The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - 29 August 2021 In-Person & Live-Streamed High Mass at 10:00 a.m - St. John's, Newport
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The Fourteenth Sunday
after Pentecost
29 August 2021
In-Person & Live-Streamed
High Mass at 10:00 a.m.
Low Mass at 8:00 a.m.
The Zabriskie Memorial Church
of Saint John the Evangelist
Newport, Rhode IslandIntentions of the Mass
The Holy Sacrifice of this Mass is offered to the greater glory of God and in thanksgiving for the
glorious resurrection and ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in thanksgiving for the gift
of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and in thanksgiving for all the blessings of this life, including those for
whom we offer our thanksgivings now, silently or aloud.
For the birthdays this week of John Garagliano and Ruth Kiker (8/29), Emily Northup Sieve
(9/1), Ann Boyer and James Robinson (9/2), and Abigail Burdick, Joseph Burdick and
Thomas Burdick (9/3).
We remember those for whom our prayers have been asked, especially those on the parish prayer list, for
all those affected by the coronavirus pandemic; and for all those for whom we pray now, silently or aloud.
Among them we remember, the Mulhollen family, Anthony, Craig, Elizabeth, Frank, Kelly,
Kimberly, Laurie, Michael, Pam, Stephanie, Paul & Elizabeth Amado, William Bachus,
Joanne Barczynski, Karl Berroth, Bruno Bich, Ne’anci Brewer, John Brooks,
Kathleen Sullivan Buck, Hilda Camacho, Elliot Carter, Anne Close, Wendy Cressotti,
Mike & Nancy Curran, Roseanne Curry, Liz Davis, Caroline Davis, Clint Dempsey,
Pamela Dolan, Randy Fabricant, Patrick Feighan, Richard Funk, Joan Garrison,
Cherie Good, Charles Gumkowski, Marilyn Hyder, Ruth Kiker, Doris Little,
Christine Luciano, Rosaleen Mazur, Trish Miller, Sherry Moe, Mary Naylor,
Julia Newberry, Heather O’Connor, Maria Octaviano, Kim Potter, Joseph Regalbuto,
Rita Rogers, Beatriz Diego Sanz & her husband, Fran Vela, Rita Scott, Will Serth,
John Silvia, Emmett Shaw, Donald Smith, Daniel Valle, Gloria Valle, Jan Watkinson, and
Irene Weston; for Lily Jazmine Dresser, granddaughter of David and Trish Dresser, and her
parents, Robert and Brooke, and sisters, brother, and caregivers; for the Sisters of the Holy
Nativity: Abigail, Claris, and Ellie.
The Sanctuary Lamp above the High Altar is given to the greater glory of God and in loving memory of
Alma Mae Dempsey and Theodora Ann Shaw. May light perpetual shine on their souls.
And we pray for the repose of the souls of the departed and for all those we remember now, silently
or aloud.
Especially the recently departed; and those whose year’s mind falls this week: Stephen Simmons
(8/31), Crawford H. Wetherell (9/1), Sumner K. Moore and John Johnson (9/2), and Marion
Given and Louise Sherman (9/3); for the departed members of the Guild of All Souls; for the
departed Sisters & Associates of the Holy Nativity; and for all those who have died in the
coronavirus pandemic.
May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercies of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
Coffee Hour Today
All are invited to expand the circle of fellowship online via Virtual Zoom Coffee Hour at 11:30 a.m.
To join, click here. Meeting ID: 896 2338 8521; Passcode: Quire.Music Notes The communion anthem is the moving epilogue from Elgar’s little-performed cantata Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30 (1896), telling the life story of a Norse crusader. This choral gem is often excerpted for its musical beauty, and for the direct joy of Longfellow’s parable that a life dedicated to service may yield fruit at a time well removed from the planting of seeds. Missa Zabriskie, a congregational Mass setting based on the hymn Sweet Sacrament Divine by The Rev. Francis Stanfield, is dedicated to The People of The Zabriskie Memorial Church of Saint John the Evangelist, Newport, Rhode Island (Past, Present, and Future). Stanfield was an English priest who worked in London’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster. He published over a dozen devotional hymns including one set to a tune written in about 1878 by Edward Elgar, another famous Roman Catholic composer. Stanfield’s father, the prominent marine painter Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, was named for the slave trade abolitionist Thomas Clarkson and was a friend of Charles Dickens. The devout Stanfields were known not just for brilliance in their respective art-forms but also for their “personal simplicity and modesty.” The organ part of the Gloria contains two hymns for Maundy Thursday: Pange Lingua and Ubi caritas. It’s fun to say Missa Zabriskie out loud (try it), honoring the namesake parishioner who caused our present building and organ to be built in 1894 at a time when a fledgling nineteen-year old congregation in financial straits might have perished. Copyright Notices: Hymns reproduced from The Hymnal 1982 are copyright The Church Pension Fund, reproduced by permission of the Rite Song License of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. All rights reserved. Reproduced under One License, License #734228-A. Missa Zabriskie graphics ©2021 Peter Stoltzfus Berton. Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained: One License, #734228-A.
