11am Service - Christ Church Cathedral
11am Service - Christ Church Cathedral
ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 3: High Mass: Introit
ChristChurch Anglican/Episcopal Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas, Sung Eucharist (9:00 Service):
Part 3 - Entrance Procession (Hymn #185 from Hymns Ancient & Modern)
Introit comes from the Latin word Introitus meaning Entrance. This event in the liturgy refers to the entrance of the ministers of the Altar at the start of the Mass. In the Anglican Tradition, the Entrance carries some level of solemnity. In Anglo-Catholic or High-Church parishes, the Entrance (for High-Mass) will usual entail a thurifer (person who carries the smoking censer on chains), a boat-bearer (person who carries a small container of grains of incense), followed by the crucifer (person who bears the processional cross, which derives from the ancient military standards), escorted by torchbearers (persons who carry processional lights, followed by the choir, followed by gospel-bearer (person who carries the Book of the Holy Gospels, followed by the subdeacons, deacons, priests and then bishops.
In Broad-Church parishes, incense is usually only employed on holy-days (i.e. Christ-Mass and Pascha/Easter). However, the Entrance procession will include the cross with 2 torches, choir, Gospel-Book, and priest and/or bishop.
Christ Church Cathedral Nassau Bahamas
The History – 1600s To The 1700s
Dating back to 1670, Christ Church Cathedral is the first church built in The Bahamas and is considered “the Mother Church of all the Anglican churches in The Bahamas.” The original building, the Parish of Christ Church, was destroyed by the Spaniards in 1684, with a second building completed in 1695—and again destroyed by the Spaniards in 1703. The third building was completed in 1724 and while it wasn’t destroyed by Spaniards, it was made of wood—so for longevity’s sake, it was replaced in 1754 by a fourth Gothic-style building made of cut stone from a local quarry.
The History – 1800s To Present Day
In 1841, a fifth building was opened for services, and was extended to the east in 1861 to include the area that is now the present sanctuary. It was also in 1861 that Christ Church Parish Church became a Cathedral—and Nassau officially became a city—with Christ Church Cathedral undergoing a number of renovations throughout the 1900s. This now historic landmark remains in use to this day at its present location on George Street in downtown Nassau.
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Christ Church Cathedral of Nassau, Bahamas
V&M (Valdez & Makiah) Media is a production team established in October of 2018.
The collaboration developed in a Multimedia and Digital Media for Learning course (EDLT425) at the University of The Bahamas under the instruction of Wendy Riley.
This video production centers around the prestigious parish of Christ Church Cathedral on George Street, Downtown, Nassau, Bahamas.
The 116th Synod Opening Pontifical Eucharist
The 116th Synod Opening Pontifical Eucharist
The Opening of Synod Service
October 23, 2019
Christ Church Cathedral Nassau Bahamas
A quick look inside of Christ Church Cathedral in Nassau Bahamas
Christians Awake! Salute The Happy Morn
A part of the lovely hymn Christians Awake as the Altar is prepared during midnight mass 2012
Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood of Dave D. Thomas
Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood of Dave D. Thomas
[2nd Oct. 2019]
Christ Church Cathedral, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas
#CPWI
The 115th Synod Opening Service
The 115th Synod Opening Service of The Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas & The Turks and Caicos Islands.
ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 12: High Mass Pater Noster and Fractio Panis
ChristChurch Anglican/Episcopal Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas, Sung Eucharist (9:00 Service):
Part 12 - The Lord's Prayer (Pater Noster) and the Breaking of the Bread (Fractio Panis)
Union of Black Episcopalians 50th Anniversary Service (23rd July 2018)
Union of Black Episcopalians 50th Anniversary Service (23rd July 2018)
Union of Black Episcopalians Celebrate their 50th Anniversary with the opening mass at Christ Church Cathedral in Nassau, New Providence, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas
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ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 14: High Mass Final Blessing and Recessional
ChristChurch Anglican/Episcopal Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas, Sung Eucharist (9:00 Service):
Part 14 - The Final Blessing after Holy Communion and the Recessional after Mass
ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 10: High Mass Preface and Sanctus
ChristChurch Anglican/Episcopal Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas, Sung Eucharist (9:00 Service):
Part 10 - Chanting of the Prefatio followed by the singing of the Sanctus
The Preface or Prefatio comes after the Sursum Corda dialog between the celebrant and the people:
V: The Lord be with you
R: And also with you
V: Lift up your hearts
R: We lift them to the Lord
V: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
R: It is right to give him thanks and praise
After this dialogue (Sursum Corda or Lift up the hearts) the Preface or Prefatio is sung. It is called the Preface because it prefaces or starts the Anaphora/Canon or Eucharistic Prayer. The Sursum Corda is a very ancient dialogue in the Christian Liturgy and is explicitly evident from St. Hippolytus's Apostolic Tradition (circa 200 AD) and also in the liturgy recorded in the so-called Apostolic Constitutions (300s AD).
