September 12, 2021, The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

/in /by

This period in the Church year is known as “The Season after Pentecost” or “Ordinary Time.”  The term “ordinary” refers to how the New Testament passages are generally read in order or in sequence, as opposed to being arranged by specific theme as in other seasons.  During this season the Gospel passages focus on the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and how he is revealed to the world as the Christ.  In Year B (the second in a three-year cycle: A, B & C) most of the Gospel passages are from the Gospel according to Mark.  The Old Testament Lesson and the Psalm are chosen because they relate to the words and message of Jesus.  The New Testament Lesson is independent of these readings and is almost always taken from one of the Letters in the New Testament that reflects the common life and mission of the first Christian community.

Our Preacher this Sunday is the Rev. Matthew Hoxsie Mead

Today’s In Person Worship

  • Every Sunday at 8am the Eucharist (Rite 1) is celebrated in the Church.  The service is from the red Book of Common Prayer, beginning on page 323, and includes 2 pre-recorded hymns, and lasts about 45 minutes. Weather permitting coffee and tea are available in Garden afterwards.
  • Every Sunday at 10am the Eucharist (Rite 2) is celebrated in the Church. The service is from the red Book of Common Prayer, beginning on page 355.  See below for detailed music information.  The service lasts about an hour.  Weather permitting coffee and tea are available in Garden afterwards.
  • Please review these Guidelines before attending worship at Christ Church.

Today’s Live-Stream Worship & Sermon Archives

Sunday Offerings & Financial Donations to Christ Church

Christ Church is supported by the generosity of members and friends who donate time, talent, and money to the church to ensure that it is open, staffed, safe, and active. God has given each of us many gifts and we are called to use them to build up the church and to show the spread the love of God to our community. Click on the Donate Button for a variety of ways to support Christ Church, including one-time donations, annual pledges, and raising funds through FaceBook or Amazon.

Today’s Propers (Collect & Lections from Holy Scripture)

The Collect

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The Old Testament

Isaiah 50:4-9a
The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens–wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. The Lord God helps me therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let  us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty? 

The Psalm

Psalm 116:1-8 Dilexi, quoniam

1 I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of my supplication, *
because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.

2 The cords of death entangled me;
the grip of the grave took hold of me; *
I came to grief and sorrow.

3 Then I called upon the Name of the Lord: *
“O Lord, I pray you, save my life.”

4 Gracious is the Lord and righteous; *
our God is full of compassion.

5 The Lord watches over the innocent; *
I was brought very low, and he helped me.

6 Turn again to your rest, O my soul, *
for the Lord has treated you well.

7 For you have rescued my life from death, *
my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.

8 I will walk in the presence of the Lord *
in the land of the living.

The Epistle

James 3:1-12
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle. If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies. Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no one can tame the tongue– a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.

The Gospel

Mark 8:27-38
Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Today’s Hymns

410 Praise my Soul the King of Heaven

517 How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place

362 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

460 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!

Parish Prayer List

Please note that names are listed alphabetically by last name of the person being prayed for (if it is known).  We do not list last names for privacy reasons. For pastoral emergencies call or text one of the clergy: Father Matt (914.471.0260),  Deacon Katie Lawrence (914.589.1628), Deacon Chisara Alimole (914.338.5194), or call the parish office (914.738.5515) .  If you have any updates (birthdays, prayers additions, etc., please let us know.) Please submit names you wish to be included by Tuesday morning, to Marie at: marie@christchurchpelham.org.

Our prayers are asked especially for: Marion, Shane, Rosemary, Rob, Marcia, Mike, Anne, Alexander, Ginny, Craig Beverly, Barbara, Mary, Ralph, Everton,  Jed, Josephine, Sammy, Monica, Rebecca, Janet, Amina, Alexia Grace, Alison, John, Emma, Hildy, Martin,  Jason, Yen, Terry, Erica, Susan, Sue, Xandra, Sigi, Joyce, Julie, Scott, Sherrie, Michelle, Karen, Lisa, Laurelyn, Rob, Drue, Rob, Bill, Andrea, Sue,  Lael, M & D, Sandy, the Salvatore family, Danielle, Morris, and Katie.

We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week and in the coming week:  James Kenworthy (September 10), Glenn Wiggins (September 11), Lorraine Collins (September 13), and Patricia Sweeney (September 18).

We give thanks for the wedding anniversaries of Melissa & Vinny Enea (September 15), Elena & Russ Avolio (September 16), and Ann & Steve Swanson (September 17).

And we give thanks for the 17th anniversary of Fr. Matt’s Ordination to the Priesthood (September 18).

The flowers on the Altar are given in loving memory of Franca Enea on the first anniversary of her death.

