Advent Sunday, 28 November 2010 ✠ 6.00 PM ✠ The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

St Stephen’s Church · timonium, maryland a parish in the classical Anglican tradition

a service of lessons and carols

for advent

in aid of

dr bob’s place a hospice for children

the choir of men & boys of

st stephen’s church Mays Chapel, Maryland

adric organist - choirmaster

Please consider offering a donation to the Choir’s charity:

__________________________DR BOB’S PLACE __________________________

This $4.5 million dollar facility will be the first hospice for children on the East Coast of the United States. Dr Bob’s will be located at 838 North Eutaw Street near Joseph Richey House in downtown Baltimore. Dr Bob’s Place will provide 10 private rooms, as well as beautiful public rooms and play areas. When complete, the 20,800 square foot facility will offer full hospice services to children, as well as providing hospice services to children at home. There are presently over 300 chilren in the state of Maryland in need of hospice care.

For more information, please go online to: www. Joseph Richey Hospice . org / drBob . html

_________________________ABOUT THE CHOIR _________________________

The history of men and boys choirs is, in many ways, the history of the Anglican Church. Originally, women were not in choirs because choristers were a minor clerical order from which women were excluded. As the centuries passed, the sense of such choirs being an honoured tradition took over as the technical prohibitions against women singing in the choirs became, thankfully, unimportant. In this country (particularly in the Episcopal Church), vested male choirs became more and more the norm as the nineteenth century came to an end, and the zenith of the tradition was probably in the 1920’s and 30’s. Nowadays, such choirs are increasingly viewed as anachronistic and, perhaps more importantly, socially indefensible. And yet so much of the music written for the Anglican communion over the centuries was written with this type of choir in mind, and still sounds best when sung by such a group. Many churches cannot support a choir of men and boys, and many others would find such a choir an affectation. Nevertheless, it is hoped that the tradition will never die out completely, and that the great music of the Church will continue to be sung by that sort of choir for which so much of it was originally intended.

The Mays Chapel Boychoir, which comprises the boy soprano section of St Stephen’s Choir, is a vocal ensemble which is open to any talented boy who enjoys singing and has a desire to receive a classical music education at no monetary cost to his family. The boys are taught to read and write musical notation, and they quickly become proficient singing in multiple languages through exposure to a musical repertory spanning several centuries.

In a culture which focuses attention to the needs of boys primarily on sports and athletics, this organisation is devoted to artistic and intellectual development. The benefits of participation go far beyond developing a high level of musicianship; our choirboys develop social skills, self-discipline and an honest self-esteem earned from hard work. Opportunities of this calibre clearly stand out on high school and college applications.

Membership in the Mays Chapel Boychoir is open to boys of all faith traditions. Prospective choristers ages 8 to 12 are welcomed at any time of the year. Enquiries may be directed to the Recruitment Director Mrs Martha Miller on 410 321 9038 or at boychoir@mac.com.

For more information, visit us online: www. Mays Chapel Boychoir. org

an order of service

THE PROCESSION MATIN RESPONSORY: Aspiciens a longe G. P. da Palestrina HYMN: Come, thou Redeemer of the earth Puer nobis, desc. Adric THE BIDDING PRAYER CAROL: The truth from above trad. English, arr. R. V. Williams THE FIRST LESSON Genesis 3:8-15,17-19 CAROL: Adam lay ibounden Robert Twynham THE SECOND LESSON Isaiah 11:1-5 AN ADVENT PROSE: Rorate cæli plainsong CAROL: King Jesus has a garden trad. Japanese, arr. P. Ledger THE THIRD LESSON Romans 13:8-14 HYMN: Hark! a herald voice is calling Merton, W. H. Monk, desc. Adric THE FOURTH LESSON Haggai 2:6-9 CAROL: ’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died 10th c. melody, arr. C. Wood HYMN: Hark what a sound, and too divine for hearing Highwood, R. R. Terry THE FIFTH LESSON John 1:19-28 HYMN: On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry Winchester New, desc. P. Ledger THE SIXTH LESSON St Luke 1:39-49 RESPOND: Ave Maria plainsong CAROL: Gabriel’s Message trad. Basque, arr. D. Willcocks THE SEVENTH LESSON St Matthew 24:36-44 ANTHEM: Thou judge of quick and dead Samuel Sebastian Wesley VESPER RESPONSORY: Judæa et Hierusalem Palestrina THE COLLECT + BLESSING HYMN: Rejoice, rejoice believers! Aurelia, S. S.Wesley, desc. Adric RECESSIONAL: Veni, veni Emmanuel plainsong

