Robert N. Davies - Acolyte Festival - Eucharist (November 6, 1976)
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| (silence) | 0:04 | |
| (warm organ music) | 0:17 | |
| (triumphant organ music drowning out singing) | 5:36 | |
| - | Bless be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. | 10:07 |
| - | Blessed be his kingdom, now and forever, amen. | 10:11 |
| - | Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, | 10:16 |
| all desires known and from you no secrets are hid. | 10:20 | |
| Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts | 10:26 | |
| by the inspiration of your holy spirit, | 10:28 | |
| that we may perfectly love you | 10:32 | |
| and worthily magnify your holy name | 10:34 | |
| through Christ our Lord. | 10:38 | |
| - | Amen. | 10:40 |
| (warm organ music) | 10:43 | |
| ♪ Lord have mercy ♪ | 10:48 | |
| ♪ Guide us to blessings ♪ | 10:52 | |
| ♪ (indistinct) blessing ♪ | 10:58 | |
| - | The Lord be with you. | 11:06 |
| - | And also with you. | 11:08 |
| - | Let us pray. | 11:10 |
| Grant law to God, | 11:13 | |
| to all who have been baptized | 11:15 | |
| into the death and resurrection of your son, Jesus Christ, | 11:17 | |
| that as we have put away the old life of sin | 11:23 | |
| so we may be renewed in the spirit of how our minds and live | 11:28 | |
| in righteousness and true holiness | 11:33 | |
| through Jesus Christ, our Lord, | 11:36 | |
| who lives and reigns with you | 11:40 | |
| in the unity of the holy spirit. | 11:42 | |
| One God now and forever. | 11:45 | |
| - | Amen. | 11:49 |
| - | The lesson from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans, | 11:57 |
| the sixth chapter beginning at the third verse. | 12:00 | |
| Have you forgotten that when we were baptized | 12:03 | |
| onto union with Christ Jesus, | 12:04 | |
| we were baptized into his death? | 12:06 | |
| By baptism we were buried with him and lay dead | 12:08 | |
| in order that as Christ was raised | 12:10 | |
| from the dead and the splendor of the father | 12:12 | |
| so also we might set our feet up on the new path of life. | 12:14 | |
| For as we become incorporate with him in a death like his, | 12:17 | |
| we shall also be one with him in a resurrection like his. | 12:20 | |
| We know that the man we once were, | 12:24 | |
| has been crucified with Christ for the destruction | 12:26 | |
| of the sinful self, so that we may no longer | 12:28 | |
| be the slaves of sin | 12:30 | |
| since a dead man is no longer answerable for sin. | 12:32 | |
| But if we died with Christ, | 12:36 | |
| we believe that we shall also come to life with him. | 12:37 | |
| We know that Christ once raised from the dead, | 12:40 | |
| is never to die again. | 12:41 | |
| He is no longer under the dominion of death, for in dying | 12:43 | |
| as he died, he died to sin once for all, | 12:46 | |
| and then living as he lives, he lives to God. | 12:49 | |
| In the same way, | 12:51 | |
| you must regard yourselves as dead to sin and alive to God | 12:52 | |
| in union with Christ Jesus here in (indistinct). | 12:55 | |
| (dramatic organ music) | 13:00 | |
| (organ drowning out singers) | 13:23 | |
| - | The holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ | 16:05 |
| according to St. Mark. | 16:07 | |
| - | Praise be the lord our god. | 16:10 |
| - | James and John, the sons of Zebedee approached him | 16:12 |
| and said, "Master, we should like you to do us a favor." | 16:17 | |
| "What is it you want me to do?: he asked. | 16:22 | |
| They answered, "Grant us the right to sit in state with you, | 16:26 | |
| "one at your right and the other at your left." | 16:31 | |
| Jesus said to them, | 16:36 | |
| "You do not understand what you are asking. | 16:38 | |
| "Can you drink the cup that I drink | 16:42 | |
| "or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?" | 16:45 | |
| "We can," they answered. | 16:50 | |
| Jesus said, "The cup that I drink, you shall drink, | 16:53 | |
| "and the baptism I am baptized with shall be your baptism. | 16:58 | |
