EVENSONG September 13, 2020

ORIGINAL AIR DATE THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

PROPER 24 OCTOBER 21, 2018

FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING

SUNG BY: THE CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS OF BOYS AND MEN OFFICIANT: THE REV. CANON MICHAEL KAEHR

LECTOR: LAURIE GUNN The Very Rev. Penny Bridges, Dean

The Rev. Canon Brooks Mason, Canon Liturgist Canon Martin Green, Organist & Director of Music

Gabriel Arregui, Sub-Organist & Assistant Choirmaster Lucinda Parsons, Usher in Charge; Tom Simmons, Jim Witte, Ushers

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ORGAN VOLUNTARY Le Bon Pasteur

Dom Paul Benoit (1893-1979)

THE WELCOME INTROIT Take my life and let it be

Stephen Sturk (b. 1950)

Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord, to thee; take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love; take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King; take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose. Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee.

¶ The tolling of the bell.

OPENING SENTENCE

Officiant

Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. - Psalm 141:2

PRECES John Reading (1685-1764)

Officiant O Lord, open thou our lips. Choir And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Officiant O God, make speed to save us. Choir O Lord, make haste to help us. Officiant Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Choir as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world

without end. Amen. Officiant Praise ye the Lord.

Choir The Lord’s name be praised.

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OFFICE HYMN 46 O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN

Words: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676); tr. Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) and others Music: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, melody att. Heinrich Isaac (1450?-1517);

harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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PSALM 114 In exitu Israel chant: Tonus Peregrinus

WHEN Israel came out of Egypt, * and the house of Jacob from among the strange people, 2 Judah was his sanctuary, * and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw that, and fled; * Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, * and the little hills like young sheep. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? * and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? * and ye little hills, like young sheep? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord: * at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water, * and the flint-stone into a springing well. Glory be to the Father * and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be; World without end. Amen.

FIRST READING JEREMIAH 29:1, 4-14

The first reading is taken from the Hebrew Scriptures.

The First Lesson is read, the Reader first saying A Reading from the Book of Jeremiah.

These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord. For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfil to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where

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I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

After each Lesson the Reader may say Here ends the Reading.

MAGNIFICAT in G Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)

The Magnificat is Mary’s song (Luke 1:46-55) responding to the declaration that the child she is to bear will fulfill the promises of the Hebrew Scriptures.

MY SOUL doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed forever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

SECOND READING 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-13

The second reading is taken from the New Testament which tells of the life and teaching of Jesus and the witness of the early Church.

The Second Lesson is read, the Reader first saying A Reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians.

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, and they were struck down in the wilderness. Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.” We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some

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of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents. And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come. So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.

The Reader may say Here ends the Reading.

NUNC DIMITTIS in G Sumsion

The Nunc Dimittis is the song of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32) who, before he dies, sees the Infant Jesus and holds him in his arms.

LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people, to be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

THE APOSTLES’ CREED (Monotoned by all)

I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints,

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the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

SALUTATION

Officiant The Lord be with you. People And with thy spirit. Officiant Let us pray.

THE LESSER LITANY Reading

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

THE LORD’S PRAYER (Monotoned by all)

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, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

THE SUFFRAGES

Officiant O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Choir And grant us thy salvation. Officiant O Lord, save the State. Choir And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Officiant Endue thy ministers with righteousness. Choir And make thy chosen people joyful. Officiant O Lord, save thy people. Choir And bless thine inheritance. Officiant Give peace in our time, O Lord. Choir Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou,

O God.

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Officiant O God, make clean our hearts within us. Choir And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

THE COLLECTS

THE COLLECT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING GOD, in Christ you have revealed your glory among the nations: Preserve the works of your mercy, that your Church throughout the world may persevere with steadfast faith in the confession of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

A COLLECT FOR PEACE

O GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended from the fear of all enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

A COLLECT FOR MISSION

KEEP WATCH, DEAR LORD, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give thine angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for thy love’s sake. Amen.

+ Offerings at Evensong directly support ministries at the Cathedral. See page 11.

