November 1, 2020 All Saints’ Day

ORIGINAL AIR DATE THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER : PROPER 26 NOVEMBER 04, 2018 FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING

SUNG BY: THE CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS OF BOYS AND MEN OFFICIANT: THE VERY REV. JAMES CARROLL LECTOR: BRUCE TINDALL The Very Reverend Penny Bridges, Dean The Rev. Canon Brooks Mason, Canon Liturgist Canon Martin Green, Organist & Director of Music Gabriel Arregui, Sub-Organist & Assistant Choirmaster Lucinda Parsons, Usher in Charge; Tom Simmons, Jim Witte, Ushers

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ORGAN VOLUNTARY Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

WELCOME

INTROIT Blessed are the pure in heart H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God; the secret of the Lord is theirs, Their soul is Christ’s abode. Still to the lowly soul He doth Himself impart, And for His cradle and His throne Chooseth the pure in heart.

¶ The tolling of the bell.

OPENING SENTENCE

Officiant

Thine is the day, O God, thine also the night; thou hast established the moon and the sun. Thou hast fixed all the boundaries of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter. Psalm 74:15,16

PRECES John Reading (1685-1764)

Officiant O Lord, open thou our lips. Choir And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Officiant O God, make speed to save us. Choir O Lord, make haste to help us. Officiant Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Choir as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Officiant Praise ye the Lord. Choir The Lord’s name be praised.

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OFFICE HYMN S-27 PHOS HILARON

Music: Victor Judson Schramm (1944-1984); acc. David Hurd (b. 1950) Text: Public domain

PSALM 84 Quam dilecta! chant: C.H.H. Parry

O HOW amiable are thy dwellings, * thou LORD of hosts! 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; * my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; * even thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; * they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; * in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; * and the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength, * and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; * hearken, O God of Jacob. 9 Behold, O God our defender, * and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts * is better than a thousand. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, * than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the LORD God is a light and defence; * the LORD will give grace and

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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.

FIRST READING NEHEMIAH 5:1-19

The first reading is taken from the Hebrew Scriptures.

The First Lesson is read, the Reader may first say A Reading from the Book of Nehemiah.

Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish kin. For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive.” There were also those who said, “We are having to pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine.” And there were those who said, “We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king’s tax. Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.” I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. After thinking it over, I brought charges against the nobles and the officials; I said to them, “You are all taking interest from your own people.” And I called a great assembly to deal with them, and said to them, “As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations; but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us!” They were silent, and could not find a word to say. So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Moreover I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us stop this taking of interest. Restore to them, this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.” Then they said, “We will restore everything and demand nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests, and made them take an oath to do as they had promised. I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. Thus may they be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised. Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. The

~ 4 ~ former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people, and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God. Indeed, I devoted myself to the work on this wall, and acquired no land; and my servants were gathered there for the work. Moreover there were at my table one hundred fifty people, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because of the heavy burden of labor on the people. Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

After each Lesson the Reader may say Here ends the Reading.

MAGNIFICAT in B-flat Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

The Magnificat is Mary’s song (Luke 1:46-55) responding to the declaration that the child she is to bear will fulfill the promises of the Hebrew Scriptures.

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 forever.

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.

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SECOND READING 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27−13:13

The second reading is taken from the New Testament which tells of the life and teaching of Jesus and the witness of the early Church.

The Second Lesson is read, the Reader may first say A Reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians.

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we shall see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

The Reader may say Here ends the Reading.

NUNC DIMITTIS in B-flat Stanford

The Nunc Dimittis is the song of (Luke 2:29-32) who, before he dies, sees the Infant Jesus and holds him in his arms.

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. ~ 6 ~

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.

THE APOSTLES’ CREED Monotoned by all

I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

SALUTATION

Officiant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Officiant Let us pray.

THE LESSER LITANY Reading

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

THE LORD’S PRAYER Monotoned by all

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.