| "But to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. | 17:04 | |
| "It is for those to whom it has already been assigned." | 17:09 | |
| When the other 10 heard this, | 17:14 | |
| they were indignant with James and John. | 17:16 | |
| Jesus called them to him and said, | 17:20 | |
| "You know that in the world, the recognized rulers | 17:23 | |
| "lord it over their subjects and their great men make them | 17:27 | |
| "feel the weight of authority. | 17:31 | |
| "That is not the way with you. | 17:34 | |
| "Among you, whoever wants to be great, must be your servant. | 17:37 | |
| "And whoever wants to be first | 17:42 | |
| "must be the willing slave of all. | 17:44 | |
| "For even the son of man did not come to be served, | 17:48 | |
| "but to serve and to give up his life as a ransom for many." | 17:52 | |
| The gospel of the Lord. | 17:58 | |
| - | Praise be to (indistinct). | 18:01 |
| - | Name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost. | 18:03 |
| "I am Oz, the great and terrible. | 18:17 | |
| "Who are you, and why do you seek me?" | 18:21 | |
| "I am Dorothy, the small and meek. | 18:25 | |
| "I have come to you for help. | 18:29 | |
| "I am lost out here in this world, | 18:32 | |
| "and I want you to get me back to Kansas, | 18:35 | |
| "where I will be safe and comfortable." | 18:38 | |
| This bit of dialogue is of course from that great | 18:43 | |
| and enduring classic written by L. Frank Baum, | 18:46 | |
| right after the turn of the century, | 18:51 | |
| the wonderful "Wizard of Oz." | 18:53 | |
| Early in the story, Dorothy is separated | 18:57 | |
| from her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry by a cyclone. | 19:00 | |
| She is also separated from the world of familiarity | 19:06 | |
| and unhappy surroundings, for her life in Kansas | 19:10 | |
| was dark and dull and utterly lacking in joy. | 19:14 | |
| The only bright spot in her life is her little dog, Toto. | 19:20 | |
| The storm whisks Dorothy and Toto together with the house | 19:26 | |
| away from the plains of Kansas | 19:30 | |
| to the bewildering land of Oz. | 19:33 | |
| Dorothy, flooded with fantasy and no longer | 19:38 | |
| in touch with the familiar misery of home, | 19:41 | |
| is led to seek the help of the Wizard of Oz | 19:45 | |
| in his great palace in Emerald City. | 19:48 | |
| All Dorothy wants is to go home to the known safety | 19:53 | |
| of her unsatisfactory life, | 19:57 | |
| rather than tolerate the promises | 20:00 | |
| of a new and unfamiliar world. | 20:02 | |
| Along the way she meets other distressed creatures, | 20:06 | |
| the Scarecrow, the tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion. | 20:11 | |
| The scarecrow's problem is that he has no brains. | 20:17 | |
| He acts foolishly and is certain that his foolishness | 20:22 | |
| is no fault of his own. | 20:26 | |
| He simply lacks what he needs to behave | 20:29 | |
| competently and wisely. | 20:32 | |
| So he is happy to join Dorothy, | 20:35 | |
| in order to seek the great wizard to ask him | 20:38 | |
| to give him some brains. | 20:41 | |
| Next is the tin Woodman who is rusted so badly | 20:45 | |
| that he cannot move. | 20:49 | |
| His problem is that though, he seems very polite, | 20:52 | |
| he has no heart. | 20:56 | |
| He once was a man of flesh and blood, | 20:58 | |
| but was hurt so often that he gradually | 21:01 | |
| had all the parts of his body replaced with tin and alas, | 21:05 | |
| the heart was left out. | 21:10 | |
| He too is not responsible | 21:13 | |
| for this unfortunate state of affairs. | 21:15 | |
| If only someone would do something for him, | 21:18 | |
| he might be able really to care about people | 21:21 | |
| instead of merely appearing to be polite. | 21:25 | |
| And the fact that he rusts requires other people | 21:29 | |
| to be around to oil him up, | 21:32 | |
| or he just won't be able to function. | 21:35 | |
| The third companion startles them in the woods. | 21:39 | |
| It is the Cowardly Lion who menaces them | 21:43 | |
| with unwarranted mock ferocity, | 21:46 | |
