Palm SundayApril 5, 2020

All Saints’ Episcopal ChurchRussellville, Arkansas

www.allsaintsrussellville.org

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We welcome you to a time of worship. You may wish to light a candleas a sign of God’s presence among us.

The Liturgy of the Palms

PreludeRide On, Ride On in Majesty David N. Johnson

BCP 270

Celebrant Let us pray.

Assist us mercifully with your help, O Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts, whereby you have given us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Gospel Matthew 21:1-11

Reader The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.People Glory to you, Lord Christ.

When Jesus and his disciples had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, `The Lord needs them.' And he will send them immediately." This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,

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"Tell the daughter of Zion,Look, your king is coming to you,humble, and mounted on a donkey,and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,

"Hosanna to the Son of David!Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!Hosanna in the highest heaven!" When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" The crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

Reader The Gospel of the Lord.People Praise to you, Lord Christ.

The Celebrant then says the following blessing   The Lord be with you.People And also with you.Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.People It is right to give him thanks and praise.

It is right to praise you, Almighty God, for the acts of love by which you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. On this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph, and was proclaimed as King of kings by those who spread their garments and branches of palm along his way. Let these branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King, and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life; who lives and reigns in glory with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

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The Procession

As the altar party enters the chancel, the following Collect is said by the Celebrant.Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Opening Hymn Hymnal 154All glory, laud, and honor

The Liturgy of the Word

The Collect of the Day BCP 323

Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And with thy spirit. Celebrant Let us pray.

Kneel or stand as able, then the Celebrant continuesAlmighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross,

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giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Please be seated.

The First Lesson Isaiah 50:4-9a

Lector A Reading from the Book of Isaiah.

The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens – wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty?

ဟေ�ရာယအနာဂတတ ကျမး။ ၅၀၁ထာဝရဘရားမန �တေ�ာ�မသည�ကား၊ ငါလ�� လက�တေသာ သင��အမ၏ ဖြ���စာသည� အဘယ�မာ ရသနည�း။ ငါ၌တေ#ကးရ၍ အဘယ�မည�တေသာ တေ#ကးရင�ထ ၌ သင�� က ငါတေရာင�းသနည�း။ သင��သည� ကယ�ဖြ& တေသာ ဒစရက�အ�က� ကျန�ခရကြက၏။ သင��အဖြ&စ� တေကြကာင�၊ သင��အမက ငါလ��လက�၏။ ၂ငါလာတေသာအခါ အဘယ�တေကြကာင� လမရသ နည�း။ ငါတေခါတေသာအခါ အဘယ�တေကြကာင� မထးသနည�း။ ငါသည� မတေရးမန��နင�တေအာင� လက��သတေလာ။ ကယ� ချ��နင�တေသာ �န�ခးမရသတေလာ။ ကြကည�ရရတေလာ။ ငါဆးမ သဖြ�င� &င�လယ�တေရသည� ခန�းတေဖြခာက�၏။ ဖြမစ�� က လင�ဖြ&င�ဖြ�စ�တေစ၏။ တေရမရတေသာတေကြကာင� ငါး�သည� နကြက၏။ တေရင��၍ တေသကြက၏။ ၃ငါသည� မဃ�းတေကာင�းကင�က နက�တေသာ အဝ�� ဝ��တေစ၍၊ တေလ4ာ�တေ�အဝ��နင� ဖြခ၏။ ၄ငါသည� &င�&န�းတေသာ သအား မစဖြခင�းငါ စကားတေဖြ&ာ���မည�အတေကြကာင�း၊ အရင�ထာဝရဘရား သည� လ���၏ န��သ�တ က ငါ အားတေ&းတေ�ာ�မပြ&။ နနက�အစဉ�အ�င�း ငါ က နးတေ�ာ�မ၏။ စာသင�တေသာ သကသ နားတေထာင�တေစမည�အတေကြကာင�း ငါ နားက နးတေဆာ� တေ�ာ�မ၏။ ၅အရင�ထာဝရဘရားသည� ငါ နားက �င�တေ�ာ�မ ၍၊ ငါလည�း မဖြငင�းမဆန�၊ တေနာက�သ မဆ��၊ ၆ရက�တေသာ သ�အား ငါ တေက:ာက၎င�း၊ နား&န�း ဆက န��တေသာသ�အား၊ ငါ &ါးက၎င�း ငါအ&�၏။ အရက�ခဖြခင�းနင� �တေထးတေထးဖြခင�းမ ငါသည� ကယ�မ:က� နာကမလ။ ၇အရင�ထာဝရဘရားသည� ငါ က တေစာင�မတေ�ာ�မ လမ�မည�။ ထ တေကြကာင�၊ ငါမရးရသည�ဖြ�စ�၍၊ ကယ�မ:က�နာ က မးတေက:ာက�ကသ ထားလ:က�၊ ရက�တေကြကာက�ဖြခင�းသ မတေရာက�ရဟ ငါသ၏။ ၈ငါ က အဖြ&စ�လ��တေသာ သသည� အနးမာရ၏။ အဘယ�သသည� ငါနင��ရားတေ�=မည�နည�း။ ပြ&င�၍ တေနကြကကန�အ။ အဘယ�သသည� ငါနင�

