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This Week at Ascension + April 5, 2023
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." - Psalm 96
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Wednesday in Holy Week, April 5
Evening Prayer at 6:00 p.m. via ZOOM
In-person and Live-streamed Said Mass
at 6:30 p.m.
Unction will be available for those who wish it.
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Holy Week and, in particular, the Triduum offer us opportunities to find intimate experiences of God and of Our Lord. We’re invited to make the journey with Jesus as we build memories for ourselves of his passion, death, and resurrection. Bishop Martins points us to this as he says the Verba in the Eucharistic Prayer: “Do this for the re-membrance of me.” It’s what happens in Ezekiel’s vision in the Valley of Dry Bones: sinews and flesh re-cover the dry bones, preparing them to be re-vitalized by the breath of God.
In many parishes, the Maundy Thursday foot washing is seen as an act of humility and service done by the clergy. I don’t think that’s what Jesus had in mind. His action was a demonstration of service to others, rather than an act of self-humbling. Jesus' act of humility was his emptying himself of his divine nature to enable him to become human. (Phil 2:5-11) As he calls us to do likewise, this year we’ll try a different approach. Those who choose to participate will have their feet washed, and then wash the feet of the next person. In a very simple way, each of us will have the opportunity to be Jesus to another.
During Easter, it is customary to omit the Confession of Sin. Our forty-day journey through Lent has shriven us, culminating in the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. So for the fifty days of Easter, we won’t be singing Kyrie eleison or Gloria in excelsis. Instead, we’ll sing Pascha Nostrum or Te Deum laudamus. Easter is supposed to feel different than other seasons, just as Lent and Advent. And we get to sing something different for a while.
—Fr. Heard
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Holy Week Lectors Needed and Some Other Opportunities to Assist at the Ascension
We have many openings for lectors during Holy Week, and we would welcome your help! If you would like to read at the Great Vigil of Easter, please contact Josh Simpson at jshsimpson1@yahoo.com to let us know of your interest. While we may not be able to schedule everyone who's willing to serve, we're grateful for your interest and your service. This service will begin at 8 p.m. on April 8, and there will be a required sound check at 7:15 p.m.
You can also contact Josh if you'd like to be trained as a lector for regular 11 a.m. Mass, if you would like to read at 9 a.m., please reach out to Ellie Simpson, the usher coordinator, at elizabeth.robertssdg@gmail.com and please include me. Usher and Lector duties are paired at the 9 a.m. We would be happy to train you after Mass sometime!
Thank you all, and may your preparation for Holy Week be filled with grace, hope, patience and love.
—Joshua Simpson
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On the April schedule on MSP, you'll see that there are numerous opportunities to help and serve during Holy Week and throughout the month. In addition to acolytes, we're also looking for people to help with setup in preparation for our liturgies. If you can lend a hand on Holy Saturday afternoon (ahead of the Great Vigil), please sign up on MSP or contact MB Hwang (quidquid@gmail.com, 773.732.0238). Lunch will be provided, so your signup will help us prepare.
We are also seeking a few people to help set up the many flowers that surround the Altar of Repose each year. Setup is expected to take place on Maundy Thursday (tomorrow) morning. A similar setup occurs ahead of the Great Vigil on Saturday. Please contact David White (benbritten@yahoo.com) if you can help or if you'd like more details.
—MB Hwang
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Beginning on 16 April, the Second Sunday of Easter, we will have an Enquirer’s Class, meeting at 12:45 p.m.. We’ll meet for four successive Sundays. This will be an opportunity for anyone exploring joining Church of the Ascension and The Episcopal Church to learn more about us, our history, polity, and liturgy. It will also be an opportunity for others who would like to reaffirm their commitment to the church. The culmination of the class will be Confirmation, Reception, or Reaffirmation by our bishop at her visitation on 18 May, the Feast of the Ascension. Please speak to either Fr. Heard or Mtr. Murphy-Gill if you are interested.
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St. Leonard’s House Visit to Take Place Sunday, April 30
Thanks to the outpouring of support and willingness to commit, this date is now confirmed! Please join us to prepare a meal and serve a meal at St. Leonard’s, where recently incarcerated men and women are being empowered to live whole lives. We will need people to help prepare the food as well as bring it and serve it to residents at St. Leonard’s.
