Easter Day

Sung Eucharist

11am

4 April 2021

The Setting of the ordinary of the mass is Little Organ Mass (Hob. XXII:7) by F. J. Haydn (1732- 1809).

Preludes:

Variations on Easter Hymn Gordon King Christ lag in Todesbanden Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

All stand when the bell is rung. The Choir sings the

Introit: This Joyful Eastertide

THE WORD OF GOD

Acclamation:

The Celebrant sings

The Collect for Purity

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Gloria in Excelsis

Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax Glory to God in the highest, and on earth hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te, peace to people of good will. We praise benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus you, we bless you, we worship you, we te, gratias agimus tibi propter magnam glorify you, we give thanks to you because of gloriam tuam, Domine Deus, Rex caelestis, your great glory, O Lord God, heavenly Deus Pater omnipotens. King, almighty God and Father. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe; Domine O Lord the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris, qui tollis Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, peccata mundi, miserere nobis; qui tollis who take away the sins of the world, have peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem mercy on us; who take away the sins of the nostram; qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, world, receive our prayer; who are seated miserere nobis. at the right hand of the Father: have mercy upon us.

Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus For you alone are the Holy One, you alone Dominus, tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe, are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, cum Sancto Spiritu, in gloria. Dei Patris. Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the Amen glory of God the Father. Amen.

The Collect of the Day

The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray.

Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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The First Reading Acts 10:34-43

Peter began to speak to Cornelius and the other Gentiles: "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."

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

-4- The Choir alone sings

Gradual: Psalm 118:1-2, 14-20 Mode 2

Refrain: On this day the Lord has acted; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his mercy endures for ever. Let Israel now proclaim, "His mercy endures for ever." The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.

Refrain There is a sound of exultation and victory in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD has triumphed! the right hand of the LORD is exalted! the right hand of the LORD has triumphed!"

Refrain

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. The LORD has punished me sorely, but he did not hand me over to death.

Refrain

Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter them; I will offer thanks to the LORD. "This is the gate of the LORD; he who is righteous may enter."

Refrain

-5- The Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you--unless you have come to believe in vain.

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them--though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

-6- All stand. The Choir alone sings

Alleluia

Alleluia. Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; therefore, let us keep the feast. Alleluia. Alleluia.

The Holy Gospel: John 20:1-18 The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John Glory to you, Lord Christ.

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalen came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, `I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" Mary Magdalen went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Christ

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The Homily: Gordon Reid

The Nicene Creed The celebrant says the first line and the people join thereafter.

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, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through 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 crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered 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 glorified. 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.

-8- The Prayers of the People Form IV

The response to Lord in your mercy is Hear our prayer.

These are the names of those who have asked for our prayers: the sick, the infirm, the departed, general concerns, and thanksgivings. At the appropriate place offer intercessions, petitions, or thanksgivings.

The sick Barbara Davison, Fr Alan Dennis, Emerson Gaylor, Ken Sanderlin, Linda Filippelli, Carmen Grange, Robert Johnston, Steve Jones, Kathleen Kelley, Richard Lipscomb, Rae Major, Bob Ochiltree, Leonard Reitz, Joel Schlosser, Marsha Serafin, Susan Stinson, Gary Williams. All suffering from COVID-19.

The aged, infirm, and vulnerable Beverly Campbell & Gretchen Phillips, Ellen Carollo,

Community Jenny Dennis and the Dennis family, Terry Greiner, Joanna Johnson and family, Owen and Fernella Lewis, Daniel Nieciecki and Mark Gonzalez, Rosemary and Ralph O’Shansky, Emily Pelleymounter, Paul Reitz.

The Newly Baptized Elaine Cui

Departed Those who have died recently in disease, fear, or pain. William Dennis, Randy Morgan (priest), recently departed. All killed at the hands of violence. John Clement and John M. Cuddihy, whose anniversaries of death fall this week.

-9- The Confession of Sin and Absolution

Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.

The Celebrant pronounces the Absolution.

The Peace

The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.

Welcome and Announcements

-10- CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION

Offertory:

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Hosanna in excelsis. Lord. Osanna in the highest

The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer B

The Choir sings

Sanctus:

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis.

