Join us in prayer for the Third Sunday of Advent.
The Very Rev. Christopher A. Pappas presides and the Rev. Harold Munn preachers.
Join in the virtual coffee hour after this livestream, on Zoom. Here is the link: https://zoom.us/j/93551103914?pwd=cnJwOGlzNnVjMGxvMEsrOFV5ZmJBUT09
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Order of Service
Gathering of the Community
Cathedral Parish Announcements
Song of Approach O Holy Mother of God (Advent Mass)
Text: Michael Joncas; Music: Rupert Lang
Presider In this time and place, We gather on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations.
All From many places and peoples we come to this house of prayer.
Presider In this time and place, We await the coming of Emmanuel, God with us.
All Maranatha, Come Christ Come.
Presider In this time and place, We await the transformation of the world.
All Maranatha, Come Christ Come.
Presider In this time and place, We await the coming of the Commonwealth of peace.
All Maranatha, Come Christ Come.
Presider In this time and place, We commit ourselves to work with Christ that all these things may be accomplished.
All In the name of God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Presider The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God and the Communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All And also with you.
Collect of the Day
Presider God for whom we watch and wait,
All you sent John the Baptist to prepare the way of your Son: give us courage to speak the truth,
to hunger for justice, and to suffer for the cause of right, with Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Blessing & Lighting of the Advent Candle
One We light this candle of love, remembering your abiding love for us, and manifested through the person and life of Jesus
All Sharing love in this season of anticipation, watching and waiting for your Holy Light, we come in faith and say:
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
Proclamation of the Word
First Reading A reading from Zephaniah 3:14-20
Reader Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
All Thanks be to God.
Canticle First Song of Isaiah - Setting: Peter Hallock
Second Reading A reading from Philippians 4:4-7
Reader Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.
All Thanks be to God.
Sequence Hymn Where Jordan Cuts the Wilderness (CP 105)
Deacon The Lord be with you.
All And also with you.
Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke,
Before the Gospel Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Gospel Luke 3:7-18
Deacon The Gospel of Christ
After the Gospel Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Sermon The Rev. Harold Munn
Silence for Reflection
The Apostle’s Creed
Presider Let us confess the faith of our baptism, as we say,
All I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is
seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of
the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Prayers of the People
In the Anglican Church of Canada Cycle of Prayer we pray for The Anglican Church of Canada. In the ECLCIC Cycle of Prayer we pray for Trina Gallop Blank, Assistant to the National Bishop, Communications and Resource Generation,
and the staff of Communications; Kyle Giesbrecht, Director of Finance and Administration, and the staff of Finance and Administration. In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer we pray for we pray for John Stephens our Bishop; Linda Nicholls our Primate; Lynne McNaughton our Metropolitan; Susan Johnson the National Lutheran Bishop in Canada; Mark MacDonald the National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop, Gregory Mohr the Evangelical Lutheran Bishop in British Columbia; Justin Welby the Archbishop of Canterbury; our companion diocese, the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Philippines and the Rt. Rev. Brent Alawas; our companion parish, All Saints Cathedral, Bontac, Philippines and the Very Rev. Padi Luc; The Deanery of Royal City/South Burnaby – The Rev. Greg Jenkins, Regional Dean and The Deanery of Point Grey – The Rev. Christine Rowe, Regional Dean.
If you have a special intention for which you wish to receive prayers, please email your prayer request to reception@thecathedral.ca. Your intention will be included in the Prayer Link for three weeks and can be renewed.
Confession and Absolution
Presider When the Lord comes, he will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness, and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Therefore in the light of Christ let us confess our sins.
Silence is kept
Presider We pray,
All Holy One, we long for you.
You know our wounding and our broken-heartedness.
You know how others have hurt us,
and how we have hurt others.
You alone have the healing we need.
Yours is the love that changes everything. Amen.
Presider Giver of life, have mercy on us;
pardon and deliver, revive and strengthen,
and keep us in eternal life,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All Amen.
The Peace
Presider May the God of peace make you completely holy, ready for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
All may exchange a non-contact sign of peace.