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ရန�ဘက�ဖြ&မည� နည�း။ ထသသည� ခ:ဉ�းက&�တေစ။ ၉ကြကည�ရရတေလာ။ အရင�ထာဝရဘရားသည� ငါ က တေစာင�မတေ�ာ�မမည�။ အဘယ�သသည� ငါ က �ရားရရးတေစ မည�နည�း။ ထသ တေသာ သအတေ&ါင�း�သည� အဝ��ကသ တေဟာင�းနမ�းဖြခင�းသ တေရာက�ကြကလမ�မည�။ &းကက�စားဖြခင�း ကလည�း ခရကြကလမ�မည�။ Lector The Word of the Lord.People    Thanks be to God.

Psalm 31:9-16

9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; *my eye is consumed with sorrow,and also my throat and my belly.

10 For my life is wasted with grief,and my years with sighing; *my strength fails me because of affliction,and my bones are consumed.

11 I have become a reproach to all my enemies and even to my neighbors,a dismay to those of my acquaintance; *when they see me in the street they avoid me.

12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; *I am as useless as a broken pot.

13 For I have heard the whispering of the crowd;fear is all around; *they put their heads together against me;they plot to take my life.

14 But as for me, I have trusted in you, O Lord. *I have said, "You are my God.

15 My times are in your hand; *rescue me from the hand of my enemies,and from those who persecute me.

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16 Make your face to shine upon your servant, *and in your loving-kindness save me."

