! Holy is your name, holy is your work,! April 23, 2017, 7.00pm!! ! holy are the days that return to you.! !!!!!! ! Prelude “Heart with no Companion”! Holy are the hands that are raised to you,! ! (from Various Positions)! !and the weeping that is wept to you.! I greet you from the other side ! Holy is the fire between your will and ours,! Of sorrow and despair ! in which we are refined.! With a love so vast and shattered ! ! It will reach you everywhere Holy is that which is unredeemed,! ! covered with your patience.! And I sing this for the captain ! ! Whose ship has not been built ! Holy are the souls ! For the mother in confusion ! lost in your un-naming.! Her cradle still unfilled! ! ! Holy, and shining with great light,! For the heart with no companion ! is every living thing,! For the soul without a king ! established in this world and covered with time,! For the prima ballerina ! until your name is praised forever.! Who cannot dance to anything! ! ! Holy is your name, holy is your work,! Through the days of shame that are coming ! holy are the days that return to you.! Through the nights of wild distress ! ! (from “Holy is Your Name,” Book of Tho' your promise count for nothing ! Mercy)! You must keep it nonetheless! ! ! Words of Welcome! You must keep it for the captain ! ! Whose ship has not been built ! Opening Song: “Born in Chains” (from Popular For the mother in confusion ! Problems)! Her cradle still unfilled! (please be seated)! ! For the heart with no companion ...! I was born in chains ! ! But I was taken out of Egypt ! I greet you from the other side ...! I was bound to a burden ! ! But the burden it was raised ! The Gathering of the Community ! Lord I can no longer! (please stand as you are able)! Keep this secret ! ! Blessed is the Name ! The Lord be with you,! The Name be praised! and also with you.! ! ! I fled to the edge ! Let us pray.! Of the Mighty Sea of Sorrow ! ! Pursued by the riders! "2! Of a cruel and dark regime! To lift the Longing up! But the waters parted ! ! And my soul crossed over ! Word of words…! Out of Egypt ! ! !Out of Pharaoh’s dream! !The Proclamation of the Word! Word of Words! Psalm 16! And Measure of all Measures ! ! Blessed is the Name! Gradual Hymn: “Anthem” (from The Future)! The Name be blessed ! Written on my heart ! The birds they sang ! In burning Letters ! at the break of day ! That’s all I know ! “Start again” ! I cannot read the rest! I heard them say ! ! Don't dwell on what ! I was idle with my soul ! has passed away ! When I heard that you could use me! or what is yet to be.! I followed very closely! ! But my life remained the same ! Yeah the wars they will ! But then you showed me ! be fought again ! Where you had been wounded! The holy dove ! In every atom ! She will be caught again ! Broken is the Name! bought and sold ! ! and bought again ! I was alone on the road ! the dove is never free.! and Your Love was so confusing ! ! And all my teachers told me ! Ring the bells that still can ring ! I had myself to blame! Forget your perfect offering ! But in the Grip ! There is a crack, a crack in everything ! Of Sensual Illusion ! That's how the light gets in.! A sweet unknowing ! ! Unified the Name! We asked for signs ! ! the signs were sent: ! Word of Words…! the birth betrayed ! ! the marriage spent ! I’ve heard the soul unfolds! Yeah the widowhood ! In the chambers of its longing ! of every government ! And the bitter liquor sweetens ! signs for all to see.! In the hammered cup! ! But all the Ladders ! I can't run no more ! Of the Night have fallen! with that lawless crowd ! Only darkness now! while the killers in high places ! "3! say their prayers out loud. ! Seemed the better way! But they've summoned, they've summoned up ! Sounded like the truth! a thundercloud ! But it's not the truth today! they're going to hear from me.! ! ! I wonder what it was! Ring the bells that still can ring ...! I wonder what it meant! ! At first he touched on love! You can add up the parts ! But then he touched on death! but you won't have the sum ! ! You can strike up the march, ! I better hold my tongue! there is no drum ! I better take my place! Every heart, every heart ! Lift this glass of blood! to love will come ! Try to say the grace! but like a refugee.! ! ! Prayers of the People! Ring the bells that still can ring …! (from “Not Knowing Where to Go,” Book of ! Mercy)! !The Gospel! !