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The Feast of All Saints
November 3rd, 2024


Procession Hymn    So Glad I’m Here
   AA-596
Opening Prayer
Opening Meditation  From “Black Liturgies” by Cole Arthur Riley

INHALE     God is alive.
EXHALE And God’s breath is freedom.
INHALE  Libration comes in a body.
EXHALE  I will honor mine.

Collect   Lectionary Insert
Hebrew Scriptures  
Issiah (25:1-10)   
Canticle   Psalm 67
New Testament  
Romans (15:7-13)
Gospel Hymn     The Solid Rock  AA-385
Gospel   Matthew  (27:50-56)
Sermon  Rev. Peter Jarrett-Schell
Nicene Creed   BCP pg. 358
Calvary’s Mission Statement  (composed by Yvonne Lee)
People:  “We, the members of Calvary Episcopal Church, believe in taking the journey of God’s love and service to those who know Christ, and those who seek Christ.”
Prayers of the People   Lectionary Insert    
Festival of Lights
Peace of the People
The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of our mother, Shirley Pendleton by Michele Elhenawi and Anthony Pendleton.
Offertory    Walking Up The King’s Highway AA-498
If would like to make your offering electronically, you can do so at: www.calvarydc.net/donate
Doxology    Praise God From Whom All Blessing Flow   AA-402
The Eucharist  Our Eucharist Prayer was composed by Rev. Dr. Gayle Fisher-Stewart.
Celebrant:      The Lord be with you.
People:           And also with you.
Celebrant:
     Lift up your hearts.
People:           We lift them to the Lord.
Celebrant:      Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People:            It is right to give God our thanks and praise.
Celebrant:
 It is right, 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. Blessed are you, O God, who sets the table of creation and invites us to feast with you in a cosmic celebration of love and desire. As we again await, Immanuel, God with us, we thank you for Jesus, whose life, prayer, and ministry opened our eyes to the glory of life and fueled our hunger for your long-anticipated reign of justice, mercy, and peace. You call all people to follow your paths of justice and peace, beating their swords into plow shares and their spears into pruning hooks. In the light of your holy Word, we look for the day when nations shall not lift up sword against nations, or learn war any more. Therefore, with the entire company of heaven, and with your people on earth who live in this hope, we praise you and join in the never-ending hymn:
People:  Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.  Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Celebrant:  We thank you for Christ’s passionate solidarity with the suffering of all the earth; for as he bore in his own body the wounds of creation, he embraced us in our brokenness and gathered us into his wholeness so that we might know ourselves beloved and serve with him as priests forever in an all-embracing Eucharist. Blessed is our brother Jesus, bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh; who, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, blessed it and said:
People:  “This is my body which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
Celebrant:  In the same way, Jesus took the cup after supper and said:
People:  “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this whenever you drink it, to remember me.”
Celebrant:  So, as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the mystery of our faith:
People:  Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Celebrant:  Here in this place, we celebrate the life that death could not hold, the life that Jesus has shared among his community through the centuries, and shares with us now. Made one with him, and thus, with each other, we lay before you these gifts of bread and wine, tokens of our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for here we offer and present to you ourselves, our bodies, minds and spirits, to be a holy and continuous sacrifice to you.
People:  Come, Holy Spirit, Come. Come, Holy Spirit, Come.
Celebrant:  Come and brood over these bodily things, this bread and this wine. May they be for us the body and blood of Christ; healing, renewing, and making us whole.
People:  Come, Holy Spirit, Come. Come, Holy Spirit, Come.
Celebrant:  
Come and embrace us with your life-giving power that as bread and wine are made one with us, we may become one with you; bone of your bone, flesh of your flesh.
People:  Come, Holy Spirit, Come. Come, Holy Spirit, Come.
Celebrant:  Come and make your gathered people the real presence of Christ for the world, living our prayer and praying our life until heaven and earth are reconciled, and all are free as Christ is free.
People:  Glory be to you, O God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; one God and Mother of all creation; as in the beginning, so now, and forever. Amen!
The Lord’s Prayer     AA-663
Celebrant:  Lamb of God
People:    
You take away the sins of the world.
Celebrant:   Lamb of God
People:      You take away the sins of the world.
Celebrant:    Lamb of God
People:      Grant us your peace.
Celebrant:  These are the gifts of God for you, God’s people. This is the Lord’s table.  Come, when you are fearful, to be made new in love. Come when you are doubt- ful, to be made strong in faith. Come, when you are regretful, and be made whole. Come, everyone; there is room for all!
Communion Hymns     Taste and See   AA-680
Post Communion Prayer    BCP pg. 365
Celebrant:  May the God who made all things and holds together all things remind you of your making. May you rest in the immanence of your own worth, knowing you have nothing to prove and everything to love. Constant as the moon, which is tethered to us by unseen forces, which is suspended above us in the dark and the light, let our dignity remain, be it visible or invisible to those below. And may we re- member the same dignity that holds us, so too holds together every person and piece of the cosmos at once and evermore. Go, in honor, to claim all that you are worthy of. May it be so. Amen. —From “Black Liturgies”
Announcements 
Final Hymn
   Just A Little Talk With Jesus  AA-378