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Response

The Great Amen

-12- The Lord’s Prayer

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The Breaking of the Bread

At the Fraction the Choir sings

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Those unable to receive the bread or wine make an

Act of Spiritual Communion

God of infinite mercy, we thank you for Jesus our Savior, who feeds us and gives us eternal life. Though I cannot consume the gifts of bread and wine, I thank you that I have received the sacrament of Christ’s presence, the forgiveness of sins, and all other benefits of Christ’s passion. Grant that we may continue for ever in the Risen Life of our Savior, who with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen

The Choir sings

Agnus Dei

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, O Lamb of God, who take away the sins of miserere nobis. the world, have mercy upon us. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, O Lamb of God, who take away the sins of miserere nobis. the world, have mercy upon us. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona O Lamb of God, who take away the sins of nobis pacem. the world, grant us peace.

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Let us pray.

All stand

Most glorious Lord of life, we thank you that you nourish us in these Easter mysteries. Fill us with the Spirit of love and unite us in faith, that we may witness to the resurrection and show your glory in all the world. Amen

The Easter Blessing and Dismissal

Postlude: Variations on Maccabeus (G. F. Handel (1685-1759)) Gordon King

There is a retiring collection for the work of St John’s: a silver basin at the back of the church. Please support the work of the parish. Thank you for your generosity. -15-

A champagne reception is held in the courtyard following the Sung Eucharist.

Please join us for drinks and fellowship. If you are joining this service by live-stream from home you are welcome to join the reception by Zoom here. The meeting ID is 834 5002 5237 and there is no password.

Celebrant: Fr Graeme Napier,

Preacher: Canon Gordon Reid

Servers: Jaxon Bradshaw Geoffrey Ream Robby Mathis

Lector: Gerald Dilley

Choir: Barbee Monk Mary Ellen Assue Douglas Purcell Michael Conwill

Organist: Gordon King

Director of Music: Gordon King

-16- Seating in church can be maximized by ‘Bubbling Up’. This is where two people both attending the same liturgy mutually agree to sit next to each other in one of the designated seating places in the church: thus two people would take up only one ‘unit’ of seating instead of two. Please do consider doing this with a friend as it helps us accommodate more people safely within Covid guidelines. When registering for a liturgy ([email protected]) make it clear if you are doing this and with whom. NB it is by mutual consent of the two persons bubbling. We will also, from Maundy Thursday, have (six-foot distanced) chairing in the Common Room and (weather-permitting) the Courtyard to allow for over-flow should all the designated places in church be full. It is still easy to hear and to walk to the Altar for Holy Communion from such overflow locations.

Holy Week & Easter Preacher. Fr Gordon Reid, who has previously preached at St John’s, will be in residence from Palm Sunday and will be our guest preacher for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, the Triduum Sacrum, through to the two Eucharists of Easter Day.Fr Gordon is presently Dean of the Philadelphia city group of parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, and has formerly served in both the Scottish Episcopal Church and the as, variously, Provost of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness, , and Vicar-General of the (Church of England) , then for some ten years as Rector of St Clement’s, Philadelphia. All Canon Reid’s Holy Week addresses are still available on St John’s YouTube channel within their respective liturgies (www.youtube.com/stjvny).

Easter Day, Sunday 4 April, sees two Eucharists: at 8.30am (said) and 11am (sung), each with a homily by Canon Gordon Reid. The Sung Eucharist features music by Haydn and is followed by a Champagne Reception in St Benedict’s Courtyard. The Eucharists can be attended in-person or viewed here (8.30am) and here (11am). The Sung Eucharist is followed by a Champagne Reception in St Benedict’s Courtyard, Easter Day’s Pre-prandial Potations. If you cannot attend the liturgy in person join the champagne reception from home via Zoom here. The meeting ID is 834 5002 5237 and there is no password.

-17- At 4pm on Easter Day we present our Easter Day Concert 2021. This year this is not in-person, but live-streamed only. In this finale of Sam Gray’s 2020-2021 virtual concert season, he has invited two very special guests to the stage. Hannah Gray and Nina Liu will be joining him to perform string duos by Mozart, Bartok, Leclair, and Handel- Halvorsen. Tickets (from $5) are available here. The concert can be viewed at 4pm or any time thereafter. On Easter Monday (5 April) the church and Revelation with be closed to the public and the office unstaffed. Emails and phone messages left on Easter Monday will be attended to on Easter Tuesday. Continuing our Easter concerts, we present Sacred Awakening: Resurrection at 7pm on Easter Tuesday (6 April). Vocalists from Studio Lis offer sacred song from baroque aria to African-American spirituals. Tickets (from $25) are available here. The concert can be viewed at 7pm or any time thereafter. Also on Easter Tuesday (6 April) we open our April exhibition in Revelation Gallery. Nothing Compares…Images from the Archives of Rose Hartman is a boutique exhibition by veteran NYC and international photographer Rose Hartman. The opening reception is now fully booked, but there will be a closing reception toward the end of April. The exhibition runs throughout April and the gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 11am to 3pm. Private views can be arranged upon request. Wednesday 7 April is Wednesday of Easter Week. Eucharist (said) at 6.15pm. Fr Ryan Bennett SSM, Associate Priest, presides and preaches.