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a service of lessons and carols for advent

__________________________ABOUT THIS SERVICE _________________________ In 1934, sixteen years after he had introduced A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols for Christmas Eve to King’s College, Cambridge, the Dean, Eric Milner-White, composed a further service, A Procession with Carols upon Advent Sunday. His concern for more imaginative forms of worship appears in the preface he wrote to that service: ‘In the old English liturgies, the Advent Offices made a preparation for the coming of our Lord to this earth far more vivid and eager than those of our present prayer book. So an Advent carol service, if without precedent, is not without suitability, if it helps to express “the desire of all nations and ages”.’ The purpose of this service was ‘not to celebrate Christmas, but to expect it’. Whereas the framework of the Christmas Eve service is provided by the lessons, which are then reflected in the carols, in this service many of the texts set to the music also contribute to the basic form. For many among those who know both the Advent carol service and the Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, however much the Christmas Eve service is, for them, a part of Christmas, the Advent service has a depth and intensity distinctively its own.

____________________________ THE PROCESSION ___________________________

¶ The People stand as the Choir begins to sing THE MATIN RESPONSORY Aspiciens a longe adapted from a Magnificat of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-94)

⁄ I look from afar: ± And lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth.

⁄ Go ye out to meet him and say: ± Tell us, art thou he that should come to reign over thy people Israel?

⁄ High and low, rich and poor, one with another, ± Go ye out to meet him and say:

⁄ Hear, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep, ± Tell us, art thou he that should come?

⁄ Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come ± To reign over thy people Israel.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

⁄ I look from afar: ± And lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth.

⁄ Go ye out to meet him and say: ± Tell us, art thou he that should come to reign over thy people Israel?

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¶ The Choir alone sings verses 1, 2 and 3 of

THE HYMN Puer nobis v.6 arr. Adric

1. Come, thou Redeemer of the earth, Come testify thy wondrous birth: All lands admire, all times applaud Such is the birth that fits our God.

2. Forth from his chamber goeth he, That royal home of purity, A giant in two-fold substance one, Rejoicing now his course to run.

3. From God the Father he proceeds, To God the Father back he speeds; Runs out his course to death and hell, Returns on God’s high throne to dwell.

¶ The People join in singing at the fourth verse:

¶ The People remain standing for

_________________________ THE BIDDING PRAYER ________________________

BELOVED in Christ, as we await the great festival of Christmas let us prepare ourselves so that we may be shown its true meaning. Let us hear, in lessons from Holy Scripture, how the prophets of Israel foretold that God would visit and redeem his waiting people. Let us rejoice, in our carols and hymns, that the good purpose of God is being mightily fulfilled. Let us celebrate the promise that our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, will bring all men and all things into the glory of God’s eternal kingdom. The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.

But first, let us pray for the world which God so loves, for those who have not heard the good news of God, or who do not believe it; for those who walk in darkness and the shadow of death; and for the Church in this place and everywhere, that it may be freed from all evil and fear, and may in pure joy lift up the light of the love of God.

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And let us at this time remember, in his name, the poor and the helpless, the cold, the hungry, and the oppressed; the sick and them that mourn, the lonely and the unloved; the aged and the little children; and all who know not the loving-kindness of the Lord, or who by sin have grieved his heart of love.

Let us also remember before God all those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore, and in a greater light, that multitude which none can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom in the Lord Jesus we are one for evermore.

These prayers and praises let us humbly offer to God, in the words which Christ himself taught us:

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, In earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.

