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Sunday, May 31, 2021
The 1st Sunday after Pentecost:
Trinity Sunday
Lessons:
Isaiah 6:1-8
Psalm 29
Romans 8:12-17
Gospel:
John 3:1-17
Sunday, May 23, 2021
The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday
Sunday, May 16, 2021
The Seventh Sunday of Easter
Lessons:
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Psalm 1
1 John 5:9-13
Gospel:
John 17:6-19
Sunday, May 9, 2021
The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Prelude: Prelude in C Major by J. S. Bach
Gospel Hymn: In Christ There Is no East or West (The Hymnal 1982, #529), words by John Oxenham set to an Afro-American spiritual
Offertory Hymn: Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song (The Hymnal 1982, #513), words by Carl P. Daw, music by Peter Cutts
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Voluntary in A Minor by Maurice Greene
Sunday, May 2, 2021
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Lessons:
Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 22:24-30
1 John 4:7-21
Gospel:
John 15:1-8
Prelude: The Call by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Gospel Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (The Hymnal 1982, #657), text by Charles Wesley and music by Roland Hugh Pritchard
Offertory Hymn: Come My Way, My Truth, My Life (The Hymnal 1982, #487), text by George Herbert and music by Ralph Vaugh Williams
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing by Ralph Vaughn Williams
Sunday, April 25, 2021
The Fourth Sunday of Easter
Prelude: Fantasy in D Minor by Georg Philip Telemann
Gospel Hymn: The Church’s One Foundation (The Hymnal 1982, #525); text by Samuel John Stone and music by Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Offertory Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (The Hymnal 1982, #645); text by Henry William Baker set to an Irish Melody
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Fantasy in G Minor by Georg Philip Telemann
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Third Sunday of Easter
Lessons:
Acts 3:12-19
Psalm 4
1 John 3:1-7
Gospel:
Luke 24:36b-48
Christ Appears to the Disciples at the Table after the Resurrection, a panel from the Maesta Altarpiece of Siena, 1308-1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna (d 1319)
Prelude: Christ is Arisen by Friedrich Zachau
Gospel Hymn: Welcome Happy Morning (The Hymnal 1982, #179); text by Venantious Honoruis Fortunatus, trans. John Ellerton; music by Arthur Seymour Sullivan
Offertory Hymn: Come, Risen Lord and Deign to Be Our Guest (The Hymnal 1982, #306); text by George Wallace Briggs and music by Alfred Morton Smith
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Christ is Arisen by Samuel Scheidt
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Second Sunday of Easter
Lessons:
Acts 4:32-35
Psalm 133
1 John 1:1-2:2
Gospel:
John 20:19-31
Prelude: Plein Jeu by François Couperin
Gospel Hymn: O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing (The Hymnal 1982, #206); text att. Jean Tisserand, trans. John Mason Neale set to the tune O filii et filiea
Offertory Hymn: Now the Green Blade Riseth (The Hymnal 1982, #204); text by John Mason Neale set to a medieval French carol
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Fugue by François Couperin
Easter 2021
Saturday Evening, April 3
Lighting of the Paschal Candle
and the Exsultet
Improvisation on the Easter Hymn by Thomas C. Lee
Sunday Morning, April 4
Easter Day
Lessons:
Acts 10:34-43
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Gospel:
Mark 16:1-8
Prelude: Improvisation on the Easter Hymn by Thomas C. Lee
Gospel Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today; text by Charles Wesley, music: Lyra Davidica, 1708
Offertory Hymn: He is Risen, He is Risen! (The Hymnal 1982, #180); text by Cecil Frances Alexander, music by Joachim Neander
Music for Contemplation: Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Allegro Vivace from Pastorale, BWV 590 by J. S. Bach
Friday, April 2
Good Friday
Lessons:
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Psalm 22
Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
Gospel:
John 18:1-19:42
Sing My Tongue, the Glorious Battle (The Hymnal 1982, #166); text: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus; music: Pange Lingua, 14th c. plainsong
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Maundy Thursday