| but all too quickly reveals | 21:49 | |
| that he is nothing but a big coward. | 21:51 | |
| Although he has brains and heart and home, he lacks courage. | 21:55 | |
| Therefore he cannot be expected to follow through | 22:02 | |
| with boldness, to risk himself, | 22:05 | |
| to act like a man or rather like a lion. | 22:09 | |
| He roars to scare others off, but if they stay to challenge, | 22:13 | |
| he shows his cowardice. | 22:18 | |
| "But how can I help it?" he pleads | 22:21 | |
| and then tells Dorothy that now that she knows this, | 22:24 | |
| she must be careful not to frighten him. | 22:28 | |
| So they all set out to see the wizard, | 22:33 | |
| to ask him to give something | 22:35 | |
| that they did not have themselves. | 22:37 | |
| Well, the similarities between this story | 22:42 | |
| and the request of James and John of our Lord | 22:44 | |
| in today's gospel are striking. | 22:48 | |
| "Master, we should like you to do us a favor." | 22:51 | |
| "What is it you want me to do?" he asks. | 22:56 | |
| They answered, "Grant us the right to sit in state | 23:00 | |
| "with you, one at your right and the other at your left." | 23:03 | |
| In other words, take care of us. | 23:07 | |
| When you have come into your kingdom, | 23:11 | |
| give us the choicest seats at your right and at your left. | 23:13 | |
| Nevermind all the others, just take care of us. | 23:18 | |
| Well, when you think about it, | 23:24 | |
| neither of the requests of James and John, | 23:25 | |
| nor those of the characters in Oz are all that unusual. | 23:29 | |
| All of us would like to have a fairy godmother to wave her | 23:35 | |
| magic wand and do for us | 23:38 | |
| what we have such difficulty doing for ourselves. | 23:41 | |
| Life is often tough. | 23:46 | |
| Why is it that some young people | 23:49 | |
| are more popular than others? | 23:51 | |
| Oh Lord, why can't you make me | 23:55 | |
| as popular as other people are? | 23:57 | |
| Why do I have to have a complexion that is unsightly | 24:01 | |
| and makes me an outcast? | 24:04 | |
| Lord, make me prettier or more handsome. | 24:07 | |
| Why is it that I don't have the brains | 24:12 | |
| that other people have? | 24:14 | |
| Lord make me smarter, | 24:16 | |
| make me taller or shorter or thinner or fatter. | 24:19 | |
| Help me to do well on the test, help our football team | 24:24 | |
| win its next game, | 24:29 | |
| say the magic words and make me the center of attention | 24:32 | |
| so that people will want to be around me | 24:36 | |
| and be attracted to me | 24:39 | |
| and I can bask in their adoration. | 24:41 | |
| Whenever we are afraid or confused or misunderstand | 24:45 | |
| or are cowardly, | 24:50 | |
| we always want someone to take us off the hotspot, | 24:52 | |
| to do something for us, to give us courage, | 24:56 | |
| to help us to understand and to dispel our confusion. | 25:01 | |
| Notice that Saint Mark portrays the disciples as afraid, | 25:06 | |
| confused, misunderstanding, and cowardly, | 25:11 | |
| the very traits of the four in "The Wizard of Oz." | 25:15 | |
| And that's the way it is of course, with wizards, | 25:20 | |
| until we realize that like the one in the story, | 25:23 | |
| there are no such things as wizards, | 25:27 | |
| but simply other confused, frightened individuals. | 25:30 | |
| As a matter of fact, Dorothy says to him, | 25:35 | |
| "You are a very bad man.: | 25:37 | |
| And he says, "No, I'm a very good man. | 25:40 | |
| "I'm just a very bad wizard." | 25:43 | |
| But Dorothy is reluctant when she is confronted | 25:47 | |
| with the task of killing the Wicked Witch of the West | 25:52 | |
| to take this task on because she cannot | 25:58 | |
| be forceful on purpose. | 26:01 | |
| The Scarecrow says he will not be able to help | 26:05 | |
| because he is a fool, the tin Woodman, | 26:08 | |
| because he doesn't have the heart for it, | 26:11 | |
| and the Cowardly Lion, because he is too fearful, | 26:15 | |
| but the wizard won't let them off the hook. | 26:19 | |
| So reluctantly, they set out to slay | 26:22 | |
