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The Second Sunday of AdventDecember 5th, 2021, 10am

THE HOLY EUCHARIST

Announcements • Sunday, December 5, 2021

Lessons and Carols, Today at 4 p.m. We look forward to being back in-person for our festival of Advent Lessons and Carols, an annual favorite at CCC. Lessons and Carols is a worship service of scripture readings or lessons from the Bible interspersed with the singing of Advent carols. Originally, carols were music written for a choir. Within the worship service, hymns were written to allow the congregation to participate in the service. This is a joyous and celebratory service that is fun for all ages!

Songs of Surprise, Sundays Dec. 12 and 19 at 11:30 a.m. Looking for a way to escape the hustle and bustle of the season and to ground yourself in hope and expectation? Plan to be with us during our forum hour for an Advent Spiritual Refresher with longtime CCC friend and spiritual director Dan Hoffman. Dan will guide us in exploring the Canticles of Zechariah and Mary that we sing during our liturgies in Advent. We’ll take a deep look at these treasures of Scripture and liturgy through contemplative individual activities including music, journaling, art, meditation and prayer. Calling all Angels and Shepherds! CCC’s annual Children’s Pageant of the Nativity will be presented Dec. 24 at 3 p.m. We will have one required rehearsal on Sunday, Dec. 19, at 11:30 a.m. Anyone who can’t attend the rehearsal will be warmly welcomed as “stars” on day of the service. Questions? Email Anne Tordai at annet@cccindy.org. Adopting Coburn Place Families, Nov.19-Dec. 12. This year, the Outreach Ministry Team is partnering with Coburn Place to support survivors of partner violence for Christmas. Parishioner Emily Shrock, who also serves as the Vice Chair of the Coburn Place Board of Directors, will share more about this special Adopt-A-Family partnership at all three services. Scan to learn more and choose an item to donate: Stocking Elf Sign-up, Nov. 28-Dec. 24. Once again, Cathedral Women and the Outreach Ministry Team are jointly supporting the Cathedral’s efforts to help our neighbors experiencing homelessness during the season of Advent. Six filled Christmas stockings are hung daily outside the Cathedral on the black fencing above the basement entrance. Volunteers are needed to help stuff and hang the stockings. Help us share the joy of the Advent Season with some of our less fortunate neighbors. Learn more at cccindy.org.

Christ Church Cathedral 125 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 636-4577 www.cccindy.org

Christ Church Cathedral welcomes people of every race; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation, physical and mental ability; national origin; and economic station—

none of which may limit full participation in the life of our community.

Financial offerings will be gratefully received in the offering plate, by mail, on our website at www.cccindy.org/donate, or by texting CCCINDY to 73256.

Do you give online? If you have contributed online, please take an “I Gave Online” card from the pew and place it in the offering plate so that we my bless and give thanks for your gift.

Would you like to contribute to the beauty of the liturgy by providing flowers for the altar? please contact Evelyn Johnson at evelynj@cccindy.org.

Many thanks to those lay ministers serving as altar guild, acolytes, lectors, ushers, and vergers today. We always welcome new members. Contact the clergy to volunteer.

Welcome to worship at Christ Church Cathedral. If this is your first time with us, we invite you to complete a visitor’s card found at the end of the pew and place it in the offering plate. We are a space of ancient ritual and contemporary faith, engaged in the culture and needs of the moment. This bulletin contains all you need to join us in worship; everyone is welcome to receive communion at God’s table, and the clergy are happy to speak with you at any time. We are delighted you’re here and invite you to make this place yours.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge that we are on land stolen from the Miami and Kickapoo tribes. Let this acknowledgement serve as a reminder of our ongoing efforts to recognize, honor, reconcile and partner with Indigenous people whose lands and water we benefit from today.

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The Second Sunday of AdventDecember 5th, 2021, 10am

The Holy EucharistWelcome to Christ Church Cathedral. This service leaflet contains everything you need to participate.

To learn more about Christ Church Cathedral and our current offerings at 8am, 10am and 1pm, please visit cccindy.org. For pastoral assistance, please call 317-636-4577.

VOLUNTARY Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland Nicolaus Bruhns

The Word of God Responsory Sung by the choir G. P. da Palestrina

I look from afar: and lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth. Go ye out to meet him and say: Tell us, art thou he that should come to reign over thy people Israel? High and low, rich and poor, one with another, Go ye out to meet him and say: Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, Tell us, art thou he that should come? Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come to reign over thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

~First Responsory of Advent Sunday in the Office of Matins (early medieval Roman rite)

Hymn 54 Standing as able Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

The Acclamation

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THE COLLECT FOR PURITYAlmighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Kyrie Sung by the choir Lord, have mercy upon us.Christ have mercy upon us.Lord, have mercy upon us.

