James’ Notes
THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Strength to all from our Omnipotent God
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:28-31 (excerpt from Lesson)
To all life thou givest, to both great and small;
in all life thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish, like leaves on the tree,
then wither and perish; but nought changeth thee.
—Hymn 423 (excerpt), Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908), alt.
Hymns
- 401, “The God of Abraham praise” —Entrance Hymn, responds to Lesson
- 423, “Immortal, invisible, God only wise” —Sequence Hymn, responds to Lesson
- 671, “Amazing Grace! how sweet the sound” —Communion Hymn
- 293, “I sing a song of the saints of God” —Communion Hymn (9:00 a.m.)
- 711, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God” —Communion Hymn (9:00 a.m.)
- 117, “Brightest and best of the stars of the morning” —Communion Hymn (11:00 a.m.)
- 593, “Lord, make us servants of your peace” —Communion Hymn (11:00 a.m.)
- 411, “O bless the Lord, my soul!” —Postcommunion Hymn, responds to Lesson
Offertory Anthem (9:00 and 11:00 a.m.)
...from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K.339, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; laudate eum, omnes populi; quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia eius et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye peoples; for His mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remains forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. —Psalm 117
The Postlude
Prelude in E-flat Major, Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
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