Until further notice, everyone, regardless of vaccination status, is required to wear a face
covering at all times when in the Church, especially during the sermon and any music, which
should be sung while the face covering is in place, and when coming forward to receive communion.
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
The Mass setting today is Missa Zabriskie by Peter Stoltzfus Berton (born 1968).
Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 545 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The People stand at the sound of the bell for the entrance of the Sacred Ministers into the church.
Entrance Hymn Joyful, joyful, we adore thee
1Opening Acclamation
Collect for Purity
Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are
hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly
love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Christ our Lord.
People
Summary of the Law
Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second
is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the
law and the prophets.
2Kyrie
3Gloria
Celebrant Glory be to God on high,
4Collect of the Day
Celebrant The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray. Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things:
Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and
bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee
and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
People
Old Testament (sitting) Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to
do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth
you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that
ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. Keep therefore and do
them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all
these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is
there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon
him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law,
which I set before you this day? Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget
the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but
teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons.
Reader The word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 15 Benjamin Lamb (1674-1733)
1. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? *
or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?
2. Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, *
and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
3. He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, *
and hath not slandered his neighbour.
4. He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, *
and maketh much of them that fear the Lord.
5. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, *
though it were to his own hindrance.
6. He that hath not given his money upon usury, *
nor taken reward against the innocent.
7. Whoso doeth these things *
shall never fall.
Epistle (sitting) James 1:17-27
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with
whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of
truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every
5man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the
righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive
with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and
not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is
like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be
blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted
from the world.
Reader The word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Gospel Hymn Blest are the pure in heart (stanzas 1-3)
6Gospel Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Minister The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Minister The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.
People Glory be to thee, O Lord.
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands,
they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding
the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And
many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen
vessels, and of tables. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according
to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? He answered and said unto them,
Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their
lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as
the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And when he had called all the
people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: There is
nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of
him, those are they that defile the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an
evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Minister The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise be to thee, O Christ.
Gospel Hymn Blest are the pure in heart (stanza 4)
Sermon Father Kevin Beesley
7The Nicene Creed
All breathe at the asterisks. Where indicated below, it is customary to kneel (or bow) at the phrase “And was
incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.”
8Prayers of the People
The People remain standing. The Minister and People pray responsively.
Father, we pray for thy holy Catholic Church;
That we all may be one.
Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve thee;
That thy name may be glorified by all people.
We pray for all bishops, priests and deacons;
That they may be faithful ministers of thy Word and Sacraments.
We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world;
That there may be justice and peace on the earth.
Give us grace to do thy will in all that we undertake;
That our works may find favor in thy sight.
Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble;
That they may be delivered from their distress.
Give to the departed eternal rest;
Let light perpetual shine upon them.
We praise thee for thy saints who have entered into joy;
May we also come to share in thy heavenly kingdom.
Let us pray for our own needs and those of others.
The People may add their own petitions and thanksgivings, silently or aloud.
After keeping silence for a space, the Celebrant adds the following or another concluding collect.
O Lord our God, accept the fervent prayers of thy people; in the multitude of thy mercies, look with
compassion upon us and all who turn to thee for help; for thou art gracious, O lover of souls, and to
thee we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
Confession & Absolution
The Deacon or Celebrant says
Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors,
and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in
his holy ways: Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort, and make your
humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling.
Here the People kneel, or stand as able.
The Leader begins
Almighty God,
The People continue
9Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail
our manifold sins and wickedness, which we from time to time most grievously have committed,
by thought, word, and deed, against thy Divine Majesty, provoking most justly thy wrath and
indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; the
remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon
us, have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, forgive
us all that is past; and grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life,
to the honour and glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Celebrant alone stands and says
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all
those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him, have mercy upon you, pardon and
deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Peace
The People stand.
The People and Ministers may greet one another, maintaining physical distancing as needed. To give online, please visit our
website at saintjohns-newport.org/sjegiving. Gifts by check are also welcome: 61 Poplar St. Newport, RI 02840.
Offertory Anthem
If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you another comforter, that he may bide with you forever,
e’en the spirit of truth.
Music: Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
10Presentation Hymn Blessed Jesus, at thy word
The People stand as the Thurifer approaches the Chancel steps and remain standing.
11Intentions of the Mass
See the inside front cover of this booklet for the full list of Intentions, which the Celebrant offers, followed by
Celebrant Pray, my brothers and sisters, that this, my sacrifice and yours, may be acceptable
to God the Father Almighty.
People May the Lord receive this sacrifice at thy hands, to the praise and glory of
his Name, both for our benefit and that of all his holy Church.
Celebrant Amen.