AT THE OFFERING, Anthem Thy word is a lantern

Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695)

Thy word is a lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my paths. I have sworn and am steadfastly purposed to keep thy righteous judgments. I am troubled above measure, Quicken me, O Lord, according to thy word. Let the freewill offerings of my mouth please thee, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. The ungodly have laid a snare for me: but yet I swerved not from thy commandments. Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage forever: they are the very joy of my heart. Hallelujah. – Psalm 119:105-108, 110-111

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CLOSING PRAYERS

The Dean Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY GOD, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a bishop for this Diocese, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

GRANT, O GOD, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every human heart and especially the hearts of the people of this land, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in justice and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O LORD, support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in thy mercy, grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last. Amen.

DISMISSAL

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

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HYMN 410 LAUDA ANIMA

Words: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)

Music: Lauda anima, John Goss (1800-1880); desc. Craig Sellar Lang (1891-1971)

ORGAN VOLUNTARY Improvisation on a French theme

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The building is closed but we are still the church! Our staff is still hard at work facilitating the ministry of the church in this challenging time. Your continued financial support as we move through this crisis helps us pay our staff and other expenses of the church which do not stop. A few notes about giving in this time:

1. Even though the office is closed, you may continue to mail donations. Mail them to 2728 Sixth Ave, San Diego, CA 92103. Staff will continue to process mail donations.

2. We encourage you to consider moving to online giving at stpaulcathedral.org/donate. There you may schedule automatic donations that do not require the staff to handle postal mail, allowing staff to focus on other tasks and reducing contact with paper.

3. Consider making an additional donation to the Bishop’s “For Such a Time as This” fund to help those in need across our diocesan communities. This is a time for all of us to come together to ensure that every family has what they need to survive during this current crisis. Thank you for your contribution. Donation link with the option to donate to “For Such a Time as This” fund: https://public.serviceu.com/DonationForm/26692?orgkey=6983060e-be9e-45f6-b9b5-72a8f022f9a0&SGUID=18F8C598-8EB2-43B1-912C-61CD492DBC6F&RN=839534543

or online link: https://edsd.org/make-a-gift/

or by mail to:

The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego 2083 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard San Diego, CA 92107

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A Litany for the Sins of Racism*

1) Oh God, in whose image the whole human family was created, we pray for all whose lives have been forever altered by racial violence. While those whose lives have been altered are too many to name, we remember by name, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbery, George Floyd, and N.N., beloved children of God, whose killings have yet again exposed the pervasive poison of racial injustice, inflamed rhetoric and division, and actions that perpetuate inequality. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them all in your peace. 2) We remember their families and friends, beloved children of God each one. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 3) We remember the residents of too many of our cities, beloved children of God, who have seen their communities disrupted by horrific violence. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 4) We remember the protestors, beloved children of God, and those still gathering across cities, states, and the country to demand justice and change. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 5) We remember the residents of too many of our cities, beloved children of God, who have seen their neighborhood erupt in violence and destruction, especially by those whose aim is to further division and hatred. We remember those who have watched their livelihoods and places of work go up in flames. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 6) We remember those killed during the riots of this past week, beloved children of God. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 7) We remember the Black community throughout this country, beloved children of God, who have for decades cried out against injustice and brutality at the hands of police, and who have not been heard by those with the power to make change. We remember our Black brothers and sisters, groaning under the weight of redlining, segregation, underfunded schools, unequal economic opportunity, indignity, and ever-present fear. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace.

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8) We remember our public officials, beloved children of God, managing a global pandemic, city-wide protests, violence, and profound public distrust at the same time. Swaddle them in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 9) We pray for courage and integrity of all police officers who find themselves working within a system that has a fraught history of racial violence and injustice. We pray for courage and integrity as individuals, in this country, that we would stand for justice and work for systematic change in all our institutions. Swaddle us in your boundless love. Cradle them in your peace. 10) We remember all citizens of this country, beloved children of God. We have been traumatized, grief-stricken, enraged, and heart-sickened by the video of one neighbor slowly snuffing the life out of another, by riots and looting, by the sounds of flash- bang grenades, the sting of tear gas, the scent of smoke, and by our own helplessness. Swaddle us in your boundless love. Cradle us in your peace. 11) We remember those who have pledged their lives to racist ideologies, beloved children of God. We acknowledge the pain they have caused to victims of violence, to their communities, to their families, and to their own souls. We acknowledge that each of us carries racist ideology within us, and we beg your mercy to free all your people from it. Swaddle us in your boundless love. Cradle us in your peace. 12) We know that the sickness of racism is in this nation’s very bedrock. Today we acknowledge and repent of the twin original sins of this nation: the genocide of the indigenous people of this land and the institution of chattel slavery. We know that the shockwaves from these sins still reverberate today, that the trauma from these sins live in our bodies, and that the pain we suffer now has its origin in those first treacheries. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 13) We repent of laws that codify or allow unequal treatment based on race, ethnicity, religion, or skin tone. We repent of promises broken again and again. We repent of foreign policy that sees more value in some human lives than in others. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 14) We repent of the role of the church, historically and presently, in supporting and emboldening these policies. We repent of the ways that we have