The Sursum Corda, Preface and Sanctus are merely preliminary parts of the Eucharistic Prayer (also called the Anaphora or Canon). Eucharist means thanksgiving--another term for the Lord's Supper, Mass, or Holy Communion. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God leads us into the Eucharistic Prayer.
The Eucharistic Prayer is the prayer that starts out with the invitation to lift up our hearts (this is where Anaphora comes from) and give thanks (as Jesus did at the Holy Supper: Matthew 26:27) during the Sursum Corda. What do we give thanks for? This is where the Preface comes in. Prefaces vary from season to season, and their content will reflect whatever is being commemorated by that given season or holy day. During the Preface we recount the salvific deeds that God has done for us and give thanks to Him for the same. The Preface leads to the singing of the Sanctus or Holy (thrice-holy or trisagion hymn). The Liturgy in this video used the Preface for Holy Week in honor of the Holy Cross (feast-day September 14):
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father, Almighty, everlasting God. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. For our sins he was lifted high upon the cross, that he might draw the whole world to himself; and, by his suffering and death, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who put their trust in him. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name.
Having recounted the saving deeds God has done for us, we sing with the thousands of angels, archangels, seraphim and cherubim, the hymn of praise (the Sanctus):
Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might!
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Bles+sed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest!
The thanksgiving and praise are essential to the sacrifice we offer God, and ithese are two of the sacrificial aspects of the Eucharistic celebration.
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ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 13: High Mass Agnus Dei
ChristChurch Anglican/Episcopal Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas, Sung Eucharist (9:00 Service):
Part 13 - Lamb of God (Agnus Dei)
1 - ChristChurch Cathedral - Nassau
4th Sunday of Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday, April 29, 2012
Recessional Hymn:
Now Christ is Risen From the Dead (LasstUnsErfreuen)
ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 1: High Mass Introduction
Part 1 of 14 of Sunday 9:00 AM High Mass celebrated at ChristChurch Cathedral in Nassau Bahamas
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Recorded on 13 September 2009
ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 4: High Mass Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis, and Collect
ChristChurch Anglican/Episcopal Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas, Sung Eucharist (9:00 Service):
Part 4 - Kyrie Eleison, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, and Collect
Collect for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost:
O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
ChristChurch Cathedral Nassau - 11: High Mass Canon
ChristChurch Anglican/Episcopal Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas, Sung Eucharist (9:00 Service):
Part 11 - Continuation of the Eucharist Prayer (Canon)
After the chanting of the Preface and singing of the thrice-holy (Sanctus), the celebrant of the Mass continues with the Eucharistic Prayer. During this prayer, the Church prays the words that our Lord said over the bread and wine and beseeches the Holy Spirit to consecrate the bread and wine so that they may be the pure Body and precious Blood of Christ for his people. During the Eucharistic Prayer, the Church remembers (anamnesis), before and to God the Father, the death, descent in to hell, resurrection from the dead, ascension into heaven, session at the right hand of the Father, and 2nd and glorious coming of Christ our God, beseeching Almighty God to look upon His Son and grant his entire Church every grace and blessing.
The Canon used during this Mass is Form E from page 142 of the Book of Common Prayer as used in the Church in the Province of the West Indies, and is as follows.
Sovereign Lord and Father, to you be glory and praise for ever. In your boundless wisdom you brought creation into being;
In your great love you fashioned us in your image;
In your tender compassion you sent your Son, Jesus Christ our Saviour, to share our human nature;
In the power of the Holy Spirit, He overcame the power of sin and death and brought your people to new birth as first fruits of your new creation.
On the night that He was betrayed He took bread, and when He had given thanks to you, He broke it and gave it to his disciples and said: 'Take this, and eat it: This is my Body which is given up for you, Do this for the remembrance of me.'
And after supper He took the cup of wine: and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them and said:
'Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.'
Therefore, Father, according to the command of your dearly beloved Son:
[All sing]: We remember His death
We proclaim His resurrection
We await His coming in glory
[Celebrant continues]: And we offer you, Father, our sacrifice of thanks and praise.
Send your Holy Spirit on these gifts of bread and wine tha they may become the Body and Blood of your Son, Jesus, our Lord and Redeemer.
And we partake of this holy food of new and unending life, may your Holy Spirit establish us as a royal priesthood with the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John the Baptist and all your sons and daughters who share in your eternal inheritance;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
With Him and in Him and through Him, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we worship you, Father Almighty, with all who stand before you in earth and heaven, in songs of everlasting praise:
[All sing]: Blessing and honour and glory and power be yours for ever and ever. Amen.