5pm Leaflet - Saint John's Cathedral

A House of Prayer for all People and the Episcopal Church in Colorado

The Wilderness

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

October 2, 2022

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The Word of God

PRELUDE

The Wilderness Musicians

GATHERING SONG

If thou but trust in God to guide thee, and hope in him through all thy ways, he’ll give thee strength what-e’er betide thee, and bear thee through the evil days. Who trusts in God’s unchanging love builds on a rock that nought can move.

Sing, pray, and keep his ways unswerving; so do thine own part faithfully, and trust his word, though undeserving; thou yet shalt find it true for thee; God never yet forsook in need the soul that trusted him indeed.

OPENING ACCLAMATION

Presider	In the name of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity.
People	Amen.
Presider	As we prepare to celebrate the holy mysteries, let us recall God’s infinite love for us in Christ.

Silence is kept.

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

Presider	Lord Jesus Christ, you are full of mercy and compassion. Come to the help of your people. Lord, have mercy.
People	Lord, have mercy.
Presider	Lord Jesus Christ, reorient us from paths of sin to live for you alone. Christ, have mercy.
People	Christ, have mercy.
Presider	Lord Jesus Christ, son of the living God, give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may celebrate your forgiveness and grow into the fullness of your love. Lord, have mercy.
People	Lord, have mercy.
Presider	God, who is in rich in mercy, have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins, strengthen you by the Holy Spirit’s power, and enable you to walk in Christ’s risen life forever.
People	Amen.

CENTERING SONG

Glory to God

The cantor sings and the people repeat.

THE PRAYER OF THE DAY

Presider	God is with you.
People	And also with you.
Presider	Let us pray.

God, the rock of our salvation, whose gifts can never fail, deepen the faith you have already bestowed and let its power be seen in your servants. We make our prayer through our Savior Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in union with the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.

People

Amen.

THE READING

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. Lord, how long will I call for help and you not listen? I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you don’t deliver us. Why do you show me injustice and look at anguish so that devastation and violence are before me? There is strife, and conflict abounds. The Instruction is ineffective. Justice does not endure because the wicked surround the righteous. Justice becomes warped. I will take my post; I will position myself on the fortress. I will keep watch to see what the Lord says to me and how he will respond to my complaint. Then the Lord answered me and said, Write a vision, and make it plain upon a tablet so that a runner can read it. There is still a vision for the appointed time; it testifies to the end; it does not deceive. If it delays, wait for it; for it is surely coming; it will not be late. Some people’s desires are truly audacious; they don’t do the right thing. But the righteous person will live honestly.

Reader	Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s people.
People	Thanks be to God.

THE PSALM

Psalm 37:1-10

All stand.

THE ALLELUIA

The cantor sings the alleluia and the verse of the day.

THE GOSPEL

Luke 17:5-10

Presider	The Good News of our Savior Jesus Christ according to Luke.
People	Praise and glory to Christ.

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree. ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. “Would any of you say to your servant, who had just come in from the field after plowing or tending sheep, ‘Come! Sit down for dinner’? Wouldn’t you say instead, ‘Fix my dinner. Put on the clothes of a table servant and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that, you can eat and drink’? You won’t thank the servant because the servant did what you asked, will you? In the same way, when you have done everything required of you, you should say, ‘We servants deserve no special praise. We have only done our duty.’”

Presider	Good News from the Lord.
People	Praise to Christ, the Word.

The People are seated.

THE REFLECTION

An Assistant rings the singing bowl and silence is observed.

OPEN SPACE

The People are invited to wander the cathedral in prayer or remain in place.

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Presider	You have heard us. We thank you.
People	Amen.

THE PEACE

Presider	Christ’s peace is with you.
People	And also with you.

The People exchange a sign of Peace.

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The Liturgy of the Table

OFFERTORY SONG

At the Edge

David Crosby

All stand.

THANKSGIVING AT THE TABLE

Presider	God is with you.
People	And also with you.
Presider	Lift up your hearts.
People	We lift them to the Lord.
Presider	Let us give thanks to our Lord God.
People	It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Fountain of All Wisdom and Source of Life, we thank you and we praise you. You are God, clothed in majesty, girded in mercy. In the beginning, you hovered over the face of the Deep; you spoke and worlds came to be. Night and day, orders and armies of angels and archangels magnify your Name, glorifying your gracious goodness. With them, we worship and adore you, singing:

SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
Heaven and earth are full of your Glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name,
who comes in the name, of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna in the highest!

The Presider continues

Aflame, but not consumed, a desert bramble trembled with the sound of your voice as you spoke to Moses, your servant and prophet. At the sound of your voice, seas part, storms cease, and the bereaved are reunited with their dead. At the sound of your voice, bread and fish are multiplied and your people are fed.

At the sound of your voice, Mary, a daughter of your covenant people, engendered your Incarnate Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Living Word who announced your reign with deeds of healing and power.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, Our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Recalling all that Jesus has done for us in his life,

death, resurrection, and ascension to your right hand,
we glorify you with joyful hearts:

People

Living, you hallow all flesh.

Dying, you destroy our death.
Rising, you restore our life.
Lord Jesus, come in your glory!

Come, holy God, and sanctify this bread and this wine,
making them the body and blood of your Son,
holy food and holy drink for your holy people.
Let the Church say, “Amen.”

People

Amen.

Come, holy God, and sanctify us also,
making us, your people by Water and the Spirit,

bread and wine for the world you made.

Let the Church say, “Amen.”

People

Amen.

In communion with your saints in ages past; with your holy prophets and apostles; with the holy martyrs; with Mary, Mother of God; joining the ever-flowing chorus of seraphim and cherubim and the orders of angels and archangels in heaven and earth, we thank you. We make our prayer our prayer by Christ, and in Christ, and with Christ, In union with the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

People

Amen.

Silence.

As Jesus taught his friends, we now pray,

Presider and People

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your Name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial,
and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen.

THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD

The Presider breaks the consecrated bread and all sing,

FRACTION SONG

The Presider and assistant break the Bread and fill the chalices with Wine.

THE INVITATION TO COMMUNION

The Table now is ready. Feast on Christ.

Following the invitation to Communion, the Ministers and People receive the Sacrament. For those desiring to receive wine, simply leave the bread in your open palm and a chalice minister will intinct for you.

MUSIC DURING COMMUNION

The Wilderness Musicians

All stand.

THE PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Presider

Let us pray.

Presider and People

Giver of every good gift: Thank you for feeding us with the Bread and Cup of life in you. Make us instruments of your healing power in the world you made. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE BLESSING

Presider

You have received the Body of Christ, now become the Body of Christ, broken, poured out, and risen for the life of the world. And the blessing of the one, holy, and undivided Trinity be upon you and remain with you always.

People

Amen.

SENDING SONG

1. God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform: he plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

2. Deep in unfathomable mines, with never-failing skill, he treasures up his bright designs, and works his sovereign will.

3. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds ye so much dread are big with mercy, and shall break in blessings on your head.

4. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust him for his grace; begind a frowning providence he hides a smiling face.

5. His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour: the bud may have a bitter taste, but sweet will be the flower.

THE DISMISSAL

Presider	Depart from this place, but never from God’s presence.
People	Thanks be to God.

PRESIDER AND PREACHER

The Reverend Canon Katie Pearson

Canon Pastor