We pray for those in our Armed Services especially: Joseph, Kevin, Jack, Leopold, Philip, Jake, Matthew, Robert, Philip-Jason, Nicholas, Sam, Jack, Helen, Mitchel, Alec, Tia, Tyrese, and Terrence.

We pray that all elected and appointed officials may be led to wise decisions and right actions for the welfare and peace of the world, especially Joseph our President, and Kathy our Governor.

We pray for those who have died, especially (________ and) for those who have died from COVID-19.

Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord

And let light perpetual shine upon them.

May their souls and the souls of the departed, through the mercy of God,

rest in peace.  Amen

Today’s Music

Prelude: Chorale-Prelude on “Gott des Himmels und der Erden” (“God of the heavens and the earth”)       Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748)

Entrance Hymn: 410 Praise my Soul the King of Heaven

Gloria in excelsis: S280 Glory to God in the highest    Robert J. Powell (b. 1932)

Psalm: Psalm 116: 1-8 Dilexi, quoniam       Anglican chant, William Crotch (1775-1847)

Sequence Hymn:  517 How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place

Anthem at the Offertory: With a voice of singing       Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958)
With a voice of singing declare ye this,
and let it be heard, Alleluia!
Utter it even unto the ends of the earth.
The Lord hath delivered His people, Alleluia!
O be joyful in God, all ye lands.
O sing praises to the honor of His name,
make His praise to be glorious.

    – Vocem iucunditatis (Isaiah 48: 20; Ps.66); Introit for the Sixth Sunday of Easter

Hymn at the Offertory: 362 Holy, Holy,Holy! Lord God Almighty!

Sanctus et benedictus: S129 Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might   Robert J. Powell

Agnus Dei: S163 Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world    Robert J. Powell

Motet at Communion: Cantate Domino    Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657-1743)
Cantate Domino canticum novum, laus ejus in Ecclesia Sanctorum.
Laetetur Israel in eo, qui fecit eum, et filii Sion, et filii Sion exultentin rege suo.
– Psalm 148: 1-2, Clementine Vulgate

O sing unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him.
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King.
– Psalm 149: 1-2, Book of Common Prayer (1662)

Hymn: 460 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!

Organ Voluntary: Gran Choeur Triomphale (Grand Triumphal Chorus) op. 47 n. 2 Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)

Curtis Chase, Simon Cram, Jann Degnan, Juliana Galletti, Linda Gerra, John Hastings, Mboti (Missy) Kisob, Roger Ohlsen,  James Young, Margaret Young
Jeffrey Hoffman, organist & director of music

Live-stream licensed under OneLicense.net A-713125.

Announcements & News

CLICK HERE

 

September 11, 2021 – Requiem for the 20th Anniversary of September 11, 2001

/in /by

Today’s Service Order

Prelude:  3. Sarabande from Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 287  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) 

Entrance: 1. Requiem æternam from Requiem                                                  John Rutter (b. 1945)

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in Ierusalem:
exaudi orationem meam,
ad te omnis caro veniet.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
– from the Mass for the Dead, quoting 4 Esdras 2:34–35; Psalm 65:1-2

Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord;
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
You are to be praised, O God, in Zion;
to you shall vows be performed in Jerusalem.
To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come.
Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord;
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
– Prayers for the Departed and Psalm 65, translated in the Book of Common Prayer  (1979)

Opening Sentences & Collect                                  BCP 491 & Insert

1st Lesson: Wisdom 3:1-5,9                                                       Insert

Gradual, Psalm 23: 6. The Lord is my Shepherd  from Requiem    John Rutter

The Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing.
He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name’s sake.
Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
– Psalm 23 translated in The Book of Common Prayer (1662)

2nd Lesson: Revelation 7:9-17                                                   Insert

Sequence Hymn: Amazing Grace                                       Hymn 671

Gospel: John 14:1-6                                                                   Insert

Sermon                                           The Rev. Matthew Mead, Rector

Prayers for the Departed                       Response: Hear our Prayer.

The Peace                                           Response: And also with you.

Offertory:  3. Pie Jesu from Requiem                                   John Rutter
Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem.
Dona eis sempiternam requiem.
– from Dies Iræ, attributed to Thomas of Celano, OFM (fl. 13th century)

Merciful Jesus, grant them rest.
Grant them eternal rest.

Offertory Hymn: I am the Bread of Life                             Hymn 335

The Holy Eucharist: Preface                                                  BCP 361

Sanctus et Benedictus: 4. Sanctus  from Requiem    John Rutter
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis.
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Hosanna in excelsis.
– text from the Latin Missal

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
– translation from the Book of Common Prayer (1979)

The Holy Eucharist: Canon of the Mass                                BCP 362

Ministration of Holy Communion: 5. Agnus Dei  from Requiem    John Rutter
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem sempiternam.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them eternal rest.