| the Wicked Witch of the West. | 26:25 | |
| In the course of the adventure and in spite of themselves, | 26:28 | |
| they become caught up with being a part of it | 26:32 | |
| and with genuine concern for one another. | 26:37 | |
| So much so that the Scarecrow makes wise decisions, | 26:41 | |
| The tin Woodman acts out of loyalty, | 26:45 | |
| and the Cowardly Lion performs bravely. | 26:49 | |
| Eventually even Dorothy is able to be happy | 26:54 | |
| for her friends and their achievements | 26:57 | |
| even when she fears she may never achieve her own desires. | 27:00 | |
| At the end, when they ask the wizard for their rewards, | 27:06 | |
| he tries to help them understand what took place. | 27:10 | |
| For the Scarecrow, it was not a problem of lacking brains, | 27:15 | |
| but of avoiding the experiences that yield knowledge. | 27:19 | |
| Now that he could risk being wrong, | 27:25 | |
| he could sometimes act wisely. | 27:28 | |
| So too with the tin Woodman. | 27:32 | |
| It was not a hear he lacked, | 27:35 | |
| but rather the willingness to bear unhappiness. | 27:37 | |
| And of course the Cowardly Lion needed not courage, | 27:42 | |
| but the confidence to know that he could face danger, | 27:47 | |
| even when he was terribly frightened. | 27:51 | |
| And as far as Dorothy herself was concerned, | 27:54 | |
| she had the power all the time to use | 27:58 | |
| the silver shoes she had on. | 28:00 | |
| So she has learned that she also has the power to go | 28:03 | |
| wherever she wants to go and to make changes in her life | 28:07 | |
| if only she is willing to take the responsibility | 28:11 | |
| of recognizing and using that power. | 28:14 | |
| Jesus put it another way. | 28:19 | |
| "You do not understand what you are asking. | 28:22 | |
| "Can you drink the cup that I drink, be baptized | 28:26 | |
| "with the baptism I am baptized with?" | 28:30 | |
| "We can," they answered. | 28:34 | |
| Jesus said, "The cup that I drink, you shall drink. | 28:37 | |
| "And the baptism I am baptized with shall be your baptism. | 28:41 | |
| "But to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. | 28:45 | |
| "It is for those to whom it has already been assigned." | 28:50 | |
| In other words, we all must face | 28:55 | |
| whatever is in store for us every day. | 28:57 | |
| We must be baptized daily with dying to old situations | 29:02 | |
| and experience new beginnings. | 29:08 | |
| The person who is lonely or unhappy needs to ask himself | 29:12 | |
| or herself what his involvement is with other people. | 29:17 | |
| Is he being selfish and wanting something just for himself, | 29:23 | |
| or is he willing to work with others | 29:27 | |
| not to isolate himself, | 29:30 | |
| but to be involved deeply and often painfully in the lives | 29:33 | |
| of other people? | 29:37 | |
| The person who is not handsome or beautiful must ask himself | 29:39 | |
| or herself whether it is true | 29:44 | |
| that beauty is only skin deep | 29:47 | |
| and whether there is not a beauty of character that comes | 29:49 | |
| from facing whatever reality there is in one's life | 29:53 | |
| and in rejoicing in the possibility of new beginnings. | 29:58 | |
| The person who wants his football team to win every game | 30:03 | |
| needs to ask, what can I learn if my team loses | 30:07 | |
| and how can I benefit from this as a person | 30:12 | |
| in concert with other persons? | 30:15 | |
| As Father Joseph of the order of St. Francis has put it, | 30:18 | |
| "Growing up is getting out of ourselves | 30:22 | |
| "into right relationships with others." | 30:26 | |
| This is what happened to the four of "The wizard of Oz." | 30:30 | |
| They ceased to be concerned only with themselves and began | 30:34 | |
| to work together, to share a common task, | 30:38 | |
| to admit their fears and their misunderstandings | 30:43 | |
| and their confusion, but to keep at it. | 30:46 | |
| James and John, after our Lord's death, | 30:51 | |
| of course it meant not only experiencing many small baptisms | 30:53 | |
