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Festal Eucharist on Easter Day President: The Right Reverend Dr Mike Harrison Bishop of Dunwich Sunday 4 April 2021 11.00 am Welcome to St Edmundsbury Cathedral A warm welcome to the Cathedral for this Easter Day Sung Festal Eucharist as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. The service today is led by the Bishop of Dunwich, the Right Reverend Dr Mike Harrison. At the start of today’s service, during the hymn, the Paschal Candle (from Latin Pascha for ‘Easter’) blessed at the Vigil and used at baptisms and special celebrations throughout the coming liturgical year, will be brought in. The Paschal candle contains a twofold symbolism. First, it represents the pillar of fire that went before the Israelites during their flight from Egypt. Second, it represents Christ, the light of the world, risen from the tomb, whose Easter life we celebrate throughout the coming weeks of the year. Alleluia! The service is sung by the Edmund Consort. We are grateful to our musicians for continuing to lead the music of our cathedral within current pandemic guidelines. Thanks go today to William Saunders who is overseeing our music at this time. Mass setting: Missa brevis ‘Piccolomini’ in C major, KV 258. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791 Cover image Ecce Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi (‘Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world’: John 1.29). A traditional depiction of the Lamb Victorious over death, shown in a 19th-century Vatican Camera Apostolica publication. For reasons of Safeguarding and Data Protection, members of the public are not permitted to take photographs or video recordings during services and events. We wish to inform you that photographs, video or livestream footage in which you may appear could be used by the Cathedral at any time and appear in the public domain including social media. Please note that this morning’s service will be livestreamed on Facebook. If you do not want to appear in this please inform a warden or verger. Service order extracts from Common Worship Services, © The Central Board of Finance of The Church of England. Music reproduced with permission - CCL Licence No 317297 ¶ Order of Service There will be music from the organ before the service, played by Elli-Mae McGlone, Cathedral Organ Scholar. The Gathering After words of welcome, everyone stands and the Dean says We meet in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All Amen. Alleluia! Christ is risen. All He is risen indeed. Alleluia! The Edmund Consort sings The Processional Hymn During which the Paschal (Easter) Candle, blessed and illuminated at the Easter Vigil service, is borne through the Cathedral. This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow. My love, the crucified, hath sprung to life this morrow: Had Christ, who once was slain, ne’er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain. But now hath Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen. My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber: till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number: 3 Death’s flood hath lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river: Lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver: Words: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934 Music: Melody from David’s Psalmen, Amsterdam, 1685 harmonised by Charles Wood, 1866-1926 All remain standing. The Paschal Candle is placed in its stand. The Bishop gives The Greeting Bishop Christ yesterday and today, All the beginning and the end, Bishop Alpha and Omega, all time belongs to him, and all ages; All to him be glory and power, through every age and for ever. Amen. Bishop This is the day when our Lord Jesus Christ passed from death to life. Throughout the world Christians celebrate the awesome power of God. As we proclaim all that God has done, we can know that we shall share his victory over death and live with him for ever. Bishop May the light of Christ, rising in glory, banish all darkness from our hearts and minds. Deacon The light of Christ. All Thanks be to God 4 The Prayers of Penitence Deacon We come from scattered lives to meet here with Jesus Christ, our risen and triumphant Lord. As we are gathered, let us recognise his presence with us and confess the sins which separate us from him and from each other. All sit or kneel Deacon We have lived by our own strength, and not in the power of your resurrection: Lord, have mercy. All Lord, have mercy. Deacon We have sometimes lived by the light of our own eyes, faithless and unbelieving: Christ, have mercy. All Christ, have mercy. Deacon We often live for this world alone, and doubt our home in heaven: Lord, have mercy. All Lord, have mercy. The Absolution Bishop May the God of love and power forgive you and free you from your sins, heal and strengthen you by his Spirit, and raise you to new life in Christ our Lord. Amen. 5 All stand as the Edmund Consort sings Gloria in excelsis Gloria in excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high, Et in terra pax hominibus and in earth, peace, bonæ voluntatis. goodwill towards men. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. We praise thee, we bless thee, Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. we worship thee, we glorify thee, Gratias agimus tibi we give thanks to thee propter magnam gloriam tuam. for thy great glory, Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, O Lord God, heavenly King, Deus Pater omnipotens. God the Father Almighty. Domine Fili unigenite, O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christe, Domine Deus, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Qui tollis peccata mundi, thou that takest away the sins miserere nobis. of the world, have mercy upon us Qui tollis peccata mundi, thou that takest away the sins Suscipe deprecationem nostram. of the world receive our prayer. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Thou that sittest at the right hand miserere nobis. of the Father, have mercy on us. Quoniam tu solus sanctus, For thou only art holy; tu solus Dominus, thou only art the Lord, tu solus altissimus Jesu Christe. Thou only art the most high Cum Sancto Spiritu Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in gloria Dei Patris. Amen. In the glory of God the Father. Amen. All remain standing as the Bishop prays The Collect God of glory, by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell: fill us and all your Church with faith and hope; for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open in our Saviour Jesus Christ. All Amen. 6 ¶ The Liturgy of the Word All sit as Terry Stark, Cathedral Warden, reads The First Reading A reading from the Acts of the Apostles Then Peter began to speak: ‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ – he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. Acts 10.34-43, NRSV For the word of the Lord. All Thanks be to God. 7 All remain seated as the Edmund Consort sings The Gradual Hymn Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son, endless is the vict’ry thou o’er death hast won; angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded grave-clothes where thy body lay. Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won. Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb; lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom; let the Church with gladness hymns of triumph sing, for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting: Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won. No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of Life; life is naught without thee: aid us in our strife; make us more than conquerors through thy deathless love; bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above: Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won. Words: ‘A toi la gloire’, Edmond Louis Budry, 1854-1932 tr. Richard Birch Hoyle, 1875-1939 Music: Maccabæus, G F Handel, 1685-1759 8 All stand for The Gospel Acclamations The Edmund Consort sings the Alleluias. Canto r Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Choir Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Cantor I am the first and the last, says the Lord, and the living one; I was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore.