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The Rev. Dr. Christopher D. Girata

We’re so glad you’ve joined us at Saint Michael today. We’d love to get to know you better, so please take a moment to fill out the welcome card, either physically or digitally, that can be found on this page or in the pew back in front of you. Our Welcome Team members are in the hallways today to help you with anything you need.

Please join us today at 10:10 a.m. in the Church for our Spring Parish Meeting. This meeting will feature our Annual Report, as well as hearing from our 2025 Wardens and Treasurer about the state of our parish. I look forward to celebrating a great year with you!

During Lent, we offer Weekday Meditations from the Saint Michael clergy, as well as Lenten Devotionals through A Word for Thought each day to support your growth. Additionally, there are wonderful ways to deepen your experience here. Coming up this month are programs such as the Men of Saint Michael March Madness BBQ on Thursday, March 19, as well as a special Lenten Choral Compline Service on Sunday, March 22. And please note that our spring Alpha Course begins on Tuesday, March 31, and is a wonderful opportunity for anyone seeking to learn more about God and our faith together.

Please pick up a Sunday News handout if you haven’t already and join us for our special programming whenever you can. As we prepare to worship together, I invite you to take a moment and center yourself on God’s presence. Worshiping, learning, and giving together help us grow closer to who God created us to be, and you’re part of that work. May God bless you today and every day, and I hope to see you again very soon!

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The Third Sunday in Lent

Holy Eucharist: Rite I

The service begins on page 148 of The Book of Common Prayer. Hymns may be found in the blue hymnal in the pew rack.

The Word of God

Prelude

Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op. 122 no. 10 Johannes Brahms

Entering Procession (standing, sung by all) Hymn 522

“Glorious things of thee are spoken” Austria

A Penitential Order (standing)

Celebrant Bless the Lord who forgiveth all our sins;

People His mercy endureth for ever.

Celebrant Seeing that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Confession of Sin and Absolution (kneeling)

- Hebrews 4:14, 16

Celebrant Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God.

All Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against thee in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved thee with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in thy will, and walk in thy ways, to the glory of thy Name. Amen.

Johannes Brahms’s Chorale Prelude

Op. 122, No. 10, of “Herzlich tut mich verlangen,” was composed in 1896 as part of his final set of organ works. In this deeply introspective piece, Brahms presents the chorale melody with gentle lyricism and subtle harmonic shading. Often associated with themes of longing and quiet devotion, the prelude reflects Brahms’s late style, marked by emotional depth, economy of means, and a contemplative acceptance of mortality.

Celebrant Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him, have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all g oodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Kyrie (standing, sung by all)

“Lord, have mercy”

The Collect of the Day (standing)

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

Hymn S 91

Almighty God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for e ver and ever. Amen.

The First Lesson (seated)

Exodus 17:1-7

From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?” But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” The LORD

said to Moses, “Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarreled and tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Lector The Word of the Lord.

People Thanks be to God.

The Psalm (seated) Psalm 95:1-7

Come, let us sing to the LORD; * let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving * and raise a loud shout to him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, * and a g reat King above all gods. In his hand are the caverns of the earth, * and the heights of the hills are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, * and his hands have molded the dry land. Come, let us bow down, and bend the knee, * and kneel before the LORD our Maker.

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. * Oh, that today you would hearken to his voice!

The Second Lesson (seated) Romans 5:1-11

Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast

Chanted by the Choir

in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person— though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. Much more surely then, now that we have been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. But more than that, we even boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Lector The Word of the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

Sequence Hymn (standing, sung by all)

“Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us” after Attende Domine

O God, incline thine ear to hear, Forgive our sin, draw gently near. Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, For we have sinned against thee.

The Gospel (standing) John 4:5-42

Celebrant The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. People Glory be to thee, O Lord.

Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of g round that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and

Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” ( Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who g ave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?”

Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ). When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.” Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said,

“ What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”

Celebrant The Gospel of the Lord. People Praise be to thee, O Christ.

The Sermon (seated) The Rev. Dr. Andrew Grosso

The Nicene Creed (standing)

All We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.

He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Prayers of the People (standing)

Parish Prayers of the People as of February 25, 2026

James Albergo

John Aldridge

Susanna Allen

Roland Anderson

Larry Andros

Rami Angir

Nancy Armour

Linda & Greg Austin

Don Baty

Larry Been

Barbara Hart Bell

Shirley Blackman

Len Bourland

Elise Broer

Helen Bustamante

Cosette “Coco” Cathey

Carolyn Cochran

Jean Coleman

Elise Connolly

Christian Davis

Bill Douglass

LaWanda Duggan

Rashad Friendly

Jean Fuller

Gerald Gaston,Jr.

Curtis Green

Jane Greene

Forest Germany

Jody Guenther

Roberto Hernandez

Josh Hight

Barbara Hornback

Jack Hubbell

Micah Jones

Lynne Kent

Julie Kenrick

John Khoury

Trina Lake

Danny Landeros

John Levens

Rusty Lawley

Tom Luce

Leigh Ann McCartin

Celia Smith McGrath

Lyn McKinney

Sarah Margaret Mannes

Dimitri Margetis

Wilbur Marshall

Thomas Martin

Michael Matamoras

Janie Meyer

Tink Moir

John Morelock

Heather Nemec

John Oncken

Leslie Parker

Jim Riggert

Celso Rocha

Arden Showalter

Hank Showalter

Brad Smith

Carlos Smith

Chandler Wade Smith

Dianne Smith

Fadey Suleiman

Byrd Teague

Renee Torres

Travion Waites

Keller Webster

John Wieden

Ann Williams

Mary Wolf

Celebrant Let us pray for the Church and for the world.