On Thursday 8 April Chrystal Meth Anonymous (NYC Unwired CMA Group) meets in Revelation Gallery at 9pm. The meeting is limited to 27 persons. Contact by email ([email protected]) if interested in attending.

On Friday 9 April at 8pm, we present an Easter Week concert by The Pine Cats: an Electro/Acoustic performance of mostly original Americana/Blues music by a duo of guitar/vocals and bass by two of New York's most respected and in-demand musicians, John Putnam and Mike Visceglia. This performance will be webcast and ticket information can be found here.

-18- Also on Friday 9 April AA meets in Revelation Gallery at 7pm. The meeting is limited to 27 persons. If interested in attending contact by email ([email protected]) or look online (nyintergroup.org) for up to date information. This is an LGBT+ friendly AA group but everyone is welcome.

Next Sunday, 11 April, is the Second Sunday of Easter. The Rector will be away on annual leave and Fr Ryan Bennett SSM, Associate Priest, presides and preaches at the Eucharists at 8.30am (said) and 11am (sung). Both Eucharists are also live-streamed. Join us at 12.30pm for Pre-Prandial Potations by Zoom here. The Meeting ID is 8601 2897 153 and there is no password.

Please RSVP for in-person services Please let the church office know if you are planning to attend in-person services. RSVP to [email protected] or call the church office at (212) 243-6192. Reservations for a Wednesday Eucharists should be made by 4pm on the Monday prior; and for Sunday Eucharist by 4pm on the Friday prior. Please include your full name, email or phone number, and which service you wish to attend.

The Rector will be on annual leave from Easter Monday until Friday 16 April. During that time Fr Ryan Bennett SSM, Associate Priest, will oversee the pastoral and liturgical affairs of the parish. He is best contacted via the Parish Office (212 243 6192) but in emergency can be reached on 347 417 2981.

Sponsor a mass-setting. St John’s commissioned and premiered six new mass settings for unaccompanied voices for Lent 2021: five for two voices and one for three voices. We are pleased now to have recordings (from our webcast liturgies) of these masses by Huw Belling, Leonard Bopp, Crys Armbrust, Huey Waldon, Brooks Monk, and David Yardley. We seek to re-master the recordings of the mass movements so that we might promote the use of these compositions on our website, displaying both the score and a quality recording. It will cost us $200 to re-master each recording. If you would like to sponsor the re-mastering of any of these masses, please be in touch. All the Sung Eucharist of Lent are on our YouTube channel. You can listen to the six settings at your leisure.

-19- Concerts at St John’s: Sponsor a Concert St John’s Concert Series in the time of COVID-19. Since the pandemic began St John’s has invested in high quality audio-visual equipment and skilled personnel to enable us to continue as a patron of the arts here in the Village. This has enabled musicians (classically trained and of other traditions) to continue to perform, now to on-line audiences (in the USA and beyond). More recently, with all protocols for safe opening in place, these live-streamed concerts have also welcomed a small in-person audience (16 units). It has been a great joy to see Villagers once more enjoying live music in the beautiful acoustic of St John’s. The skilled personnel we engage (three sound/IT engineers per concert) are remunerated appropriately and this outlay is St John’s financial input to every concert. In short, each concert costs St John’s $350 to present. Thus far, a few generous benefactions have enabled us to cover all these fees, but that benefaction is coming to its end. If you would like to sponsor a concert ($350) either anonymously, or with your name associated with it, or perhaps in memoriam a departed loved one, or in celebration of a birthday or other life-event, or as a Christmas present (eg concert in late December and January), or simply to make it free to the public or parishioners or Villagers, we would be glad to hear from you. This will enable our concert series to persist through the time of the pandemic. With all concerts this would allow you to attend the concert gratis in person and with your own invited guests (gratis) in person (up to 14 or 16 units). Enjoy live music in a beautiful setting once more. Contact the Rector ([email protected]) if interested or seeking more information.

