Diocese of the West Anglican Church in America

Traditional Anglican Communion Father Michael A. Costanzo, Rector

Oregon Latvian Center Chapel 5500 SW Dosch Road

Portland, Oregon 97239-1511 www.stfrancisportland.org

“Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

Opening Hymn 496 Kendal

When wilt thou save the people Collect for Purity BCP 67 Introit. Dicit Dominus. Thus saith the Lord, I know the thoughts

that I think toward you, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction: ye shall call upon me, and I will harken unto you; and I will bring again your captivity from every nation. Psalm 85. Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. Glory … Thus saith ...

Summary of the Law BCP 69 Kyrie, Hymnal 709 Willan Gloria BCP 84 Collect. O God, our refuge and strength, who art the

author of all godliness; Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

First Reading Isaiah 25:1–9 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin; the palace of strangers is a city no more, it will never be rebuilt. Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you. For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the blast of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall, like heat in a dry place. You subdue the noise of the strangers; as heat by the shade of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled. On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all

peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of choice wines—of fat things full of marrow, of choice wines well refined. And he will destroy on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death for ever, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Psalm 113 Antiphon From the rising of the sun to its going down, let the

name of the Lord be praised, alleluia. 1. Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord! 2. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time

forth and for evermore! 3. From the rising of the sun to its setting the name

of the Lord is to be praised! 4. The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory

above the heavens! 5. Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on

high, 6. Who looks far down upon the heavens and the

earth? 7. He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the

needy from the ash heap, 8. to make them sit with princes, with the princes of

his people. 9. He gives the barren woman a home, making her

the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord! Epistle Philippians 3:17–21

Brethren, Join in imitating me, and mark those who so walk as you have an example in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction,

their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself.

Gradual. It is thou, O Lord, that savest us from our enemies: and puttest them to confusion that hate us. We make our boast in God all day long: and will praise thy Name for ever.

Alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice, alleluia.

The Holy Gospel St. Matthew 22:15–22 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Hero′di-ans, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax.” And they brought him a coin. And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” When they have heard it, they marveled; and they left him and went away.

Sermon Hymn 491 Old Hundred Twentieth City not made with hands

Sermon The Reverend Michael A. Costanzo The Nicene Creed BCP 71 Offertory. Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord:

Lord, hear my voice. Presentation of the Gifts Old Hundredth

Hymn 139, Praise God, from whom all blessings flow The Prayer for the Church BCP 74 General Confession and Absolution BCP 75

Sanctus and Benedictus, Hymnal 797 Willan The Canon of the Mass BCP 80–81 The Lord’s Prayer BCP 82 Agnus Dei, Hymnal 712 Willan The Prayer of Humble Access BCP 82 Communion Hymn 542 Duke Street

Jesus shall reign where're the sun Communion. Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye

desire, when ye pray: believe that ye receive them, and it shall be done unto you.

General Thanksgiving BCP 83 Post Communion. We, who have received the gifts of thy

sacred mystery, do humbly pray thee, O Lord: that what thou hast commanded us to do in remembrance of thee may strengthen us in our weakness. Through …

The Benediction BCP 84 The Dismissal Missal Closing Hymn 396 Aurelia

The Church’s one foundation

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Mass at 9 am unless otherwise noted

November 1 All Saints Day, noon November 6 Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity November 13 Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity November 20 Sunday Next Before Advent November 27 First Sunday in Advent December 4 Second Sunday in Advent December 11 Third Sunday in Advent

For the Liturgy, St. Francis uses the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer, the Hymnal 1940 and the 1952 American Missal. All copyrights belong to the owners. The Epistle and Gospel are from the Revised Standard Version, second Catholic Edition. All other material is copyright 2016 by St. Francis Anglican Church. All rights reserved.

By the Rev. Prebendary Melville Scott, D.D.

Y PERSEVERANCE we advance towards the end of our Christian course, but when we gain heavenly-mindedness it is as if the Holy City came down from Heaven to meet us on our way. This grace is

the last attainment of the Christian character, granted, we may believe, in order that we may escape the bitterness of death by anticipation of what is beyond death. It is the Land of Beulah, to which come sounds and visions of the heavenly Jerusalem, that the Christian pilgrims may there await in peace their final passing of the river. We may be deeply thankful for a Sun-day in which we are taught to anticipate the Sabbath-keeping of the people of God, and to hope ourselves to enjoy such “an eve untouched by shadows of decay.”

EPISTLE. (PHIL. 3:17) THE HEAVENLY CITIZENSHIP We live in two spheres, the earthly and the heavenly, and have, there-

fore, connection with each, viz., an earthly and a heavenly citizenship. S. Paul draws two pictures in solemn contrast.

