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Our VisiOn: A world where people experience God’s love and are made whole.
Our MissiOn: To share the love of Jesus through compassion, inclusivity, creativity and learning.
Christmastide Lessons and Carols4 January 2018
5:15 p.m.
Our VisiOn: A world where people experience God’s love and are made whole.
Our MissiOn: To share the love of Jesus through compassion, inclusivity, creativity and learning.
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Christmastide Lessons and Carols Thursday in the Second Week of Christmas• 4 January 2018 • 5:15 pm
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Voluntary L’Annonciation Jean Langlais
Introit Trad. arr. Charles Wood
Choir Ding dong! merrily on high in heav’n the bells are ringing Ding dong! verily the sky is riv’n with angel singing.
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! E’en so here below, below, let steeple bells be swungen,
And io, io, io, by priest and people sungen. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Pray you, dutifully prime your matin chime, ye ringers;
May you beautifully rime your evetime song, ye singers. Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
The Bidding Prayer All remain standing. led by the Dean
The Lord’s Prayer
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.
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Hymn 78 Sung by all. Forest Green
All O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting Light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
2 For Christ was born of Mary; and gathered all above, while mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. O morning stars, together proclaim the holy birth! and praises sing to God the King, and peace to men on earth.
3 How silently, how silently, the wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him, still the dear Christ enters in.
5 O holy Child of Bethlehem! Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell: O come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel!
text: Phillips Brooks (1835-1893); music: English melody; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The First Lesson Please sit. Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Carol arr. Willcocks
Choir The angel Gabriel from heaven came, His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame; “All hail,” said he, “thou lowly maiden Mary, Most highly favored lady, Gloria!” “For known a blessed Mother thou shalt be, All generations laud and honour thee, Thy son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold. Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!” Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head, “To me be as it pleaseth God,” she said, “My soul shall laud and magnify His Holy Name.” Most highly favoured lady, Gloria! Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born In Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn, And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say -Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!
The Second Lesson Luke 2: 1–7 St. Luke tells of the birth of Jesus.
Carol arr. Willcocks
Choir On Christmas night all Christians sing, to hear the news the angels bring, News of great joy, news of great mirth, news of our merciful King’s birth. Then why should men on earth be so sad, since our Redeemer made us glad, When from our sin he set us free, all for to gain our liberty? When sin departs before his grace, then life and health come in its place; Angels and men with joy may sing, all for to see the newborn King. All out of darkness we have light, which made the angels sing this night: “Glory to God and peace to men, now and forevermore. Amen.”
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Hymn 106 Sung by all, standing. Yorkshire
text: John Byrom (1692-1763), alt.; music: John Wainwright (1723-1768)
The Third Lesson Luke 2: 22–40 Jesus receives his name and is presented in the Temple.
Carol Peter Warlock
Choir “When He is King we will give him the Kings’ gifts, Myrrh for its sweetness, and gold for a crown, Beautiful robes,” said the young girl to Joseph, Fair with her first-born on Bethlehem Down. Bethlehem Down is full of the starlight, Winds for the spices, and stars for the gold, Mary for sleep, and for lullaby music Songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold. When he is King they will clothe him in grave-sheets, Myrrh for embalming and wood for a crown, He that lies now in the white arms of Mary Sleeping so lightly on Bethlehem Down. Here he has peace and a short while for dreaming, Close-huddled oxen to keep him from cold, Mary for love, and for lullaby music Songs of a shepherd by Bethlehem fold.
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Hymn 112 Cranham
text: Christina Rossetti (1830-1894); music: Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934)
The Fourth Lesson The people sit. Titus 2: 11–14; 3:3–7 The day God’s grace appeared..
Carol Jonathan Dove
Choir Run, shepherds, run where Bethlem blest appears. We bring the best of news, be not dismayed: A Saviour there is born, more old than years amidst heaven’s rolling heights this earth who stayed; In a poor cottage inned, a Virgin Maid, a weakling did Him bear, who all upbears, there is He poorly swaddled, in a manger laid to whom too narrow swaddlings are our spheres: Run, shepherds, run, and solemnize His birth. This is that night—no, day grown great with bliss, in which the power of Satan broken is; in heaven be glory, peace unto the earth, thus singing through the air the angels swam, a cope of stars re-echoed the same. –William Drummond
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The Collect and Blessing All remain standing.
Dean The Lord be with you. People And also with you. Let us pray.
O God, you make us glad by the yearly festival of the birth of your only Son Jesus Christ: Grant that we, who joyfully receive him as our Redeemer, may with sure confidence behold him when he comes to be our Judge; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
May Christ, who by his Incarnation gathered into one things earthly and heavenly, fill you with his joy and peace; and the blessing of the God of Love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen.
Hymn 109 The First Nowell
All The first Nowell the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; in fields as they lay, keeping their sheep, on a cold winter’s night that was so deep.
Refrain Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, born is the King of Israel. They lookèd up and saw a star shining in the east beyond them far, and to
the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both day and night. And by the light of that same star three wisemen came from country far; to
seek for a king was their intent, and to follow the star wherever it went. This star drew nigh to the northwest, o’er Bethlehem it took its rest, and
there it did both stop and stay right over the place where Jesus lay. Then entered in those wisemen three full reverently upon their knee, and
offered there in his presence their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense. Then let us all with one accord sing praises to our heav’nly Lord; that hath
made heav’n and earth of naught, and with his blood our life hath bought.text: English carol, 18th cent.; music: English carol, 17th cent.; harm. John Stainer (1840-1901)
Voluntary Dieu parmi nous (God with Us) from La Nativité du Seigneur Olivier Messiaen
Serving the Assembly Officiant The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young, Dean Musicians The Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys Benjamin Bachmann, The Diana Dollar Knowles Canon Director of Music Christopher Keady, Assistant Director of Music
Copyrights: ‘O little town of Bethlehem’ (Hymn EH1982-078): ; music: by permission of Oxford University Press; ‘Christians, awake’ (Hymn EH1982-106): (public domain);‘The first Nowell’ (Hymn EH1982-109): ; music: alternative setting with descant by permission of Oxford University Press; ‘In the bleak mid-winter’ (Hymn EH1982-112): (public domain); Hymns and Service Music reprinted under OneLicense.net #A-709351, All Rights Reserved; Used with permission. Readings taken from The Revised Standard Version of the Bible © 1989 by The Division of Christian Education of The National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., used by permission.