St John’s with Invisible Hands winding down In response to the ‘stay-home’ order in NYC St John’s has been running a free grocery service for vulnerable people in Manhattan who have no internet access (and cannot therefore order online) and no non-vulnerable friends or family to shop for them. We have been working in collaboration with Invisible Hands (invisiblehandsdeliver.com). Our phone-line is staffed daily from Monday through Friday between 11am and 1pm: 929 292 9235 St John’s, using funds accessed from the UK specifically for this purpose (over 20K GBP), and other donations, pays for groceries and arranges delivery with Invisible Hands. Do give this number to seniors in Manhattan with no internet access. We are now moving to assisting our clientele to access their vaccinations so that when fully vaccinated they will once more be safe in going out to grocery stores and other public places.

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YouTube All our streamed liturgies are accessible on our YouTube channel (youtube.com/stjvny). It is worth bookmarking, saving, or subscribing to that channel (subscription is free). The channel presently has just over 2200 subscribers.

Facebook Our Facebook page has some 1200 likers, who find Facebook a useful way of keeping in touch with the many services and events taking place at St John’s. We usually make only one or two posts per day, alerting friends to up-coming events. If you would like to keep in touch that way, please like our Facebook page: facebook.com/stjohnsinthevillge

E-Bulletin We issue a weekly e-bulletin, usually on Thursdays or Fridays. If you would like to receive information in that way please email our Administrator ([email protected]) and ask to be subscribed.

Recording and Live-Streaming at St John’s Arts events are much affected by the public health precautions now in place. In collaboration with Musae (musae.me) we are now equipped with high quality audio- visual equipment, allowing us to offer a venue for musicians, no longer able to perform to full live audiences, to live-stream or record their performances to a professional standard. Musae helps promote and sell tickets. A small fee is necessary to cover the work of the sound engineer (who accesses the input remotely at sound-check and manages streaming). Many of these concerts are such that it is possible to attend in person and, indeed, sponsor the concert (see above).

-21- Our Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute (PSI) continues to offer psychotherapy services from St. John’s Counseling Center, with offices located in Wade House, accessed through the ‘horse walk’ at 222 West 11th street, though now mostly remotely (eg by Zoom or Skype) rather than in person. PSI has established a strong reputation for spiritually informed psychotherapies and pastorally grounded treatment. PSI therapists are experienced in incorporating clients' spiritual interests and concerns in their work of healing, recovery, and overall well-being. For more information see out PSI website, psinyc.org. To speak to a therapist or make an appointment for a confidential consultation, call 212 285 0043.

• Our therapy sessions are offered on a sliding scale. • All PSI therapists are licensed in the State of New York. Some of our therapists accept in-network insurance coverage; all are eligible for out-of- network coverage, depending on the client’s plan.

-22- The Daily Office (Daily Prayer)

Clergy and laity pray together the ‘offices’ of Morning Prayer and Evensong every weekday at St John’s. (They are available on our YouTube channel.) From our earliest Anglican beginnings in the mid-16th century a distinctively Anglican spirituality arose in which lay people (rather than clergy and monastics only) began to pray these short services of Bible readings, psalms, canticles, prayer, and praise, either in church or at home. That spiritual tradition is strengthening once more today after a period of some falling off. The offices allow us to round the day in prayer and praise and also give us a continuous reading of passages from the Bible (two daily, or four each day if we pray both offices) which allow us to hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the Scripture much more than we might otherwise. As the pandemic has encouraged us to participate in more and more activities from our own homes, so participation with others in the Daily Office has become easier – as, since the office is webcast, one does not need to travel to church. The Offices from St John’s are available at our YouTube page from 7am (Morning Prayer) and 5pm (Evensong). They can, of course, be participated in at any time thereafter. This allows Morning Prayer and Evensong to be available to people of very diverse diurnal routines. A good spiritual habit is to choose the time of Morning Prayer and/or Evensong which best suits your particular routine and try to be consistent in that. Morning Prayer should precede the main activities of the day. Evensong is a limen or threshold between the day that is past and the evening that lies before us, where we give thanks for what is past and pray for what is to come. Evensong at St John’s is usually sung simply to the timeless music of plainsong (but you do not need to sing to participate!). In addition to Morning Prayer and Evensong, St John’s offers Midday Prayer with Br Andrew Jones SSF via his Facebook Page (facebook.com/ap.jones), a pause for prayer as ‘time-out’ of the busy-ness of the day, and Compline, the service (invariable in its format and readings) which ends the day, and is best participated in just before retiring for the evening. http://www.stjvny.org/daily-office-

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