Welcome to the Anglican Parish of

The Anglican Parish of CHRIST CHURCH

ST LAURENCE

CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURE Railway Square, Sydney

Railway Square, Sydney Consecrated 1845

23 october 2016

The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

7.00am Morning Prayer 7.30am Eucharist 9.00am Sung Eucharist & Children’s Ministry Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Mass in E (Smith) Hymns: 453 372 373(t. Coe Fenn) 277 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Daniel Dries Setting: Mass in G minor (Vaughan Williams) Hymns: 373(t. Coe Fenn) 277 453 O taste and see (Vaughan Williams) Motet: Postlude: Dialogue sur les grands jeux from Suite du Premier Ton (Clérambault) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong and Benediction Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Hymns: 239 449 450 Canticles: Evening Canticles (di Lasso) Anthem: Evening Hymn (Gardiner) Postlude: Desseins éternels from La nativité du Seigneur (Messiaen)

Left: Some former rectors, the church spire and the Sydney skyline, depicted in the ‘Rectors’ Window’, western end, Christ Church St Laurence

morning PEWSHEET

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welcome to christ church st laurence Christ Church St Laurence is an inner city parish committed to the spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. As a congregation and as the Church we are committed to the support of the underprivileged, the persecuted and the socially marginalised. We are an Anglican church in the Anglican Catholic tradition.

THIS WEEK AT CHRIST CHURCH ST LAURENCE MON 24 OCTOBER United Nations, inaugurated 1945

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Christian Meditation

TUE 25 OCTOBER

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

WED 26 OCTOBER

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 12.15pm Healing Eucharist

THU 27 OCTOBER

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

FRI 28 OCTOber

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm) 6.00pm Eucharist

SAT 29 october

Daily Services (7.30am, 8.00am, 5.30pm)

Sun 30 october

Hab 1. 1-4, 2.1-4; Ps 119.137-144 ; 2 Thess 1.1-4, 11-12; Luke 19.1-10 Morning Prayer Eucharist Sung Eucharist Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Setting: Mass in E (Smith) 10.30am Solemn High Mass Preacher: Fr Ron Silarsah Setting: Service in F (Sumsion) Motet: Ave verum corpus (W. A. Mozart) 6.30pm Solemn Evensong and Te Deum Preacher: The Rt Rev’d Dr Michael Stead Canticles: Service in D Minor (Walmisley) Anthem: Chorus: Ein feste Burg (J. S. Bach)

Simon & Jude, apostles and martyrs

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after 7.00am Pentecost 7.30am 9.00am

The flowers in the church this week are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Dorothy Pyne Readings: The Revised Common Lectionary in NRSV (1997), Mowbray, London. Introit, Collect and Psalm: A Prayer Book for Australia (1995), Broughton Books, Sydney. Propers: The Roman Missal (1969 & 1983), E.J.Dwyer (Aust.). Reproduced with permission.

Mass Readings

Please use these readings in conjunction with the coloured service booklet. Breakfast is served after the 7.30am Eucharist today. Refreshments are served after the 9.00am Sung Eucharist and the 10.30am Solemn High Mass, all in the Parish Hall. All are welcome. If you are a visitor please ask a sidesperson for directions.

SENTENCE Mark 10.15

‘Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.’

COLLECT

O God, who alone can probe the depths of the heart, you hear the prayer of the humble and justify the repentant sinner: grant us the gift of humility, that, seeing our own faults clearly, we may refrain from judging our neighbour but rely solely upon your saving grace. We make our prayer through your Son, our Saviour, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

FIRST Reading

Joel 2.23-32 O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before. The threshing floors shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent against you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.

You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, the Lord, am your God and there is no other. And my people shall never again be put to shame. Then afterwards I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even on the male and female slaves, in those days, I will pour out my spirit. I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls. For the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God. Verses of the psalm are read alternately by a single reader and the congregation. A pause is observed at the colon for reflection. At Solemn High Mass, the choir sings the psalm.

PSALM 65

1. 2.

You are to be praised, O God, in Zion: to you shall vows be paid, you that answer prayer. To you shall all flesh come to confess their sins: when our misdeeds prevail against us, you will purge them away.

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Mass Readings 3. Blessed are those whom you choose and take to yourself to dwell within your courts: we shall be filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. 4. You will answer us in your righteousness with terrible deeds, O God our saviour: you that are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the distant seas; 5. Who by your strength made fast the mountains: you that are girded with power; 6. Who stilled the raging of the seas, the roaring of the waves: and the tumult of the peoples. 7. Those who dwell at the ends of the earth are afraid at your wonders: the dawn and the evening sing your praises. 8. You tend the earth and water it: you make it rich and fertile. 9. The river of God is full of water: and so providing for the earth, you provide grain for us all. 10. You drench its furrows, you level the ridges between: you soften it with showers and bless its early growth. 11. You crown the year with your goodness: and the tracks where you have passed drip with fatness. 12. The pastures of the wilderness run over: and the hills are girded with joy. 13. The meadows are clothed with sheep: and the valleys stand so thick with corn, they shout for joy and sing.