Lector Almighty and everliving God, who in thy holy Word hast taught us to make prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks for all men: Receive these our prayers which we offer unto thy divine Majesty, beseeching thee to inspire continually the Universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord; and grant that all those who do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity and g odly love.

Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all bishops and other ministers, especially Sara, Archbishop of Canterbury, Sean, our Presiding Bishop; and Rob, our Bishop; that they may, both by their life and doctrine, set forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments.

And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace, and especially to this congregation here present; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear and receive thy holy Word, truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life.

We beseech thee also so to rule the hearts of those who bear the authority of government in this and e very land [especially Donald, our President; Greg, our Governor; and Eric, our Mayor], that they may be led to wise decisions and right actions for the welfare and peace of the world.

Open, O Lord, the eyes of all people to behold thy g racious hand in all thy works, that, rejoicing in thy whole creation, they may honor thee with their substance, and be faithful stewards of thy bounty.

And we most humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness,

O Lord, to comfort and succor all those who in this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity.

We pray for all those on the Saint Michael prayer list, and for ___.

We give thanks for the ministry of ___.

And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear, especially ___, beseeching thee to grant them continual growth in thy love and service; and to grant us grace so to follow the good examples of Saint Michael and of all thy saints, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom.

Grant these our prayers, O Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

The Peace (standing)

Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you. People And with thy spirit.

Announcements (please be seated)

The Holy Communion

Offertory Anthem (sung by the Saint Michael Choir)

Adoramus te, Christe Eric William Barnum

Adoramus Te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per sanctam crucem et passionem tuam redemisti mundum. Domine, miserere nobis.

We adore Thee, O Christ,

Eric Barnum’s “Adoramus te, Christe” is a concise and contemplative setting of the traditional Good Friday text. Barnum’s writing favors clarity and stillness, allowing the weight of the words to unfold without excess. Gently shifting harmonies and restrained melodic motion create an atmosphere of reverence and inward focus, drawing the listener into the act of adoration at the heart of the text. The piece closes with quiet resolve, leaving the sacred words to resonate in the silence that follows.

The anthem continues on the naxt page.

All baptized persons of any age regardless of their denomination and tradition are welcome to share in the banquet of the Lord’s Supper.

Here a Proper Preface is sung or said on all Sundays, and on other occasions as appointed.

And we bless Thee, Because by Thy holy Cross and Passion Thou hast redeemed the world.

O Lord, have mercy on us.

- Good Friday Liturgy

Presentation Hymn (standing, sung by all) Hymn 380, v. 3

“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow” Old 100th

The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer II (standing)

Celebrant The Lord be with you.

People And with thy spirit.

Celebrant L ift up your hearts.

People We lift them up unto the Lord. Celebrant Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.

People It is meet and right so to do.

It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God.

Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and singing,

Sanctus (sung by all) Hymn S 114

“Holy, holy, holy”

Please kneel as you are able.

All glory be to thee, O Lord our God, for that thou didst create heaven and earth, and didst make us in thine own image; and, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to take our nature upon him, and to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption. He made there a full and perfect sacrifice for the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death

and sacrifice, until his coming again.

For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took bread; and when he had given thanks to thee, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my Body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

L ikewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink this, all of you; for this is my Blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins. Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.”

Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy people do celebrate and make, with these thy holy gifts which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; and looking for his coming again with power and great glory.

And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us, and, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, to bless and sanctify these gifts of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the Body and Blood of thy dearly-beloved Son Jesus Christ.

And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, whereby we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies. Grant, we beseech thee, that all who partake of this Holy Communion may worthily receive the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction; and also that we and all thy whole Church may be made one body with him, that he may dwell in us, and we in him; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord;

By whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. AMEN.

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

At the following words concerning the bread, the Celebrant is to hold it, or lay a hand upon it; and at the words concerning the cup, to hold or place a hand upon the cup and any other vessel containing wine to be consecrated.

The Celebrant breaks the bread in silence.

Herbert Howells composed “Like as the Hart” in 1941 during a period of intense creativity while snowed in at Cheltenham amid London’s air raids. This six-minute choral anthem sets Psalm 42 and is noted for its expressive depth and rich harmonic language. It remains a significant work in the modern choral repertoire, reflecting Howells’ distinctive style and emotional resonance.

All Our 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.

The Breaking of the Bread (sung by all) Hymn S 164

“Jesus, Lamb of God”

Celebrant 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.

Communion Hymn (sung by all) Hymn 658

“As longs the deer for cooling streams” Martyrdom

Communion Anthem (sung by the Saint Michael Choir)

Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God: when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me: Where is now thy God?

- Psalm 42:1-3

The Post-Communion Prayer (kneeling, spoken by all)

Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost feed us, in these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favor and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs, through hope, of thy everlasting kingdom. And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.

The Blessing (kneeling)

The Dismissal (standing)

Deacon Let us bless the Lord. People Thanks be to God.

Departing Procession (standing, sung by all) Hymn 690

“Guide me, O thou great Jehovah” Cwm Rhondda

Postlude

Praeambulum in D

Heinrich Scheidemann

Heinrich Scheidemann’s style, derived from Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck’s synthesis of English virginalist style and elements from Italy and Germany, is displayed in his compositions based on chorales and in praeambula (preludes), which contain contrapuntal, fugal elements. Both represent an important achievement in the development of these forms.

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Holy Eucharist: Rite I

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