{"id":4066,"date":"2026-03-07T15:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/?p=4066"},"modified":"2026-03-07T15:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:26:53","slug":"a-ceremony-of-the-word-for-the-third-sunday-of-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/07\/a-ceremony-of-the-word-for-the-third-sunday-of-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ceremony of the Word for the Third Sunday of Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Lent-3rd-Sunday-2023.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Call to Worship.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introit: Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) \u201cKyrie\u201d from Missa (4V C maj), by unkown choir, uploaded to YouTube by \u201cFree Music Tube\u201d, used in accordance with Creative Commons license.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First Reading: Exodus 17:1-7, King James Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psalm 95, King James Version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hymn: \u201cDrop, Drop, Slow Tears,\u201d in the public domain at archive.org.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second Reading: Romans 5:1-11, World English Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organ interlude: \u201cJesus, Lover of My Soul\u201d, played by Diane Bish on the organ of Gloucester Cathedral, excerpted from \u201cThe Joy of Music: Hymns and Sacred Songs from Word of God\u201d, used in accordance with Creative Commons License.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gospel: Luke 13:1-9, World English Bible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lord\u2019s Prayer and benediction: <em>Book of Common Prayer<\/em>, 1662; in the public domain at Librivox.org.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organ Postlude: \u00a0Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901) \u201cFughetta in c-minor no.2\u201d op. 123A. Played by Joey Wetzels on the Vermeulen organ (1955) St. Martinuskerk Tegelen, uploaded to YouTube by Joey Wetzels, and used in accordance with Creative Commons License.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bible passages were recorded by Librivox, and are in the public domain. Readings correspond to the Revised Common Lectionary. All audio files are given with attribution where known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible passages were recorded by Librivox, and are in the public domain. Readings correspond to the Revised Common Lectionary. All audio files are given with attribution where known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,65,27],"tags":[1392,1393,677,1451,82,1202,1216,1233],"class_list":["post-4066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feasts-and-seasons","category-music","category-underground-church","tag-drop-drop-slow-tears","tag-jesus-lover-of-my-soul","tag-feasts-and-seasons","tag-josef-rheinberger","tag-lent","tag-revised-common-lectionary","tag-virtual-church-service","tag-year-a"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4067,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions\/4067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}