If you haven’t already signed up and want to help, please sign up using this link or speak to Ellie Simpson or Clarissa Galaviz. These two will be coordinating the outing and will have more information as the date draws nearer.
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Do you have a need for special prayer in your life? Whether your prayer needs are because you have an upcoming surgery, an ill family member, or you’re just feeling particularly lonely lately, Fr. Heard and Mtr. Murphy-Gill would like to know.
We’ve created a way for letting us know about your requests for prayers in a way we hope makes it easy for you to reach out, though you can always call the church or reach out to one of the priests personally.
Share your prayer requests here.
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For our prayers: Lee Gould, John Schram, Gertrude Isaac, Thomas Wikman,
MB Hwang, Luis & Rocio Hernandez, Juanita Malone, Oksana, Eric Magnuson,
Mary W., Tyler, David S. Jones, Richard Francis Tracz, Thom Racina,
Robert Browning, Natalia & Victor, Dorothy, David Schrader, Victor Fernandez, Claire Green, Beth Hall, Sue Lenz, Brenda Martins
Birthdays: Victor Lofgreen, 4/4; John Smolinski, 4/8
Departed: Linda Loria, Martha-Marie Fanzone, 3/17/2023;
Charles Clifton Eden, priest, 4/9/2009
Prayers are especially requested for the repose of the soul of Bob West,
the father of John West and father-in-law of David White,
who died on Tuesday morning, April 4
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them;
May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Prayer for the Rector Search Committee
Almighty and everliving God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth, hear our prayers for this parish family. Strengthen the faithful, arouse the careless, and restore the penitent. Look graciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a rector for The Church of the Ascension that we may receive a faithful pastor, who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Organ and Choral Repertoire for April 9, 2023 | |
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ORGAN & BRASS
Sonata from Die Bänkelsängerlieder
Anonymous 17th century
Canzona #29
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
ORGAN
Sarabande
for the Morning of Easter [1940]
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
At the Entrance Procession
207 EASTER HYMN
At the Sequence
183 VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES
At the Offertory
199/200 ST. KEVIN/GAUDEAMUS PARITER
At the Communion
305 ROSEDALE
194 ST. ALBINUS
At the Retiring Procession
210 ELLACOMBE
ORGAN & BRASS
A Fanfare for Easter Day [2023}
David R. White (b. 1959)
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Choral Mass Setting
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Missa brevis in D, K. 194
Offertory Motet
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
Haec dies
Communion Motet
Healey Willan (1880-1968)
Christ, Our Passover
Chanted Mass Propers from the
Graduale Romanum
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Between Masses, please don’t forget that The Choir of the Ascension has recorded upwards of 60 tracks that you can listen to anywhere you have an internet connection. They can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/choir-of-the-ascension
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Ascension Connections
(with your click and God's help)
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Meeting ID:
792 031 7452
Password: 1133
Join-by-Phone Option: (312) 626-6799
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Weekly Ascension Schedule
For connections:
via Zoom (click here)
SUNDAYS
7:30 a.m. Morning Prayer via Zoom
9:00 a.m. In-person Sung Mass
11:00 a.m. In-person and Live-Streamed Solemn High Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
MONDAY-FRIDAY
7:30 A.M. Morning Prayer via FACEBOOK LIVE
6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer via Zoom
WEDNESDAYS
6:30 p.m. Said Mass
VIA YOUTUBE or FACEBOOK LIVE
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Wardens and Vestry of Church of the Ascension
LaVerne Rollé Saunders, Sr. Warden;
SeniorWarden@AscensionChicago.org
David Reeves, Jr. Warden;
JuniorWarden@AscensionChicago.org
Ian Barillas-McEntee, Jim Lo Bello, Ken Cozette, Marlea Edinger, Sean Hansen,
David A. Robertson, Elizabeth Simpson, Joshua Simpson, Samuel Sommers, Clerk
Susan Schlough, Treasurer
Finance@ascensionchicago.org
Br. Nathanael Deward Rahm BSG, Parish Office
Office@ascensionchicago.org
Approved minutes of Vestry meetings are always available online to parishioners who request the link. If you would like Internet access to these Vestry Minutes, please email the Parish Office and request the link. Once you access the web page, you can read all recent Vestry meeting minutes.
The link remains live indefinitely. Any parishioner who has the link will not need to request a new link from month to month.
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