Choral Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament the Feast of St

THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD A Parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania

Choral Evensong and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels September 29, 2020

WELCOME IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST! Whoever you are, wherever you have come from, and for whatever reason God has brought you here, we are glad you have joined us today to worship the living God. If the Episcopal liturgy is new to you, we hope this leaflet will be helpful in your participation; over time, the service will become more familiar to you. Should you have any questions about the service, the Episcopal Church, or this parish church, please speak with Father Kyle. We hope you will introduce yourself at the Tower door following the service; we’d love to get to know you better!

PREPARING FOR WORSHIP Please silence all mobile devices during the liturgy so that we can enter into a time of reverent prayer.

A NOTE ON SINGING Diocesan safety protocols concerning COVID-19 prohibit congregational singing, although humming behind masks is allowed. Accordingly, sung responses usually sung by the Con- gregation are now being sung only by the choir, offered on behalf of the gathered People. CHORAL EVENSONG

All stand as the Officiant, Clergy, and Servers enter. The Officiant and Choir sing

THE ANGELUS V. The Angel of the Lord announced unto Mary, R. And she conceived by the Holy Ghost. V. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. R. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; R. Be it unto me according to thy word. V. Hail Mary… R. Holy Mary…

V. And the Word was made flesh, R. And dwelt among us. V. Hail Mary… R. Holy Mary…

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

V. Let us pray. We beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ announced by the message of an angel to the Virgin Mary, so by his  cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection, through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

OPENING PRECES William Byrd (1539-1623) Officiant  O Lord, open thou our lips Choir And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Officiant O God, make speed to save us Choir 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 People are seated.

PSALM 150 Laudate Dominum Chant by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) 1 O praise God in his holiness: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the strings and pipe. 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath: praise the LORD.

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 FIRST LESSON Daniel 12:1-3 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

The People stand. The Choir sings the following hymn.

HYMN 120: Around the throne of God a band Abends Around the throne of God a band Of bright and glorious angels stand; Sweet harps within their hands they hold, And on their heads are crowns of gold.

Some wait around him ready still To sing his praise and do his will, And some, when he commands them, go To guard his servants here below.

Lord, give thine angels every day Command to guard us on our way, And bid them every evening keep Their watch around us while we sleep.

So shall no wicked thing draw near To do us harm or cause us fear; And we shall dwell, when life is past, With angels round thy throne at last. Amen.

MAGNIFICAT Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

Antiphon: Princeps gloriosissime, Michael Archangele, esto memor nostri: hic et ubique semper precare pro nobis Filium Dei. Alleluia.

O most glorious Prince, Michael the Archangel, be mindful of us: here and everywhere pray always unto the Son of God for us. Alleluia.  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 shewed 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 forefa- thers, 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 1:46-55

Antiphon

The People are seated.

THE SECOND LESSON Mark 13:21-27 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

The People stand.

NUNC DIMITTIS Coleridge-Taylor  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 APOSTLES’ CREED (sung by the Officiant and Choir) 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, 5

the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Officiant and Choir then sing the following.

THE RESPONSES Officiant The Lord be with you. Choir And with thy spirit. Officiant Let us pray.

The people kneel.

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

Our Father, which 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, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

THE SUFFRAGES Officiant O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Choir And grant us thy salvation. Officiant O Lord, save the State. Choir And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Officiant Endue thy ministers with righteousness. Choir And make thy chosen people joyful. 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 Officiant chants the following collects.

O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the ministries of angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy angels always serve and worship thee in heaven, so by thy appointment they may help and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 6

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.

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

All remain kneeling for

INTERCESSIONS AND THANKSGIVINGS

All are seated.

THE SERMON Father Andrew Kellner Chaplain, St. James School, Philadelphia

All remain seated as the Altar is prepared for Benediction and the Choir sings the following.

ANTHEM Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) And I saw another angel, ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, saying, Hurt not the earth neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people, and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms were in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. Rev 7:2,3,9,10,12

BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

All kneeling, the Blessed Sacrament in the Monstrance is exposed; then the following hymns are sung by the Choir.

O SALUTARIS HOSTIA Wareham O saving Victim, op’ning wide the gate of Heav’n to man below; our foes press on from every side; thine aid supply, they strength bestow.

All praise and thanks to thee ascend for ever more, blest One in Three; O grant us life that shall not end, in our true native land with Thee. Amen.