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made your church a home to oppression, exclusion, or indignity for any child of God. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 15) We acknowledge and repent of the fact that this country has never shared its abundance equally. We acknowledge and repent of the fact of disparities based on race, that are born out in scholastic achievement, employment, household wealth, homeownership. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 16) We repent of the ill-use of your bounty: we hoard land and wealth, manipulate plants and animals, abuse your creation, and your most vulnerable people suffer the consequences. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 17) We who benefit from white supremacy acknowledge that we have been given unearned privilege at the expense of our Indigenous, Black, Asian, Latine, brown-skinned, immigrant, and non-Christian siblings. We repent of the ways in which we have allowed our own fear, complacency, and incuriosity to blind us to the belovedness of your children, each, like us, fearfully and wonderfully made. Help us turn away from the sin of division And toward your all-encompassing love. 18) Oh God of infinite affection, you looked at all that you had made and called it good. By your grace, help us to look upon your creation and to see, with your mothering eyes of love, how good, how good, how good it is. Lord, in your mercy. Christ, in your mercy. Lord, in your mercy. Amen. Closing Words (from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry)

“What America has seen in the past several days may leave us wondering what we can possibly do in this moment to be good Samaritans—to help heal our country, even the parts we don’t know or like. But we have the answer. Now is the time for a national renewal of the ideals of human equality, liberty, and justice for all. Now is the time to commit to cherishing and respecting all lives, and to honoring the dignity and infinite worth of every child of God. Now is the time for all of us to show—in our words, our actions, and our lives—what love really looks like.”

Adapted from “A Litany for Minnesota’s Sins of Racism” by Emilia Allen

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September 13, 2020 – Pentecost 15 (A)

Intentional Small Groups

The Episcopal Church continues to offer new resources for congregations interested in following the Way of Love as a way of life by starting small group ministries. New resources include the Building an Intentional Small Group Ministry information packet, an infographic, video compilations, and social media graphics. These resources are available at iam.ec/smallgroups. Inspired by the foundation laid by Arlin J. Rothauge’s work and booklet, Making Small Groups Effective, the Building Intentional Small Groups information packet can help congregations answer the questions of why, what, when, and how of Small Group Ministry. Written and curated by formation and evangelism leaders across the church, the packet is an instructional tool to help churches as they begin or re-start an intentional faith-based small group ministry. This is not a curriculum, but instead a tool to help adapt existing curricula and other formation resources for a small group context. In addition, the Building Intentional Small Groups videos are designed to be a source of encouragement and inspiration for those looking to start or re-start an intentional faith-based small group ministry. Small group leaders and participants from across the Anglican Communion, lay and clergy, gathered to record these videos. The videos can be shared digitally through social media, or congregations may choose to include them in their Sunday morning worship if they are launching a small group ministry, or during a virtual coffee hour as a conversation starter. "There is no better way to grow and practice the Jesus Way than in our homes, in our day-to-day lives, with a circle of followers who love and mentor one another as apprentices in the Jesus Way,” says the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers, canon to the Presiding Bishop for evangelism, stewardship, and creation care, “Particularly in this present moment, when pandemic has stripped away the trappings that usually surround church, small discipleship groups and neighborhood circles may be the most practical way for us to walk the path to love, freedom, and abundant life that Jesus laid out.”

For more information and resources visit iam.ec/smallgroups or email wayoflove@episcopalchurch.org.

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