Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the St. John’s Adult Choir, sermon by the Rev’d Walter McKenney.

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Service Music:

Voluntary    Andante sostenuto from Symphony V    Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies. He is the longest-serving organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, a role he held for 63 years. He also was organ professor at the Paris Conservatory from 1890 to 1896 (following César Franck) and then he became professor of composition at the same institution, following Théodore Dubois. Widor was a prolific composer, writing music for organ, piano, voice and ensembles. Apart from his ten organ symphonies, he also wrote three symphonies for orchestra and organ, several songs for piano and voice, four operas and a ballet. 

Silent Procession

Kyrie eleison S-84    Gregorian Chant, Orbis factor

Sequence Hymn 121    Christ, when for us you were baptized    Cathness

Offertory Anthem    Be not afraid from Elijah    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Text: Julius Schubring, 1806–1889; adapted from the Psalms

“Be not afraid,” saith God the Lord, “be not afraid, thy help is near!”
God, the Lord, thy God, saith unto thee: “Be not afraid!”
Though thousands languish and fall beside thee,
and tens of thousands around thee perish,
yet still it shall not come nigh thee.

Sanctus     Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme

Fraction Anthem     Agnus Dei     Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme

Communion Anthem    Cast thy burden upon the Lord from Elijah    Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Text: Julius Schubring, 1806–1889; adapted from the Psalms

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.
He never will suffer the righteous to fall.
He is at thy right hand.
Thy mercy, Lord, is great and far above the heav’ns.
Let none be made ashamed that wait upon thee.

Communion Hymn 559    Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us    Dulce carmen

Hymn in Procession    143 The glory of these forty days St. Flavian

Voluntary    Prelude in E minor    Mark Fax (1911-1974)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Mark Fax was a child prodigy. By age fourteen, he was employed as a theater organist and church organist. Fax studied at Syracuse University where he earned a B.Mus. in 1933, then at Eastman earning a Master’s degree in composition, studying with Howard Hanson. He founded and chaired the music department at Paine College in Georgia. In 1942 Mark studied piano at Bennington College in Vermont, where he wrote music for the Martha Graham Dance Troupe. From 1947 to 1972, Fax taught music theory at Howard University and served as director of the School of Music. Later, Fax became Acting Dean of Howard’s College of Fine Arts. Concurrently, he served as music director at Washington’s famed Asbury Methodist Church Washington, DC. Fax composed works for chorus, symphony, chamber ensemble, voice, piano, and organ, in addition to two full-length operas.

Bruce Henley, assisting organist