| of death and new life as they labored alongside others | 30:58 | |
| in the early church, | 31:02 | |
| but also a very painful death themselves. | 31:04 | |
| We all have brains, | 31:11 | |
| but we can still avoid the experiences | 31:13 | |
| that sometimes yield knowledge. | 31:16 | |
| Those who are wise can still refuse | 31:20 | |
| to run the risk of being wrong. | 31:23 | |
| Those who have hearts can still be unwilling | 31:26 | |
| to bear unhappiness. | 31:29 | |
| And those who do have courage can still lack the confidence | 31:31 | |
| to know that they can face danger even when afraid. | 31:35 | |
| But all of these are human traits. | 31:40 | |
| It's human for us to be frightened. | 31:43 | |
| It's human for us to be reluctant to bear unhappiness. | 31:47 | |
| It's human of us to want to avoid experiences | 31:51 | |
| that give us knowledge. | 31:55 | |
| And if there's one thing Jesus always had compassion about, | 31:56 | |
| it was for human weakness. | 32:00 | |
| But human weaknesses always bolstered when it comes together | 32:04 | |
| with others, even in their weakness. | 32:08 | |
| The spirit of God moves among people who are all too human | 32:11 | |
| and all too frail, yet who searched for solutions | 32:16 | |
| to life's problems | 32:20 | |
| not in isolation from one another and not in appealing | 32:21 | |
| for miracles, but in linking arms and marching resolutely | 32:25 | |
| together in search of solutions to one another's problems. | 32:30 | |
| And finally, we need not worry about our acceptability | 32:36 | |
| to Jesus himself. | 32:40 | |
| He always loves those who are downtrodden | 32:43 | |
| and poor in spirit. | 32:46 | |
| Those not blessed with outstanding looks or personalities. | 32:49 | |
| Those not having the greatest brains. | 32:54 | |
| Those crippled in mind, or body or spirit. | 32:57 | |
| All of these are accepted and acceptable to him | 33:02 | |
| and we can take comfort in knowing that in spite of our | 33:07 | |
| weakness and our foibles, | 33:10 | |
| he loves us and accepts us exactly as we are. | 33:13 | |
| He will not wave his magic wand to take away from us | 33:17 | |
| the problems we need to work on ourselves. | 33:21 | |
| But he has promised that when two or three are gathered | 33:24 | |
| together in his name, he is there in their midst. | 33:28 | |
| Amen. | 33:33 | |
| - | We believe in one God, the father, | 33:51 |
| the almighty maker of heaven and earth, | 33:53 | |
| and of all that is seen and unseen. | 33:57 | |
| We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ. | 34:00 | |
| The only son of God, eternally begotten of the father. | 34:03 | |
| God from God, light from light, | 34:08 | |
| true God from true God, begotten not made. | 34:11 | |
| Of one being with the father, through him, | 34:15 | |
| all things were made. | 34:18 | |
| For us and for our salvation, | 34:20 | |
| he came down from heaven. | 34:22 | |
| By the power of the holy spirit | 34:25 | |
| he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary and was made man. | 34:26 | |
| For our sake, he was crucified under Pontius Pilate. | 34:32 | |
| He suffered death and was buried. | 34:36 | |
| On the third day, he rose again | 34:39 | |
| in accordance with the scriptures. | 34:41 | |
| He ascended into heaven and is seated | 34:43 | |
| at the right hand of the father. | 34:46 | |
| He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead | 34:48 | |
| and his kingdom will have no end. | 34:52 | |
| We believe in the holy spirit, the Lord, | 34:55 | |
| the giver of life who proceeds from the father. | 34:59 | |
| With the father and the son, he is worshiped and glorified. | 35:03 | |
| He has spoken through the prophets. | 35:07 | |
| We believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church. | 35:09 | |
| We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. | 35:14 | |
| We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life for | 35:18 | |
| the world to come. | 35:22 | |
| Amen. | 35:23 | |