Celebration of the Eucharist
The Offertory
You are invited to make a financial offering to further God’s mission through the work of the church by texting “Give” to
639.739.0843 and following the instructions; or by clicking on this link thecathedral.ca/give. Tax receipts are issued
annually for gifts totalling $20 or more. Your financial gifts matter and together with the bread and wine they are
presented in spirit at the Altar as a sign of thanksgiving to God from whom all blessings flow.
Offertory Hymn O Child of Ecstasy and Sorrows Words: William Gay Music: RENEWAL Rupert Lang
Prayer over the Gifts
Presider God of Abundance,
All God of abundance,
we bring before you the precious fruits of your creation,
and with them our very lives.
Teach us patience and hope
as we care for all those in need
until the coming of your Son,
our Saviour and Lord. Amen.
The Great Thanksgiving
Presider The Lord be with you.
All And also with you.
Presider Lift up your hearts.
All We lift them to the Lord.
Presider Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Presider Blessed are you, gracious God,
creator of heaven and earth;
we give you thanks and praise
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who in the fullness of time came among us in our flesh,
and opened to us the way of salvation.
Now we watch for the day when he will come again
in power and great triumph to judge this world,
that we, without shame or fear,
may rejoice to behold his appearing.
Therefore we praise you,
joining our voices with angels and archangels
and with all the company of heaven,
who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your name:
Sanctus Advent Mass Music: Rupert Lang
Presider We give thanks to you, Lord our God, for the goodness and love
you have made known to us in creation; in calling Israel to be your
people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all
in the Word made flesh, Jesus your Son.
For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin
Mary, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of the world.
In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to
stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into
truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.
On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, a death
he freely accepted, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he
had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples,
and said, “ Take, eat: this is my body which is given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.”
After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given
thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you:
this is my blood of the new covenant which is shed for you and for
many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for
the remembrance of me.”
Presider Therefore, Father, according to his command,
All We remember his death, we proclaim his resurrection,
we await his coming in glory;
Presider and we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
to you, Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread
and this wine.
We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these
gifts, that they may be the sacrament of the body of Christ and his
blood of the new covenant.
Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we, made acceptable in
him, may be sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time,
reconcile all things in Christ, and make them new, and bring us to
that city of light where you dwell with all your sons and daughters;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the
head of the Church, and the author of our salvation; by whom, and
with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour
and glory are yours, almighty Father, now and forever.
All Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Presider As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,
All Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and forever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
Presider God of promise, you prepare a banquet for us in your kingdom.
All Happy are those who are called to the supper of the Lamb.
Presider The gifts of God for the People of God.
All Thanks be to God.
Share the Gifts
If you know the brokenness of life, its fractures within and its division without, then
you have participated in the broken body of Christ and you are invited to share in Communion.
If you are not physically receiving Communion, then offer this prayer:
“In union, O God, with all your faithful people gathered wherever the eucharist is
celebrated this day, I offer you praise and thanksgiving for creation and all the
blessings of this life, for the redemption given to us through the life, death and
resurrection of Christ, and for the means of grace and the hope of glory. I pray you
come into my heart, my soul and my mind. Let nothing separate me from you. May I
serve you in this life until, by your grace, I come to your promised reign of justice and
peace; through Christ and in the unity of the Spirit. Amen.”
During Communion O Day of God, Draw Nigh (CP 92)
O Radix Jesse Music: Rupert Lang
Sending Out of the Disciples
Prayer after Communion
Presider God for whom we wait,
All in this meal you give us a foretaste of that day
when the hungry will be fed with good things.
Send us forth to make known your deeds
and to proclaim the greatness of your name,
through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen.
Doxology
Presider Glory to God,
All whose power, working in us,
can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.
Glory to God from generation to generation,
in the Church and in Christ Jesus,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Commissioning of the Altar Guild
The Blessing
Presider Christ the Sun of Righteousness shine upon you, scatter the darkness
from before your path, and make you ready to meet him when he
comes in glory; and the blessing ...
Closing Hymn Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending (CP 114) Verses 1, 3 & 4
Dismissal Go in peace to share the good news of God’s love.
All Thanks be to God.