¶ The People sit for

CAROL The Truth from Above Herefordshire carol arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

This is the truth sent from above, the truth of God, the God of love, therefore don’t turn me from your door, but hearken all both rich and poor. • The first thing which I do relate is that God did man create; the next thing which to you I’ll tell woman was made with man to dwell. • Then after this ’twas God’s own choice to place them both in Paradise, there to remain from evil free, except they ate of such a tree. • And they did eat, which was a sin, and thus their ruin did begin; ruined themselves, both you and me, and all of their posterity. • Thus we were heirs to endless woes, till God the Lord did interpose; and so a promise soon did run that he would redeem us by his Son. – English traditional

___________________________ THE FIRST LESSON __________________________ God tells sinful Adam that he has lost the life of Paradise and that his seed will bruise the serpent’s head.

GENESIS III: 8–15, 17–19 lector: Master Davis Pfund The Head Chorister

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, ‘Where art Thou?’ And he said, ‘I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’ And he said, ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’ And the man said, ‘The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.’ And the LORD God said unto the woman, ‘What is this that thou hast done?’ And the woman said, ‘The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.’ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, ‘Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.’ And unto Adam he said, ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shall thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’

Thanks be to God.

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CAROL Adam lay ibounden « sung by Tenor soloist » Robert Twynham (b. 1930)

Adam lay ibounden, bounden in a bond; four thousand winter thoght he not too long. • And all was for an appil, an appil that he took, as clerkes finden wreten in here book. • Ne hadde appil take ben, the appil take ben, ne hadde never our lady aben hevené quene. • Blessed be the time that appil take was. Therefore we moun singen Deo gracias! [Thank God.] – 15th century Sloane manuscript

¶ The People sit for

_________________________ THE SECOND LESSON_________________________

The peace that Christ will bring is foreshown. ISAIAH XI: 1–5 lector: Mr Stephen Winand A Junior Lay Clerk

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Thanks be to God. AN ADVENT PROSE Rorate cæli plainsong

± Rorate cæli desuper, et nubes pluant justum. • ⁄ Ne irascaris Domine, ne ultra memineris iniquitatis: ecce civitas Sancti facta est deserta: Sion deserta facta est: Jerusalem desolata est: domus sanctificationis tuæ et gloriæ tuæ, ubi laudaverunt te patres nostri. ± Rorate cæli… • ⁄ Peccavimus, et factisumus tamquam immundus nos, et cecidimus quasi folium universi: et iniquitates nostræ quasi ventus abstulerunt nos: abscondisti faciem tuam a nobis, et allisisti nos in manu iniquitatis nostræ. ± Rorate cæli…

[Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness · Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever. Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation; our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee. · We have sinned and are as an unclean thing; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.] – Isaiah 45:8 · 64:9-11 · 64:5-7

CAROL King Jesus has a garden Japanese children’s song adapted and arranged by Philip Ledger (b. 1937)

King Jesus has a garden full of wondrous flowers, where you may gather garlands fair all times and all hours. The sound is heard of harp with dulcimer and lute, and sweetest above all the rest, the tender soothing flute. • There blossoms white the lily, flower of purity, the fragrant violet is known as humility. The rose’s name is patience, lovely to behold, obedience, the heart of the gentle marigold. • The crown imperial, noblest flower in this place, embraces faith and hope and love to give us grace. King Jesus tends these flowers that we may justly claim to live with him for aye in heaven. Blessèd be his name!

– traditional Dutch (Heer Jesus heft een Hofken), adapted by P. Ledger

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___________________________THE THIRD LESSON __________________________ St Paul summarises the Commandments.

ROMANS XIII: 8–14 lector: Mr Brock Johnson Director of Adult Education, St Stephen’s Church

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Thanks be to God.

¶ The People stand to sing

THE HYMN Merton descant by Adric

¶ All are seated

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_________________________ THE FOURTH LESSON_________________________ The prophet Haggai foretells the advent of the desire of all nations.

HAGGAI 2: 6–9 lector: Mr William Hawkins Treasurer, St Stephen’s Church

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

Thanks be to God.

CAROL ’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died 10th century arranged by Charles Wood (1866-1926)

’Twas in the year that King Uzziah died, A vision by Isaiah was aspied: A lofty throne, the Lord was set thereon; And with his glory all the temple shone. Bright seraphim were standing round about; Six wings had every of that choir devout; With twain he awesome veiled his face, and so with twain he dreadful veiled his feet below. With twain did he now hither, thither fly: And thus aloud did one to other cry: Holy is God, the Lord of Sabaoth, full of his glory are earth and heaven both. And at their cry the lintels moved apace, and clouds of incense filled the Holy Place. – Isaiah 6:1-4

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¶ The People stand to sing

THE HYMN Highwood Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938)

¶ All are seated

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___________________________ THE FIFTH LESSON __________________________ St John proclaims the coming of John the Baptist.

