Welcome to the Anglican Parish of TheCHRIST Anglican ParishCHURCH of ST LAURENCE CHRISTRailway CHURCH Square, Sydney ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney Consecrated 1845 22 NOVEMBER 2015 Christ the King 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist & Children’s Ministry Preacher: Bishop Robert Forsyth Setting: Missa sine nomine (Jewkes) Hymns: 391, 443, 352, 270 10.30am Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Bishop Robert Forsyth Hymns: 338, 352, 270, 443 Setting: Missa Sancti Joannis de Deo (Haydn) Motet: King of glory (Bach arr. Harris) Postlude: Postlude in D minor, Op.105 No.6 (Stanford) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong, Procession & Solemn Benediction Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Hymns: 128(ii), 134, 446, Christ Triumphant, 305 Canticles: St Paul’s Service (Howells) Anthem: Above all praise (Mendelssohn) Te Deum: Sumsion Postlude: Marche Triomphale (Lemmens) Left: The crucifixion, East Window (stained glass), Christ Church St Laurence MORNING PEWSHEET PLEASE TAKE HOME WELCOME TO CHRIST CHURCH ST laurence Christ Church St Laurence is an inner city parish committed to the spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. As a congregation and as the Church we are committed to the support of the underprivileged, the persecuted and the socially marginalised. We are an Anglican church in the Anglican Catholic tradition. THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE MON 23 NOV Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) Clement of Rome, bishop and martyr (d.c. 100) TUE 24 NOV Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) WED 25 NOV Daniel 5.1-6, 13-17, 23-28; Song of Creation 1-4; Luke James Noble, pioneer Aboriginal 21.12-19 deacon (d. 1941) Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist THU 26 NOV Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) FRI 27 NOV Daniel 7.2-14; Song of Creation 8-10; Luke 21.29-33 Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist SAT 28 NOV Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) Sun 29 NOV Jer 33.14-16; Ps 25.1-10; 1 Thess 3.9-13; Luke 21.25-38 The First Sunday of Advent 7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries 10.30am Litany in Procession & Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Missa Kyrie salve (Gregorian chant) Motet: Christ whose glory fills the sky (Knight) 6.30pm A Service of Lessons & Carols Officiant: Fr Daniel Dries The flowers in the Church this week are given to the Glory of God, and in loving memory of Ronald Nichols and Eulie & Jack Wile MASS READINGS Please use these readings in conjunction with the coloured service booklet. Breakfast is served after the 7.30am Eucharist today. Refreshments are served after the 9.00am Sung Eucharist and the 10.30am Solemn High Mass, all in the Parish Hall. All are welcome. If you are a visitor please ask a sidesperson for directions. SENTENCE Israel has said to me: One who rules over Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to people justly, ruling in the fear of God, is like receive power and wealth and wisdom and the light of morning, like the sun rising on might and honour and glory and blessing. a cloudless morning, gleaming from the rain on the grassy land. At Solemn High Mass, the following may be Is not my house like this with God? For he sung in Latin: has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. Will he not Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ rules. cause to prosper all my help and my desire? Listen, Christ, to the holy church of God, But the godless are all like thorns that are uniting souls across the divisions of nations: thrown away; for they cannot be picked up perpetual peace! with the hand; to touch them one uses an King of kings, our king, our hope, our glory. iron bar or the shaft of a spear. And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot. COLLECT For the word of the Lord. Everlasting God, Thanks be to God. whose will is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, our Lord and King: Verses of the psalm are read alternately by a grant that the people of earth, single reader and the congregation. A pause is now divided and enslaved by sin, observed at the colon for reflection. may be freed and brought together under his gentle At Solemn High Mass, the choir sings the Psalm. and loving rule; PSALM 132 who lives and reigns with you and the 1 Lord, remember David and all his trouble: Holy Spirit, how he swore an oath to the Lord and one God, now and for ever. Amen. vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob; FIRST READING 2 ‘I will not enter the shelter of my house: nor climb into the comfort of my bed; 2 Samuel 23.1-7 3 ‘I will not give sleep to my eyes: These are the last words of David: The or slumber to my eyelids, oracle of David, son of Jesse, the oracle of 4 ‘Till I find out a place for the ark of the the man whom God exalted, the anointed of Lord: the God of Jacob, the favourite of the Strong a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.’ One of Israel: The spirit of the LORD speaks 5 Lo, we heard of it at Ephrathah: through me, his word is upon my tongue. we found it in the fields of Jaar. The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE Railway Square, Sydney 3 MASS READINGS 6 Let us go to the place of his dwelling: SECOND READING let us fall upon our knees before his Revelation 1.4b-8 footstool. Grace to you and peace from God who is 7 Arise, O Lord, into your resting place: and who was and who is to come, and from you, and the ark of your might. the seven spirits who are before his throne, 8 Let your priests be clothed with and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, righteousness: the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the and let your faithful ones shout for joy. kings of the earth. 9 For the sake of David your servant: To him who loves us and freed us from do not turn away the face of your our sins by his blood, and made us to be a anointed. kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, 10 The Lord has sworn to David: to him be glory and dominion for ever and an oath which he will not break; ever. Amen. 11 ‘One who is the fruit of your body: Look! He is coming with the clouds; every I will set upon your throne. eye will see him even those who pierced him; 12 ‘If your children will keep my covenant and on his account all the tribes of the earth and the commands which I teach will wail. So it is to be. Amen. them: ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the their children also shall sit upon your Lord God, who is and who was and who is to throne for ever.’ come, the Almighty. 13 For the Lord has chosen Zion for himself: For the word of the Lord. he has desired it for his habitation. Thanks be to God. 14 ‘This shall be my resting place for ever: here will I dwell, for my delight is in her. 15 ‘I will bless her provisions with GOSPEL ACCLAMATION abundance: Alleluia. I will satisfy her poor with bread. Blessed is he who inherits the kingdom of 16 ‘I will clothe her priests with salvation: David our Father; Blessed is he who comes and her faithful ones shall shout for joy. in the name of the Lord. 17 ‘There will I make a horn to sprout for Alleluia. the family of David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. 18 ‘As for his enemies, I will cover them GOSPEL with shame: John 18.33-37 but upon his head shall his crown be The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ bright.’ according to John. Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Pilate asked Jesus, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE 4 Railway Square, Sydney MASS READINGS me?’ Pilate replied, ‘I am not a Jew, am I? OFFERTORY SENTENCE Your own nation and the chief priests have Lord we offer you sacrifice by which your handed you over to me. What have you Son reconciles mankind. May it bring done?’ Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not unity and peace to the world. from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting COMMUNION SENTENCE to keep me from being handed over to the The Lord will reign for ever and will give Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from his people the gift of peace. here.’ Pilate asked him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.’ This is the gospel of the Lord, Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. COMMUNION MOTET King of glory (J.S. Bach, arr. W.H. Harris 1883-1973) King of glory, King of peace, I will love thee, and, that love may never cease, I will move thee.