A. The Citizens of Earth These are they who forget their heavenly sphere. They are the ene-

mies of the Cross and of the principle of self-sacrifice, of which the Cross is the highest example. They live entirely to gratify their appetites, lusts, and passions. They glory in their shame, having no sense of anything higher or better. They mind earthly things, speaking and thinking only of the earth and of the cares, loves, and enjoyments of the transient present. It would seem that to such the Paradise of God is no more than a name, a dream, a fiction. Their treasure and their hearts are upon earth.

B. The Citizens of Heaven The word translated conversation is, of course, to be rendered citizen-

ship. This citizenship is not future, but present—it is, not shall be. Though absent from the heavenly City, we are none the less its citizens, for the Church on earth and the Church in Heaven are in truth one, and the King-dom of Grace is but a suburb of the Kingdom of Glory.

As citizens of Heaven we are to be more anxious about our interests there than about any of our earthly concerns. We are so to regard Heaven as our native country that our thoughts turn to it as to our home. We are to be guided by its laws and possessed by its spirit of obedience, love, and praise. We must be seen to be evidently preparing in character and dispo-

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sition for the future enjoyment of the rights we already possess, and to be desirous of becoming more worthy of fellow-citizenship with the Saints. We are also to find in our position and prospects a consolation in trial and an encouragement in toil.

C. The Completion of Citizenship This will be the consequence of the manifestation of our King, and will

include— (1) The Salvation of the Body. The body is now the “body of our humiliation.” It has become this as being made the instrument of sin, as the seat of temptation, and as the object of sin’s penalty of decay and of sin’s triumph in death. The body is to be restored unto the likeness of the glorified body of Christ, and that by which we have been connected with a world of sin shall be our means of correspondence with a new earth in which dwelleth righteousness. (2) The Restitution of all Things. The power which will renew the body will also renew the world, now defiled with sin, stained with blood, its light polluted by scenes of wickedness, its night blackened with deeds of darkness, its very air the vehicle of curses and hideous words of blasphemy. The renewed body is the pledge of a re-newed world, purified by disinfecting fire, to be the home of purified souls.

GOSPEL. (MATT. 22: 15.) OUR TWOFOLD CITIZENSHIP As members of the Church, we have a citizenship in Heaven, but we

have also a citizenship on earth, and must learn how these are related the one to the other. It is impossible not to admire the practical wisdom to which we owe the selection of the Gospel of the day, while we deplore the unfortunate rendering of citizenship as conversation, which has so much obscured the other-wise obvious mutual connection.

We are concerned less with the attempt of the Pharisees and Herodi-ans to entangle our Saviour in order to accuse Him either of impiety or disloyalty, than with His answer. That which confused their error was de-signed to lead more earnest seekers into truth, and to help us who desire to perceive and know what we ought to do, both as citizens of earth and of Heaven.

A. The Claims of Caesar The Christian has a duty to the world in which he lives, and to the

powers by which that world is governed. He must not make religion an excuse for being careless in respect of any earthly duty, in regard to his business, his family, his city, country, or King. If Caesar, a heathen Roman Conqueror, had a just claim, how much more

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our Christian rulers! The Roman tribute was a rendering back to Caesar an acknowledgment for benefits of law, security, and order enjoyed under his rule. Our tribute money is our bounden acknowledgment of far higher benefits of liberty, peace, confidence, religious freedom, social comfort, and prosperity.

B. The Claims of God These also depend on what we have received from Him. Our Saviour

puts the two duties side by side, but this only shows how much the last is greater than the first. We are bidden to make a return to God for our crea-tion, preservation, and all the blessings of this life, for the redemption of the world, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.

Caesar is satisfied with the return of the things that are his; God de-mands the return of ourselves, for we ourselves are His.

C. The Consistency of these Claims Christ answered the dilemma by the command to do both. The private

duty to God is rarely inconsistent with public duty, and so long as Caesar demands no more than is his he must be obeyed. Should he demand to rule conscience he intrudes into the things that are God’s, and must be resisted, even unto death.

But in the main duties to God and man are consistent, because they are not two duties at all, but one. The division into sacred and secular is convenient, but means no more than that some duties are directly paid to God, others indirectly through man to God. Our Saviour drew no hard and fast line between things of Caesar and things of God. If we are to eat and drink to God’s glory, we are surely to do our public duties to God. Caesar is best served by those who serve him for God’s sake. If Christ bids us render duty to Caesar, and we do it because Christ bids us, we serve not Caesar,