Prelude: Ubi Caritas (Gregorian Antiphon for Maundy Thursday)
Gospel Hymn: Humbly I Adore Thee (The Hymnal 1982, #314), text attributed to Thomas Aquinas set to a 16th c. French church melody
Offertory Hymn: Let Us Break Bread Together, text: African American Spiritual; music: African American Spiritual, arr. Rosalee Elser
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Sunday of the Passion:
Palm Sunday
The Liturgy of the Palms
Mark 11:1-11
The Liturgy of the Word
Lessons:
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 31:9-16
Philippians 2:5-11
Gospel:
Mark 14:1-15:47
The Entry into Jerusalem (Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy) by Giotto (1266?-1337)
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane by
Giovanni di Paolo (c 1403—c 1482)
Crucifixion and Lamentation, 13th Century Manuscript Illumination
Processional Hymn: All Glory, Laud, and Honor (The Hymnal 1982, #154); words by Theodulph of Orleans and music by Melichior Teschner
Gospel Meditation: Aria from Pastorale, BWV 590 by J. S. Bach
Offertory Hymn: O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded (The Hymnal 1982, # 168); words by Paul Gerhardt, music: Hans Leo Hassler
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded by Johann Walther
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Fifth Sunday in Lent
Lessons:
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51:1-13
Hebrews 5:5-10
Gospel:
John 12:20-33
Prelude: Praeludium by J. S. Bach
Gospel Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (The Hymnal 1982 #474); text by Isaac Watts and music by Lowell Mason
Offertory Hymn: Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days (The Hymnal 1982, # 142), text by Claudia Hernaman and music by Richard Redhead
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: When Jesus Wept by William Billings
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Prelude: Reflections on Nettleton by Thomas C. Lee
Gospel Hymn: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing; text by Robert Robinson and music by John Wyeth
Offertory Hymn: Jerusalem My Happy Home; text by Joseph Bromehead set to a Traditional American Melody
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Fantasy in D Minor by Georg Philipp Telemann
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Third Sunday in Lent
Lessons:
Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Gospel:
John 2:13-22
Prelude: Meditation by William Wolstenholme
Gospel Hymn: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing; text by Charles Wesley and music by Carl G. Gläser; arr. Lowell Mason
Offertory Hymn: There is a Balm in Gilead; text and music: African American Spiritual
Music for Contemplation: Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Psalm 19 by Benedetto Marcello
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Second Sunday in Lent
Lessons:
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
Psalm 22:22-30
Romans 4:13-25
Gospel:
Mark 8:31-38
Prelude: Andante from Sonata No. 2 by Felix Mendelssohn
Gospel Hymn: The God of Abraham Praise (The Hymnal 1982 # 401); text by Thomas Olivers set to a Hebrew Melody
Offertory Hymn: The Glory of These Forty Days (The Hymnal 1982 # 143); text by St. Gregory the Great set to a Lutheran chorale, harm. J. S, Bach
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Voluntary by Samuel Priestly Taylor
Sunday, February 21, 2021
The First Sunday in Lent
Lessons:
Genesis 9:8-17
Psalm 25:1-9
1 Peter 3:18-22
Gospel:
Mark 1:9-15
Prelude: Have Mercy on Me, O Lord God BWV 721 by J. S. Bach
Gospel Hymn: What wondrous love is this (The Hymnal 1982, # 439), American folk hymn set to tune from Southern Harmony, c. 1835
Offertory Hymn: Lord, who throughout these forty days (The Hymnal, # 142) text by Claudia Frances Hernaman set to a 16th c. Psalter Tune, harm. Richard Redhead
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Canzona in G Minor by Domenico Zipoli
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Ash Wednesday
Prelude: Adagio by Joseph Hector Fiocco
The Gospel Hymn: Lord, who throughout these forty days (The Hymnal 1982, # 427); text by Claudia Frances Hernaman set to 16th c. Psalter Tune, harm. Richard Redhead
Offertory Hymn: Kind Maker of the World (The Hymnal 1982, #152), text attributed to Gregory the Great set to a 14th c. French Melody
Music for Contemplation by Thomas C. Lee
Postlude: Fugue in E Minor by John Stanley