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SOLEMN REQUIEM
SUSAN LANIER AUSTIN
June 7, 1955 – December 17, 2012
SATURDAY, THE TWENTY-SECOND OF DECEMBER
TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE
AT ELEVEN O’CLOCK
SAINT THOMAS CHURCH FIFTH AVENUE
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
THE REVEREND ANDREW C. MEAD, RECTOR

Order of Procession
Crucifer and Torches
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The High Altar Acolytes
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The Vested Clergy of the Parish
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The Rev’d Robert J. Robbins
Representing
The Cardinal Archbishop
of the Archdiocese of New York
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The Subdeacon – The Rev’d Joel C. Daniels
The Deacon – The Rev’d Michael D. Spurlock
The Celebrant – The Rector
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The Verger
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The Rt. Rev’d Andrew M. L. Dietsche
Bishop Co-Adjutor
The Diocese of New York
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The Bishop’s Chaplains
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The Rt. Rev’d Mark S. Sisk
Bishop
The Diocese of New York
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The Body

ORDER OF SERVICE
Setting by Gabriel Fauré (Messe de Requiem, Op. 48)
(1845-1924)
PRELUDE Sonatina, from Cantata 106 ‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Aria, from Concerto Grosso, no. 12 George Frideric Handel
(1685-1759)
Prière à Notre-Dame Léon Boëllman
(1862-1897)
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 Johann Sebastian Bach
AT THE PROCESSION As the body is borne into the church, all stand while the Introit and Kyrie are sung.
INTROIT
R
EQUIEM aeternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus Deus in Sion,
et tibi redetur votum
in Jerusalem.
Exaudi orationem meam,
ad te omnis caro veniet.
KYRIE
K
YRIE eleison.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
THE COLLECT
The Celebrant sings
The Lord be with you.
People And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Let us pray.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord:
and let light perpetual shine upon them.
Thou, O God, art praised in Sion,
and unto thee shall the vow be performed
in Jerusalem.
Thou that hearest the prayer,
unto thee shall all flesh come.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of thy servant Susan, and grant her an
entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of thy saints; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The People sit.

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
THE FIRST LESSON Wisdom 3:1-5, 9
The Lesson is introduced by the Lector saying
A reading from The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon.
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the
unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery, And their going from us to be utter destruction:
but they are in peace. For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality. And
having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for
himself. They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with
him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.
After the Reading, the Lector says
The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
The Psalm appointed is sung by the Choir. The People remain seated.
PSALM 23 Dominus regit me Anglican Chant (Hylton Stewart)
T
HE Lord is my shepherd;* therefore can I lack nothing.
2 He shall feed me in a green pasture,*
and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
3 He shall convert my soul,* and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness for his Name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;*
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me;* thou hast anointed my head with oil,
and my cup shall be full.
6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;*
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Rest eternal grant unto her, O Lord:* and let light perpetual shine upon her.
THE EPISTLE 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
The Epistle is introduced by the Subdeacon of the Eucharist saying
A reading from The First Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when
this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is
thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
After the Reading, the Subdeacon says
The Word of The Lord.
People Thanks be to God.

The People stand.
HYMN VICTORY
A
LLELUIA, Alleluia, Alleluia!
The strife is o’er, the battle done,
The victory of life is won;
The song of triumph has begun.
Alleluia!
2. The powers of death have done their worst,
But Christ their legions hath dispersed:
Let shout of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
3. The three sad days are quickly sped,
He rises glorious from the dead:
All glory to the risen Head!
Alleluia!
5. Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,
From death’s dread sting thy servants free,
That we may live and sing to thee.
Alleluia!
4. He closed the yawning gates of hell,
The bars from heaven’s high portals fell;
Let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!
Alleluia!
THE HOLY GOSPEL Saint John 6:37-40
The People remain standing as the Deacon of the Eucharist reads the Gospel, first saying
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Saint John.
People sing Glory be to thee, O Lord.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came
down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which
hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
After the Gospel, the Deacon says
The Gospel of the Lord.
People sing Praise be to thee, O Christ.
HOMILY The Rector