ဆာလကျမး ၃၁၉အထာဝရဘရား၊ အကျန�&�၌ အမတေရာက�&ါပြ&။ ထတေကြကာင� အကျန�&�က သနားတေ�ာ�မ&ါ။ &&န�ဖြခင�း အားဖြ�င� အကျန�&�မ:က�စ၊ စ��နလး၊ ဝမ�း�သည� &:က�ကြက&ါပြ&။ ၁၀အကျန�&�သည� &&န�ဖြခင�းရ၍၊ အသက�ကာလ က လန�တေစရ&ါ၏။ နစ�စဉ�အ�င�း ညည�း�ားလ:က� တေနရ&ါ၏။ ကယ�အဖြ&စ�တေကြကာင� အကျန�&�အားတေလ:ာ၍၊ ရန�သမ:ားတေကြကာင� အရး�သည� တေဆးတေဖြမကြက&ါ၏။ ၁၁အမ�နးခ:င�း�သည� အကျန�&�က အထးသဖြ�င� ကရကြက&ါ၏။ အကျမ�းဝင�တေသာ သမ:ား�သည�လည�း ရကြက&ါ၏။ အမ�ဖြ&င�မာ အကျန�&�က တေ�=မြဖြမင�တေသာသ� သည� တေရာင�၍ တေဖြ&းကြက&ါ၏။ ၁၂မတေအာက�တေမတေသာ အတေသတေကာင�ကသ ၊ အကျန�&�က တေမတေလ:ာကြက&ါ၏။ အးဖြခမ�းကသ အကျန�&� ဖြ�စ�&ါ၏။ ၁၃လမ:ား ကရဖြ&စ��င�ဖြခင�းက ကြကားရ&ါ၏။ &�� ဝန�းက:င�အရ&�� ၌၌ တေကြကာက�မက�ဘယ�တေသာအတေကြကာင�း ရ&ါ၏။ လမ:ား�သည� အခ:င�းခ:င�းသင�း�=လ:က�၊ အကျန�&�အသက�က သ��မည�အတေကြကာင�း ကြကစည�ကြက&ါ ၏။ ၁၄သ တေသာ�လည�း ထာဝရဘရား၊ ကယ�တေ�ာ�က အကျန�&�ကးစား&ါ၏။ ကယ�တေ�ာ�သည� အကျန�&�၏ ဘရားသခင�ဖြ�စ�တေ�ာ�မသည�ဟ အကျန�&� တေလ4ာက�ဆ &ါ၏။ ၁၅အကျန�&�၌ဖြ�စ�တေလသမ4တေသာ အမအရာ� က ကယ�တေ�ာ�စရင�&င�တေ�ာ�မ၏။ ရန�သ� နင� ညဉ�းဆ��� တေသာသ� လက�မအကျန�&�က ကယ�န��တေ�ာ�မ&ါ။ ၁၆မ:က�နာတေ�ာ�၏ အလင�းကကယ�တေ�ာ�၏ ကျန� အတေ&ါ၌ ထန�းလင�းတေစတေ�ာ�မ&ါ။ ကရဏာတေ�ာ�တေကြကာင�၊ အကျန�&�ကကယ��င�တေ�ာ�မ&ါ။ The Second Reading Philippians 2:5-11

Lector A Reading from the Letter of the Apostle Paul to the Church at Philippi.

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,who, though he was in the form of God,

did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,

but emptied himself,taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.

And being found in human form,he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death-- even death on a cross.

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Therefore God also highly exalted himand gave him the name that is above every name,

so that at the name of Jesusevery knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue should confessthat Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