| Let us pray for Christ, church, and the world. | 35:32 | |
| Father, we pray for your holy Catholic church. | 35:35 | |
| (indistinct) | 35:39 | |
| Grant that every member of the church may truly | 35:42 | |
| and humbly serve you. | 35:45 | |
| (indistinct) | 35:47 | |
| We pray for all bishops, priests and deacons. | 35:50 | |
| (indistinct) | 35:54 | |
| We pray for all who govern and hold authority | 35:58 | |
| in the nations of the world. | 36:01 | |
| - | Grant us peace on Earth. | 36:05 |
| - | Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake. | 36:08 |
| (indistinct) | 36:12 | |
| Have compassion on those who suffer | 36:16 | |
| from any grief or trouble. | 36:18 | |
| (indistinct) | 36:21 | |
| Give to the departed eternal rest. | 36:24 | |
| (indistinct) | 36:27 | |
| We praise you for your saints who have entered into joy. | 36:30 | |
| - | May we also share in your kingdom. | 36:34 |
| - | Let us pray for our own needs and those of others. | 36:38 |
| - | Almighty and eternal God, | 36:44 |
| ruler of all things in heaven and earth, mercifully accept | 36:47 | |
| the prayers of your people and strengthen us to do your will | 36:52 | |
| through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen. | 36:57 | |
| - | Amen. | 37:02 |
| - | Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor. | 37:03 |
| (congregation murmuring) | 37:09 | |
| Most merciful God. | 37:18 | |
| We confess that we have sinned against you | 37:20 | |
| in thought, word, and deed. | 37:23 | |
| What we have done, by what we have left undone, | 37:26 | |
| we have not loved you with our whole heart. | 37:30 | |
| We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. | 37:33 | |
| We are truly sorry, and we humbly repent, | 37:37 | |
| but the sake of your son, | 37:41 | |
| Jesus Christ have mercy on us and forgive us that we may | 37:42 | |
| delight in your will and walk in your ways | 37:48 | |
| to the glory of your name, amen. | 37:52 | |
| All mighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins | 37:58 | |
| through our Lord Jesus Christ. | 38:03 | |
| Strengthen you in all goodness | 38:05 | |
| and by the power of the holy spirit, | 38:08 | |
| keep you in eternal life. | 38:11 | |
| - | Amen. | 38:14 |
| - | The peace of the Lord be always with you. | 38:20 |
| - | And also with you. | 38:24 |
| (congregation murmuring) | 38:26 | |
| - | A very happy day to all of you. | 39:36 |
| We are happy to have you here. | 39:39 | |
| We welcome you. | 39:41 | |
| We appreciate what you do as acolytes and servers. | 39:42 | |
| We know your parishes appreciate you | 39:49 | |
| and we want you to know | 39:50 | |
| that your Bishop and your diocese appreciate you. | 39:51 | |
| It is a beautiful day and we should have a good game | 39:58 | |
| And I wish all of you a very, | 40:02 | |
| and caution you to have a very safe trip home. | 40:06 | |
| There are many people to whom I would like to express our | 40:12 | |
| gratitude for this service. | 40:16 | |
| You know those in your own parish | 40:20 | |
| who helped to make it possible for you to be here. | 40:23 | |
| Back where I sit in this service, | 40:26 | |
| you can't hear the preacher, | 40:28 | |
| but we want to express our appreciation to the archdeacon | 40:29 | |
| for his sermon. | 40:32 | |
| I don't mean that we appreciate that | 40:38 | |
| we can't hear the sermon, but we just can't hear the sermon. | 40:39 | |
| (congregation chuckling) | 40:42 | |
| Then there is one person whom we can never thank enough | 40:47 | |
| who works on this practically from one year to the other | 40:50 | |
| And that is the chaplain here at Duke University, | 40:54 | |
| the Reverend Bruce Shepherd. | 40:57 | |
| It's a great deal of planning both here and with others | 41:00 | |
| to make this a whole occasion of possibility for us. | 41:05 | |
| And then we want to thank | 41:11 | |
| and express our appreciation to the Reverend Jack Jessup, | 41:13 | |
| who works with the youth commission and all the members | 41:17 | |
| of the youth commission | 41:19 | |