The People stand.
HYMN ST. DUNSTAN’S
H
E who would valiant be ‘gainst all disaster
Let him in constancy
Follow the Master.
There’s no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.
PRAYERS
The Celebrant says to the People
Let us pray.
The People kneel.
2. Who so beset him round with dismal stories,
Do but themselves confound,
His strength the more is.
No foes shall stay his might,
Though he with giants fight;
He will make good his right to be a pilgrim.
3. Since, Lord, thou dost defend us with thy Spirit,
We know we at the end shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away! I’ll fear not what men say,
I’ll labor night and day to be a pilgrim.
Into thy hands, O Lord, we commend thy servant Susan, our dear sister, as into the hands of a faithful Creator and
most merciful Savior, beseeching thee that she may be precious in thy sight. Wash her, we pray thee, in the blood of
that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the world; that, whatsoever defilements she may have
contracted in the midst of this earthly life being purged and done away, she may be presented pure and without spot
before thee; through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen.
Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all comfort: Deal graciously, we pray thee, with all those who mourn,
that casting every care on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray thee to set thy passion, cross, and death, between thy judgment
and our souls, now and in the hour of our death. Give mercy and grace to the living, pardon and rest to the dead, to
thy holy Church peace and concord, and to us sinners everlasting life and glory; who with the Father and the Holy
Spirit livest and reignest, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
THE PEACE
The Celebrant says to the People
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
People And with thy spirit.
THE GREETINGS

THE OFFERTORY
O
DOMINE Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera
animas defunctorum de poenis inferni,
et de profundo lacu:
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera
animas defunctorum de ore leonis, ne
absorbeat tartarus:
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae ne
cadant in obscurum.
Hostias et preces tibi Domine laudis
offerimus: tu suscipe pro animabus illis,
quarum hodie memoriam facimus.
Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam.
Quam olim Abrahae promisisti,
et semini ejus.
O Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera
animas defunctorum de poenis inferni,
et de profundo lacu ne cadant in
obscurum. Amen.
The People stand.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Celebrant sings The Lord be with you.
People sing And with thy spirit.
Celebrant Lift 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.
THE PROPER PREFACE
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver
the souls of the departed from the pains
of hell and the bottomless pit,
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver
the souls of the departed from the lion’s
mouth, that hell devour them not:
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, may
they not fall into darkness.
Sacrifices and prayers do we offer to thee,
Lord: do thou accept them for those souls
in whose memory we make this oblation.
Make them, Lord, to pass from death to life,
which thou once promised to Abraham
and his seed.
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver
the souls of the departed from the pains,
of hell and the bottomless pit,
lest they fall into darkness. Amen.
The Celebrant continues and ends with
Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious
Name, evermore praising thee, and saying,
SANCTUS
S
ANCTUS, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus
Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra Gloria tua.
Osanna in excelsis.
The People kneel.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts:
Heaven and earth are full of thy Glory.
Hosanna in the highest.

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
The Celebrant continues and ends with
...by whom and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty,
world without end. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Celebrant And now, as our Saviour Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say,
People and Celebrant
O
UR 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
The Celebrant breaks the consecrated Bread.
A period of silence is kept.
Then is said
Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;
People Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.
The ministers receive the Sacrament in both kinds.
P
IE Jesu, Domine,
dona eis requiem.
Dona eis sempiternam requiem.
THE INVITATION TO COMMUNION
Kind Lord Jesus,
grant them rest.
Grant them eternal rest.
The Celebrant says the following Invitation
Behold the Lamb of God; behold him that taketh away the sins of the world.
The Bread and Cup are given to the communicants with these words
The Body (Blood) of Christ. Amen.