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The Lessons
The First Lesson Luke 1: 26–38 The angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will bear a son.
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a
virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.’ But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house
of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘How can this be, since I am a virgin?’ The angel said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.’ Then Mary said, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.’ Then the angel departed from her.
The Second Lesson Luke 2: 1–7 St. Luke tells of the birth of Jesus.
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered.
This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He
went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. And she gave birth to her f irstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
The Third Lesson Luke 2: 22–40 Jesus receives his name and is presented in the Temple
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought
him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrif ice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.’ Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, ‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.’ And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’ There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, f illed with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.
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The Fourth Lesson Titus 2: 11–14; 3:3–7 The day God’s grace appeared.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety
and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various
passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another. But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our Saviour appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, so that, having been justif ied by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
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Becoming a Christian at Grace CathedralSundays, February 11 through April 8 (no meeting on April 1) • 6 p.m. • Chapter Room
Our Ancient Faith/Our New Life in Christ is an introduction to the basics of a way of life that is spiritual, practical, reasonable, mystical and in service to the community and world. Open to all for deeper understanding or as preparation for adult baptism. RSVP to Carol James at [email protected].
First Light: Jesus and the Kingdom of GodTuesdays, January 9 through April 10 (no meeting on February 13 and March 27) • 6 p.m. • Chapter Room
What was the spiritual, cultural and political impact of the ministry of Jesus, then and now? This fascinating exploration includes video material by outstanding scholars John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg and presents a fresh and challenging understanding of the life and death of Jesus. Led by the Rev. Mark E. Stanger, Canon for Formation. RSVP to Carol James at [email protected].
#MLKGrace Overnight for YouthSunday, January 14 to Monday, January 15 • 5 p.m. to 1 p.m. • Cathedral
Youth (grades 6-12) are invited to gather at our beautiful cathedral for fun, reflection
and action in honor of the teachings and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For questions, contact the Rev. Mary Carter Greene at [email protected].
4:30 Sunday Book Study GroupSunday, January 7 • 4:30 p.m. • Chapter House Dining Room
Advent with Evelyn Underhill features writings from the woman who reintroduced
Christian mysticism to the 20th century, with prayer suggestions for Advent and Epiphany. For more information, email [email protected].
Candlelight Labyrinth Walk Friday, January 12 • 6-8 p.m. • Indoor Labyrinth
Walk the labyrinth by candlelight and music, praying for peace in our hearts and peace in
the world. We offer an introduction to the labyrinth and live music every month.
Carnivale 2018Tuesday, February 13 • 6:30 p.m. • Cathedral
Carnivale is an evening of beauty, drama and inspiration: a special chance to enjoy the splendor of our towering columns and soaring
arches — all supporting the cathedral’s work as a house of prayer for all people. We will be celebrating love — love of family, friends, God and community, with special guest performer Paula West. Purchase tickets, a table or donate at gracecathedral.org/carnivale.
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Winter Interfaith Shelter Sunday, January 14 • 4 - 5:30 p.m. • Chapter House Kitchen • 6 p.m. • St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O’Farrell Street
Help is needed to meet the critical needs of the homeless during these winter months. Learn more or sign up to volunteer at gracecathedral.org/WIS.
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Annual Meeting of the CongregationSunday, January 21 • 9 a.m. Check-in, 9:30 a.m. Meeting • Gresham Hall
The congregation and leadership will gather to look back at all we have accomplished
together in 2017 and learn what is planned for this year as we explore our 2018 theme of “Truth.” We will elect representatives to the Board of Trustees, Congregation Council and San Francisco Deanery. All pledging members of the congregation may vote, and you may make your pledge that morning if you have not done so already. Light refreshments will be served.
Mellon International Chamber Players: Spain Around the WorldSunday, January 7 • 4 p.m. • Cathedral
A virtuoso string quartet from the New England Conservatory of Music will perform
music inspired by Spanish culture. Composers include Manuel de Falla, Luigi Boccherini, Maurice Ravel and Joaquín Turina, among others.
spiritual life
King & Faith Forum SeriesSunday, January 14 • 4 p.m. • Gresham Hall
A conversation with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding, a specialist in religions of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora and social justice activism
across cultures; the Rev. Dr. Jay Williams, Lead Pastor, Glide Memorial United Methodist Church; and Dr. Charles H. Long, the pre-eminent scholar of African American religious history in the United States. This series continues on Sunday, January 21 and 28 at 4 p.m. Free and open to all.
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Interfaith Evensong in Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Sunday, January 14 • 3 p.m. • Cathedral
Join us for an interfaith Evensong in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
with a homily by the Rev. Yolanda Norton and music by soprano Hope Briggs. Evensong will be followed by the first of our King & Faith Forum series, a panel conversation in partnership with the Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation.
The VineWednesdays • 6:30 p.m. • Chapel of Grace
Find your place to thrive on The Vine, our weekly service and community for urbanites and spiritual seekers. The Vine is
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