ဖလပပဩဝါဒစာ။ ၂၁ထတေကြကာင�ခရစ�တေ�ာ�၌သက�သာဖြခင�း၊ တေမ�တ ာနင�စ&�ဆင�တေသာ ခ:မ�းသာဖြခင�း၊ ဝညာဉ�တေ�ာ�နင� မဿ ဟာယ�=မြဖြခင�း၊ သနားစမက�ဖြခင�း�ည�းဟတေသာအရာ �စ�ခရလ4င�၊ ၂သင��သည� အခ:င�းခ:င�းခ:စ�ကြက၍၊ စ��မကဖြ&ားဘ �လး�ဝ�ည�း ကြကစည�ဖြခင�းနင��က၊ သတေဘာ �ည�ည���ည�းရတေသာအားဖြ�င�၊ ငါဝမ�းတေဖြမာက�စရာအတေကြကာင�းက စလင�တေစကြကတေလာ။ ၃ရန�တေ�=လတေသာစ��၊ အခ:ည�းနး တေက:ာ�တေစာက�တ က �&�မက�တေသာစ��ရ၍ အဘယ�အမက မဖြ&ကြက နင�။ သ�&ါးသည� ကယ�ထက�သာ၍ တေကာင�းဖြမ��သည�ဟ နမ�ခ:တေသာ စ��ရ၍ �တေယာက�က�တေယာက� ထင�မ��ကြကတေလာ။ ၄ကယ�အမအရာကသာ မရမမ��ဘ၊ သအမအရာက အခ:င�းခ:င�းရရမ��ကြကတေလာ။ ၅တေယရခရစ�၌ရတေသာ ထစ��သတေဘာက သင�� ၌၌လည�း ရတေစကြကတေလာ။ ၆ထသခင�သည� ဘရားသခင�၏ သဏဌာန�တေ�ာ�နင� ဖြ&ည�စတေ�ာ�မသည�ဖြ�စ�၍၊ ဘရားသခင�နင� ပြ&င�တေသာအမက လယဖြခင�းအမဟ၍ မထင�မမ��လ:က�&င�၊ ၇မမအသတေရကစန �၍၍ အတေစခကျန�၏သဏဌာန�က ယတေဆာင�လ:က�၊ လကသ တေသာအဖြ�စ�၌ ဘားဖြမင�ဖြခင�းက ခတေ�ာ�မ၏။ ၈ထသ လ၏ဂဏ�အဂJါလကခဏာနင� ဖြ&ည�စလ:က�၊ အတေသခဖြခင�းသာမဟ��၊ လက�ဝါးက&��င�မာ အတေသခဖြခင�း�င�တေအာင� အတေစကျန�ခ၍ ကယ�ကကယ�နမ�ခ:တေ�ာ�မ၏။ ၉ထ တေကြကာင� ဘရားသခင�သည� ကယ�တေ�ာ�ကအလန�ခ:းတေဖြမာက�၍ ဘ=နာမ�ကာ�ထက� ကြကးဖြမ�� တေသာ ဘ=နာမက တေ&းသနားတေ�ာ�မ၏။ ၁၀အတေကြကာင�းမကား၊ တေကာင�းကင�သ�တ ဝါ၊ တေဖြမကြကးသ�တ ဝါ၊ တေဖြမကြကးတေအာက�၌ရတေသာ သ�တ ဝါ �ည�းဟတေသာ ခ&�သမ�းတေသာ သ�တ ဝါ�သည� တေယရ၏ဘ=နာမတေ�ာ�က ဒးတေထာက�၍၊ ၁၁တေယရခရစ�သည� သခင�ဖြ�စ�တေ�ာ�မ၏ဟ န��နင�ဝန�ခသဖြ�င�၊ ခမည�းတေ�ာ�ဘရား၏ ဘန�းအသတေရ တေ�ာ�က ထင�ရားတေစကြကမည�အတေကြကာင�း�ည�း။ Lector The Word of the Lord.People    Thanks be to God.

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The Gospel Hymn Hymnal 168O sacred head, sore wounded

1. O sacred head, sore wounded,defiled and put to scorn;O kingly head, surroundedwith mocking crown of thorn:What sorrow mars thy grandeur?Can death thy bloom deflower?O countenance whose splendor the hosts of heaven adore!

2. Thy beauty, long-desired,hath vanished from our sight;thy power is all expired,and quenched the light of light.Ah me! for whom thou diest,hide not so far thy grace:show me, O Love most highest, the brightness of thy face.

3. In thy most bitter passionmy heart to share doth cry,with thee for my salvationupon the cross to die.Ah, keep my heart thus movedto stand thy cross beneath,to mourn thee, well-beloved,yet thank thee for thy death.

4. What language shall I borrowto thank thee, dearest friend,for this thy dying sorrow,thy pity without end?Oh, make me thine for ever!and should I fainting be,

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Lord, let me never,never,outlive my love for thee.

5. My days are few, O fail not,with thine immortal power,to hold me that I quail notin death's most fearful hour;that I may fight befriended,and see in my last strifeto me thine arms extendedupon the cross of life.

Words: Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676); sts. 1-3, 5, tr. Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930); st. 4, tr. James Waddell Alexander (1804-1859), al

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The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Matthew

The customary responses before and after the Gospel are omitted.

The congregation remaining seated, the Passion Gospel is read in parts, led by a narrator who begins by saying: The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew.

NARRATOR: One of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

JUDAS: "What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you?"

NARRATOR: They paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he began to

look for an opportunity to betray him.

On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying,

DISCIPLES: "Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the

Passover?"

NARRATOR: He said,

JESUS: "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, `The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'"

NARRATOR: So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the

Passover meal. When it was evening, he took his place with the twelve; and while they were eating, he said,

JESUS: "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me."

