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Maundy
The ThirdThursday
Sunday in Lent
STUNDAY , 7 ,M9ARCH
HURSDAY APRIL2021
2009
10:30 AM
11:00
SAINT PAUL LUTHERAN AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF FAITH 303.839.1432 WWW.STPAULDENVER.ORG
Welcome to Saint Paul Church, an open, affirming, and diverse community of faith representing two Christian traditions, that of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and that of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. Each tradition maintains and honors its own
heritage, and each worships according to its own liturgical practices. As one community of faith, the members of the respective traditions work
together in social outreach and shared hospitality. Together we rejoice in the manner in which diversity has enriched, nurtured, and challenged
the life and ministry we share in Christ, and we regret actions and attitudes throughout the Church that may have inhibited or prevented
access to Word and Sacrament because of age, race, socio-economic or marital status, physical or mental capacities, gender identity, or sexual
orientation. We are a Reconciling in Christ community.
C=Congregation
P=Presiding Minister
A=Assisting Minister
The Entrance Rite _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PRELUDE Andante in D Major (1844) Felix Mendelssohn
INVOCATION
P: Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, the keeper of the covenant, the source of steadfast love, our rock and
our redeemer.
C: Amen.
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
P: God hears us when we cry, and draws us close in Jesus Christ. Let us return to the one who is full of
compassion.
Silence for Reflection
P: Fountain of living water,
C: pour out your mercy over us. Our sin is heavy, and we long to be free. Rebuild what we have ruined and
mend what we have torn. Wash us in your cleansing flood. Make us alive in the Spirit to follow in the way of
Jesus, as healers and restorers of the world you so love. Amen.
P: Beloved, God’s word never fails. The promise rests on grace: by the saving love of Jesus Christ, the wisdom and
power of God, your sins are ☩ forgiven, and God remembers them no more. Journey in the way of Jesus.
C: Amen.OPENING HYMN Lord Christ, When First You Came to Earth MIT FREUDEN ZART
In response to Jesus’ driving the money changers out of the temple in today’s Gospel, the Jews ask, “What sign can you show us for
doing this?” Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” They thought he was referring to the temple
in Jerusalem, but he was actually “speaking of the temple of his body.” Similar imagery is woven into the fabric of this hymn: “not
a stone was left on stone,” “build in us your new creation,” and “finish your salvation.”
fore your cross; come, fin - ish your sal - va - tion.
Text: W. Russell Bowie, 1882-1969, alt.
Music: Trente quatre pseaumes de David, Geneva, 1551.
Text Copyright © Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.
Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.
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.
2KYRIE Lord, Have Mercy Franz Schubert
(from Deutsche Messe, D. 872)
SALUTATION
P: The Lord be with you.
C: And also with you.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
P: Let us pray.
Holy God, through your Son you have called us to live faithfully and act courageously. Keep us steadfast in your
covenant of grace, and teach us the wisdom that comes only through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, on God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
3The Liturgy of the Word ________________________________________________________________________________________________
FIRST READING Exodus 20.1-17
After escaping from slavery, the Israelites come to Mount Sinai, where God teaches them how to live in community. The Ten
Commandments proclaim that God alone is worthy of worship. Flowing from God, the life of the community flourishes when
based on honesty, trust, fidelity, and respect for life, family, and property.
Before the reading:
A: A reading from Genesis.
Then God spoke all these words:
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have
no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them;
for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the
fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who
love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not acquit anyone who
misuses his name.
Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day
is a sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or
female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day
and consecrated it.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is
giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or
ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
After the reading:
D: The word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
PSALMODY Psalm 19: The Stars Declare God’s Glory ALDINE
This metrical paraphrase of Psalm 19, along with its hauntingly beautiful melody, richly captures the sense of devotion and awe
inherent in the original biblical text.
Cantor: God’s
All:
All:
All:
4Text: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926.
Music: Richard Proulx, b. 1937.
Text: Copyright © 1973 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. All rights reserved.
Music Copyright © 1986 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. All rights reserved.
Both text and music reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.
SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 1.18-25
The word of the cross is pure foolishness and nonsense to the world because it claims that God is mostly revealed in weakness,
humiliation, and death. But through such divine foolishness and weakness, God is working to save us. The center of Paul’s preaching
is Christ crucified.
Before the reading:
A: A reading from Saint Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the
power of God. For it is written, ―I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I
will thwart.‖
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish
the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God
decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and
Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For
God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
After the reading:
A: The word of the Lord.
C: Thanks be to God.
5GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Sung by All before and after the Verse Plainsong, Mode I
Verse (Cantor): ―Destroy this temple,‖ says the Christ, ―and in three days I will raise it up.‖
GOSPEL John 2.13-22
Jesus attacks the commercialization of religion by driving merchants out of the temple. When challenged, he responds mysteriously,
with the first prediction of his own death and resurrection. In the midst of a seemingly stable religious center, Jesus suggests that
the center itself has changed.
