their synagogue a man with an any more, or ever again see this great fire, I unclean spirit, and he cried out, ‘What have will die.’ Then the Lord replied to me: ‘They you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have are right in what they have said. I will raise you come to destroy us? I know who you are, up for them a prophet like you from among the Holy One of God.’ But Jesus rebuked their own people; I will put my words in the him, saying, ‘Be silent, and come out of him!’ mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to And the unclean spirit, throwing him into them everything that I command. Anyone convulsions and crying with a loud voice, who does not heed the words that the prophet came out of him. They were all amazed, and shall speak in my name, I myself will hold they kept on asking one another, ‘What is accountable. But any prophet who speaks in this? A new teaching—with authority! He the name of other gods, or who presumes commands even the unclean spirits, and they to speak in my name a word that I have not obey him.’ At once his fame began to spread commanded the prophet to speak—that throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. prophet shall die.’
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Dean The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young Homilist The Rev. Dr. Bob Derrenbacker, Dean of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia Prayers The Rev. Canon Dr. Ellen Clark-King, Vice Dean and Canon for Social Justice Readers The Rev. Heather Erickson, Director of Senior and Outreach Ministry The Rev. Kenneth W. Parris, Assisting Clergy Musicians The Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne Christopher Watson, Director Christopher Keady, Assistant Director of Music Garrett Collins, Volunteer Carillonneur Copyrights: ‘O love, how deep, how broad’ (Hymn EH1982-448): (public domain); ‘The day Thou gavest’ (Hymn EH1982-024): (public domain); Hymns and Service Music reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-709351, All Rights Reserved; Used with permission; Readings taken from The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible © 1989 by The Division of Christian Education of The National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., used by permission.
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Sunday The Forum is a series of stimulating conversations about Nursery 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. the issues of our day. Events take place at Gresham Hall on Eucharist 8:30 a.m. Sundays at 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Free and open to all. For more information visit gracecathedral.org/forum. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Choral Eucharist 11 a.m. February 2: Dr. Rani Jaeger, head of the Ritual Choral Evensong 3 p.m. Center at the Shalom Hartman Institute, on the current political situation in Israel and Palestine, Evening Eucharist 6 p.m. and how the U.S. plays a part.
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