Fifth Sunday in Lent
March 21, 2010
Prelude Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (b. March 21, 1685; d. July 28, 1750)
Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031
Siciliano
Allegro
Allison Davis, flute
Suite in D minor, BWV 1008
Prelude
Sarabande
Adam Collins, cello
Prelude in E Flat (St. Anne), BWV 552
Charles Tompkins, organ
Welcome
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Gathering
(Please stand)
Brief Order for Confession & Forgiveness
P We gather in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
P God of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people, turning us from our sin to live for you alone. Give us the power of your Holy Spirit that we may confess our sin, receive your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C Amen.
(Please kneel)
Confession
P Most merciful God,
C we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. 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. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ,
have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in your will and walk in
your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
Absolution
P In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for his sake God forgives us all our sins. As a called and ordained minister of the church of Christ, and by his authority, I therefore declare to you the entire forgiveness of all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the ς Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C Amen.
(Please stand)
Entrance Hymn Let the Whole Creation Cry Hymn 876
Greeting
P The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all!
C And, also with you.
Kyrie (sung in
German) J. S. Bach Christina Carviou - soloist
Kyrie! God, Father in
Eternity! Great is your mercy, creator and ruler
of all things. Eleison.
Christ, comforter of the whole world! You alone have
redeemed us
sinners. O Jesus, Son of God! You are our mediator at the
highest throne.
To you we cry with heart’s desire. Eleison.
Kyrie! God, Holy Spirit, comfort, strengthen us above all
in faith that we
gladly depart from this misery at our death. Eleison.
Prayer
of the Day
P Creator God, you prepare a new way
in the wilderness, and your grace waters our desert. Open
our hearts
to be transformed by the new thing you are doing, that our
lives may proclaim the extravagance of your love
given to all through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
C
Amen.
Word
Lesson (Please sit)
Isaiah 43:16-21
The
prophet declares that long ago the Lord performed mighty
deeds and delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage through
the waters of the sea. Now, the Lord is about to do a new
thing, bringing the exiles out of Babylon and through the
wilderness in a new exodus.
Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea, a path in
the mighty waters, who brings out chariot and horse, army
and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are
extinguished, quenched like a wick: Do not remember the
former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to
do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive
it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the
desert. The wild animals will honor me, the jackals and the
ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in
the desert, to give drink to my chosen people,
the people whom I formed for myself so that they might
declare my praise.
P The
Word of the Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
Psalmody
Psalm 130 John Rutter
Adam Collins, cello
Lesson
Philippians 3:4b-14
Writing to Christians in
Philippi, Paul admits that his heritage and reputation
could give him more reason than most people to place
confidence in his spiritual pedigree. But the overwhelming
grace of God in Jesus calls Paul to a new set of
values.
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I
have more: circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the
people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born
of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a
persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the
law, blameless. Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come
to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I
regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value
of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have
suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in
him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from
the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the
righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know
Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of
his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if
somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not
that I have already obtained this or have already reached
the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ
Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that
I have made it my own but this one thing I do: forgetting
what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly
call of God in Christ Jesus.
P The
Word of the Lord.
C Thanks
be to God.
Lenten
Acclamation (Please
stand)
Gospel John
12:1-8
P The
Holy Gospel according to Saint John, the twelfth chapter.
C
Glory to you, O Lord.
Judas willfully misinterprets
as waste Mary’s extravagant act of anointing Jesus’ feet
with costly perfume. Jesus recognizes that her lavish gift
is both an expression of love and an anticipation of his
burial.
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the
home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There
they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was
one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of
costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and
wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the
fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his
disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, Why
was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the
money given to the poor? (He said this not because he cared
about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the
common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) Jesus
said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might
keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor
with you, but you do not always have me.”
P The
Gospel of the Lord.
C
Glory to you, O Lord.
Sermon
(Please
sit) Listen to Jesus . . . Pastor
Robert Wallace
To His Willing Sacrifice and Humiliation
(Please
stand)
Hymn
of the Day Our Father, We Have
Wandered Hymn 606
Holy Baptism (11:00 am) Page 227
Nicene
Creed (8:30
am)
We
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, was
incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and became
truly human. 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,* who with the
Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who 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 Prayer of the People (Please kneel)
The prayers
conclude:
P Receive our prayers, holy God, and
give us all we need for this day and the days to come,
through the power of the Holy Spirit, and in the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord.
