The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels The Diocese of Barbados Diocesan Bishop The Most Rev’d & Dr. The Hon. John W.D. Holder, CBE, LLD Dean The Very Rev’d Dr. Jeffrey D. Gibson Assistant Priests The Rev’d Canon George Knight, B.Min. The Rev’d Dr. Marcus Lashley Assistant Curate The Rev’d Richard Kellman, LTh. Organist/Choirmaster Mr. John F. Bryan, B.Sc., BMus. Organist Mr. Eric Cobham Administrative Assistant Ms. Armel Marshall, B.Sc,: Cert SM: Cert HRM Verger Mrs. Chloe Grant Assistant Verger Ms. Harriet Lowe February 25th, 2018 9:00 A.M. THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR B 9:00 A.M HOLY EUCHARIST President and Preacher The Most Rev’d & Dr. The Hon. John W.D. Holder ORDER OF WORSHIP THE PREPARATION Organ Prelude: Opening Hymn 413 “Guide me, O thou great Redeemer,” Guide me, O thou great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty, hold me with thy powerful hand: bread of heaven, feed me now and evermore. Open now the crystal fountain whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fiery cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through: strong deliverer, be thou still my strength and shield. When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death, and hell’s destruction, land me safe on Canaan’s side: songs and praises I will ever give to thee. Words: William Williams (1717-1791), from Arglwydd arwain trwy’r anialwch, Welsh, alt.; translation: William Williams (1717-1791), and Peter Williams (1722-1796) 2 The Invocation PRESIDENT: Let us pray All Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your Holy Name, through Christ our Lord. Amen The Kyries Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. The Collect “The Second Sunday in Lent” PRESIDENT: Let us pray. O Cod, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of your Word, Jesus Christ your Son; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever. Amen THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD First Lesson: Genesis 17:1-7. 15-16 Lector: Mr. Edwin Pollard 3 A Reading from the Word of God written in the book of Genesis, Chapter seventeen beginning at the first verse 7When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. 2And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.’ 3Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, 4‘As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. 5No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. 6I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 15 God said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. 16I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.’ READER: This is the Word of the Lord. ALL: Thanks be to God. The Psalm 22:22-30 Praise the Lord, you that fear him; stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob’s line, give glory. 23. For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty; neither does he hide his face from them; but when they cry to him he hears them. 4 24. My praise is of him in the great assembly; I will perform my vows in the presence of those who worship him. 25. The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord shall praise him: “May your heart live for ever!” 26. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nation shall bow before him. 27. For kingship belongs to the Lord; he rules over the nations. 28. To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in worship; all who go down to the dust fall before him. 29. My soul shall live for him; my descendants shall serve him; they shall be known as the Lord’s for ever. 30. They shall come and make known to a people yet unborn the saving deeds that he has done. Glory to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Spirit; As it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen. Second Lesson: Romans 4:13-25 Lectors: Church Army Representative A reading from the Word of God written in the book of Romans, the fourth chapter beginning at the thirteenth verse 13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation. 16 For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be 5 guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, 17as it is written, ‘I have made you the father of many nations’)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. 18Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become ‘the father of many nations’, according to what was said, ‘So numerous shall your descendants be.’ 19He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. 20No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22Therefore his faith ‘was reckoned to him as righteousness.’ 23Now the words, ‘it was reckoned to him’, were written not for his sake alone, 24but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification. READER: This is the Word of the Lord. ALL: Thanks be to God. The Gradual Hymn: 700 “Lord, pour thy Spirit from on high,” Lord, pour thy Spirit from on high, and thine ordainèd servants bless; graces and gifts to each supply, and clothe thy priests with righteousness. Within thy temple when they stand, to teach the truth as taught by thee, Saviour, like stars in thy right hand, 6 let all thy church's pastors be. Wisdom, and zeal, and faith impart, firmness with meekness, from above, to bear thy people in their heart, and love the souls whom thou dost love: To watch, and pray, and never faint, by day and night their guard to keep, to warn the sinner, cheer the saint, to feed thy lambs, and tend thy sheep. So, when their work is finished here, may they in hope their charge resign; so, when their Master shall appear, may they with crowns of glory shine. Words: James Montgomery (1771-1854), 1833 The Holy Gospel Mark 9:2-9 The Gospeller: The Rev’d Richard Kellman A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark the nine chapter, beginning at the second verse ALL: Glory to Christ our Saviour. 2 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, 3and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. 4And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. 5Then Peter said to 7 Jesus, ‘Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ 6He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!’ 8Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. 9 As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.