January 17, 2021 Second Sunday after Epiphany Holy Eucharist Rite II 9:00 AM Welcome Processional Hymn Hymnal 7 Welcome to St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral; we are [Please stand as you are able] so glad you are here. St. Paul’s is a safe and welcom- ing place for all people. If you are new to St. Paul’s 1. Christ, whose glory fills the skies, we encourage you to get connected with our weekly Christ the true, the only Light, email newsletter. You can sign up online at Sun of Righteousness, arise! stpaulsokc.org. Triumph o’er the shades of night: Day-spring from on high, be near; A friendly reminder to those who are worshiping in- Day-star, in my heart appear. person, please have your mask on (covering your mouth and nose) and maintain social distancing at 2. Dark and cheerless is the morn all times during the service. Additionally, we cannot unaccompanied by thee; have congregational singing at this time, so during joyless is the day’s return, the hymns we invite you to listen to the Schola Can- till thy mercy’s beams I see, torum and follow along with the words printed in the till they inward light impart, bulletin. We thank you in advance for adhering to glad my eyes, and warm my heart. these Diocesan protocols which keep us all safe and allow for us to worship in-person. 3. Visit then this soul of mine! Pierce the gloom of sin and grief! Prelude Toccata per l’Elevatione Fill me, radiancy divine; Girolamo Frescobaldi scatter all my unbelief; more and more thyself display, Schola Behold, the Tabernacle of God shining to the perfect day. Robert Powell Behold, the tabernacle of God is with you, Opening Acclamation BCP 355 and the Spirit of God dwelleth within you: Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. for the temple of God is holy, which temple are ye: And blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. for the love of whom ye do this day Amen. celebrate the joys of the temple with a season of festivity. Alleluia. Collect for Purity Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires Text: Sarum Antiphon 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. Canticle 11 Lesson 1 Samuel 3:1-10 The Third Song of Isaiah: Surge, illuminare [You may be seated] Isaiah 60:1-3, 11a, 14c, 18-19 A Reading from the First Book of Samuel. Sung by the Schola Cantorum Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD un- Arise, shine, for your light has come, * der Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; and the glory of the Lord has visions were not widespread. At that time Eli, whose dawned upon you. eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not For behold, darkness covers the land; * see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had deep gloom enshrouds the peoples. not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the But over you the Lord will rise, * temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was. Then and his glory will appear upon you. the LORD called, “Samuel! Samuel!” and he said, “Here I am!” and ran to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for Nations will stream to your light, * you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; lie down and kings to the brightness again.” So he went and lay down. The LORD called of your dawning. again, “Samuel!” Samuel got up and went to Eli, and Your gates will always be open; * said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I by day or night they will never be shut. did not call, my son; lie down again.” Now Samuel did They will call you, The City of the Lord, * not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD called Violence will no more be heard in your land, * Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to ruin or destruction within your borders. Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli You will call your walls, Salvation, * perceived that the LORD was calling the boy. There- and all your portals, Praise. fore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and if he calls The sun will no more be your light by day; * you, you shall say, `Speak, LORD, for your servant is by night you will not need the listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. brightness of the moon. Now the LORD came and stood there, calling as be- fore, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” Collect of the Day BCP 215 The Lord be with you. The Word of the Lord. And also with you. Thanks be to God. Let us pray. Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, il- lumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory, that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 2 Psalm 139 Lesson 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 A Reading from the First Epistle to the Corinthians. All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will de- stroy both one and the other. The body is meant not LORD, you have searched me out and / known me; * for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the you know my sitting down and my rising up; body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us you discern my thoughts from a/far. by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I therefore take the mem- You trace my journeys and my / resting-places * bers of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? and are acquainted with all my / ways. Never! Do you not know that whoever is united to a Indeed, there is not a word on my / lips, * prostitute becomes one body with her? For it is said, but you, O LORD, know it alto/gether. “The two shall be one flesh.” But anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Shun fornication! You press upon me behind and be/fore * Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; and lay your hand up/on me. but the fornicator sins against the body itself. Or do Such knowledge is too wonderful for / me; * you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy it is so high that I cannot at/tain to it. Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a For you yourself created my inmost / parts; * price; therefore glorify God in your body. you knit me together in my mother’s / womb. The Word of the Lord. I will thank you because I am marvelously / made; * Thanks be to God. your works are wonderful, and I know it / well. My body was not hidden from / you, * while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the / earth. Your eyes beheld my limbs, yet unfinished in the womb; all of them were written in your / book; * they were fashioned day by day, when as yet there was / none of them. How deep I find your thoughts, O / God! * how great is the / sum of them! If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the / sand; * to count them all, my life span would need to be like / yours. 3 Gospel Hymn WLP 46 Gospel John 1:43-51 [Please stand as you are able] The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Words: Harold T. Lewis (b. 1947) according to John. Music: Martin’s Song by Carl Haywood (b. 1949) Glory to you, Lord Christ. from Songs of Praise The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was Blessed Martin, pastor, prophet from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip you the mountaintop did see; found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him Blessed Martin, holy martyr: about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets Pray that we may all be free. wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Naza- Holy God, you raise up prophets; reth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” When Je- Praise and honor do we sing, sus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, For your faithful, humble servant, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Doctor Martin Luther King. Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree Moral conscience of his nation, before Philip called you.” Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, Reconciling black and white, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” Dreamed he of a just society, Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you we must carry on his fight.