C
Amen.
Peace (Please
stand)
P The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
C
And also with you.
(Please feel free to move about and share God’s Peace with
one another!)
Meal
Offering
(Please sit) Jesu
dulcis memoria Tomas Luis da Victoria
Jesu dulcis memoria Jesus, the very thought of
Thee
Dans vera cordis gaudia: With
sweetness fills the breast
Sed super mel et omnia But sweeter far your face to see,
Ejus dulcis presentia And rest within your
light.
Jesus I Adore
Thee Stephen Caracciolo
Offering Response (Please stand)
Tune:
When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross
C
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Offering
Prayer
P Holy God, gracious and merciful,
you bring forth food from the earth and nourish your whole
creation.
Turn our hearts toward those who hunger in any way, that
all may know your care; and prepare us now to feast on the
bread of life, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C
Amen.
The Great Thanksgiving Music on Page 144
P The
Lord be with you.
C
And also with you.
P Lift up your hearts.
C
We lift them to the Lord.
P Let us give thanks to the Lord our
God.
C
It is right to give our thanks and
praise.
Proper
Preface
Sanctus (sung
in German) Felix Mendelssohn
Holy, holy, holy Lord. God of pow’r and might
heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna, Hosanna.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Words of Thanksgiving
P . . . as we proclaim the mystery
of faith.
C
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come
again.
P . . . Grace our table with your
presence.
C
Come Holy Spirit.
P . . . Send us forth . . . peace
and love.
C
Come Holy Spirit.
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in
heaven.
Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the
time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom,
the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.
Communion
All baptized Christians are invited to share in the
Eucharist. Those who are not baptized, or wish to receive
only a blessing, are asked to fold their arms over their
chest. Communion will be by intinction (dipping). Please
follow the usher’s direction. If you are not physically
able to come forward to receive communion, please inform
the usher
and someone will come to you.
Music at Distribution (Please
sit)
Grant Peace We Pray Felix Mendelssohn
Ubi Caritas Ola Gjeilo
Where charity and love prevail,
There God is ever found;
Let us with heart and mind and soul
By love we thus are bound.
Come to Him Marc Kilstofte
Post Communion Blessing and Prayer (Please
stand)
P Compassionate God, you have fed us
with the bread of heaven. Sustain us in our Lenten
pilgrimage:
may our fasting be hunger for justice; our alms, a making
of peace; and our prayer, the song of grateful
hearts, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C
Amen.
Post Communion Canticle Dona Nobis
Pacem J. S. Bach
from Mass in B Minor
Grant us peace.
Prayer
P The Lord
bless you and keep you. The Lord’s face shine on you with
grace and mercy. The Lord look upon you with favor
and
ς give you
peace.
C
Amen.
Sending Hymn O Spirit of Life
Hymn 403
Dismissal
P
Go in peace. Serve the
Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
Postlude We All Believe in One
God J. S.
Bach
Paul
Thomas, organ
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St. Matthew’s welcomes today, the
Furman University Chamber Choir, under the direction of Dr. William
D. Thomas, Jr. and accompanied by organist, Dr. Charles
Tompkins. The Choir is made up of some of Furman’s most
outstanding singing musicians. A vital part of a choral
program well known for its excellence, the Choir is
committed to the thorough preparation and insightful
performance of a wide variety of traditional and
contemporary choral music. Chosen by careful audition and
rewarded with a significant scholarship, each singer brings
to the ensemble a sense of dedication, purpose and care.
Though all are capable of dramatic solo singing, the
singers’ commitment to unity and beauty of ensemble tone
creates a remarkable range and quality of sound. The choir
regularly performs a wide range of sacred music in churches
throughout the region.
Today,
March 21, at 4pm, the Furman University Chamber
Choir will sing
Evensong and a concert at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St.
Paul, 126 Coming Street in downtown Charleston. This event
is open without charge to the public. Cathedral phone:
843-722-7345. Questions: email William Gudger at
gudgerw@yahoo.com
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Music reproduced with permission
by Augsburg Fortress.
Liturgies License # 23349
St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church * 405 King Street * Charleston,
SC * 843.723.1611
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