NARRATOR: And they became greatly distressed and began to say to him one after

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another,

DISCIPLES: "Surely not I, Lord?"

NARRATOR: He answered,

JESUS: "The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born."

NARRATOR: Judas, who betrayed him, said,

JUDAS: "Surely not I, Rabbi?"

NARRATOR: He replied,

JESUS: "You have said so."

NARRATOR: While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he

broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said,

JESUS: "Take, eat; this is my body."

NARRATOR: Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying,

JESUS: "Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will never again drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

NARRATOR: When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Then Jesus said to them,

JESUS: "You will all become deserters because of me this night; for it is written,13

`I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you to Galilee."

NARRATOR: Peter said to him,

PETER: "Though all become deserters because of you, I will never desert you."

NARRATOR: Jesus said to him,

JESUS: "Truly I tell you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."

NARRATOR: Peter said to him,

PETER: "Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you."

NARRATOR: And so said all the disciples.

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples,

JESUS: "Sit here while I go over there and pray."

NARRATOR: He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be

grieved and agitated. Then he said to them,

JESUS: "I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me."

NARRATOR: And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed,

JESUS: "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want."

NARRATOR: Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to 14

Peter,

JESUS: "So, could you not stay awake with me one hour? Stay awake and pray

that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

NARRATOR: Again he went away for the second time and prayed,

JESUS: "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done."

NARRATOR: Again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. So

leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words. Then he came to the disciples and said to them,

JESUS: "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the hour is at hand, and

the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up, let us be going. See, my betrayer is at hand."

NARRATOR: While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; with him

was a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,

JUDAS: "The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him."

NARRATOR: At once he came up to Jesus and said,

JUDAS: "Greetings, Rabbi!"

NARRATOR: and kissed him. Jesus said to him,

JESUS: "Friend, do what you are here to do."

NARRATOR: Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and arrested him. Suddenly, one 15

of those with Jesus put his hand on his sword, drew it, and struck the slave of the high priest, cutting off his ear. Then Jesus said to him,

JESUS: "Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish

by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, which say it must happen in this way?"

NARRATOR: At that hour Jesus said to the crowds,

JESUS: "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a

bandit? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled."

NARRATOR: Then all the disciples deserted him and fled. Those who had arrested Jesus

took him to Caiaphas the high priest, in whose house the scribes and the elders had gathered. But Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and going inside, he sat with the guards in order to see how this would end. Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death, but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward and said,

ACCUSERS: "This fellow said, `I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in

three days.'"

NARRATOR: The high priest stood up and said,

HIGH PRIEST: "Have you no answer? What is it that they testify against you?"

NARRATOR: But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him,

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HIGH PRIEST: "I put you under oath before the living God, tell us if you are the

Messiah, the Son of God."

NARRATOR: Jesus said to him,

JESUS: "You have said so. But I tell you,

From now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven."

NARRATOR: Then the high priest tore his clothes and said,

HIGH PRIEST: "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? You have now

heard his blasphemy. What is your verdict?"

NARRATOR: They answered,

CHIEF PRIESTS: "He deserves death."

NARRATOR: Then they spat in his face and struck him; and some slapped him, saying,

CHIEF PRIESTS: "Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who is it that struck you?"

NARRATOR: Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant-girl came to him

and said,

SERVANT GIRL: "You also were with Jesus the Galilean."

NARRATOR: But he denied it before all of them, saying,

PETER: "I do not know what you are talking about."

NARRATOR: When he went out to the porch, another servant-girl saw him, and she said

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to the bystanders,

SERVANT GIRL: This man was with Jesus of Nazareth."

NARRATOR: Again he denied it with an oath,

PETER: "I do not know the man."

NARRATOR: After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter,

BYSTANDER: Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."

NARRATOR: Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath,

PETER: "I do not know the man!"

NARRATOR: At that moment the cock crowed. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had

said:

JESUS: "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."

NARRATOR: And he went out and wept bitterly.When morning came, all the chief

priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death. They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor. When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. He said,

JUDAS: "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood."

