Rembrandt van Rijn, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1630
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and there we wept
when we remembered Zion (NRSV, Psalm 137:1).
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(Clicking on the Sunday or feast day will bring up the appropriate liturgical readings. The Vanderbilt Lectionary lists two readings from the Hebrew scriptures. Christ Church Cathedral always uses the first Hebrew reading with its appropriate psalm.)
October 7, 2007: Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Sonata in D, Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) [BNQ] Mass Setting: Missa Quatuor Vocum, Domenico Scarlatti
Introit: I Will Thank Thee, O Lord, Daniel Purcell (1660-1717)
Motet: Thou Visiteth the Earth, Maurice Greene (1696-1755)
Postlude: Marche triomphale "Nun Danket," Siegfried Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
4:00 pm Choral Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: Prelude from Triptych, Ian Hare (b. 1949)
Introit: Thou, O God, Art Praised in Sion, Ian Hare Preces and Responses: Richard Ayleward (1629-1708) Canticles: Dorian Service, John Blow (1649-1708)
Anthem: Fear Not, O Land, William Harris (1883-1973) Postlude: Toccata from Triptych, Ian Hare
John Bondol, Jesus Healing a Leper, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1372
Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan (NRSV, Luke 17:15-16).
October 14, 2007: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist The Cathedral Singers
Prelude:Adagio e dolce from Sonata No. 3 in d, BWV 527, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)[BNQ]Mass Setting: Mass of St. Thomas, Robert Fleming(1921-1976) [BNQ]
Introit: Come, I Pray Thee, W.H. Anderson (1882-1955)
Motet: Behold the Tabernacle of God, Healey Willan (1880-1968) [BNQ]
Postlude: Allegro from Symphonie No. 6, Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) [BNQ]
4:00 pm Choral Evensong
The Cathedral Singers
Prelude: A Verse in Three Parts, Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) [BNQ]
Introit: Almighty and Everlasting God, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) [BNQ] Preces and Responses: William Byrd (1540-1623) [BNQ] Canticles: Third Service, William Byrd
Anthem: Above the Stars My Saviour Dwells, Thomas Tomkins Postlude: Fancy, Thomas Tomkins
Nicolaes Maes, Old Woman at Prayer (Prayer without End), Rijksmuseum, amsterdam, 1656
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart (NRSV, Luke 18:1).
October 21, 2007: Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost [Comments]
10:00 am Choral Eucharist The Choir of Trebles and Adults
Prelude: Amazing Grace, Peter Pindar Stearns (b. 1931) Mass Setting: Missa Brevis "Capella Regalis," Anthony Caesar (b. 1924)
Introit: Almighty God Which Hast Brought Me (text), Thomas Ford (1580-1648)
Motet: Notre Père, Frank Martin (1890-1974) [BNQ]
Postlude: Alleluia Sing to Jesus, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
4:00 pm Choral Evensong
The Choir of Trebles and Adults
Prelude: Voluntary in E-flat, James Nares (1715-83)
Introit: Almighty God Which Hast Brought Me (text), Thomas Ford (1580-1648) Preces and Responses: Harrison Oxley (b. 1933) Canticles: Service in E-flat, Charles Wood (1862-1929)
Anthem: O, Praise the Lord (text), James Nares Postlude: Voluntary in A, James Nares
Christian Dare, The Pharisee and the Publican
But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner (NRSV, Luke 18:13)!”