THE COLLECT OF THE DAY Presider: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.Presider: Let us pray. Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

THE FIRST READING: Baruch 5:1-9 SeatedTake off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God. Put on the robe of the righteousness that comes from God; put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Everlasting; for God will show your splendor everywhere under heaven. For God will give you evermore the name, “Righteous Peace, Godly Glory.” Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height; look toward the east, and see your children gathered from west and east at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them. For they went out from you on foot, led away by their enemies; but God will bring them back to you, carried in glory, as on a royal throne. For God has ordered that every high mountain and the everlasting hills be made low and the valleys filled up, to make level ground, so that Israel may walk safely in the glory of God. The woods and every fragrant tree have shaded Israel at God’s command. For God will lead Israel with joy, in the light of his glory, with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.Lector: The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

Canticle 16 The Antiphon is sung first by the choir, then all Plainsong

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; * he has come to his people and set them free.He has raised up for us a mighty savior, * born of the house of his servant David.Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies, * from the hands of all who hate us.He promised to show mercy to our fathers * and to remember his holy covenant.This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham, * to set us free from the hands of our enemies,

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Free to worship him without fear, * holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, * for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,To give his people knowledge of salvation * by the forgiveness of their sins.In the tender compassion of our God * the dawn from on high shall break upon us,To shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: * as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Refrain

THE SECOND READING: Philippians 1:3-11I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ. It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God’s grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the compassion of Christ Jesus. And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.Lector: The Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

Hymn 65 Standing as able Bereden väg för Herran

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Alleluia Sung first by the choir, then by all

Cantor: Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight; and all flesh shall see the salvation of our God. ~ Luke 3:4, 6

THE HOLY GOSPEL: Luke 3:1-6Gospeller: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth;and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”Gospeller: The Gospel of the Lord.People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.

THE SERMON The Reverend Canon Thomas Kryder-Reid

THE NICENE CREED Standing as ableWe believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE, FORM IV Leader: Let us pray for the Church and for the world. Grant, Almighty God, that all who confess your Name may be united in your truth, live together in your love, and reveal your glory in the world. SilenceLeader: Lord, in your mercy People: Hear our prayer.

Guide the people of this land, and of all the nations, in the ways of justice and peace; that we may honor one another and serve the common good. Silence

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Lord, in your mercy Hear our prayer. Give us all a reverence for the earth as your own creation, that we may use its resources rightly in the service of others and to your honor and glory. Silence Lord, in your mercy Hear our prayer. Bless all whose lives are closely linked with ours, and grant that we may serve Christ in them, and love one another as he loves us. Silence Lord, in your mercy Hear our prayer. Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit; give them courage and hope in their troubles, and bring them the joy of your salvation. Silence Lord, in your mercy Hear our prayer. We commend to your mercy all who have died, that your will for them may be fulfilled; and we pray that we may share with all your saints in your eternal kingdom. Silence Lord, in your mercy Hear our prayer.

The Presider concludes with a Collect.

THE CONFESSION Standing or kneelingDeacon: Let us confess our sins to God.All: Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen.The Presider concludes with an Absolution.

THE PEACE Standing as ablePresider: The peace of the Lord be always with you.People: And also with you.

All greet one another in the name of the Lord.

ANNOUNCEMENTSOfferings are received with gratitude in the offering plate, by mail, at www.cccindy.org/donate or by texting CCCINDY to 73256.

The Holy Communion

OFFERTORY SENTENCEPresider: If you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. ~ Matthew 5:23, 24

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Anthem at the Offertory Herbert HowellsO pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls and plenteousness within thy palaces.

~Psalm 122:6, 7

Hymn 56, verses 3, 4 Standing as able Veni, veni, Emmanuel

The Great Thanksgiving Eucharistic Prayer B (Expanded Language) Standing as ablePresider: The Lord be with you.People: And also with you.

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Almighty God,

Creator of heaven and earth. Because you sent your beloved Son to redeem us from sin and death, and to make us heirs in him of everlasting life; that when he shall come again in power and great triumph to judge the world, we may without shame or fear rejoice to behold his appearing. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

SANCTUS AND BENEDICTUS Sung by the choir

The people stand or kneel as able.

We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh. For in these last days you sent Jesus to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. In Christ, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In Christ, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.

On the night before he died for us, our Savior Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts:Heaven and earth are full of thy Glory.Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High.

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

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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 Jesus 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.”

Therefore, according to his command, O Father,

All: We remember Christ’s death. We proclaim Christ’s resurrection. We await Christ’s coming in glory;

And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Savior of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine. We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, through whom we are acceptable to you, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your children; through Jesus Christ our Savior, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation. By Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,

THE LORD’S PRAYEROur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

BREAKING OF THE BREAD Silence is kept

Agnus Dei Sung by the choir O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant us thy peace.

THE INVITATIONPresider: The Gifts of God for the People of God.

This is the Lord’s Table. All are welcome. Bread is received with open hands, standing as able. Those preferring a blessing may indicate by crossing their arms. Gluten free bread is available upon request.