Before the Gospel:
P: The Holy Gospel according to Saint John.
C: Glory to you, O Lord.
P: The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle,
sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them
out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and
overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, ―Take these things out of here! Stop making
my Father’s house a marketplace!‖ His disciples remembered that it was written, ―Zeal for your house will
consume me.‖ The Jews then said to him, ―What sign can you show us for doing this?‖ Jesus answered them,
―Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.‖ The Jews then said, ―This temple has been under
construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?‖ But he was speaking of the temple of his
body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the
scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
After the Gospel:
P: The Gospel of the Lord.
C: Praise to you, O Christ.
HOMILY Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey
Silence for Meditation
HYMN OF THE DAY You Strode within the Temple, Lord ALL SAINTS’ NEW
In today’s Gospel, Jesus not only drove the moneychangers from the temple, but also predicted his own death and resurrection by using
the word “temple” as a metaphor for his body. This hymn begins by retelling that story, but then takes the metaphor a step further by
identifying the church (i.e., us!) as God’s temple in the world, “a house not made with hands.”
1 You strode with – in the tem – ple, Lord, where mer – chants vied for gain
2 The tem – ple of your bod – y, Lord, they crushed when you were slain;
3 Make ev – ’ry heart your tem – ple, Lord, each life a ho – ly place.
4 Come, vis – it, Lord of right–eous–ness, the church that bears your name.
1 and cried, ―Your wares cor – rupt God’s house, this place of prayer pro – fane!‖
2 but af – ter three days sleep in death, God raised it up a – gain.
3 For – give the sins that flaw your plan, your pa – tient work de – face.
4 Drive out our fear and un – be – lief, the pride that is our shame.
61 With cord – ed whip and fier – y wrath you put God’s foes to flight.
2 And now you have a dwell – ing place on earth, in all its lands.
3 In love that does not shrink from truth these tem–ples pu – ri – fy,
4 Re – new the life we share, O Christ, in love and prayer and praise.
1 They could not bear the search–ing beam of your un–shield – ed light.
2 Your peo – ple are your tem – ple, Lord, a house not made with hands.
3 and then in mer – cy, Lord, re – main; your Spir – it’s gifts sup – ply.
4 Then send us forth, our strength re – stored, to serve you all our days.
Text: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007.
Music: Henry S. Cutler, 1824-1902.
Text Copyright © 2000 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. All rights reserved.
Reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.
NICENE CREED
C: 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, by the power of the Holy
Spirit he became incarnate from the virgin Mary, and was made 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. With the
Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He 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.
INTERCESSIONS
A: Relying on the promises of God, we pray boldly for the church, the world, and all in need., saying: Hear our
prayer.
C: Hear our prayer.
After each petition of the prayer:
A: Hear us, O God.
C: hear our prayer.
After the final petition:
P: We entrust ourselves and all our prayers to you, O faithful God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
C: Amen.
PEACE
P: The peace of Christ be with you always.
C: And also with you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
7The Liturgy of the Eucharist ____________________________________________________________________________________
OFFERING God Hath Led His People On Felix Mendelssohn
Margaret Ozaki, soprano
God alone hath led His people on.
His laws are in their mind, written in their hearts.
All shall know that He is God, a God of truth without iniquity,
both just and right.
And as an eagle stirreth up her nest of young,
taketh them and beareth them on her wings,
so God alone didst lead His children onward,
there was no strange God, no strange God with them.
God alone hath led His people on.
His laws are in their mind, written in their hearts.
All shall know that He is God, a God of truth without iniquity,
both just and right. Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Text: Deuteronomy 32.12; Hebrews 8.11; Jeremiah 31.34 (KJV)
OFFERTORY PRAYER
A: Let us pray. Faithful God,
C: you walk beside us in desert places, and you meet us in our hunger with bread from heaven. Accompany us
in this meal, that we may pass over from death to life with Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
PREFACE DIALOGUE
PROPER PREFACE
P: It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, . . . and join their unending hymn:
SANCTUS Holy, Holy, Holy Are You Franz Schubert
(from Deutsche Messe, D. 872)
8Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
P: O God triune, how majestic is your name in all the earth. . . . The earth is full of your glory.
C: The earth is full of your glory.
P: O God triune, you took on our flesh in Jesus our healer . . . The earth is full of your glory.
C: The earth is full of your glory.
P: We praise you for the heart of Jesus, . . . The earth is full of your glory.
C: The earth is full of your glory.
P: Send forth your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. . . . The earth is full of your glory.
C: The earth is full of your glory.
P: Amen, and amen.
C: Amen, and amen.
9LORD’S PRAYER
P: Baptized into Christ’s death that we share in Christ’s resurrection, let us pray for the fulfillment of this mystery
as Jesus taught us:
C: 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.