| who are serving as acolytes and servers | 41:20 | |
| and ushers at this service. | 41:24 | |
| And then the service leaf leaflet, | 41:27 | |
| which you have in your hand, | 41:29 | |
| take it home with you as part of a souvenir of today. | 41:31 | |
| You do not come by this easily. | 41:36 | |
| This has all been put together by the Reverend Uly Gooch | 41:40 | |
| who is rector of Luke's church in Salisbury | 41:44 | |
| who spends a great deal of time | 41:48 | |
| seeing that this is all printed and that it is accurate | 41:50 | |
| and according to the latest revisions | 41:55 | |
| of the Book of Common Prayer. | 41:59 | |
| Now, if you're gonna make somebody mad | 42:02 | |
| about revisions to the Book of Common Prayer, | 42:03 | |
| bring the leaflet back to us, | 42:05 | |
| but if you can live with it and you want to know what it is, | 42:08 | |
| this is put together on the basis of the most recent | 42:12 | |
| decisions made by the general convention. | 42:19 | |
| And it is right, too. | 42:22 | |
| Isn't the whole prayer book, it's right to, | 42:25 | |
| but we want to thank the Reverend Uly Gooch. | 42:28 | |
| And then I want to thank the junior choir | 42:30 | |
| from the Chapel of the Cross who are with us this morning | 42:32 | |
| and the organist from the Chapel of the cross, | 42:37 | |
| Mr. Wiley Quinn. | 42:39 | |
| I think I've expressed our appreciation to everyone. | 42:40 | |
| Have a good day. | 42:43 | |
| Root for Duke, root for Wake Forest, | 42:44 | |
| pick a winner one way or the other. | 42:46 | |
| Ascribe to the law, the honor due his name, | 42:49 | |
| bring offerings and come into his courts. | 42:52 | |
| (warm organ music) | 42:57 | |
| (warm organ music) | 44:24 | |
| (choir singing in foreign language) | 44:30 | |
| (bright organ music) | 47:15 | |
| (organ drowning out singers) | 49:05 | |
| The Lord be with you. | 50:02 | |
| - | And also with you. | 50:04 |
| - | Lift up your hearts. | 50:05 |
| - | We lift them up. | 50:08 |
| - | Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. | 50:09 |
| - | It is right to give thanks and praise. | 50:14 |
| - | It is right and a good and joyful thing, | 50:16 |
| always and everywhere to give thanks to you, | 50:19 | |
| Father, almighty creator of Heaven and Earth | 50:22 | |
| because in Jesus Christ, our Lord, | 50:27 | |
| you have received us as your sons and daughters, | 50:30 | |
| made us citizens of your kingdom | 50:34 | |
| and given us the holy spirit to guide us into all truth. | 50:37 | |
| Therefore, we praise you joining our voices | 50:43 | |
| with angels and archangels | 50:46 | |
| and with all the company of heaven who forever sing this | 50:48 | |
| hymn to proclaim the glory of your name. | 50:53 | |
| (bright organ music) | 50:59 | |
| (indistinct) | ||
| I can't see. | 51:01 | |
| (voices and singing overlapping) | 51:06 | |
| (organ drowning out singers) | 51:10 | |
| Holy and gracious father, in your infinite love | 51:42 | |
| you made us for yourself. | 51:46 | |
| And when we had fallen into sin and become subject | 51:49 | |
| to evil and death, you and your mercy sent Jesus Christ, | 51:52 | |
| your only and eternal son to share our human nature, | 51:57 | |
| to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, | 52:02 | |
| the God and father of all. | 52:07 | |
| He stretched out his arms upon the cross and offered himself | 52:10 | |
| in obedience to your will, | 52:14 | |
| a perfect sacrifice for the whole world. | 52:17 | |
| On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, | 52:22 | |
| our Lord Jesus Christ took bread. | 52:26 | |
| And when he had given thanks to you, | 52:30 | |
| he broke it and gave it to his disciples and said, | 52:32 | |
| "Take, eat, this is my body, which is given for you. | 52:37 | |
| "Do this for the remembrance of me." | 52:43 | |
| After supper, he took the cup of wine. | 52:48 | |
| And when he had given thanks, he gave it to them and said, | 52:52 | |
| "Drink this, all of you. | 52:56 | |
| "This is my blood of the new covenant, | 52:59 | |
