November 15th- Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Rite II, 25th Sunday after Pentecost
Themes from the Readings: Cain is cursed (but bears the first instrumentalists!), your sins have been taken away/you have been purified by the blood of Jesus, Jesus says that Christians will be hated for His Names sake but the Gospel must be proclaimed.
Sermon on: Genesis 4:13-26, Sermon title: The Danger of Greatness
Prelude: Fughetta No. 11, by: Josef Rheinberger
Processional Hymn: 665 All my hope on God is founded with descant from sheet
Gloria: S280, Powell
First Reading: Genesis 4:13-26
The Response 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Tone 3
After the choir chants verse 1, all respond with the verses in bold.
1. My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is/ exalted in the Lord*
My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice/ in Your salvation.
2. There is none holy like the Lord; there is/ none besides You;*
there is no rock/ like our God.
3. Talk no/ more so very proudly,*
let not arrogance come/ from your mouth;
4. for the Lord/ is a God of knowledge,*
and by Him actions/ are weighed.
5. The bows of the/ mighty are broken,*
but the feeble/ bind on strength.
6. Those who were full have hired themselves/ out for bread,*
but those who were hungry/ have ceased to hunger.
7. The barren/ has borne seven,*
but she who has many chil/dren is forlorn.
8. The Lord/ kills and brings to life;*
He brings down to Sheol/ and raises up.
9. The Lord makes/ poor and makes rich;*
He brings low and/ He exalts.
10. He raises up the/ poor from the dust;*
He lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit
with princes and inherit/ a seat of honor.
11. For the pillars of the earth/ are the Lord’s,*
and on them He has/ set the world.
12. He will guard the feet of His faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut/ off in darkness,*
for not by might shall a/ man prevail.
13. The adversaries of the Lord shall be/ broken to pieces;*
against them He will thun/der in heaven.
14. The Lord will judge the/ ends of the earth;*
He will give strength to His king and exalt the pow’r/ of His anointed.
Second Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25
Before the Gospel: 551 Rise up, ye saints of God! stanzas 1-2
Gospel: Mark 13:1-8
After the Gospel: 551 Rise up, ye saints of God! stanza 3
Offertory Anthem: Awake the harp, from The Creation, by: Josef Haydn
Soloist: And the heavenly host proclaimed the third day,
praising God, and saying:
Choir: Awake the harp, the lyre awake,
And let your joyful song resound.
Rejoice in the Lord, the mighty God;
For He both heaven and earth has clothed in stately dress.
Doxology: Hymn 380, stanza 3
Holy: S125, Proulx
Communion Anthem: Oh had I Jubal’s Lyre, from Joshua, by: G. F. Handel, Janet Haigh Soloist
Soloist: Oh had I Jubal’s lyre or Miriam’s tuneful voice,
or Miriam’s tuneful voice!
To sounds like his I would aspire,
In songs like hers rejoice.
My humble strains but faintly show,
How much to Heav’n and thee I owe.
Communion Meditation: Dix (For the Beauty of the Earth), arranged by: Wilbur Held
Communion Hymn: For the Beauty of the Earth Tune: Dix
Recessional Hymn: 565 He who would valiant be
Postlude: Fughetta No. 12 by: Josef Rheinberger
Music Notes
by: Ashley Sosis
Today’s Psalm is called “the Response”, because it is not a Psalm. 1 Samuel 2:1-10 is called the “Song of Hannah”, and like the “Song of Mary” (Luke 1:46-55), “Song of Zechariah” (Luke 1:68-79), “Song of Moses” (Deuteronomy 32:1-43), and “Song of Simeon” (Luke 2:29-32) are part of the bible’s treasury of Canticles. In each of these songs of praise, the biblical character who is “singing” is thanking God for an extraordinary blessing. Hannah, who was barren, was blessed by conceiving and bearing a son, Samuel (1 Samuel 1:20 “And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, ‘I have asked for him from the Lord.’”). We want all of our songs and hymns of praise to sound as heartfelt and as eloquent as these!