July 4, 2021 Sixth Sunday After Pentecost Holy Eucharist Rite I, Proper 9 11:30 Am
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July 4, 2021 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Holy Eucharist Rite I, Proper 9 11:30 AM Welcome 2. Lord, you call us to your service: Welcome to St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral; we are so “In my name baptize and teach.” glad you are here. St. Paul’s is a safe and welcoming That the world may trust your promise, place for all people. If you are new to St. Paul’s we life abundant meant for each, encourage you to get connected with our weekly email give us all new fervor, draw us newsletter. You can sign up online at stpaulsokc.org. closer in community; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us A friendly reminder to those who are worshiping in- for the work of ministry. person: if you are not fully vaccinated against Cov- id-19, please have your mask on (covering your mouth 3. Lord, you make the common holy: and nose). If you are fully vaccinated, wearing a mask “This my body, this my blood.” is not required. We thank you in advance for adhering Let your priests, for earth’s true glory, to these protocols which keep us all safe and allow for daily lift life heavenward, us to worship in person. asking that the world around us share your children’s liberty; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry. Prelude Music for Flute and Organ 4. Lord, you show us love’s true measure: Jeanise Wynn, Flautist “Father, what they do, forgive.” Yet we hoard as private treasure all that you so freely give. Processional Hymn WLP 780 May your care and mercy lead us Tune: Abbot’s Leigh to a just society; 1. Lord, you give the great commission: with the Spirit’s gifts empower us “Heal the sick and preach the word.” for the work of ministry. Lest the Church neglect its mission 5. Lord, you bless with words assuring: and the Gospel go unheard, “I am with you to the end.” help us witness to your purpose Faith and hope and love restoring, with renewed integrity; may we serve as you intend, with the Spirit’s gifts empower us and, amid the cares that claim us, for the work of ministry. hold in mind eternity; with the Spirit’s gifts empower us for the work of ministry. Opening Acclamation BCP 323 Collect of the Day Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Lord be with you. And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. And with thy spirit. Amen. Let us pray. O God, who hast taught us to keep all thy command- Collect for Purity ments by loving thee and our neighbor: Grant us the Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all grace of thy Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: thee with our whole heart, and united to one another Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ one God, for ever and ever. Amen. our Lord. Amen. Lesson Ezekiel 2:1-5 The Gloria Hymnal S202 [You may be seated] Glory be to God on high, A Reading from the Book of Ezekiel. and on earth peace, good will towards men. The Lord said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, we glorify thee, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, heard him speaking to me. He said to me, Mortal, I am O Lord God, heavenly King, sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels God the Father Almighty. who have rebelled against me; they and their ances- O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; tors have transgressed against me to this very day. The O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending that takest away the sins of the world, you to them, and you shall say to them, “Thus says the have mercy upon us. Lord God.” Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for Thou that takest away the sins of the world, they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there receive our prayer. has been a prophet among them. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, The Word of the Lord. have mercy upon us. Thanks be to God. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; Psalm 123 thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. To you I lift up my / eyes, * to you enthroned in the / heavens. 2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of [Please stand as you are able] their / masters, * and the eyes of a maid to the hand of Gospel Hymn WLP 778 her / mistress, Tune: Nyland So our eyes look to the Lord our / God, * We all are one in mission, until he show us his / mercy. we all are one in call, our varied gifts united Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have / mercy, * by Christ, the Lord of all. for we have had more than enough of con / tempt, A single, great commission Too much of the scorn of the indolent / rich, * compels us from above and of the derision of the / proud. to plan and work together that all may know Christ’s love. Lesson 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 We all are called for service [You may be seated] to witness in God’s name. A Reading from the Second Letter to the Corinthians. Our ministries are diff’rent, our purpose is the same: I know a person in Christ who fourteen years ago was to touch the lives of others caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body by God’s surprising grace, or out of the body I do not know; God knows. And I so people of all nations may feel know that such a person—whether in the body or out God’s warm embrace. of the body I do not know; God knows— was caught up into Paradise and heard things that are not to be We all behold one vision, told, that no mortal is permitted to repeat. On behalf a stark reality; of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will the steward of salvation not boast, except of my weaknesses. But if I wish to was nailed upon a tree. boast, I will not be a fool, for I will be speaking the Yet resurrected Justice truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think gives rise that we may share better of me than what is seen in me or heard from me, free reconciliation even considering the exceptional character of the rev- and hope amid despair. elations. Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Sa- Now let us be united tan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated. and let our song be heard. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it Now let us be a vessel would leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is suffi- for God’s redeeming Word. cient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” We all are one in mission, So, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, we all are one in call, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. There- Our varied gifts united fore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, by Christ, the Lord of all. persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. 3 Gospel Mark 6:1-13 Nicene Creed BCP 326 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ [Please stand as you are able] according to Mark. We believe in one God, Glory be to thee, O Lord. the Father, the Almighty, Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples fol- maker of heaven and earth, lowed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the of all that is, seen and unseen. synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is the only Son of God, this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds eternally begotten of the Father, of power are being done by his hands! Is not this the God from God, Light from Light, carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and true God from true God, Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters begotten, not made, here with us?” And they took offense at him. Then of one Being with the Father. Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor, Through him all things were made. except in their hometown, and among their own kin, For us and for our salvation and in their own house.” And he could do no deed of he came down from heaven: power there, except that he laid his hands on a few by the power of the Holy Spirit sick people and cured them.