| "which is shed for you | 53:02 | |
| "and for many, for the forgiveness of sins. | 53:07 | |
| "Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me." | 53:12 | |
| Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith. | 53:19 | |
| - | Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. | 53:24 |
| - | We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, oh, father | 53:31 |
| in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. | 53:34 | |
| Recalling his death, resurrection and ascension, | 53:39 | |
| we offer you these gifts. | 53:42 | |
| Sanctify them by your holy spirit to be for your people, | 53:46 | |
| the body and blood of your son, | 53:50 | |
| the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him. | 53:53 | |
| Sanctify us all so that we may faithfully receive | 53:58 | |
| this holy sacrament and serve you | 54:02 | |
| in unity, constancy, and peace. | 54:05 | |
| And at the last day, | 54:09 | |
| bring us with all your saints into the joy | 54:10 | |
| of your eternal kingdom. | 54:13 | |
| All this we ask through your son, Jesus Christ, | 54:16 | |
| by him and with him and in him, | 54:21 | |
| in the unity of the holy spirit, all honor, | 54:23 | |
| and glory is yours, almighty father now and forever. | 54:26 | |
| - | Amen. | 54:32 |
| - | And now as our savior, Christ has taught us | 54:35 |
| we are bold to say... | 54:38 | |
| - | Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, | 54:41 |
| thy kingdom come, thy will be done, | 54:46 | |
| on Earth as it is in Heaven. | 54:49 | |
| Give us this day our daily bread | 54:51 | |
| and forgive us, our trespasses | 54:54 | |
| as we forgive those who trespass against us. | 54:57 | |
| And lead us, not into temptation, | 55:01 | |
| but deliver us from evil, | 55:03 | |
| for thine is the kingdom and the power | 55:05 | |
| and the glory forever and ever, amen. | 55:08 | |
| - | Hallelujah, Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. | 55:14 |
| - | Therefore, let us keep the feast. | 55:20 |
| Hallelujah. | 55:22 | |
| - | The gifts of God for the people of God. | 55:27 |
| Body of Christ, the bread of him. | 56:04 | |
| Body of Christ, the bread of him. | 56:08 | |
| The blood of Christ, the cup of salvation. | 56:12 | |
| The blood of Christ, the cup of salvation. | 56:17 | |
| (cup clinking) | 56:30 | |
| (indistinct murmuring) | 56:37 | |
| - | Meeting. | 56:45 |
| (indistinct murmuring) | 56:49 | |
| - | Check. | 57:16 |
| Give these to (indistinct). | 57:20 | |
| We need Bob to (indistinct). | 57:35 | |
| He will go into the (indistinct). | 57:44 | |
| (indistinct) | 58:03 | |
| Oh yes, take this, (indistinct). | 58:05 | |
| Got a knife. | 58:08 | |
| Get Bob Davis to go with us. | 58:11 | |
| (faint murmuring) | 58:15 | |
| He's all the way in the back, Bob. | 58:23 | |
| (faint rustling) | 58:27 | |
| (solemn organ music) | 1:00:05 | |
| (organ drowning out singers) | 1:04:23 | |
| (bright organ music) | 1:07:07 | |
| (organ drowning out singers) | 1:07:23 | |
| (solemn organ music) | 1:11:27 | |
| (dramatic organ music) | 1:14:19 | |
| (dramatic organ music) | 1:20:51 | |
| - | Let us pray. | 1:22:26 |
| Eternal God, heavenly father. | 1:22:34 | |
| You have graciously accepted us, | 1:22:37 | |
| a living member of your son, our savior Jesus Christ | 1:22:40 | |
| And you have fed us with spiritual food in the sacrament | 1:22:44 | |
| of his body and blood. | 1:22:47 | |
| - | Send us now into the world in peace | 1:22:50 |
| and grant us strength and courage | 1:22:53 | |
| to love and serve you with gladness | 1:22:55 | |
| and singleness of heart. | 1:22:58 | |
| - | Christ our lord, amen. | 1:23:00 |
| The blessing of God almighty, the father, the son, | 1:23:11 | |
| and the holy spirit be upon you and remain with you forever. | 1:23:15 | |
| - | Amen. | 1:23:20 |
| - | Let us go forth in the name of Christ. | 1:23:23 |
| - | Thanks be to God. | 1:23:27 |
| (triumphant organ music drowning out singers) | 1:23:29 | |
| (triumphant organ music drowning out singers) | 1:24:26 |