Post Communion Prayer & Blessing                                      BCP 498

Procession Hymn: America the Beautiful                          Hymn 719

Dismissal                                              Response: Thanks be to God.

Voluntary:   2. Largo e piano (Siciliano) from Oboe Concerto in F minor, TWV 51:f1    Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 

Today’s In Person Worship

  • 5pm Requiem Eucharist (Rite 2) is celebrated in the Church.  The service is from the red Book of Common Prayer.  See below for detailed music information.  The service lasts about an hour.  Weather permitting there will be refreshments in the Garden afterwards.
  • Please review these Guidelines before attending worship at Christ Church.

Today’s Live-Stream Worship & Sermon Archives

Offerings & Financial Donations to Christ Church

Christ Church is supported by the generosity of members and friends who donate time, talent, and money to the church to ensure that it is open, staffed, safe, and active. God has given each of us many gifts and we are called to use them to build up the church and to show the spread the love of God to our community. Click on the Donate Button for a variety of ways to support Christ Church, including one-time donations, annual pledges, and raising funds through FaceBook or Amazon.

Today’s Propers (Collect & Lections from Holy Scripture)

The Collect

O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of those who died during the attacks on September 11, 2001, and grant them an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of your saints; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever.Amen.

 The Old Testament

Wisdom 3:1-5,9

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
and no torment will ever touch them.
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,
and their departure was thought to be a disaster,
and their going from us to be their destruction;
but they are at peace.
For though in the sight of others they were punished,
their hope is full of immortality.
Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good,
because God tested them and found them worthy of himself.
Those who trust in him will understand truth,
and the faithful will abide with him in love,
because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones,
and he watches over his elect.

The Psalm

Psalm 23 Dominus regit me

1
The LORD is my shepherd; *
I shall not be in want.
2
He makes me lie down in green pastures *
and leads me beside still waters.
3
He revives my soul *
and guides me along right pathways for his Name’s sake.
4
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil; *
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5
You spread a table before me in the presence of those
who trouble me; *
you have anointed my head with oil,
and my cup is running over.
6
Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
of my life, *
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

 The Epistle

Revelation 7:9-17

I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying,

“Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, singing,

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and might
be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?” I said to him, “Sir, you are the one that knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

For this reason they are before the throne of God,
and worship him day and night within his temple,
and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.
They will hunger no more, and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat;
for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The Gospel

John 14:1-6

Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Today’s Hymns

Amazing Grace

I am the Bread of Life

America the Beautiful

 

Today’s Music

Selections from Requiem by John Rutter (b. 1945) sung by members of the Christ Church Parish Choir:
Curtis Chase, Simon Cram, Jann Degnan, Juliana Galletti, Linda Gerra, John Hastings, Mboti (Missy) Kisob, Roger Ohlsen, Ruston Ropac, Tonna Miller Vallés,  James White, James Young, Margaret Young
Tonna Miller Vallés, soprano soloist
Meredyth Coleman, oboe
Jeffrey Hoffman, organist & director of music

John Rutter’s Requiem is copyright © 1986 by Oxford University Press. Live-stream licensed under OneLicense.net A-713125.
“I am the Bread of Life” copyright © 1986 by GIA Publications, Inc. Live-stream licensed under OneLicense.net A-713125.

Prayer of the People for the Anniversary of 9-11-01

In peace, let us pray to the Lord.

Almighty God, our prayers are offered today for all whose lives were taken and all who suffered during and following the attacks on September 11, 2001, especially Montgomery Hord, a member of this parish, and Michael Boccardi, Thomas E. Hynes, Joseph Leavey, Robert McLaughlin, Amy O’Doherty, Joseph Shea, Daniel J. Shea, Robert Scandole and Michael Tamuccio, the Pelham community members who lost their lives during the attacks. We pray for all who were killed, for all who lost family members and friends, for all who were injured, and for all who were traumatized in body or mind.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

Most merciful Father , we give you thanks for the courage and work of all first-responders, firefighters, police officers, military personnel, medical workers, elected officials, chaplains, construction workers, and volunteers who assisted at the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001 and in the weeks afterward, and who offered support and guidance for all who mourned.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

O Lord our Governor, watch over the President of the United States, the Governor of this State, and for all in civil authority, that they may be blessed with wisdom and strength to know and to do your will, filled with the love of truth and righteousness, and ever mindful of their calling to serve this people of this land.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

O God, you made us in your own image: We give you thanks for the Pelham Interfaith Council and the collegiality that interfaith and ecumenical efforts foster; look with compassion on the whole human family; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

O God and Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth: deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that your Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

Give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, that they may have the comfort of a reasonable and holy hope, in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

Help us, we pray, in the midst of things we cannot understand, to believe and trust in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life everlasting.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Lord in your mercy;
Hear our prayer.

rest in peace.  Amen

 

Announcements & News

CLICK HERE