All Saints' Sunday • 3 November 2019 • 11 Am Ask an Usher About Nursery Care and Sunday School, Hearing Assistance Devices, Or Large-Print Leaflets
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Our vision A spiritually alive world Our mission Reimagining church with courage, joy and wonder On All Saints’ Day, heaven and earth kiss each other. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS CC0 All Saints’ Sunday Sunday, November 3, 2019 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist Welcome to Grace Cathedral Welcome to this sacred place where we are reimagining church with courage, joy and wonder. Every year we choose a theme to help us explore new ideas and to listen for God’s calling. In 2019 our theme is the Year of the Body. Our body is the way we meet the world and the world meets us. Although we share much that is in common, our bodies are each unique and particular, and every body is worthy of respect. We believe that God participated in the world through a body. So we will be examining how we care for bodies, how we treat different kinds of bodies and how we are part of the earth’s body. This year we will dance together, eat together and study what it means for Christians to understand the church as the Body of Christ. We invite you to be part of this body, this joyful community, even if your visit is short. How is God inviting you to be more truly alive today? What are our bodies saying to us? May God bless you in this holy place! – The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young, Dean of Grace Cathedral • If you are new to Grace Cathedral, please introduce yourself and fill out a welcome card so we can be in touch with you. We’re glad you’re here! • Join us for coffee and conversation across the plaza in the Chapter House Library after the 8:30 a.m. service or in the Chapter House Dining Room after the 11 a.m. service. about today’s readings Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:11-23; Luke 6:20-31 Reading texts can be found at the end of the service leaflet Most of the major feast days of the Church (Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, etc.) are rooted in things that happened to other people a long time ago. Those events continue to be relevant and life-giving for us today, but, at their core, they are commemorations of things past. But All Saints’ Day is different. All Saints’ Day is about us. Yes, we remember famous saints from ages past, but the whole point of the Communion of Saints is that it extends into the present. Saints aren’t fictional creatures like unicorns or extinct ones like dinosaurs. When we talk about saints, we are talking about us. Not for nothing, All Saints’ Day is one of the traditional baptismal feasts of the Church. Today, our reading from Ephesians comes to life as we mark new Christians with the seal of the Holy Spirit. Today we gather as Christ’s Body and proclaim blessing over each other, just as Jesus does in the Lukan Beatitudes. And today, as in the Book of Daniel, the veil between dream and reality, between heaven and earth feels particularly thin. The boundaries of time, past, present and future soften and blur. As we celebrate the great cloud of witnesses who went before us - apostles and martyrs, prophets and reformers, grandmothers, artists, civil rights leaders, teachers, healers, visionaries and dreamers of all kinds - we can feel their presence with us here today. On All Saints’ Day, heaven and earth kiss each other and we are swept up in God’s holiness, not in some future paradise, but right now. - The Rev. Kristin Saylor, Director of Formation highlights The Forum with Jim Wallis: Christ in Crisis Today • 9:30 a.m. • Gresham Hall The justice advocate and New York Times bestselling author on his latest book, Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus. Seventh Annual Yoga for Change Saturday, November 9 • 1 p.m. • Cathedral Join us for an inspiring afternoon of yoga and live music in the cathedral. All proceeds benefit the students of The Community Preschool. Tickets at eventbrite.com. Choral Requiem for All Souls Sunday, November 10 • 11 a.m. • Cathedral Join us for our annual Requiem Eucharist to remember family and friends who have died. The renowned Choir of Men and Boys will sing the exquisite Requiem setting by Maurice Duruflé, accompanied by organ and orchestra. At 3 p.m., there will be a Service of Remembrance to honor all who served in armed conflict. The Holy Eucharist All Saints' Sunday • 3 November 2019 • 11 am Ask an usher about nursery care and Sunday school, hearing assistance devices, or large-print leaflets. Restrooms are located on the lower level corridor. Please silence any audible electronics and refrain from taking video or photos during the service. Voluntary Prelude on Capel (“There is a land of pure delight”) Leo Sowerby The Gathering The people stand as the procession enters. Gloria in excelsis Sung in Latin. Maurice Duruflé Messe "cum jubilo" Choir Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Opening Acclamation Presider Blessed be the one, holy and living God. People Glory to God for ever and ever. There is one Body and one Spirit. There is one hope in God’s call to us. On Lord, one Faith, one Baptism. One God, and Father of all. The Collect of the Day Presider May God be with you. People And also with you. Let us pray. 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. The Word of God The First Reading The people sit. Isaiah 25: 6-9 Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. Psalm 149 The people remain seated. Charles Villiers Stanford Choir, then all Sing to the Lord a new ___ song. Choir Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song; * sing praise to God in the congregation of the faithful. Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; * let the children of Zion be joyful in their Sovereign. Let them praise God’s Name in the dance; * let them sing praise to the Lord with timbrel and harp. For the Lord takes pleasure in the chosen people * and adorns the poor with victory. All Sing to the Lord a new song. The Second Reading Revelation 21: 1-6a Reader The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God. The Holy Gospel The choir alone sings the first Alleluia, then the people join in. John 11: 32-44 Choir, then All repeat (organ interlude) Al-le - lu - ia, Al-le - lu - ia, Al - le - lu - ia. Choir All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. All (organ interlude) Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Before the Gospel The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to Luke. All Glory to you, Lord Christ. After the Gospel The Gospel of the Lord. All Praise to you, Lord Christ. The Sermon The people sit. The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young A period of silence may follow. Dean The Rite of Baptism We respectfully ask that we everyone refrain from taking videos or photos during the service. Clergy will be available immediately after the service for photos at the font with your family. 2 Litany of the Saints The congregation joins the procession to the Baptismal Font using the side aisles. Cantor Lord, have mercy. People Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Cantor Holy Mary, Mother of God , People pray for us. Holy Virgin of Virgins, pray for us. Holy Martin, pray for us. Holy Michael, pray for us. Holy Augustine and Theodore, pray for us. Holy Gabriel, pray for us. Holy Chad, pray for us. Holy Raphael, pray for us. Holy David, pray for us. All holy angels; pray for us. Holy Dunstan, pray for us. Holy Abraham, pray for us. Holy Patrick, pray for us. Holy John the Baptist, pray for us. Holy Cuthbert, pray for us. Holy Joseph, pray for us. Holy Leo, pray for us. All holy Patriarchs and Prophets; pray for us. Holy Lancelot Andrewes, pray for us. Holy Peter and Paul, pray for us. Holy Thomas Aquinas, pray for us. Holy Andrew and John, pray for us. Holy Teresa, pray for us. Holy Mary Magdalene, pray for us. Holy Catherine, pray for us. Holy Luke, pray for us. All holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for us. Holy Matthew, pray for us. All holy Doctors; pray for us. Holy Mark, pray for us. Holy Benedict, pray for us. Holy Bartholomew, pray for us. Holy Brigid, pray for us. Holy James, pray for us.