VESPERS Commemoration of All Faithful Departed October 31, 2021 at 5 pm

ST PAUL’S CHURCH IN ENGLEWOOD an Episcopal Parish in the Diocese of Newark

and the Anglican Communion

WELCOME TO ST. PAUL’S We are glad you are here, and we invite you to enter fully into worship this evening. We invite you to ask questions, explore, and to make yourself known to those around you. Please pick up a newsletter and any other information about the parish located at the entrances to the church, and join us for a reception following the service. Help us make this a place where God’s grace is freely shared by all.

VESPERS & ALL SOULS’ DAY The opening rites of the Book of Common Prayer are commonly called “offices,” that, is, daily services of prayer and praise rooted in the Jewish and early Christian traditions of saying prayers at fixed hours of the day (Acts 10:9, 16:25). In the Anglican tradition, most cathedrals, monastic houses, and collegiate chapels celebrate these services daily. As we end the day with prayer and song, we give thanks for the blessings we have received and ask for God’s guidance as we look forward to the week ahead.

The Commemoration of All Faithful Departed commonly called All Souls, has been celebrated by this parish since the mid-twentieth century. Our custom to remember those who have gone before us during a public service of thanksgiving has traditionally included a major offering from our choirs. We invite you to enter into the music and prayers, allow them to transform you, and to give thanks for the blessings of the saints who have gone before us, the saints among us, and the saints yet to come.

We give Thanks for the musical leadership and contributions for this commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

from Cynthia Powell, organist; Faye Timmer, cantor; and Elliot Roman, flutist.

VESPERS Please stand when the procession begins. The Officiant says

Officiant God has claimed us as his own. All He called us from our darkness into the light of his day. Officiant This is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given

me, All And I will raise them up at the last day. Officiant Lord God, creator of all, you have made us creatures of this earth, but have also

promised us a share in life eternal. According to your promises, may all who have died in the peace of Christ come with your saints to the joys of your kingdom, where there will be neither sorrow nor pain, but life everlasting.

All Amen.

PSALM 103 Bless the Lord, My Soul Taizé Chant The refrain is sung by the cantor and repeated by all 

All Refrain

Bless the Lord, my soul,And bless God’s holy name.Bless the Lord, my soul,who leads me into life.

Cantor It is he who forgives all your guilt,who heals every one of your ills,who redeems your life from the grave,who crowns you with love and compassion Refrain

Cantor The Lord is compassion and love,slow to anger and rich in mercy.He does not treat us according to our sinsnor repay us according to our faults. Refrain

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Cantor As a father has compassion on his children,the Lord has pity on those who fear him;for he knows of what we are made,he remembers that we are but dust. Refrain

Please be seated

THE LESSONS The Salvation that is to Come Isaiah 25:6-10 Reader On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a

feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; he will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain.

COME AND FILL OUR HEARTS WITH YOUR PEACE Taizé Chant

The Eulogy of the Ancestors Ecclesiasticus 44:1-10, 13-14 Reader Let us now sing the praises of famous men, our ancestors in their generations. The

Lord apportioned to them great glory, his majesty from the beginning. There were those who ruled in their kingdoms, and made a name for themselves by their valor; those who gave counsel because they were intelligent; those who spoke in prophetic oracles; those who led the people by their counsels and by their knowledge of the people’s lore; they were wise in their words of instruction; those who composed musical tunes, or put verses in writing; rich men endowed with resources, living peacefully in their homes—all these were honored in their generations, and were the pride of their times. Some of them have left behind a name, so that others declare their praise. But of others there is no memory; they have perished as though they had never existed; they have become as though they had never been born, they and their children after them. But these also were godly men, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten; Their offspring will continue forever, and their glory will never be

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blotted out. Their bodies are buried in peace, but their name lives on generation after generation.

LAUDATE DOMINUM (PRAISE GOD, ALL YE PEOPLES) Taizé Chant

A Great Cloud of Witnesses Hebrews 12:1-3 Reader Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay

aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart.

JESUS, REMEMBER THEM Taizé Chant

The Tree of Life Revelation 22:1-5 Reader Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing

from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Nothing accursed will be found there anymore. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

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THE LORD IS MY LIGHT Taizé Chant

A HOMILY

A HYMN O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go Hymnal 1940 #435 O Love that wilt not let me go,

I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer, fuller be.

O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; my heart restores its borrowed ray, that in thy sunshine's blaze its day may brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow thru the rain, and feel the promise is not vain, that morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, and from the ground there blossoms red life that shall endless be.

Please stand

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A COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

Officiant The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;great is your faithfulness, O Lord our God. 