St JOHN I: 19–28 lector: Mr Peter Threadgill Head Lay Reader, St Stephen’s Church

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Thanks be to God.

¶ The People stand to sing

THE HYMN Winchester New descant by Philip Ledger

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¶ The People sit for

___________________________ THE SIXTH LESSON __________________________ The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary.

ST LUKE I: 26–35, 38 lector: The Rev. Rhæ E. Kelley Associate Rector, St Stephen’s Church

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Thanks be to God.

RESPOND Ave Maria « sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir » plainsong

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum; Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: benedicta tu in mulieribus, Blessed art thou among women, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen. now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

– cf. St Luke 1:28,42 CAROL Gabriel’s Message Basque carol 1975 arrangement by David Willcocks (b. 1919)

The angel Gabriel from heaven came, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame; ‘All hail,’ said he, ‘thou lowly maiden Mary, most highly favoured lady,’ Gloria! • ‘For known a blessed Mother thou shalt be, all generations laud and honour thee, thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold. Most highly favoured lady,’ Gloria! • Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head, ‘To me be as it pleaseth God,’ she said, ‘My soul shall laud and magnify his holy name.’ Most highly favoured lady, Gloria! • Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ was born in Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn, and Christian folk throughout the world will ever say: Most highly favoured lady, Gloria! – traditional Basque; English version Revd Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)

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_________________________THE SEVENTH LESSON ________________________ Jesus warns us to be ready for his Second Coming.

ST MATTHEW XXIV: 36–44 lector: The Ven. Guy P. Hawtin Rector, St Stephen’s Church

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Thanks be to God. ANTHEM from ‘Let us lift up our heart’ Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76)

Thou judge of quick and dead, before whose bar severe, with holy joy, or guilty dread, we all shall soon appear; Do thou our souls prepare for that tremendous day; And fill us now with watchful care, and teach our hearts to pray. Oh, may we thus insure a lot among the blest, and watch a moment, to secure an everlasting rest! – Bishop Samuel Wilberforce (1805-73)

¶ The People stand as the Choir sings

THE VESPER RESPONSORY Judæa et Hierusalem G. P. da Palestrina adapted by Philip Ledger

⁄ Judah and Jerusalem, fear not nor be dismayed. ± Tomorrow, go ye forth, and the Lord, he will go with you.

⁄ Stand ye still, and ye shall see the salvation of the Lord. ± Tomorrow, go ye forth, and the Lord, he will go with you.

⁄ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. ± Tomorrow, go ye forth, and the Lord, he will go with you.

THE COLLECT + BLESSING

PRIEST: We wait for thy loving-kindness, O Lord. PEOPLE: In the midst of thy temple.

Let us pray… O God, who makest us glad with the yearly expectation of thy coming, Grant that we, who with joy receive thy only-begotten Son as our Redeemer, may without fear behold him when he shall come to be our Judge, even thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

Go forth into the world in peace; be of good courage; hold fast that which is good; render to no man evil for evil; strengthen the faint-hearted; support the weak; help the afflicted; honour all men; love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you, and remain with you for ever. Amen.

¶ The People remain standing to sing THE HYMN Aurelia Samuel Sebastian Wesley descant by Adric

« descant composed in honour of Dr Wesley’s 200th birthday »

THE CLOSING PRAYER

O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in thy mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last. Amen.

A freewill offering is being received at the main entrance to the cathedral in support of the Choir’s charity: Dr Bob’s Place, a hospice for children.

RECESSIONAL ANTIPHON Veni Emmanuel plainsong (15th century)

1. Veni, O Sapientia, quae hic disponis omnia, Come, O eternal Wisdom, who ordereth all things, Veni, viam prudentiæ ut doceas et gloriae. Come, teach us the ways of prudence and glory.

± Gaude, Emmanuel, nascetur pro te, Israel. Rejoice, Emmanuel was born for thee, O Israel.