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And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

THE SUFFRAGES

Officiant O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Choir And grant us thy salvation. Officiant O Lord, save the Queen. Choir And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Officiant Endue thy ministers with righteousness. Choir And make thy chosen people joyful. Officiant O Lord, save thy people. Choir And bless thine inheritance. Officiant Give peace in our time, O Lord. Choir Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Officiant O God, make clean our hearts within us. Choir And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

THE COLLECTS

THE COLLECT FOR THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

ALMIGHTY AND MERCIFUL GOD, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service: Grant, we beseech thee, that we may run without stumbling to obtain thy heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

A COLLECT FOR PEACE

O GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended from the fear of all enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

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A COLLECT FOR MISSION

KEEP WATCH, DEAR LORD, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give thine angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for thy love’s sake. Amen.

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AT THE OFFERING, Anthem Give me the wings of faith Kenneth Leighton (1929-88) Give me the wings of faith to rise within the veil, and see the Saints above, how great their joys, how bright their glories be. Once they were mourning here below, and wet their couch with tears; they wrestled hard, as we do now, with sins and doubts and fears. I ask them whence their victory came: they, with united breath, ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, their triumph to his death. They marked the footsteps that he trod, his zeal inspired their breast, and, following their incarnate God, possess the promised rest. Our glorious Leader claims our praise for his own pattern given; while the long cloud of witnesses show the same path to heaven. [text: Isaac Watts (1674-1748)] CLOSING PRAYERS

Deacon Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY GOD, to whom we must account for all our powers and privileges: Guide the people of the United States and of this community in the election of officials and representatives; that, by faithful administration and wise laws, the rights of all may be protected and our nation may be enabled to fulfill thy purposes; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, thou hast blessed us and given us dominion over all the earth: Increase our reverence before the mystery of life; and give us new insight into thy purposes for the human race, and new wisdom and determination in making provision for its future in accordance with your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

DISMISSAL The grace  of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

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HYMN 662 EVENTIDE

Words: Henry Frances Lyte (1793-1847) Music: Eventide, William Henry Monk (1823-1889) ~ 10 ~

Cantor Let us bless the Lord. Choir Thanks be to God.

ORGAN VOLUNTARY Improvisation on Eventide

NEXT SUNDAY: VETERANS AND ARMED FORCES EVENSONG

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A Litany for the Sins of Racism*

1) Oh God, in whose image the whole human family was created, we pray for all whose lives have been forever altered by racial violence. While those whose lives have been altered are too many to name, we remember by name, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbery, George Floyd, and N.N., beloved children of God, whose killings have yet again exposed the pervasive poison of racial injustice, inflamed rhetoric and division, and actions that perpetuate inequality. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them all in your peace. 2) We remember their families and friends, beloved children of God each one. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 3) We remember the residents of too many of our cities, beloved children of God, who have seen their communities disrupted by horrific violence. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 4) We remember the protestors, beloved children of God, and those still gathering across cities, states, and the country to demand justice and change. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 5) We remember the residents of too many of our cities, beloved children of God, who have seen their neighborhood erupt in violence and destruction, especially by those whose aim is to further division and hatred. We remember those who have watched their livelihoods and places of work go up in flames. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 6) We remember those killed during the riots of this past week, beloved children of God. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 7) We remember the Black community throughout this country, beloved children of God, who have for decades cried out against injustice and brutality at the hands of police, and who have not been heard by those with the power to make change. We remember our Black brothers and sisters, groaning under the weight of redlining, segregation, underfunded schools, unequal economic opportunity, indignity, and ever- present fear. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 8) We remember our public officials, beloved children of God, managing a global pandemic, city-wide protests, violence, and profound public distrust at the same time. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 9) We pray for courage and integrity of all police officers who find themselves working within a system that has a fraught history of racial violence and injustice. We pray for ~ 12 ~ courage and integrity as individuals, in this country, that we would stand for justice and work for systematic change in all our institutions. Swaddle us in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 10) We remember all citizens of this country, beloved children of God. We have been traumatized, grief-stricken, enraged, and heart-sickened by the video of one neighbor slowly snuffing the life out of another, by riots and looting, by the sounds of flash- bang grenades, the sting of tear gas, the scent of smoke, and by our own helplessness. Swaddle us in your boundless love. Cradle us in your peace. 11) We remember those who have pledged their lives to racist ideologies, beloved children of God. We acknowledge the pain they have caused to victims of violence, to their communities, to their families, and to their own souls. We acknowledge that each of us carries racist ideology within us, and we beg your mercy to free all your people from it. Swaddle us in your boundless love. Cradle us in your peace. 12) We know that the sickness of racism is in this nation’s very bedrock. Today we acknowledge and repent of the twin original sins of this nation: the genocide of the indigenous people of this land and the institution of chattel slavery. We know that the shockwaves from these sins still reverberate today, that the trauma from these sins live in our bodies, and that the pain we suffer now has its origin in those first treacheries. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 13) We repent of laws that codify or allow unequal treatment based on race, ethnicity, religion, or skin tone. We repent of promises broken again and again. We repent of foreign policy that sees more value in some human lives than in others. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 14) We repent of the role of the church, historically and presently, in supporting and emboldening these policies. We repent of the ways that we have made your church a home to oppression, exclusion, or indignity for any child of God. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 15) We acknowledge and repent of the fact that this country has never shared its abundance equally. We acknowledge and repent of the fact of disparities based on race, that are born out in scholastic achievement, employment, household wealth, homeownership. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 16) We repent of the ill-use of your bounty: we hoard land and wealth, manipulate plants and animals, abuse your creation, and your most vulnerable people suffer the consequences. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love.