All The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore will I hope in him. Officiant Let us pray. Almighty and eternal God, from whose love we cannot be parted, either

by death or life: hear our prayers and thanksgivings for all whom we remember today; fulfil in them the purpose of your love; and bring us all, with them, to your eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

A list of names remembered by this community is read (accompanied by organ and flute).

All the Souls lost to Covid in 2021

Eloise Abraham Josiah Abraham

George C. Abraham Rufus Abraham

Geraldine Abraham Ralph Abraham

Lucille Abraham Mason Anita Abraham-

Thomason Dorothy Allport

Elizabeth Allport George Allport

William Allport Cecil Alston

Dominick Annuzzi Maria Ballesteros

Kate Barr Helen Barrow

William Baxter Fr. Jack Bebe Ernie Bent Evon Bent

Loraine Biggart Mark Blankson

Frederick Douglas Boothe Alice Bramhall

William Broderick Ozzie Brown John Bullough Rita Carbone

Rocco Carbone Paulo Carneiro

Opal Carter Lillian Carter-Young

Annette Chang Eleanor Chang

Bishop Richard S.O. Chang

Warren Chang Euas “Topper” Cheatham

Melvyn Clarke Freddie Coco

Luis Coco Roberto Coco

Shaun Coughlan James T. Craig

Mary Carolyn Craig Dhalma DeJesus

Marjorie Duvalsaint Jane Dwight

Aubrey Ebanks Aida Fernandez George Garcis

Joanne Gillespie Ronald Graham

Timothy Graham Eloise Graham Boothe

Marion Greene Douglas Hammond Maureen Hartnett Ramon Herrera

Earl Hester Shirley Hezekiah

Cheryle Hill Nickelous Hodges

Edith Holiday Rosalie Ibach

Gloria Jackson Marcellus Jackson

Petra Jimarez Najma Khan

Willa Mae Kramer Etheline Lannaman Howard Lannaman

Michelle-Ann Lannaman Jean LeMée

Garland Lopez Dona Luke Gloria Luke

Catherine Maglione Michaela Mahoney

Annie Mason Melvin Mason

Susan Gail Mason Charles McGovern

James McLoone Bliss Michelson Marylin Miller

William George “Bill” Morrison

Philip Mousin Sarah Murphy Edwin Murphy Louise Northern

Agnes "Nancy" O'Neill James O'Neill

Nereyda Ortega Enrique Ovalle

Rose Paez Debbierose Pernice

Louise Phillips Alice Pierson

Epifanio Quiroz Nini Ramirez Bill Randolph

Maurice Reichman Beverly Rhinehart

Sally Riccotone Verma Richardson Amanda Rodriguez

Bienvenido Rodriguez Enzo A. Rodriguez Isabella Rodriguez Juana Rodriguez

Ina Samuels-Martinez Richie Sanchez Therese Saulnier Fr. Bob Shearer

Karli Short Jon Skarimbas

Peg Slaven Fr. Phil Stephenson Helen Thompson

Katie Bell Thompson Melvin Thompson

Preston Thompson, Sr. Hector Valdez

Elodie Vandevert Melissa Vogel Susie Wallace James Watts

Pierce Wheeler Shirley Woods

The Rev. Larry Wynn

THE COLLECT Officiant Let us pray.

Everlasting God, our maker and redeemer, grant us, with all the faithful departed, the sure benefits of your Son’s saving passion and glorious resurrection, that, in the last day, when you gather up all things in Christ, we may with them enjoy the fullness of your promises; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

All Amen.

DONA NOBIS PACEM (GRANT US PEACE) ROUND, ATTR. MOZART

THE PEACE Officiant The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And also with you.

Please greet one another in the name of the Lord

ANNOUNCEMENTS & WELCOME During the hymn, an offering will be taken for St. Paul’s

A HYMN Now thank we all our God Hymnal 1982, #397 Now thank we all our God,

with heart and hands and voices,who wondrous things hath done,in whom his world rejoices;who from our mother's armshath blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love,and still is ours today.

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O may this bounteous Godthrough all our life be near us,with ever-joyful heartsand blessed peace to cheer us;and keep us in his grace,and guide us when perplexed,and free us from all illsin this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to Godthe Father now be given, the Son, and Holy Ghost,supreme in highest heaven,the one eternal God,whom earth and heaven adore;for thus it was, is now,and shall be evermore.

CONCLUDING PRAYERS Officiant Blessed are you, Sovereign God of all,

to you be glory and praise for ever! In the darkness of this passing age,your saints proclaim the glory of your kingdom,revealed among us in the Christ, our light.Open our eyes to behold your presenceand join our song with that of the saintsin praise of your marvelous deeds, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

People Blessed be God for ever. Amen.

THE BLESSING AND DISMISSAL A Priest blesses the People. 

All Amen.

Officiant Let us the Lord. All Thanks be to God.

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