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), trans. Edward Caswall (1814-1878)

Silence is observed for adoration and prayer. The Choir then sings the following.

TANTUM ERGO SACRAMENTUM St. Thomas Therefore we, before him bending, This great Sacrament revere; Types and shadows have their ending, For the newer rite is here; Faith, our outward sense befriending Makes our inward vision clear.

Glory let us give, and blessing To the Father and the Son; Honor, thanks, and praise addressing While eternal ages run; Ever too, his love confessing Who from both with both is one. Amen.

Attributed to Thomas Aquinas; version Hymnal 1940

Priest Thou gavest them Bread from heaven. Choir Containing in itself all sweetness. Priest Let us pray.

O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament hast left us a perpetual Memorial of Thy Passion: Grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the Sacred Myster- ies of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the fruit of thy redemption; who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

The Priest then goes to the altar and with the Monstrance makes the sign of the Cross over the People. After the Monstrance is placed on the Altar, the Divine Praises are said by the Priest, the people re- peating them and all kneeling.

THE DIVINE PRAISES Blessed be God. Blessed be His Holy Name. Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Blessed be the Name of Jesus. Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart. Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Blessed be the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Blessed be the Mother of God, Mary most Holy. Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse. Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

The Blessed Sacrament is replaced in the Tabernacle and the People stand, as the following is sung by the Choir.

PSALM 117 Jeffrey Smith (b. 1960) Let us adore forever the Most Holy Sacrament. O praise the Lord, all ye nations, praise him all ye peoples; For his merciful kindness is evermore and more toward us, And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever, praise the Lord. 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. Let us adore forever the Most Holy Sacrament.

ABOUT THIS SERVICE The Anglican tradition of Evensong is an ancient and venerable one. It is a sixteenth-century conflation and expansion of the daily offices of Vespers and Compline. Let the words of the prayers, lessons, and choral music wash over you. Pray with us and with the whole communion of saints as we participate in the Church’s obedience to our Lord’s command to “pray without ceasing” as we offer our sacrifice of praise.

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament enables us to carry our praise and adoration from its summit and source in the Mass (Holy Eucharist) into this devotional service. In this beautiful time of adoration, we rest in awe before the presence of Christ with us sacramentally in Bread and Wine. We pause and reflect. We gaze upon and adore. We acknowledge and proclaim the real presence of the living and resurrected Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

MUSIC NOTES The Preces and Responses are the dialogues between presider and the assembly for both Morning and Evening Prayer as compiled in English by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. These dialogue forms of prayer have ancient roots in the monastic tradition. In Anglican worship, composers began to set the choral responses polyphonically, usually in a very homophonic, straightforward manner that was favored by the reformed Church. William Byrd, the recusant Roman Catholic and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal composed music for the Anglican liturgy that was in keeping with the more sober style, yet his contrapuntal genius makes these straightforward settings stand out.

The setting of the Evening Canticles are by the African-English composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor (1875 - 1912). Originally trained as a violinist he studied composition under Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music. Initial performances at the Worcester Three Choir Festival helped launch his career as a composer of orchestral and chamber works. Most no- table was his Cantata Hiawatha based on Longfellow's poem. He died tragically young at the age of thirty-seven of pneumonia, but has been recognized as a significant voice of composers of color. His Evening Service in F is influenced by his teacher, Stanford. Although it is clearly intended for liturgical use as Gebrauchsmusik, there are some very inventive harmonic twists not usually heard in the usual choral service settings of the late nineteenth century.

Charles Stanford, organist of Trinity College Cambridge and professor of composition at the Royal College of Music in London did much to inject a more symphonic/romantic ethos

10 into his sacred music. The anthem “And I saw another angel” breaks new ground in its many shifts of mood, creating a more through composed approach, giving the text an excellent sense of drama

WELCOME, FATHER KELLNER! We are grateful for Father Andrew Kellner’s presence with us this evening to preach. Fa- ther Kellner serves as Chaplain at St. James School, the Episcopal middle school in north Philadelphia. James School is committed to educating students from a under-resourced neighborhood within a nurturing environment. The school is a community that provides a challenging academic program and encourages the development of the moral, spiritual, in- tellectual, physical and creative gifts in its students. For more information and to support the school, please visit www.stjamesphila.org.

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