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Mass readings

Second reading

2 Timothy 4.6-8, 16-18 As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing. At my first defence no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them! But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, “God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.” 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!” I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all

who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.’ This is the Gospel of the Lord, Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

OFFERTORY SENTENCE

Lord, give me life according to your word: that I may know your commands.

COMMUNION SENTENCE

We rejoice in the victory of God and make our boast in his great name.

Communion Motet O taste and see Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) O taste and see how gracious the Lord is: blest is the man that trusteth in him.

For the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.

Ps 34.8

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 2 Corinthians 5.19

Alleluia. God was in Christ to reconcile the world to himself; and the Good News of reconciliation he has entrusted to us. Alleluia!

Gospel

Luke 18.9-14 The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.

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SUNDAY NOTICES Youth Ministry Leader As we give thanks to God for our Sunday School and ministry with children, the Parish Council has resolved to establish a new part-time position focusing on youth ministry. It is hoped that a suitable person can join our ministry team to oversee the continued development of our Sunday School and a broader range of activities involving young people in the parish. Please contact the parish office if you would like more information. Applications for this position close at the end of October. New Parishioners If you are a new parishioner to CCSL, please take the time to fill in a parishioner registration form (to be found at the West Door of the church. Once completed, please leave with a sidesperson. If any other parishioners’ details have changed recently, please also take the time to fill out a parishioner registration form so we can update your details. All this information is treated confidentially.

repertoire. This Mass in G minor is very spiritual in manner and reflects the influences of modal techniques and harmonies, which remind us of Renaissance Elizabethan, English composers, men such as Tallis and Byrd. Composed in October 1921 Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor is dedicated ‘To Gustav Holst and his Whitsuntide Singers’. This group and Sir Richard Runciman Terry’s Westminster Cathedral Choir, which specialized in ‘early’ choral music, were the inspiration for the work. The completed Mass was sent to Terry for comment—he was delighted by it—before its first performance by The City of Birmingham Choir conducted by Joseph Lewis on 6 December 1922. Terry gave the first liturgical performance of the work on 12 March 1923.

Peter Jewkes Our organist, Peter Jewkes, is away on leave until 20 November. Peter is currently working as a consultant to St James’ King Street for their large new organ, and as consultant to Event Hospitality and Entertainment for the Name Badges Please leave your name on the sheet at restoration of the famous State Theatre the West Door if you require a new or Wurlitzer organ. Peter’s itinerary will include seven cities in the USA and replacement name badge. two in the UK. We thank Joshua Ryan, and other organists for providing Today’s Mass This Sunday the CCSL Mass and superb organ music in Peter’s absence. Evensong Choirs will join to give a Belltower Books liturgical performance of the Mass in G minor of Ralph Vaughan Williams Beautiful fine art Christmas cards (1872 - 1958). This twelve part work are available including Earle Backen’s requires larger forces that usual to Nativity detail in a ten card pack for sing, but with the collaboration $10. Signed copies of Keith Mascord’s of both choirs this beautiful and books A Restful Faith and Faith powerful mass can be included in out Without Fear. 6

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SUNDAY NOTICES Erasmus and his Greek Testament Solemn Evensong & Te Deum 30 October Desiderius Erasmus (Rotterdam 1466 – Basel 1536) was the most respected scholar of his age and combined his learning with wit and urbanity. Erasmus was a moderate reformer from within Catholicism whose voice was drowned as more extreme versions of reform and counter-reform clashed in the later part of his life. His edition of The New Testament appeared the year before Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses, and eleven years before Henry VIII first sought annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The project began as a new edition of the Latin New Testament of St Jerome (the Vulgate), aiming to polish its late Latin into a more classical style. As Erasmus explained, ‘It is only fair that Paul should address the Romans in somewhat better Latin.’ Erasmus added a Greek version so that his readers could assess the accuracy of his Latin, but he was also catering to a demand to return to the original sources of Christian teaching. Meanwhile, a team of scholars outside Madrid had been working since 1502 on the Complutensian Polyglot Bible, an elaborate edition in Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin. Its New Testament had been completed and printed by 1514, but publication was not authorised until 1520 The first page of Erasmus’s Greek New Testament. From a copy in the Erasmus House, Anderlecht, Belgium. Photo by Anthony Miller.

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PARISH DIRECTORY Church address Parish office address Parish postal address Rector

812 George St, Sydney Level 2, 812B George Street, Sydney PO Box 1324, Haymarket NSW 1240 [email protected] Fr Daniel Dries [email protected]

www.ccsl.org.au P 02 9211 0560 F 02 9212 2449 M 0417 662 776

SENIOR ASSISTANT PRIEST ParISH ADMINISTRATOR Director of Music

Fr John Sanderson [email protected] Rebecca Mychael [email protected] Neil McEwan AM frscm [email protected]

M 0408 130 864 P 02 9211 0560 P 02 9212 7776

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