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17) We who benefit from white supremacy acknowledge that we have been given unearned privilege at the expense of our Indigenous, Black, Asian, Latine, brown- skinned, immigrant, and non-Christian siblings. We repent of the ways in which we have allowed our own fear, complacency, and incuriosity to blind us to the belovedness of your children, each, like us, fearfully and wonderfully made. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 18) Oh God of infinite affection, you looked at all that you had made and called it good. By your grace, help us to look upon your creation and to see, with your mothering eyes of love, how good, how good, how good it is. Lord, in your mercy. Christ, in your mercy. Lord, in your mercy. Amen.

Closing Words (from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry)

“What America has seen in the past several days may leave us wondering what we can possibly do in this moment to be good Samaritans—to help heal our country, even the parts we don’t know or like. But we have the answer. Now is the time for a national renewal of the ideals of human equality, liberty, and justice for all. Now is the time to commit to cherishing and respecting all lives, and to honoring the dignity and infinite worth of every child of God. Now is the time for all of us to show—in our words, our actions, and our lives—what love really looks like.”

Adapted from “A Litany for Minnesota’s Sins of Racism” by Emilia Allen

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November 1, 2020 – All Saints’ Day (A) All Saints’ Day

All Saints’ Day, celebrated November 1 or the nearest Sunday afterward, is characterized by the (BCP) as a Principal Feast, “taking precedence over any other day or observance” (BCP, 15). The day is set aside to remember and commend the saints of God, especially those who are not recognized at other points in the church year.

According to Holy Women, Holy Men, in the tenth century, it became customary to recognize on a single day “that vast body of the faithful who, though no less members of the company of the redeemed, are unknown in the wider fellowship of the Church” (Holy Women, Holy Men, 664). Over time, the day became associated with special remembrances of an individual’s family and friends.

While several churches abandoned the commemoration during the Reformation, the Feast of All Saints was retained on the Anglican liturgical calendar. All Saints’ Day began to assume the role of general commemoration of the dead: all Christians, past and present; all saints, known and unknown.

Because of the day’s association with the remembrance for the dead, many churches publish a necrology. This reading of the names of the congregation’s faithful departed may include prayers on their behalf. Such prayers are appropriate, as the Catechism reminds us, “because we still hold [our departed] in our love, and because we trust that in God’s presence those who have chosen to serve him will grow in his love, until they see him as he is” (BCP, 862).

The day is often characterized by joyful hymns, including such favorites as “For All the Saints,” “Who Are These Like Stars Appearing,” and “I Sing a Song of the Saints of God.” These hymns share motifs of rest, fellowship, and continued, joyful service to God— salient indeed on this day, as we remember “those of dazzling brightness, those in God’s own truth arrayed, clad in robes of purest whiteness, robes whose luster ne’er shall fade”!

Collect for All Saints’ Day Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

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