St. Francis Anglican Church Ascension Sunday Mass

St. Francis Anglican Church

The Seventh Sunday of Easter
The Sunday after Ascension Day

Play the Mass down to the Homily (i.e., the Sermon) (25 min.)

Prelude	Organ solo, bell rings
Processional Hymn (1^st two verses)	The happy birds Te Deum sing, Tis Mary's month of May; Her smile turns winter into spring, and darkness into day; And there's a fragrance in the air, The bells their music make, And O the world is bright and fair, And all for Mary's sake. Where'er we seek the holy Child, At every sacred spot, We meet the Mother undefiled; Who shun her seek him not; At cloistered Nazareth we see, At haunted Bethleham, The throne of Jesus, Mary's knee, Her smile, his diadem.
The procession pauses at a Statue of St. Mary for the Crowning of the Image	Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of heaven and earth, for in thy mercy and righteousness thou didst cast down the mighty and exalt the lowly. Thy marvelous wisdom is shown above all in the Word made flesh and in his Virgin Mother. For thy Son, who freely humbled himself even unto death on the cross, now sits in eternal glory at thy right hand and the Virgin, who desired only to be called thine handmaid, was chosen to be the Mother of the Redeemer and the New Eve, the true Mother of all living things. Now she, the Queen of Mercy, exalted above the angelic choirs and reigning in glory with her Son, prays and pleads grace for us all. The Crown is placed on the Image and it is censed and sprinkled with Holy Water.
The procession continues to the Altar.	Merciful Lord, look upon thy servants, who crown this image of the Mother of thy Son, proclaiming him as King of all creation and approaching her as our queen. Grant us grace to follow Jesus and Mary in serving thee; to do what love demands for the sake of our brethren; to deny ourselves and spend ourselves so as to win our neighbors for thee; to be lowly on earch so as to be exalted in heaven, where thou dost reward thy faithful servants with the crown of life; through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The Mass begins. Anglican Service Book(ASB) p. 249
The Introit	Hearken to my voice, O God, when I call; Have mercy on me and answer me. Thou dost speak to my heart and say, "Seek my face." Thy face, Lord, will I seek: hide not thy face from me. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear? Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
The Kyrie eleison, in ninefold form with women and men alternating, except on the last sentence.	Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.
The Gloria	ASB p. 250
The Collect	O God, the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son, Jesus Christ, with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless, but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us into the same place whither our Savior, Christ, is gone before; who liveth and reigneth...
A Second Collect	Who has given us Mary
The Liturgy of the Word
The Lesson Acts 1:8-14	But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
Psalm 47 Omnes gentes, plaudite	1 CLAP your hands together, all ye /peoples; * O sing unto God with the voice of /melody. 2 For the LORD is high, and to be /feared; * he is the great King upon /all the earth.
The Epistle I Peter 4:12-19	Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you.
The First Alleluia Regnavit Dominus	Alleluia. Alleluia. God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon his Holy Throne. Alleluia.
The Second Alleluia Exivi a Patre	Alleluia. Alleluia. I came from the Father and have come into the world; Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father. Alleluia.
The Holy Gospel John 17:1-11	The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John. Glory be to thee, O Lord. Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, since thou hast given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise be to thee, O Christ.
Play Fr. Allen's Homily (20 min.)	"Jesus charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father."
Play the rest of the Mass (48 min.)
The Nicene Creed	I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
The Prayers of the People - Form I ASB p. 289	With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying, "Lord, have mercy."
Other Intercessory Prayers
Confession of Sin ASB p. 256	Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God. Almighty God, Father 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.
The Peace ASB p. 258	The peace of the Lord be always with you. And with thy spirit.
Announcements
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
The Offertory Sentence	God hath gone up with a shout: the Lord with the sound of the ram's horn; alleluia.
Offertory Hymn # 278
Motet Ave Maria
Prayer Over the Gifts	Receive, O Lord, the prayers of the faithful together with their offerings of sacrifices, that by these obligations of pious devotion, we may pass unto heavenly glory, through Christ our Lord. Amen. Pray, brethren, that this my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father Almighty.
	May the Lord receive this sacrifice at thy hands, to the praise and glory of his Name,both to our benefit and that of all his holy Church.
Sursum Corda	The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. It is meet and right so to do. 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.
The Proper Preface	Through thy dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who after his glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to his disciples; and in their sight ascended into heaven, to prepare a place for us; that where he is, there we might also be, and reign with him in glory.
Sanctus	Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name, evermore praising thee, and saying... 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.
The Consecration
The Lord's Prayer	And now, as our Savior Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy Name, thy kindom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
The Fraction	Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.
Agnus Dei (Women first, then men, then both.)	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 Prayer of Humble Access	We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies./td>
The Gentile's Prayer (thrice)	Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my soul shall be healed.
Holy Communion (portions deleted)	The Body of Christ, the bread of heaven. Amen. The Blood of Christ, the cup of salvation. Amen. I bless you....
Communion Anthem Pater, cum essem	Father, while I was with them, I kept them in thy Name, whom thou has given me, alleluia; but now I am coming to thee: I do not pray that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one, alleluia.
Motet Ascendit Deus Peter Phillips (1565-1635)	God has ascended with jubilation, and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Alleluia! The Lord has prepared his seat in heaven. Alleluia!
Post Communion Prayer	The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. Let us pray. Hear us, O God our Saviour, that through these holy mysteries we may trust that the whole Church is being made one body, because the Lord hath gone before her to be her head. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Blessing and Dismissal	The The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. The Mass is ended. Depart in peace, alleluia, alleluia. Thanks be to God, alleluia, alleluia.
The Last Gospel John 1:1-14	The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. The beginning of the Holy Gospel, according to St. John Glory be to thee, O Lord. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men and the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness to the light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness to that light. That was the true light which lighteth every man who cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came into his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them he gave great power to become the sons of God, even to them that believed in his name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, not of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory; glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Resessional Hymn # 216	Hail, Ye Festival Day
Postlude	Organ solo.