Order of Service - Nov. 6, 2016 Vespers Service
Date of Service:
November 6, 2016
November 6, 2016 Remembrance Vespers
Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way
in order to come back a short distance correctly.
~ Edward Albee (1928 - 2016)
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Prelude Komm Süsser Tod J.S. Bach, (1685-1750)
Chalice Lighting
*Opening Hymn #101 Abide with Me
Reading Do Not Stand By My Grave Mary Elizabeth Frye
Rima Snyder
Selection Introitus and Kyrie Antonio Lotti, (1667-1740)
Silence
Responsive Reading #468 We Need One Another George E. Odell
Lois Hutchinson
We need one another when we mourn and would be
comforted.
We need one another when we are in trouble and afraid.
We need one another when we are in despair, in temptation,
and need to be recalled to our best selves again.
We need one another when we would accomplish some great
purpose, and cannot do it alone.
We need one another in the hour of success, when we look
for someone to share our triumphs.
We need one another in hour of defeat, when when with
encouragement we might endure, and stand again.
We need one another when we come to die, and would have
gentle hands prepare us for the journey
All our lives we are in need, and others are in need of us.
Offering Offertorium
Litany Response: You are not forgotten.
Candle Lighting Sanctus & Benedictus
Silence
Responsive Reading We Remember Them Sylvan Kamens
James Hayden & Rabbi Jack Riemer
In the rising of the sun and its going down,
We remember them.
In the blowing wind and the chill of winter,
We remember them.
In the opening of buds and in the rebirth of spring,
We remember them.
In the blue sky and warmth of summer,
We remember them.
In the rustling of leaves and the beauty of autumn,
We remember them.
In the beginning of the year and when it ends,
We remember them.
When we are weary and in need of strength,
We remember them.
When we are lost and sick at heart,
We remember them.
When we have joys we yearn to share,
We remember them.
So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are part of us,
We remember them.
Selection Agnus Dei and Communio
Hymn #1002 Comfort Me
*Benediction Rev. Rebecca Benefiel Bijur
Postlude Etude Op. 33, No. 2 Sergei Rachmaninoff, (1873-1943)
*Please stand in body or in spirit
About Antonio Lotti’s Missa pro defunctis
Missa pro defunctis was composed by Antonio Lotti more than 300 years ago as one of many works written while he served as music director at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice. In addition to his church work, Lotti was known in his day for composing a wide variety of music including cantatas, madrigals, instrumental music, and some 30 operas. His secular style could be described as ornamental, instrumentally adorned, and solo-oriented, bridging the gap between the ornate baroque and highly-refined classical periods of music. Lotti’s sacred music, however, is almost exclusively a cappella and firmly rooted in a traditional style of imitative part-writing for four equal voices. This traditional a cappella sound is exemplified in the Missa pro defunctis, a work whose text comes from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the mass for the dead or Requiem. With seven distinct sections
performed a cappella, this contemplative work captures the solemnity and grace of our Remembrance Vespers, as we turn toward that which is sacred in remembrance of those who have passed from this life to the next.
- Dr. Zanaida Robles, Director of Music
Service Notes
Our offering tonight will benefit the Music Fund.
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Missa pro defunctis translation
Introitus and Kyrie:
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, And let perpetual light shine upon them. A hymn, O God,
becometh Thee in Zion
And a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem. Hear my prayer. All flesh shall come before you.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.
Offertorium:
Lord Jesus Christ, king of glory, deliver the soulds of all the faithful departed from the pains of Hell
and the bottomless pit. Deliver them from the jaws of the lion, lest hell engulf them, lest they be
plunged into darkness; but let the holy standard-bearer Michael lead them into the holy light, as once
you promised to Abraham and to his seed.
Lord, in praise we offer you Sacrifices and prayers, accept them on behalf of those who we remember
this day: Lord, make them pass from death to life, as once you promised to Abraham and to his seed.
Sanctus and Benedictus:
Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts! Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the
highest!
Agnus Dei and Communio:
Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Grant them rest. Lamb of God, that takest away
the sins of the world, Grant them eternal rest. Let everlasting light shine upon them, Lord, with Thy
saints forever, for Thou art merciful. Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon
them, for Thou art merciful.