 

LECTIONARY INSERT

The Feast of All Saints, November 3, 2024

Today’s scriptural translations are by drawn from “A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church” By The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney,

Collect
Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah (25:1-10)
HOLY ONE OF OLD, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name, for you have worked wonders, ancient counsel, faithful and trustworthy. For you are a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. The COMMANDER of heaven’s legions will make for all peoples on this mountain, a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food prepared with marrow, of refined well-aged wines. And God will destroy on this mountain the shroud that shrouds all peoples, the veil that veils all nations. God will swallow up death forever. Then the SOVEREIGN GOD will wipe away tears from every face, and will sweep aside the shame of God’s people from the whole earth, for GOD WHOSE NAME IS HOLY has spoken. It will be said on that day, Look! This is our God; in whom we hope, and who saved us. This is the CREATOR OF ALL in whom we hope; let us be glad and rejoice in God’s salvation. For the hand of the ANCIENT OF DAYS shall rest on this mountain.
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

Psalm 37:1-40

Psalm 67
May God be merciful to us and bless us,
show us the light of her countenance and come to us.
Let your ways be known upon earth,
your saving health among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.
Let the peoples praise you, God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon earth.
Let the peoples praise you, God;
let all the peoples praise you.
The earth has brought forth her increase;
may God, our own God, give us her blessing.
May God give us her blessing,
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of her.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever.  Amen.

A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the Romans (15:7-13)
Accept one another, therefore, just as Christ has accepted you, for the glory of God. I tell you that the Messiah has become a servant of the circumcised for the sake of truth to confirm the promises given to the mothers and fathers, and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God on account of God’s mercy. As it is written, “Therefore, I will confess you among the Gentiles, and sing praises to your name,” and again it says, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with God’s people,” and again, “Praise the Most High, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise God,” and again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse shall come, and the one who rises to rule the Gentiles, in whom the Gentiles shall hope.” May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God

The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to Matthew
(27:50-56)
Glory to you Lord Christ
Jesus cried again with a loud voice and relinquished his spirit. Then, look! The curtain of the temple was torn from top to bottom in two. And the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split. And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. Then after his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many. Now when the centurion and those with him, who were standing guard over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!” Now there were many women there, from a distance watching; they had followed Jesus from Galilee and had minis- tered to him. Among them were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
The Gospel of the Lord
Praise to you Lord Christ

Prayers of the People
In communion with all the saints, and in the name of Jesus, let our prayers ascend to God whose children we are, saying:
Hear us, O Holy One.
For the Church: especially Sean, our Presiding Bishop, and Mariann, our bishop, that we may daily turn to God for strength, vision, and the courage to be faithful disciples.
Hear us, O Holy One.
For this parish family, that we who share in the heavenly feast may be joined together with those of all times and ages in one Body of faith, service, and witness to God.
Hear us, O Holy One.
For peace in our world, and in our cities, that God will open our minds and hearts to respect the dignity of every human being.
Hear us, O Holy One.
For those living in the shadows of fear, violence, and poverty, that they may be kept safe in the hollow of God’s hand.
Hear us, O Holy One.
For this nation and all who will be voting, that they may be guided by the Holy Spirit, and make choices which honor our baptismal vows and affirm God’s Way of Love.
Hear us, O Holy One.
In thanksgiving for those who have gone before us in the faith, that we may be inspired by them to greater efforts to live the Gospel and trust in God’s gift of salvation.
Hear us, O Holy One.
Lifting our voices with all creation, with Mary, the God-bearer, with the spirits of the blessed, with the holy patriarchs, prophets, and martyrs, and all the saints and souls of God, let us offer ourselves and one another to the living God through Christ.
Hear us, O Holy One.
Almighty God, with whom still live the spirits of those who die in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful dwell in joy: We give you heartfelt thanks for the lives and witness of all your servants, who, having finished their course in faith, now find rest from their labors. May we, with all who have died in your holy Name, be joined eternally in your everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

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