NARRATOR: But they said,

CHIEF PRIESTS: "What is that to us? See to it yourself."

NARRATOR: Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he 18

went and hanged himself. But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said,

CHIEF PRIESTS: "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood

money."

NARRATOR: After conferring together, they used them to buy the potter's field as a

place to bury foreigners. For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah, "And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one on whom a price had been set, on whom some of the people of Israel had set a price, and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him,

PILATE: "Are you the King of the Jews?"

NARRATOR: Jesus said,

JESUS: "You say so."

NARRATOR: But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he did not

answer. Then Pilate said to him,

PILATE: "Do you not hear how many accusations they make against you?"

NARRATOR: But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the

governor was greatly amazed. Now at the festival the governor was accustomed to release a prisoner for the crowd, anyone whom they wanted. At that time they had a notorious prisoner, called Jesus Barabbas. So after they had gathered, Pilate said to them,

PILATE: "Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is 19

called the Messiah?"

NARRATOR: For he realized that it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him,

PILATE’S WIFE: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered

a great deal because of a dream about him."

NARRATOR: Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for

Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. The governor again said to them,

PILATE: "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?"

NARRATOR: And they said,

CONGREGATION: "Barabbas."

NARRATOR: Pilate said to them,

PILATE: "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?"

NARRATOR: All of them said,

CONGREGATION: "Let him be crucified!"

NARRATOR: Then he asked,

PILATE: "Why, what evil has he done?"

NARRATOR: But they shouted all the more,

CONGREGATION: "Let him be crucified!"

NARRATOR: So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but rather that a riot was 20

beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying,

PILATE: "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves."

NARRATOR: Then the people as a whole answered,

CONGREGATION: "His blood be on us and on our children!"

NARRATOR: So he released Barabbas for them; and after flogging Jesus, he

handed him over to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole cohort around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head. They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him and mocked him, saying,

SOLDIERS: "Hail, King of the Jews!"

NARRATOR: They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. After

mocking him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

(At the mention of Golgotha, the congregation should stand and remain standing for the

remainder of the reading.)

NARRATOR: As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they

compelled this man to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. And

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when they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among themselves by casting lots; then they sat down there and kept watch over him. Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews."Then two bandits were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads and saying,

BYSTANDERS: "You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

NARRATOR: In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and

elders, were mocking him, saying,

CHIEF PRIESTS: "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of

Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to; for he said, `I am God's Son.'"

NARRATOR: The bandits who were crucified with him also taunted him in the same

way. From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And about three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice,

JESUS: "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?"

NARRATOR: that is,

JESUS: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

NARRATOR: When some of the bystanders heard it, they said,

BYSTANDERS: "This man is calling for Elijah."

NARRATOR: At once one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it 22

on a stick, and gave it to him to drink. But the others said,

BYSTANDERS: "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him."

NARRATOR: Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice and breathed his last. At that

moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The

earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened, and

many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After his

resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and

appeared to many. Now when the centurion and those with him, who were

keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they

were terrified and said,

CENTURION: "Truly this man was God's Son!

NARRATOR: Many women were also there, looking on from a distance; they had

followed Jesus from Galilee and had provided for him. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

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The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said,

CHIEF PRIESTS: "Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still live,

`After three days I will rise again.' Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise his disciples may go and steal him away, and tell the people, `He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception would be worse than the first."

NARRATOR: Pilate said to them,

PILATE: "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can."

NARRATOR: So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the

stone.

