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Choral Eucharist | February 13, 2022

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Join us in prayer this Sunday. The Rev. Clare Morgan presides and the Rev. Jeffrey Preiss preaches.

You can download a pdf version of the service booklet here. A text only version is posted below. Continue scrolling to follow along.

Gathering of the Community

Introit Kyrie Missa Surge propera François Cosset

Presider In this time and place, We gather on the unceded ancestral 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 meet in the presence of the living God.

All The living God who creates us and all that is.

Presider In this time and place, The risen Christ stands in our midst.

All The risen Christ who accompanies us and all people.

Presider In this time and place, God’s Holy Spirit breathes in and through us.

All The Holy Spirit who transforms us and all life.

Presider In this time and place, Together, one people of God.

All In the name of God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Hymn of Praise This Is the Day (CP 373)

Collect of the Day

Presider Let us pray.

Silence is kept

God of blessing and woe,

All disturbing the deadly order of the world: give us faith tested in poverty,

hunger for what really satisfies, eyes softened by tears and hearts ready to laugh

at all that is false and pompous, so that we might be witnesses to the dignity of life:

through Jesus Christ, who turns the world upside down. Amen.

Proclamation of the Word
First Reading A reading from Jeremiah 17:5-10

Reader Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.

All Thanks be to God.

Canticle Psalm 1 Setting: Peter Hallock

Second Reading A reading from 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Reader Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.

All Thanks be to God.

Sequence Hymn The Church of Christ in Every Age (CP 584)
Text: Fred Pratt Green (1903 – 2000); Music: Melody Essex trad.;
adapt. & arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958); HERONGATE

1. The church of Christ in every age, beset by change but Spirit led, must claim and test its heritage and keep on rising from the dead.

2. Across the world, across the street, the victims of injustice cry
for shelter and for bread to eat, and never live until they die.

3. Then let the servant church arise, a caring church that longs to be
a partner in Christ’s sacrifice, and clothed in Christ’s humanity.

4. For he alone, whose blood was shed, can cure the fever in our blood, and teach us how to share our bread and feed the starving multitude.

5. We have no mission but to serve in full obedience to our Lord:
to care for all, without reserve, and spread his liberating word.

Deacon The Lord be with you.

All And also with you.

Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke,

All Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Gospel Luke 6:17-26

Deacon The Gospel of Christ

All Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Sermon The Rev. Jeffrey Preiss

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 Nippon Sei Ko Kai. In the Anglican-Lutheran Cycle of Prayer we pray for the Right Rev. Sam Rose, Bishop, and the people and clergy of the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador and the dean, council, and congregations of the Central Toronto Area and Greater Toronto Areas East and West of the Eastern Synod. In the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer 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, Kathy Martin the Evangelical Lutheran Bishop in British Columbia; Justin Welby the Archbishop of Canterbury; our companion diocese, the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Philippines and the Right Rev. Brent Alawas; our companion parish, All Saints Cathedral, Bontoc, Philippines and the Very Rev. Padi Luc.; the Deanery of North Vancouver - the Rev. Patrick Blaney, Regional Dean; the Eco-Justice Unit - the Rev. Margaret Marquardt, the Rev. Gail Newell; The Ecumenical/Multi-Faith Unit – The Rev. David Taylor, Donna Wong-Juliani; the Administrators of the Anglican Initiatives Fund.

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 Dear friends in Christ,

God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy;

God welcomes sinners

and invites them to this table.

Let us confess our sins,

confident in God’s forgiveness.

Silence is kept

Presider Most merciful God,

All We confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Amen.

Presider Almighty God have mercy upon you,
pardon and deliver you from all your sins,
confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,
and keep you in eternal life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All Amen.

The Peace
Presider We are the body of Christ.

In the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.

Let us then pursue all that makes for peace and builds up our common life.

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

All And also with you.

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 going to 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 At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (CP 207)

Prayer over the Gifts

Presider Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things.

All Through your goodness you have blessed us with these gifts:

our selves, our time and our possessions.

Use us, and what we have gathered,

in feeding the world with your love,

through the one who gave himself for us,

Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen.

The Great Thanksgiving

Presider May God be with you.

All And also with you

Presider Lift up your hearts.

All We lift them up to God.

Presider Let us give thanks to God our Creator.

All It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Presider Holy God, Lover of creation,

we give you thanks and praise

for in the ocean of your steadfast love you bear us

and place the song of your Spirit in our hearts.

When we turn from your love and defile the earth,

you do not abandon us.

Your Spirit speaks through Huldah and Micah,

through prophets, sages, and saints in every age,

to confront our sin

and reveal the vision of your new creation.

Joining in the song of the universe

we proclaim your glory singing:

Sanctus Missa Surge propera François Cosset

Presider Gracious God,

in the fullness of time you sent Jesus the Christ

to share our fragile humanity.

Through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection

you open the path from brokenness to health,

from fear to trust, from pride and conceit

to reverence for you.

Rejected by a world

that could not bear the Gospel of life,

Jesus knew death was near.

His head anointed for burial

by an unknown woman,

Jesus gathered together those who loved him.

He took bread, gave thanks to you, broke it

and gave it to his friends,

saying, “Take and eat:

this is my body which is given for you.

Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper, Jesus took the cup of wine,

gave you thanks,

and said “Drink this all of you,

this is my blood of the new covenant

which is shed for you and for many.

Whenever you drink it,

do this for the remembrance of me.”

And now we gather at this table

in response to his commandment,

to share the bread and cup of Christ’s undying love,

and to proclaim our faith.

All Christ has died.

Christ is risen.

Christ will come again.

Presider Breathe your Holy Spirit,

the wisdom of the universe,

upon these gifts that we bring to you:

this bread, this cup,

ourselves, our souls and bodies,

that we may be signs of your love for all the world

and ministers of your transforming purpose.

Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

all glory is yours, Creator of all,

and we bless your holy name forever.

All Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer. Sung

The Breaking of the Bread

Presider We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

All We, being many, are one body, for we all share in the one bread.

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.

A reminder to make use of hand sanitizer before receiving communion.

If you are not physically receiving Communion, you may 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 Benedictus and Agnus Dei Missa Surge propera François Cosset

Sending Out of the Disciples

Prayer after Communion

Presider We give you thanks, almighty God,

All that you have refreshed us

through the healing power of this gift of life.

In your mercy, strengthen us through this gift,

in faith toward you and in fervent love toward one another;

for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Doxology

Presider Glory to God,

All whose power, working in us,