The Holy Eucharist: Rite I

THE HOLY EUCHARIST: RITE I Th e Fourteenth Sunday aft er Pentecost August 29, 2021 | 11:00am Th e people’s responses are in bold. OPENING VOLUNTARY Grave and Adagio from Sonata No. 2 Felix Mendelssohn THE LITURGY OF THE WORD Please stand, as you are able, for the Opening Hymn. OPENING HYMN • 390 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Lobe den Herren Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Th e Book of Common Prayer (BCP), p. 323 And blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. THE SUMMARY OF THE LAW BCP, p. 324 Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Th ou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Th is is the fi rst and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: Th ou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. SONG# OF PRAISE Glory be to God (Hymnal S202) Willan # ˙ ˙ ˙ Œ ˙ ˙ Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ #œ œ œ ˙ ˙ 1. Glo- ry be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. 2. We praise thee, we bless thee, ## Œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ we wor - ship thee, we glo- ri - fy thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, 3. O Lord ## ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ÓÓ ˙ & w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ God, heaven- ly King, God, the Fa- ther Al- might --y. 4. O Lord, the ## ˙ & œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙™ œ w ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙™ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ only be- got-ten Son, Je- sus Christ; 5. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Fa- ther, that ta- kest a - ## œ n˙ œ w œ n˙ œ w & œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ way the sins of the world, have mer- cy up- on us. 6. Thou that ta- kest away- the sins of the world, re- ceive our 1 # # ˙ ˙ Ó & w œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ prayer. 7. Thou that sit- test at the right hand of God the Fa- ther, have mer- cy up- on us. 6. For thou only art # # ˙ ˙ Œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ & œ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ w œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ holy; thou only art the Lord; 9. thou only, O Christ, with the Ho- ly Ghost, art most high in the # # ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ Œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ & ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙™ œ œ œ œ w w™ glory of God the Fa- ther. A ------- men. COLLECT OF THE DAY BCP, p. 180 Th e Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: On this Coming Home Sunday, graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Please be seated. THE READING James 1:17-27 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift , is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. In fulfi llment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of fi rst fruits of his creatures. You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness. Th erefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act-they will be blessed in their doing. If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefi led before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. Th e Word of the Lord. Th anks be to God. PSALM 45:1-2, 7-10 Chant by R. Cooke Th e response is sung fi rst by the choir, then by all as indicated. 1 My heart is stirring with a noble song; let me recite what I have fashioned for the king; * my tongue shall be the pen of a skilled writer. 2 2 You are the fairest of men; * grace fl ows from your lips, because God has blessed you for ever. 7 Your throne, O God, endures for ever and ever, * a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom; you love righteousness and hate iniquity. Response 8 Th erefore God, your God, has anointed you * with the oil of gladness above your fellows. 9 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia, * and the music of strings from ivory palaces makes you glad. 10 Kings’ daughters stand among the ladies of the court; * on your right hand is the queen, adorned with the gold of Ophir. Response Please stand, as you are able, for the hymn. SEQUENCE HYMN • 656 Blest are the pure in heart Franconia THE HOLY GOSPEL Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Th e Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. Glory be to Th ee, O Lord. Now, when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defi led hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defi led hands?” He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘Th is people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.’ You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.” Th en he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defi le, but the things that come out are what defi le. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft , murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defi le a person.” Th e Gospel of the Lord. Praise be to Th ee, O Christ. THE SERMON Th e Rev. Margery Kennelly Please stand, as you are able, for the Creed. THE NICENE CREED We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, 3 God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Th rough him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucifi ed under Pontius Pilate; he suff ered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorifi ed. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. Please kneel, as you are able, for the prayers.

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