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Vigil Ofhope MAY 21, 2021 8 PM Vigil of Hope May 21, 2021 vigil ofhope MAY 21, 2021 8 PM Vigil of Hope May 21, 2021 The people’s responses are in bold. gathering Hear My Prayer Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee. (Psalm 102:1) The Bidding When ancient Israel had suffered the great pain and tragedy of death and destruction, God said to them through the prophet Jeremiah: Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. Thus says the Lord: Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is a reward for your work, says the Lord: there is hope for your future. (Jeremiah 31:15-17a) Tonight we gather to be reassured that God hears the “lamenting and bitter weeping” of this nation, because so many of her children are no more due to the pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism. May we now seek that assurance in prayer, for the healing of our grief-stricken hearts, for the souls and sacred memory of those who have died. Let us pray for Divine wisdom and guidance as our nation and the world seek to heal. May we always turn in the direction of love and hope. We meet in the presence of God who knows our needs, hears our cries, feels our pain, and heals our wounds. As we come together for worship, the lit Paschal Candle bears witness to the presence of the risen Christ in our midst. choral response Lux aeterna Sung by the choir. plainsong Sung in Latin. May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord, with thy saints for evermore: for thou art gracious. Eternal rest give to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them: with thy saints for evermore, for thou art gracious. 1 the opening prayer Lord God, the maker and redeemer of all, as we come before you in grief and praise this night, comfort us with your presence, make us attentive to your voice, and sustain us with the hope of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. the lord’s prayer Let us pray together, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. 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 First Reading • Lamentations 3:1-3, 21-24, 31-33 God’s steadfast love endures I am one who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” For the Lord will not reject forever. Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone. 2 psalm 121:1-2 Sung by the choir. chant: H. Walford Davies (1869–1941) I lift up my eyes to the hills; from where is my help to come? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. candle lighting We light this candle in memory of all people whose lives were lost too soon from COVID-19. hymn Abide with Me Sung by all. Eventide 3 The Second Reading • Selection from “If the Trees Can Keep Dancing, So Can I” A crowdsourced poem written by National Public Radio listeners in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic What I'm learning about grief is that it can turn you into someone you don't want to be, can help you become someone you never thought you could be is that it transcends color, race, Religion, gender. is that it's an old lover that won't leave. trying to hold your hand again – that it aches in the arches of feet that its mother is loss, its father, change Make room for it. Is that tiny losses add up The missed first party my son was to attend The school days he yearns for with his friends I tell him it will be over soon What I'm learning about grief I learned a long time ago. Knead grief, as you would bread. Weave grief, as you would thread. there is no vaccine against it—we can't develop antibodies against it, it is something I have and something you have—but in these times it is something we have It is anger and denial It is chaotic laughter from splintered memories It is jagged cries and single tears It is numb and indifferent It is the pinprick of light, promising A slow semblance of normality returned What I'm learning about grief Is to acknowledge its presence Its many forms and guises Then, to use it, while reaching out Connected to everyone who is braving this same storm What I'm learning about grief is that it is still learning about me Learning that I am strong and resilient If the trees can keep dancing, So can I. psalm 121:3-4 chant: H. W. Davies Sung by the choir. He will not let your foot be moved and he who watches over you will not fall asleep. Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. candle lighting We light this candle in memory of all people whose lives were lost from systemic racism or any form of hate. 4 anthem Healing Sung by the cantor. Richard Smallwood (b. 1948) Don't be discouraged Joy comes in the morning Know that God is nigh Stand still and look up God is going to show up He is standing by There's healing for your sorrow Healing for your pain Healing for your spirit There's shelter from the rain Lord send the healing For this we know There is a balm in Gilead For there's a balm in Gilead There is a balm in Gilead To heal the soul Healing for the soul The Third Reading • Philippians 4:4-9 Moving from anxiety to peace by remaining firm in faith Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. anthem Luminous Awakening Sung by the choir. Elizabeth Alexander (b. 1962) Holy Spirit, breath of every being, root of every creature, moving in all. Bathing all lives with forgiveness and grace, and caressing wounds with the balm of boundless joy. Pure light beyond light, luminous awakening, radiant, bountiful, resurrecting everything again and again and again. (Original Latin by Hildegard of Bingen, 1098–1179; English translation by E. Alexander) 5 The Fourth Reading • Excerpt from Desmond Tutu Nobel Lecture The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu received the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize and delivered this lecture on December 11, 1984. Unless we work assiduously so that all of God’s children, our brothers and sisters, members of our one human family, all will enjoy basic human rights, the right to a fulfilled life, the right of movement, of work, the freedom to be fully human, with a humanity measured by nothing less than the humanity of Jesus Christ himself, then we are on the road inexorably to self-destruction, we are not far from global suicide; and yet it could be so different. When will we learn that human beings are of infinite value because they have been created in the image of God, and that it is a blasphemy to treat them as if they were less than this and to do so ultimately recoils on those who do this? In dehumanizing others, they are themselves dehumanized. Perhaps oppression dehumanizes the oppressor as much as, if not more than, the oppressed. They need each other to become truly free, to become human. We can be human only in fellowship, in community, in koinonia, in peace. Let us work to be peacemakers, those given a wonderful share in our Lord’s ministry of reconciliation. If we want peace, so we have been told, let us work for justice. Let us beat our swords into ploughshares. God calls us to be fellow workers with him, so that we can extend his Kingdom of Shalom, of justice, of goodness, of compassion, of caring, of sharing, of laughter, joy and reconciliation, so that the kingdoms of this world will become the Kingdom of our God and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
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