ရငမဿခရစဝင။ ၂၆ - ၂၇၁၄ထအခါ �&ည�တေ�ာ��က:&�နစ�&ါးအဝင�ဖြ�စ�တေသာ ယဒရကာရ��သည� ယဇ�&တေရာဟ��အကြကး� ထ သ သသား၍၊ ၁၅အကျန�&�သည� တေယရက ကယ�တေ�ာ��လက�သအ&�လ4င� အဘယ�မ4တေလာက�တေ&း&ါမည�နည�းဟ တေလ4ာက�တေသာ�၊ ထသ�က တေငအက:&�သးဆယ�တေ&းမည�ဟ ဝန�ခကြက၏။ ၁၆ထအခါမစ၍ ကယ�တေ�ာ�ကအ&�ဖြခင�းငါ အဆင�သင�တေသာအခ:န�ကာလက ရာကြကလ:က�တေန၏။ ၁၇အဇမ& &ဌမတေန ၍၌ �&ည�တေ�ာ��သည� အထတေ�ာ�သ ခ:ဉ�းက&�၍၊ ကယ�တေ�ာ�သည� &သခါ&က စား တေ�ာ�မဘ ရာ အဘယ�အရ&�၌ အကျန�&��သည� ဖြ&င�ဆင�တေစဖြခင�းငါ အလရတေ�ာ�မသနည�းဟ တေမးကြကတေသာ�၊ ၁၈ကယ�တေ�ာ�က၊ ပြမ�င� ဤမည�တေသာသ၏အမ�သ သသားကြက၊ ဆရာမာလက�သည�ကား၊ ငါ အခ:န�နးပြ&။ သင�အမ�၌ ငါ �&ည�� နင��က &သခါ&က ငါခမည�ဟ ထသက တေဖြ&ာကြကတေလာဟ မန �တေ�ာ�မ၏။ ၁၉�&ည�တေ�ာ��သည� စရင�တေ�ာ�မသည�အ�င�းဖြ&၍ &သခါ&က ဖြ&င�ဆင�ကြက၏။

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The Homily The Rev. Teri Daily

The Prayers of the People – Form I BCP 383

The Deacon or Celebrant bids the prayers with these wordsWith all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying "Lord, have mercy."

The Deacon or other person appointed saysFor the peace of the world, for the welfare of the Holy Church of God, and for the unity of all peoples, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

In the Anglican cycle of prayer, today we pray for the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean. We also give thanks for our sister faith communities in the River Valley, especially the Atkins First Baptist Church and the Faith Lutheran Church. For Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Larry, our Bishop; for Teri, Kaye, Bob, Laird and all other priests and deacons; and for all the holy people of God, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.

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For our President Donald, our Governor Asa, and our Mayor Richard, for the leaders of the nations, and for all in authority, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

For this city Russellville, for every city and community, and for those who live in them, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.

For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

For Miguel, Don, Jon & Pam, Bernice & Carina, Linda, Jim, Sebastian, Mare, Kathie, Kenny, Melissa, Htoo Gay & Selena, and Tony, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

For Loretta Cochran, Marilyn Duran, Sandy McGregor, Jeff Price, Sally Skartvedt, and Charles Tyrone, and all those celebrating birthdays, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.

For Sheila & Jon Jacobs, and Juanita & Jonathan Judd, and all those celebrating anniversaries, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.

For Ben & Any Franks, Lucy & Andrew Behrendt, and Cole & Stephanie Hudson, and all those expecting a child, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy.

For the poor and the oppressed, for the unemployed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and for all who remember and care for them, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

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For the victims of the Corona virus, and for all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

For deliverance from all danger, violence, oppression, and degradation, and for those in active military duty, especially Brian, Sarah, Anthony, Cameron, and Adam, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

That we may end our lives in faith and hope, without suffering and without reproach, let us pray to the Lord.Lord, have mercy.

In the communion of all the saints, let us commend ourselves, and one another, and all our life, to Christ our God.To you, O Lord our God.

The Celebrant adds this collectLord, hear the prayers of thy people; and what we have asked faithfully, grant that we may obtain effectually, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Peace BCP 332

All stand. The Celebrant says to the people

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

People And with thy spirit.

The Ministers and People greet one another in the name of the Lord.

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Greetings and Announcements

The Liturgy of the Table

Anthem

When I survey the wondrous cross Tune: Hamburg, L. Mason

Arr. For violin and piano: K. Campbell

Laird Duran, violin

Tim Smith, organ

The Offertory

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The Great Thanksgiving, Eucharistic Prayer A

Celebrant The Lord be with you.People And also with you. Celebrant Lift up your hearts. People We lift them to the Lord. Celebrant Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People It is right to give him thanks and praise.

