Hark!Hark! the Herald HeraldAngels Sing! A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Sunday, December 9, 2018 Angels4:00 PM Participating This Evening Clergy The Right Reverend Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Bishop of Louisiana The Very Reverend David Allard duPlantier, Dean Organist Mr. Jarrett R. Follette, Canon Precentor Conductor Mr. Anthony Sears Organist, Voluntaries Mr. Emmanuel Culcasi, Young Artist in Residence, Saint Louis Cathedral Verger Mr. Troy Buttone The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Andrea Butler Carrie Deyo Mikey Cammarata D. Mikey Corcoran Carla Campbell Jennifer O’Brien Jethro Celestin Peter Dorsett Marinna Carmichael Keith Porteous Ryan Garrity Bryan Gilbert Caroline Carson Olivia Seal Shawyn Mars Travers Koerner Claire Givens Jennilee St. John Howe Pearson Les Leathem Debbie Leathem Bridget Tierney Reggie White Cline David Murray Pamela McCall Cleona Torres Maggie Windler Order of Service Opening Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 547 Canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769 ................................................. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Mr. Culcasi All stand Processional Hymn (Choir only verses 1 & 2) Words: Sts. 1-2 and 4-6, Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895), alt; st. 3, James Waring McCrady (b. 1938) Music: Irby, melody: Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876); harm. Arthur Henry Mann (1850-1929) Descant: Steven Cleobury (b. 1948) The Bidding Prayer Dear People of God: In this Christmas Season, let it be our duty and delight to hear once more the message of the Angels, to go to Bethlehem and see the Son of God lying in a manger. Let us hear and heed in Holy Scripture the story of God’s loving purpose from the time of our rebellion against him until the glorious redemption brought to us by his holy Child Jesus, and let us make this place glad with our carols of praise. But first, let us pray for the needs of the whole world, for peace and justice on earth, for the unity and mission of the Church for which he died, and especially for his Church in our country and in this city. And because he particularly loves them, let us remember in his name the poor and helpless, the cold, the hungry and the oppressed, the sick and those who mourn, the lonely and unloved, the aged and little children, as well as all those who do not know and love the Lord Jesus Christ. Finally, let us remember before God his pure and lowly Mother, and that whole multitude which no one can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom, in Jesus, we are one for evermore. And now, to sum up all these petitions, let us pray in the words which Christ himself has taught us, saying: The Lord’s Prayer (Said by all) Our Father, who art in heaven, And lead us not into temptation, hallowed be thy Name, but deliver us from evil. thy kingdom come, For thine is the kingdom, thy will be done, and the power, and the glory, on earth as it is in heaven. for ever and ever. Amen. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. The Dean continues The Almighty God bless us with his grace; Christ give us the joys of everlasting life; and to the fellowship of the citizens above, may the King of Angels bring us all. Amen. Invitatory Carol Nowell, nowell. Dieu vous garde, beaux sieurs, tidings I you bring: Who is there that singeth so, Nowell, nowell? A maid hath borne a child full young, I am here, Sir Christèmas. Which causeth you to sing: Nowell, nowell. Welcome, my lord Sir Christèmas! Christ is now born of a pure maid; Welcome to all, both more and less! In an ox-stall he is laid, Come near, come near, Nowell, nowell. Wherefore sing we at abrayde: Nowell, nowell. Buvez bien, buvez bien par toute la compagnie. Make good cheer and be right merry, And sing with us now joyfully: Nowell, nowell. Nowell. Words: anon. (c. 1500) Music: William Mathias (1934-1992) First Lesson ~ Genesis 3:8-19 Adam and Eve rebel against God and are cast out of the Garden of Eden Read by Olivia Tuck, A Cathedral Youth They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.” Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.” The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” And to the man he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God! Carol 1. The tree of life my soul hath seen, 2. His beauty doth all things excel: Laden with fruit and always green: By faith I know, but ne’er can tell, The tree of life my soul hath seen, His beauty doth all things excel: Laden with fruit and always green: By faith I know, but ne’er can tell, The trees of nature fruitless be The glory which I now can see Compared with Christ the apple tree. In Jesus Christ the apple tree. 3. For happiness I long have sought, 4. I’m weary with my former toil, And pleasure dearly I have bought: Here I will sit and rest awhile: For happiness I long have sought, I’m weary with my former toil, And pleasure dearly I have bought: Here I will sit and rest awhile: I missed of all; but now I see Under the shadow I will be, ‘Tis found in Christ the apple tree. Of Jesus Christ the apple tree. 5. This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, It keeps my dying faith alive; This fruit doth make my soul to thrive, It keeps my dying faith alive; Which makes my soul in haste to be With Jesus Christ the apple tree. Words: From Divine Hyms or Spiritual Songs, compiled by Joshua Smith Music: Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987) Carol 1. Adam lay y’bounden, 2. And all was for an apple, Bounden in a bond: An apple that he took, Four thousand winter As clerkes finden Thought he not too long. written in their book. 3. Ne had the apple taken been, 4. Blessed be the time The apple taken been. That apple taken was. Ne had never our lady Therefore we moun singen A-been heavenè queen. Deo gracias! Words: Anonymous 15th century Music: Boris Ord (1897-1961) Second Lesson ~ Genesis 22:15-18 God promises to faithful Abraham that his descendents will be blessed Read by Jethro Celestin, A member of the choir The angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the LORD: Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies, and by your offspring shall all the nations of the earth gain blessing for themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.” The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God! Carol People, look East, The time is near Furrows, be glad. Though earth is bare, of the crowning of the year. one more seed is planted there: Make your house fair as you are able, Give up your strength the seed to nourish, trim the hearth, and set the table. that in course the flower may flourish. People, look East, and sing today: People, look East and sing today: Love, the guest, is on the way. Love, the rose, is on the way. Birds, though ye long have ceased to build, Stars, keep the watch.