2. Veni, veni Adonai! Qui populo in Sinai Come, come Adonaï! Who to thy people in Sinai Legem dedisti vertice, in Maiestate gloriæ. ± Didst give the law on high, in glorious Majesty.

3. Veni, O Iesse Virgula, ex hostis tuos ungula, Come, Rod of Jesse, from the claw of thine enemy, De specu tuos tartari From the cave of thy hell educ et antro barathri. ± march out and take us from the pit of the grave.

4. Veni, Clavis Davidica, regna reclude cælica, Come, Key of David, thy reign opens the heavens, Fac iter tutum superum, et claude vias inferum. ± Make the road above, and hobble the way to hell.

5. Veni, veni O Oriens! Solare nos adveniens, Come, O Rising Sun, support our arrival, Noctis depelle nebulas, dirasque noctis tenebras. ± Perish foggy night, and also the shadows of night.

6. Veni, veni, Rex gentium, veni, Redemptor omnium, Come, come, King of nations, come, Redeemer of all, Ut salvas tuos famulos That thou may save thine attendants, peccati sibi conscios. ± knowing they have sinned.

7. Veni, veni Emmanuel! Captivum solve Israel! Come, come, Emmanuel! Free captive Israel! Qui gemit in exsilio, privatus Dei Filio. ± Who mourns in exile, deprived of the Son of God.

– based upon the ‘O’Antiphons (c. 9th century)

¶ All depart in silence.

SPECIAL THANKS TO

THE REV. MSGR. J. BRUCE JARBOE Rector of the Cathedral

MR ROBERT TWYNHAM Cathedral Choirmaster Emeritus, Founder of the Cathedral Concert Series

PARENTS AND FAMILIES OF THE CHOIR

ST STEPHEN’S CHOIR OF MEN & BOYS ARE

DAVIS PFUND · head chorister; MICHAEL DONALDSON, AVERY SCHWEITZER · trebles XANDER NICKOL, DEAN PHILIP · altos WILLIAM MORTON, KEN PYLES, SIMON PYLES · tenors NICOLAS BUDOSH, JAMES MEIL, PETER THREADGILL, STEPHEN WINAND · basses

__________________ ABOUT ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH ___________________

St Stephen’s is a ‘parish in the classical Anglican tradition’, but what does that mean? First and foremost, it means that our spiritual life is focused on the Bible, and the confession of Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour. Our liturgical life is focused on the traditional 1662 & 1928 Books of Common Prayer. Sunday Eucharists are at 8.00 AM and 9.15 AM, and St Stephen’s is one of the few parishes in the country which still regularly presents the service of Choral Mattins (Morning Prayer), most Sundays at 11.15 AM. St Stephen’s also presents Choral Evensong on a regular basis: first Sundays of the month at 6.00 PM throughout the year. What sets our Mattins and Evensong services apart, however, is the presence of our Choir of Men and Boys, who sing music from the classical Anglican choral tradition. (Visit the Choir’s webpage at ststeve.com for information on upcoming services and repertory, and to sign up for the Choir’s mailing list.) Please stop by for one of our services or other parochial activities: we think you’ll enjoy what you find—and find what you need. God bless.

Join us again for

a festival of lessons and carols

for epiphany

at  

st Stephen’s church 11856  Mays  Chapel  Road  ·∙  Timonium  

_______________________SUNDAY,  JANUARY  9  th,  2011  –  6.00  PM ______________________  

On  the  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany,  St  Stephen’s  Choir  of  Men  &  Boys  will  present  its  annual  Festival   of   Lessons   &   Carols   for   Epiphany   at   St   Stephen’s   Church,   located   at   11856  Mays  Chapel  Road  in  Timonium,  21093.  Through  scripture  readings,  carols  and  beloved  hymns,  the  service  celebrates  the  joy  of  Christmastide  and  the  revelation  of  Jesus  to  humanity.  

The  Carol  Service  begins  at  6.00  PM  and  generally  lasts  between  60  and  75  minutes.  Visitors  from  all  faith  traditions  are  always  heartily  welcomed  to  join  us  in  prayer,  and  all  are  invited  to  remain  for  a  reception  directly  following  the  service.  A  freewill  offering  will  be  received  in  support  of  the  choir’s  charity:  Dr  Bob’s  Place,  a  hospice  for  children.  

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