Sursum Corda
Facing the Altar, the Celebrant proceeds
It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks
unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God. Through Jesus Christ our Lord; who on
the first day of the week overcame death and the grave, and by his glorious resurrection opened to us
the way of everlasting life. Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven,
we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying,
12Sanctus and Benedictus
Canon of the Mass
The People kneel, or stand as able.
All glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that thou, of thy tender mercy, didst give
thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross for our redemption; who made there
(by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and
satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to
continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again:
For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took Bread; and when he had given thanks, he brake it,
and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, This is my body, which is given for you, do this in
remembrance of me.
Likewise, after supper, he took the Cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying,
“Drink ye all of this; for this is my Blood of the New Testament which is shed for you, and for many,
for the remission of sins; do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.”
Wherefore O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here before thy Divine Majesty,
with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us
to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and
glorious ascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable benefits procured
unto us by the same.
And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and, of thy almighty goodness,
vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread
and wine; that we, receiving them according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in
remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood.
13And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this, our sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant that, by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus
Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins,
and all other benefits of his passion.
And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable,
holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others who shall be
partakers of this Holy Communion, may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood of thy
Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him,
that he may dwell in us, and we in him.
And although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we
beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our
offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the
Holy Ghost all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end.
14The Lord’s Prayer
And now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say,
Cantors People
The Fraction
The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread. A period of silence is kept. Then is sung
15Agnus Dei
Presentation & Spiritual Communion
For those who cannot receive Holy Communion, the Celebrant presents the Body and the Blood in blessing, similar in
devotional intent and meaning to Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, since it is the Body and Blood of Christ that
blesses us in the Sacrament.
The server rings the bell and the Celebrant communicates himself and any others in the Church.
Non-communicants may wish to add the following prayer silently during this time.
In union, O Lord with the faithful at every altar of thy Church where the Holy Eucharist is now being
celebrated, and in particular the altar of St. John’s, I offer thee praise and thanksgiving. I present to
thee my soul and body, with the earnest wish that I may always be united to thee. And since I cannot
now receive thee sacramentally, I beseech thee to come spiritually into my heart. I unite myself to
thee, and embrace thee with all the affections of my soul. Let nothing ever separate thee from me.
May I live and die in thy love. Amen.
Adapted from the Armed Forces Prayer Book, 1951
16Communion Anthem
As torrents in summer, Half dried in their channels,
Suddenly rise, though the sky is still cloudlesss.
For rain has been falling Far off at their fountains;
So hearts that are fainting Grow full to o’erflowing,
And they that behold it, Marvel, and know not
That God at their fountains Far off has been raining!
Words: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882); Music: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Communion Hymn (sitting) O God, unseen yet ever near
Post-Communion Collect
The People kneel, or stand as able. The Celebrant begins
Let us pray. Almighty and everliving God,
The People continue
17we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us
who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food
of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ;
and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us;
and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son,
which is the blessed company of all faithful people;
and are also heirs, through hope, of thy everlasting kingdom,
by the merits of his most precious death and passion.
And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father,
so to assist us with thy grace,
that we may continue in that holy fellowship,
and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost,
be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
Blessing
The Celebrant blesses the people, concluding with
The blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and
remain with you always.
Dismissal
The Deacon or Celebrant dismisses the people, to which the People respond
18Closing Hymn The Church’s one Foundation
19Voluntary Blessed Jesus, at thy word, BWV 731 Johann Sebastian Bach
Please maintain an atmosphere of reverent silence in the church during and after the voluntary.
20Clergy & Staff
Father Kevin D. Beesley, Priest in Charge
The Reverend Buck Close, Deacon
Mr. Peter Stoltzfus Berton, Director of Music
Ms. Melanie Ventura, Director of Administration
Mrs. Beverly Brownell, Director of Finance
Ms. Kristin MacMannis, Director of Sustainability & Engagement
Dr. Jenn Berton, Director of Children’s Christian Formation
Mr. John Garnet Lord, Director of Adult Christian Formation
Vestry
Mrs. Cheryl Abney, Senior Warden
Mr. Christopher Schillaci, Junior Warden
Mrs. Ann Boyer, Clerk
Mr. Christopher Moe, Treasurer
Mr. Terry Chase
Mr. John Lord
Regular Services & Office Hours
Sunday: Low Mass at 8 a.m. & High Mass at 10 a.m.
Monday through Friday: Morning Prayer at 8:30 a.m. & Evening Prayer at 5:30 p.m.
Feast Days & Special Services as announced. Confessions by appointment.
Parish Office: Monday-Friday: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
The Zabriskie Memorial Church of Saint John the Evangelist
Washington & Willow Streets
61 Poplar Street, Newport, RI 02840
Phone: 401-848-2561
Email: parishoffice@saintjohns-newport.org
www.saintjohns-newport.org
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61 Poplar Street, Newport, RI 02840
Phone: 401-848-2562
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