’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 1 Remembering with Hope A Service to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States of America and the Twentieth Anniversary of the Firefighters’ Memorial Trust Sunday 11th September 2011 11 am ’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 2 The Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral is directed by Andrew Carwood, Director of Music. The Organ is played before the service by Timothy Wakerell, Sub-Organist, and during the service by Simon Johnson, Organist and Assistant Director of Music. The Band of the West Midlands Fire Service is directed by Patrick Ryan BA (Hons), LRSM ARCM. The St Paul’s Cathedral Guild of Ringers will ring Stedman Cinques, half muffled before the service and fully open afterwards. The anthem Grief is the price we pay for love, has been specially commissioned for this service. The title is a quotation from a message from Her Majesty The Queen, read at a memorial service for the British victims of 9/11 held at St Thomas’s Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, on 20th September 2001. The words are inscribed on the memorial to British victims in Grosvenor Square, London. The anthem is commissioned in memoriam 9/11 by the Music Patrons of St Paul's Cathedral. Music before the Service From 10.10 am, the band plays Suite No 1 in E flat (Op. 28 No. 1) Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Chaconne - Intermezzo - March Finlandia (Op. 26) Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons Steven Reineke (b.1970) From 10.45 am, the Sub-Organist, plays Prelude in C minor (BWV 546) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Choral No 2 in B minor César Franck (1822-90) As you prepare for worship, please be sensitive to the needs of those around you who may wish to pray in silence. Please switch off mobile telephones and do not use photographic, video or recording equipment at any time. A loop system is in operation throughout the Cathedral. Hearing aids should be switched to the ‘T’ position. ’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 3 ORDER OF SERVICE The congregation is asked to join in all texts printed in bold. At 10.35 am Standards of the Fire Brigade form a guard of honour on the West Steps of the Cathedral. At 10.40 am remain seated as the Dean and Chapter leave the Dean’s Aisle and proceed to the Great West Door of the Cathedral. At 10.45 am remain seated as the Leaders of Faith Communities proceed from the Dean’s Aisle to their places under the Dome. At 10.50 am The Ambassador of the United States of America and Mrs Louis B. Susman are received by the Dean and Chapter at the Great West Door, before being conducted to their seats under the Dome. At 10.55 am remain seated as the Choir, the College of Minor Canons, visiting Ecumenical dignitaries, Chaplains of the Fire and Rescue Services and the College of Canons leave the Dean’s Aisle and proceed to their places in Quire and under the Dome. At 10.55 am the Lord Mayor Locum Tenens is received at the Great West Door by the Dean and Chapter. At 11 am stand to sing Hymn during which the Dean and Chapter conduct the Lord Mayor Locum Tenens to his place in Quire and the Colour Guard presents the Union Flag, the American Flag, the U. S. Marine Corps’ Flag and the Firefighters’ Memorial Standard at the Dome Altar. Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Re-clothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard, Beside the Syrian sea, The gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word Rise up and follow thee. 3 ’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 4 O Sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with thee The silence of eternity, Interpreted by love! Drop thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still small voice of calm! Words: John Whittier (1807-92) Tune: Repton C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918) Bidding given by The Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, Dean We gather in this Cathedral today to remember before God all who died in the atrocities in New York,Washington and Pennsylvania ten years ago and to pray with those whose lives were changed forever on that day. We also remember those innocent people who, in our lifetime, have had their lives taken from them through acts of terrorism in the cities of our world. We remember too with pride and gratitude the men and women who serve in the Emergency Services of this and every nation, giving thanks for their courage when facing unknown perils and their sacrifice made to save others in danger.We particularly remember those firefighters who lost their lives in defence of this Nation and City of London in the Second World War, as well as those who have lost their lives in responding to other terrorist attacks. 4 ’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 5 We come as people from many backgrounds to pray for the future security of our world, for a spirit of tolerance and mutual respect, for peace and freedom, for justice and the rule of law, that together we might go forward with confidence and hope. We join our thoughts and prayers with those of people around the world, and particularly on this day with those who have gathered for remembrance in Pennsylvania, in Washington and especially at Ground Zero in New York. In sorrow, we pray for those places where there is no peace and for all who suffer as a result of violence and discord. In penitence, we reflect on the destructiveness of ancient enmity and bitterness which persists in the conflicts of our day. In hopefulness, let us promise to overcome all that still separates us from one another, to recognise and to draw out the best from our respective traditions. So, in friendship, let us commit ourselves to bring healing and transformation to the world, and to foster a common vision of peace, as we pray together in the words Jesus gave us: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. Sit Reflection given by Courtney Cowart, Survivor of 9/11 5 ’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 6 Anthem In paradisum deducant angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere, aeternam habeas requiem. May the angels receive you in paradise; at your coming may the martyrs receive you, and bring you into the holy City,Jerusalem. There may the choir of angels receive you; and with Lazarus, once a beggar, may you have eternal rest. Words: from the Requiem Mass Music: Messe de Requiem Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Act of Remembrance led by The Dean Peter McCollough, Lay Canon Time is too short for those who wait. Too swift for those who fear. Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is eternity. Words: Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) 6 ’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 7 A bell is rung and then a candle lit by ten year old Rebecca Goldrup from the American community in London, in remembrance of those who died in the terrorist attacks in the United States of America, ten years ago. Silence is kept. A bell is rung and then a candle lit by Trainee Firefighter Sean Oakley, in remembrance of those members of the fire service who have died in the line of duty. Silence is kept. A bell is rung and then a candle lit by Pamela Dix from Disaster Action, in remembrance of those who have died in terror attacks on the cities of our world in recent years. Silence is kept. With the stirring of the wind and in the chill of winter; under the blue sky and in the warmth of summer: We remember them. With joys we long to share and in sorrow we bear alone; in work we have to do and with life we have to give: We remember them. In treasured memories of the past and during days to come: We remember them. In all that they achieved and for all that might have been: at the dawn of day and in the setting sun: We remember them. Sit 7 ’Remembering with Hope’ - 11 September 2011.qxd 06/09/2011 15:16 Page 8 Anthem Grief is the price we pay for love.