The Celebrant continues

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, through Jesus Christ our Lord. For our sins he was lifted high upon the cross, that he might draw the whole world to himself; and, by his suffering and death, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who put their trust in him. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sings this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

Celebrant and People (spoken)Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

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The People kneel or stand.

The Celebrant continues

Holy and gracious Father: in your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Father of all.

He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread’ and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you, Do this for the remembrance of me.”

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After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”

Therefore we proclaim the mystery of faith:

Celebrant and People

Christ has died.Christ is risen.Christ will come again.

The Celebrant continues

We celebrate the memorial of our redemption, O Father, in this sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Recalling his death, resurrection, and ascension, we offer you these gifts.

Sanctify them by your Holy Spirit to be for your people the Body and Blood of your Son, the holy food and drink of new and unending life in him.

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Sanctify us also that we may faithfully receive this holy Sacrament, and serve you in unity, constancy, and peace; and at the last day bring us with all your saints into the joy of your eternal kingdom.

All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ, By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever. AMEN.

And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,

People and CelebrantOur Father, who art in heaven,    hallowed be thy Name,    thy kingdom come,    thy will be done,        on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,    as we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation,    but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,    for ever and ever. Amen.

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The Breaking of the Bread

The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread. A period of silence is kept.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; grant us peace.

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The Celebrant may say

The gifts of God for the people of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts by faith, with thanksgiving.

Wherever you are in your journey of faith,

you are welcome in this place; you are welcome at Christ’s table.

When we cannot be present to receive the consecrated bread and wine of Eucharist, our tradition tells us that the desire to do so is enough for God to grant us the benefits of communion. At the service this morning, I will invite you to say the following prayer from home.

O God, I believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament, and, since I cannot at this time receive communion, I pray you to come into my heart. I unite

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myself with you and embrace you with all my heart, my soul, and my mind. Let nothing separate me from you; let me serve you in this life until, by your grace, I come to your glorious kingdom and unending peace. Amen. (from the St. Augustine Prayer Book)

Communion Hymn

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Celebrant Let us pray.

Celebrant and People

Eternal God, heavenly Father,you have graciously accepted us as living membersof your Son our Savior Jesus Christ,and you have fed us with spiritual food in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood.Send us now into the world in peace,and grant us strength and courageto love and serve youwith gladness and singleness of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Solemn Prayer over the People

In Lent, the People kneel if able for the solemn Prayer over the People

Almighty God, we pray thee graciously to behold this thy family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.

The Dismissal     

   

Deacon Let us go forth in the name of Christ.

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Postlude

Deep Were His Wounds David N. Johnson

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All Saints’ Staff

The Rt. Rev. Larry Benfield – Bishop of Arkansas

The Rev. Teri Daily – Rector

Melissa Simpson - Director of Christian Formation for Children,

Youth, and Young Adults 

Tim and Kristin Smith – Music Ministers46

KaDee McCormick – Parish Administrator

Sherrie Cotton – Administrative Assistant

Marcia Van Horn, Ron Anderson, Lori Price –Office Assistants

Bethany Wilder, Jessie Cave - Early Childhood Teachers

All Saints’ Vestry & Officers

Carolyn McLellan - Senior Warden,

Adult Formation and Stewardship, and Worship/Parish Life/Newcomers

Ron Anderson – Jr. Warden

Don Hill – Jr. Warden

Mary Ellen Patton – Multiculturalism/Diversity/ Inclusion

Thomas Parton – Vestry Liaison to the Finance Committee

Elaine Tise – Children/Youth/College Students, Adult Formation & Stewardship

Brandon Etzkorn – Communications/Outreach/ Evangelism, Worship/Parish Life/Newcomers

Rudy Delabra - Multiculturalism/Diversity/ Inclusion

Diane Yarbrough - Communications/Outreach/ Evangelism, and Multiculturalism/Diversity/ Inclusion

Sandy McGregor – Treasurer

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