(please stand as you are able)! The Lord be with you.! Let us pray.! And also with you.! ! ! Not knowing where to go,! The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ! I go to you.! according to St. John! ! Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.! Not knowing where to turn,! ! I turn to you.! !John 20:19-31! ! ! Not knowing what to hold,! The Gospel of Christ. ! I bind myself to you.! Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.! ! ! Having lost my way,! !Sermon: Dr. Brian Walsh! !I make my way to you.! Hymn of Response: “It Seemed the Better Way”! Having soiled my heart,! ! (from You Want it Darker)! !I lift my heart to you.! It seemed the better way! Having wasted my days,! When first I heard him speak! I bring the heap to you.! But now it's much too late! ! To turn the other cheek! Blocked by every thought,! ! I fly on the wisp of remembrance.! Sounded like the truth! ! "4! Defeated by silence,! I lift my heart to you.! here is a place where the silence is more ! subtle.! Having wasted my days,! ! I bring the heap to you.! [A time of silence]! ! ! ! The Peace! And here is the opening in defeat.! [please stand as you are able]! And here is the clasp of the will.! ! And here is the fear of you.! The peace of the Lord ! And here is the fastening of mercy.! be always with you.! ! And also with you.! Blessed are you,! ! !in this man’s moment.! ![We pass the peace to each other]! Blessed are you,! Offertory Hymn: ! !whose presence illuminates outrageous evil.! !“Ain’t No Cure for Love” (from I’m Your Man)! Blessed are you, ! I loved you for a long, long time ! who brings chains out of darkness. ! I know this love is real ! ! It don't matter how it all went wrong ! Blessed are you,! That don't change the way I feel ! who waits in the world.! And I can't believe that time's ! ! Gonna heal this wound I'm speaking of ! Blessed are you, ! There ain't no cure, ! whose name is in the world.! There ain't no cure, ! ! There ain't no cure for love ! [silent and spoken prayers of gratitude, longing, joy ! and lament]! I'm aching for you baby ! ! I can't pretend I'm not ! Not knowing where to go,! I need to see you naked ! I go to you.! In your body and your thought ! ! I've got you like a habit ! Not knowing where to turn,! And I'll never get enough ! I turn to you.! There ain't no cure, ! ! There ain't no cure, ! Not knowing what to hold,! There ain't no cure for love ! I bind myself to you.! ! ! There ain't no cure for love ! Having lost my way,! There ain't no cure for love ! I make my way to you.! All the rocket ships are climbing through the ! sky ! Having soiled my heart,! The holy books are open wide ! "5! The doctors working day and night ! Eucharistic Prayer! ! But they'll never ever find that cure for love ! ! There ain't no drink no drug ! The Lord be with you.! (Ah tell them, angels) ! And also with you.! There's nothing pure enough to be a cure for Lift up your hearts.! love ! We lift them to the Lord.! ! Let us give thanks ! I see you in the subway and I see you on the bus ! to the Lord our God.! I see you lying down with me, I see you waking It is right to give our thanks and praise.! up ! ! I see your hand, I see your hair ! Truly it is right to praise you, Holy God! Your bracelets and your brush ! wonderful and beyond all knowing. And I call to you, I call to you ! You are glorious in splendour and light. But I don't call soft enough ! In your goodness and loving-kindness There ain't no cure, ! you breathed your word of love There ain't no cure, ! and all creation sprang forth.! There ain't no cure for love ! ! ! (singing)! ! I walked into this empty church I had no place There ain't no cure, ! else to go ! There ain't no cure, ! When the sweetest voice I ever heard, There ain't no cure for love! ! whispered to my soul ! ! I don't need to be forgiven for loving you so Giver of life, and lover of all things, much ! you formed us in your own image, It's written in the scriptures ! placing us in the garden of your delight, It's written there in blood ! and giving the whole world into our care.! I even heard the angels declare it from above ! ! There ain't no cure, ! There ain't no cure, ! There ain't no cure, ! ! ! There ain't no cure for love ! When we turned from you in folly and in pride, ! you would not leave us.