INVITATION TO COMMUNION
P: Jesus draws the whole world to himself. Come to this meal and be fed.
C: Thanks be to God.
AGNUS DEI Jesus, Lamb of God Franz Schubert
(from Deutsche Messe, D. 872)
COMMUNION
P: The body of Christ, broken for you.
Please partake of the bread with the Presiding Minister.
P: The blood of Christ, shed for you.
Please partake of the wine with the Presiding Minister.
POST-COMMUNION BLESSING
P: The body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace.
C: Amen.
10POST-COMMUNION PRAYER
A: Let us pray.
God of steadfast love, at this table you gather your people into one body for the sake of the world. Send us in the power
of your Spirit, that our lives bear witness to the love that has made us new in Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
C: Amen.
BENEDICTION
P: You are what God made you to be: created in Christ Jesus for good works, chosen as holy and beloved, freed to
serve your neighbor. God bless you ☩ that you may be a blessing, in the name of the holy and life-giving Trinity.
C: Amen.
CLOSING HYMN God of Grace and God of Glory CWM RHONDDA
In today’s readings, Moses receives the Ten Commandments, the Psalmist extols the wisdom of those commandments, Saint Paul
differentiates between human wisdom and God’s wisdom, and Jesus drives the greedy money-changers out of the temple in
Jerusalem. This sturdy hymn seems to have drawn inspiration from all of these Scripture passages.
Text: Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1878-1969.
Music: John Hughes, 1873-1932.
11DISMISSAL
A: Go in peace. Share the good news.
C: Thanks be to God.
POSTLUDE Fugue in D Minor, from Op. 65, No. 6 Felix Mendelssohn
Most of the liturgical texts are from Lutheran Book of Worship, Copyright © 1978 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from
Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Evangelical Lutheran Worship: Leader’s Desk Edition,
Copyright © 2006 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or from Sundays and Seasons, Copyright © 2021 Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, Minnesota. All rights reserved.
Additional liturgical texts, as well as most of the liturgical music, are from Deutsche Messe by Franz Schubert, adapt. Richard Proulx, Copyright © 1985, 1990 GIA
Publications, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. All rights reserved. Material from all of the above sources reprinted by permission under OneLicense.net License #A-705779.
Scripture readings are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible, Copyright © 1989 Division of Christian Education of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, Washington, DC. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.
Music Notes _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Most of today’s organ and vocal music is by the great nineteenth-century German composer, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-
1847). Born in Hamburg, Mendelssohn showed a remarkable talent for composition from an early age and ultimately
became well-known throughout Europe as a fine pianist, organist, conductor, and composer. In 1835, he was appointed
Music Director of the renowned Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, and in 1842, he helped organize the Leipzig
Conservatory of Music, both of which continue to make significant contributions to the musical life of Germany and
beyond. Mendelssohn wrote equally well in a surprisingly broad field of genres, including symphonies, concertos, oratorios,
shorter choral works, theatre music, chamber music, and songs, as well as solo works for both piano and organ. This
morning’s Prelude, which opens with a straightforward chorale-like theme followed by four variations, was composed in
1844. While the Offertory solo’s English text is not specifically based on any of this morning’s Scripture readings, it certainly
echoes the theme of the First Reading in which God gave the law, i.e., the ten commandments, to Moses. The Postlude is a
fugue, which forms the penultimate movement of Mendelssohn’s sixth and final organ sonata, Op. 65, No. 6, composed in
1845.
Participants in the Liturgy __________________________________________________________________________________________
TODAY NEXT SUNDAY
Presiding Minister and Homilist: Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey Presiding Minister and Homilist: Pastor Barbara Berry-Bailey
Assisting Minister: Jeri Rodrick Assisting Minister: Diane Lundstrom
Organist and Music Director: Cantor Mark Alan Filbert Organist and Music Director: Cantor Mark Alan Filbert
Liturgical Cantor: Margaret Ozaki Liturgical Cantor: Margaret Ozaki
AV Technicians: Jeff Harms, Tim Perlick, Ric White, AV Technicians: Jeff Harms, Tim Perlick, Ric White,
Greg Yonker Greg Yonker
Readings for Next Sunday ___________________________________________________________________________________________
THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
Numbers 21.4-9
Psalm 107.1-3, 17-22
Ephesians 2.1-10
John 3.14-21
The Rev. Barbara Berry-Bailey, Pastor (ELCA) The Rev. Donald Sutton, Pastor (ECC)
Deacon Mark Alan Filbert, Cantor Jeronimo Sanchez, Sexton
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SAINT PAUL LUTHERAN AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF FAITH
Post Office Box 867 1600 Grant Street Denver, Colorado 80203-1602 303.839.1432 www.StPaulDenver.org
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