Motet at the Communion Judith Weir Drop down, ye heavens, from above and let the clouds pour down righteousness: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,my salvation shall not tarry:I have blotted out as a thick cloudthy transgressions: Fear not, for I will save thee:For I am the Lord thy God,the Holy One of Israel, thy Redeemer. Drop down, ye heavens, from above and let the clouds pour down righteousness:

~from the Advent Prose

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Hymn Wonder Love and Praise 724

THE POSTCOMMUNION PRAYER Standing or kneeling as ableEternal God, heavenly Father, you have graciously accepted us as living members of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ, and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you with gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The BlessingPresider: May the Sun of Righteousness shine upon you and scatter the darkness from before your path; and

the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you always.

People: Amen.

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THE DISMISSALDeacon: Let us go forth in the name of Christ. People: Thanks be to God.

Hymn 53 Standing as able Gottes Sohn ist kommen

VOLUNTARY Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 J.S. Bach

Presider: The Very Reverend Gray Lesesne, D. MinService Music: Holy Communion – Phillip Moore

All music is reprinted under OneLicense.net #A717926

Music Notes: Today’s service features music from two contemporary English masters. Judith Weir is Master of the Queen’s Music, the musical equivalent of Poet Laureate. She is the first woman to hold the post and has composed for choirs and orchestras throughout the world. Phillip Moore was Organist and Choirmaster at York Minster. Following in the footsteps of his predecessors Francis Jackson and Edward Bairstow, Moore’s compositional renown is known far outside this northern English city. Moore has composed some of the finest church music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and he shows no signs of slowing down!

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Parish Calendar Sunday, Nov 28, 2021. 7 a.m Community Breakfast 8 a.m Holy Eucharist, Rite I 10 a.m Holy Eucharist, Rite II 11:30 a.m Children's Formation 1 p.m Santa Misa

Centering Prayer Monday 5:30 p.m. Zoom

Stephen Ministry training Monday 6 p.m. Cathedral Women Meeting & Dinner Tuesday 6 p.m. Intercessory Prayer: Friday 5 p.m. Zoom Caroling Friday 6:30 p.m. Daily Prayer Monday - Friday 8:30 am Morning Prayer 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist Tuesday & Thursday 5:30 pm Evensong Wednesday 5:30 pm Evening Prayer Deadline for the weekly Good Word e-newsletter is Wednesday of THE WEEK BEFORE publication

Prayers and Thanksgivings As a House of Prayer, we welcome your prayer requests. If you would like prayers for yourself, or if you would like us to pray for a loved one, please ask them for permission first, and then speak to one of our clergy or send your prayer requests by email to Rev. Fatima at fatimaym@cccindy.org.

This week’s prayers For the Church: The Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church; The Rt. Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis; The Rt. Rev. Mauricio Andrade, Bishop of Brasilia; and for the clergy, staff and Vestry of Christ Church Cathedral.

For the World: for peace, our country, our leaders, our allies and our enemies, and all those who serve in the Armed Forces.

This Week: (ACP) Anglican Cycle of Prayer

Sunday, Nov 28: (ACP) Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil

Monday, Nov 29: (ACP) The Diocese of Idoani – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Tuesday, Nov 30: (ACP) The Diocese of Ife – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Wednesday, Dec 1: (ACP) The Diocese of Ife East – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).

Thursday, Dec 2: (ACP) The Diocese of Ifo – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Friday, Dec 3: The Diocese of Igbomina – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Saturday, Dec 4: (ACP) The Diocese of Igbomina – West – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

In the Diocese: This month, pray for the Convention Delegates, the Neighborhoods of the Diocese, and all those involved in our Annual Convention.

For those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit, we pray especially for John Zimmermann; Americo Alvarado; Bruce and Pat Lord; the Eiszner family; Sarah Meadows; the Williams family; Perla Irazoque; Ana Cecilia Zamora; Gloria Matamoros; Anibal Melendez; Dolmary Melendez; the Rubio-Vega family; Ingris Espinoza; Mariela Plata; Daniel Ramirez; Rosa Maria Gutierrez; Omar Anguiano; the Kieninger family; Simrita Anderson;Nathan Gue

For the Repose of the Soul: Sara Eiszner, Peter Williams, Marco Antonio Llamas, Harry Kieninger and for those who have lost their lives to COVID-19 and gun violence

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Christ Church Cathedral | Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis 125 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2993 | 317-636-4577 | www.cccindy.org

The Right Reverend Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Bishop of IndianapolisThe Very Reverend Gray Lesesne, D.Min., Dean and Rector

The Reverend Canon Hipólito Fernández Reina, Cathedral CanonThe Reverend Canon Thomas Kryder-Reid, Canon Pastor

The Reverend Fatima Yakubu-Madus, DeaconCanon Christopher Caruso-Lynch, Director of Music

Brendan Conner, Senior Organ Scholar Collin Miller, Junior Organ Scholar

Canon Mariann Scott, Canon for the Circle Elise Shrock, Director of Communications

Veronica Godinez, Communications & Ministry Support AdministratorFloyd Acoff, Director of Property and FacilitiesFred Andrews, Property and Facilities Manager

Anthony Cox, Sexton