PUSEY HOUSE
Sunday after the Ascension
17th May 2015
11.00 a.m. High Mass
Music of the Mass: Mass for Four Voices,Byrd
Entrance Hymn: 109 Hail thee, Festival Day
Gloria: page 1223 in the New English Hymnal
First Lesson: 2 Kings 2 v. 9-15
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; and he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
Remain seated to sing:Ps. 68:32-end
Exurgat Deus
CAN / Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of_the earth: O sing praises untö the Lord;FULL / Who sitteth in the heavens over all from thebeginning : lo, he doth send out his voice, yea, and that a mighty vöice.
CAN / Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel : his worship and strength is in the clouds.
FULL / O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places : even the God of Israel, he will give strength and power unto his people;* blessed be God.
Second Lesson:1 Peter 4 v. 7-11
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Gospel acclamation:
I will not leave you comfortless:
I go away and come unto you and your heart shall rejoice.
THE GOSPEL: John 15 v. 26- 16 v. 4
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
Sermon: The Principal Living where we Love
Offertory Hymn: 128Eternal Monarch, King most high
Communion Sentence: Pater cum essem
Father, while I was with them in the world, I kept those that thou gavest to me, alleluya: and now I come unto thee, I pray thee not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil, alleluya, alleluya.
Adapted from John 17:12-15
Anthem: God is gone up
God is gone up with a merry noise:
and the Lord with the sound of the trump.
O sing praises, sing praises unto our God:
O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.
For God is the King of all the earth:
sing ye praises with understanding.
Music: William Croft (1678-1727)
Words: Psalm 47v. 5-7
Communion Hymn: 308Thee we adore
Recessional Hymn: 443 Rejoice the Lord is King
Regina Caeli:
Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven, alleluia!
He whom thou wast meet to bear, alleluia!
As he promised hath arisen, alleluia!
Pour for us to God thy prayer, alleluia!
V: Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia!
R: For the Lord is risen indeed, alleluia!
Please join the Chapter for drinks in the Ursell Room after Mass.
A message from the Principal:
Next Sunday, the day of Pentecost, when we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of our Lord, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet with confirm five members of the Pusey community during Mass. The rite of confirmation has two elements. The bishop lays hands on the baptised person and prays that he or she may be strengthened with the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. Before that happens, candidates recite the vows which are made at baptism.
The Rev’d Dr George Westhaver
NOTICES
Christian Basics according to Dr Pusey.Monday 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, 1st-4th Week. All are welcome to join this informal teaching group exploring the Christian Faith through one of the key figures of the Anglo-Catholic tradition. In our final session on 18th May we will discuss the theme of justification.
Recollection Series, 2-3.30 pm, Wednesday 20th May. Richard Hooker,Rev’dDr Charles Miller. Dr Miller is the author of the acclaimed recent work Richard Hooker and the Vision of God: Exploring the Origins of ‘Anglicanism’ and is currently the Rector of Abingdon. All welcome.
Sunday Readers: We are always keen to recruit more people to read on Sundays, please email or speak to Thomas today.
Signs and Wonderings. “In Sweden the law was changed 1998, making it a crime to buy sex but not to sell it. When the law was drawn up the Swedish government said it wanted to send a clear message about its views on prostitution- which it described as unacceptable in a gender equal society.” What does it mean to take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Is sex a unique moral category demanding unique laws? Our weekly informal theological discussion group. Come to Merton’s Howard Stringer Room on Friday at 5.30 p.m. for lively discussion, tea and cake.
Homilies at Wednesday Evensong. Wecontinue our series of short homilies preached at Evensong on Wednesdays (5.30 pm) throughout this term to which all are most welcome.
Pilgrimage to Walsingham. Pusey House is hoping to send a group to the 2015 National Pilgrimage to Walsingham on Monday, 25th May, please talk to one of the clergy today if you are interested.
May Devotion, Tuesday, 19th May, 7.30 pm at St Thomas Church, Oxford (OX1 1JL). All are welcome toEvensong & Benediction. This
is a Society of Mary event.
A Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Pusey House Chapel, Saturday, 30th May, 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. The Chapel will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a colloquium considering its architectural significance.
Speakers will include the Rev’d Professor William Whyte on ‘Oxford, Gothic, and Education’, and Dr Ayla Lepine on ‘Towards a New Gothic Revival: Temple Moore's Sacred Medievalism at Pusey House’.
The day will conclude with a Choral Evensong for the Eve of Trinity at 4 pm, at which Mr Geoff Brandwood, author of Temple Moore: An Architect of the Late Gothic Revival, will speak.
All are welcome, but it would be helpful to RSVP () so that we can prepare.
For God’s Sake: Guided Prayer and Silence with Anglican Sisters
Wednesdays of 3rd and 4th Weeks (13 and 20 May), 8.00-9.30pm at the University Church. All are warmly welcome for this 2-part series on silence and prayer, led by Anglican sisters. Each session will sketch the depth and attractiveness of prayer, drawing on the mysterious power of silence, and will include a time of prayer led by the Sisters.
Peter Toon Lecture, Wednesday 10th June. To be held at Pusey House. Tea at 4 p.m., Evensong with sermon by The Rev’d Dr Stephen Vibert, Vice-Principal of Wycliffe Hall at 5 p.m. This will be followed by a lecture on The Converting Word: The contemporary import of Tractarian Biblical Scholarship given by the Principal of Pusey House, to begin at 6 p.m.
THIS WEEK
Collect for the Sunday after Ascension Day
Morning Prayer / Evening PrayerMonday / Judges 6:25-end / Hebrews 5:11-6:end / Judges 7 / Hebrews 7
Tuesday / Judges 8:32-9:24 / Hebrews 8 / Judges 10:17-11:28 / Hebrews 9:1-14
Wednesday / Judges 11:29-12:7 / Hebrews 9:15-end / Judges 13 / Hebrews 10:1-18
Thursday / Judges 14 / Hebrews 10:19-end / Judges 16:4-end / Hebrews 11
Friday / Ruth 1 / Hebrews 12:1-13 / Ruth 2 / Hebrews 12:14-end
Saturday / Ruth 4:1-17 / Hebrews 13 / Deut. 16:9-12 / Luke 11:1-13
O GOD the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven: We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Tuesday- Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988.
Wednesday- Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804.
Thursday- Empress Helena, Protectoress of the Holy Places, 330.
SUNDAY- WHIT SUNDAY, HIGH MASS with Confirmation
11.00 am, Preacher- The Right Reverend Jonathan Goodall, Bishop of Ebbsfleet
THE CHAPTER OF PUSEY HOUSE
The Revd Dr George Westhaver, Principal
The Revd Mark Stafford, Chaplain
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