a ministry of christ church cathedral Passiontide | Palm Sunday | Evening Prayer march 28, 2021 CATHEDRAL VISION | We envision a Cathedral which is radically inclusive, restlessly inquisitive, intentional, and inspired. This is a place that is called to lead and to serve, in communion and in community, with healing, reconciliation, and love, living out Christian mission. Together, we look to the power of Christ for the transformation of each person, this city, and the world. We recognize our history and traditions, while seeking renewal and growth. Curious and adaptable, this chorus has room for all voices. Whoever you are, wherever you come from, whomever you love, and regardless of what you may bring or are searching for, you are welcome here. thecathedral.ca stbrigid.ca welcome! Thank you for joining the Cathedral’s St. Brigid’s community online for worship during Passiontide: Palm Sunday. This Evening Prayer service takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in the heart of Vancouver. If you have any questions about the St. Brigid’s ministry please visit our website at stbrigid.ca. If you have any questions about the Cathedral, its ministries or congregations, please visit our website at thecathedral.ca. CATHEDRAL SERVICES & DAILY READINGS MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK, MARCH 29 HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 3 7:30pm Holden Evening Prayer | Livestream 8pm The Great Vigil of Easter Officiant: The Rev. Stuart Mennigke | Livestream Music: Ben Dobyns, pianist Presider: Bishop John Stephens Daily Readings • Isaiah 42:1-9; Preacher: Dean Christopher A. Pappas Psalm 36:5-11; John 12:1-11 Music: Quartet & Rupert Lang, organist Daily Readings • Romans 6:3-11; TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, MARCH 30 Psalm 114; Mark 16:1-8 12:10pm Chrism Mass | Livestream Presider & Preacher: Bishop John Stephens SUNDAY, APRIL 4 Music: Quartet & Rupert Lang, organist The Sunday of the Resurrection Daily Readings • Isaiah 49:1-7; | Easter Sunday Psalm 71:1-14; John 12:20-36 10:30am Choral Eucharist | Livestream Presider: Dean Christopher A. Pappas WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, MARCH 31 Preacher: Bishop John Stephens 7:30pm Tenebrae | Livestream Music: Quartet & Rupert Lang, organist Officiant: The Rev. Marnie Peterson ASL interpretation provided Music: Quartet & Rupert Lang, organist 5:30pm St. Brigid’s Evening Prayer | Zoom Daily Readings • Isaiah 50:4-9a; Presider: The Rev. Jonathan Pinkney Psalm 70; John 13:21-32 Preacher: The Rev. Marnie Peterson Music: Ben Dobyns, pianist MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 1 8pm Compline | Livestream 7:30pm Maundy Thursday | Livestream Officiant: The Rev. Helen Dunn Presider: Bishop John Stephens Schola: Men Preacher: The Rev. Helen Dunn Music: Quartet & Rupert Lang, organist Daily Readings • Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Daily Readings • Exodus 12:1-14; 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; John 13:1-17, 31b-35 John 20:1-18 GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 2 3pm Good Friday | Livestream Presider: Dean Christopher A. Pappas Preacher: Bishop John Stephens Music: Quartet & Rupert Lang, organist Please go to Sunday Services on the Daily Readings • Isaiah 52:13—53:12; Cathedral’s website for the links. Psalm 22; John 18:1—19:42 ST. BRIGID’S EVENING PRAYER Gathering of the Community . Prelude Presider Light and peace in Jesus Christ our hope. All Thanks be to God. Blessing of the Palm Branches Please hold your branches up or in front of the screen. Presider The Lord be with you. All And also with you. Presider Let us give our thanks to God. All It is right to give our thanks and praise. Presider It is right to praise you, Holy God, for the acts of love by which you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ our Guide. The Hebrews acclaimed Jesus as Messiah, with palm branches in their hands, crying, Hosanna in the highest. May we also, carrying these emblems, go forth to meet Christ and follow in the way that leads to eternal life; who lives and reigns in glory with you and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. All Thanks be to God. christ church cathedral 3 Opening Hymn Into Jerusalem Jesus Rode (CP 183) Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1944 – ); Music: Dakota hymn; adapt. Joseph R. Renville (1779 – 1846); perc. arr. Brian Barlow (1952 – ); Lacquiparle Thanksgiving Presider Let us give thanks to God our Creator. All It is right to offer thanks and praise. Presider Blessed are you, God of our salvation, to you be glory and praise for ever. As we behold your Son, enthroned on the cross, stir up in us the fire of your love, so that we may be cleansed from all our sins and walk with you in newness of life, singing the praises of him who died for us and for our salvation. Presider Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity, one God. All Blessed be God for ever. 4 ST. BRIGID’S | EVENING PRAYER The Proclamation of the Word . The Psalm Reader Psalm 31:9-16 Have mercy on me, O Lord, * for I am in trouble; my eye is consumed with sorrow, * and also my throat and my belly. For my life is wasted with grief, * and my years with sighing; my strength fails me because of affliction, * and my bones are consumed. I have become a reproach to all my enemies * and even to my neighbours, a dismay to those of my acquaintance; * when they see me in the street they avoid me. I am forgotten like a corpse, out of mind; * I am as useless as a broken pot. For I have heard the whispering of the crowd; * fear is all around; they put their heads together against me; * they plot to take my life. But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. * I have said, “You are my God.” My times are in your hand; * rescue me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. Make your face to shine upon your servant, * and in your loving-kindness save me.” Reader Glory to God, Source of all being, eternal Word and Holy Spirit: All as it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen. christ church cathedral 5 Gospel Hymn Come, O God of All the Earth (CP 589) Text & Music: Marty Haugen (1950 – ); Sing Out 6 ST. BRIGID’S | EVENING PRAYER The Reading Gospel Mark 14:1 — 15:47 Narrator The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Mark: It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The Chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for they said, Congregation Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people. Narrator While Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar and poured the ointment on his head. But some were there who said to one another in anger, Disciples Why was the ointment wasted in this way? For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor. Narrator And they scolded her. But Jesus said, Jesus Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her. Narrator Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to Jesus, Disciples Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover? Narrator So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, Jesus Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, “The teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there. christ church cathedral 7 Narrator So the disciples went out and went to the city, and found everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal. When it was evening, Jesus came with the twelve and when they had taken their places and were eating, he said, Jesus Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me. Narrator They began to be distressed and to say to him one after another, Disciples Surely, not I? Narrator He said to them, Jesus It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the bowl with me. For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.