At the Communion, the Choir sings
AGNUS DEI
A
GNUS Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
dona eis requiem sempiternam.
LUX AETERNA
L
UX aeterna luceat eis, Domine,
cum sanctis tuis in aeternum:
quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
LIBERA ME
L
IBERA me, Domine, de morte aeterna,
in die illa tremenda:
Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra;
Dum veneris judicare saeculum
per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo, dum
discussio venerit, atque ventura ira.
Dies illa, dies irae, calamitatis et
miseriae, dies magna et
amara valde.
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
THE POSTCOMMUNION PRAYER
The Celebrant says
Let us pray.
The People kneel.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of
the world, grant them rest.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the
sins of the world, grant them rest eternal.
Let light eternal shine upon them, O Lord:
with thy saints for evermore: for thou art
gracious.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord:
and let light perpetual shine upon them.
Deliver me, O Lord, from everlasting death
in that fearful day:
When the heavens and earth shall be shaken;
When thou shalt come to judge the world
by fire.
I am in fear and trembling, until the sifting be
upon us and the wrath to come.
That day, the day of wrath, calamity
and misery, the great day of exceeding
bitterness.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord:
and let light perpetual shine upon them.
Grant we beseech thee, almighty and merciful God: that the soul of thy servant Susan, for whom we have now
offered unto thee this sacrifice of praise, may by thy mercy attain the blessedness of eternal light. Through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE COMMENDATION
The People stand.
Russian Kontakion, sung by the Choir
G
IVE rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints,
where sorrow and pain are no more,
neither sighing, but life everlasting.
The Bishop, after censing the body, says
Kiev melody, ed. Walter Parratt
Into thy hands, O merciful Savior, we commend thy servant, Susan. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech thee, a
sheep of thine own fold, a lamb of thine own flock, a sinner of thine own redeeming. Receive her into the arms of
thy mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.
IN PARADISUM
I
N paradisum deducant Angeli,
in tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem
sanctam Jerusalem.
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere
aeternam habeas requiem.
As the body is borne from the church, please remain standing.
May the Angels lead thee into paradise;
and the Martyrs receive thee at thy
coming and bring thee into the holy city
Jerusalem.
May the choir of Angels receive thee, and
mayest thou, with Lazarus once poor,
have everlasting rest.

A Reception follows in Andrew Hall.
Please use the Great Staircase.
Donations may be made in Memory of Susan Austin to Saint Thomas Church.

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CLERGY
The Reverend Andrew C. Mead, OBE, DD, Rector
The Reverend Victor Lee Austin, Ph.D., Theologian-in-residence
The Reverend Michael D. Spurlock, Curate
The Reverend Joel C. Daniels, Assisting Priest
The Reverend Canon John Andrew, OBE, DD, Rector Emeritus
STAFF
John Scott, LVO, D. Mus., Organist and Director of Music
Benjamin Sheen, Acting Assistant Organist
Roberta S. Brill, Verger
Edward J. Givins, Assistant Verger
Barbara W. Pettus, Director of Administration and Finance
Ann H. Kaplan, Director of Development
Douglas M. Robbe, Secretary to The Rector
HONORARY CLERGY
The Reverend J. Anthony Fletcher, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend David F. McNeeley, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend William A. Norgren, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend Thomas F. Pike, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend John C. Smith, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend Ivan Weiser, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend Canon Prof. J. Robert Wright, Honorary Assistant
THE VESTRY
Mr. William H. A. Wright II, Warden Mr. Kenneth F. Koen, Warden
Mr. Jesse D. Adelaar Mr. David J. Barger
Mr. Colin Fergus Mrs. Amanda Goehring
Mr. Fred T. Isquith Mr. William R. Miller, CBE
Mr. B. Franklin Reinauer III Mrs. Inge Reist
Mr. Karl C. Saunders Ms. Edith L. Morrill, Clerk
Mrs. Kazie Metzger Harvey, Treasurer
SAINT THOMAS CHURCH FIFTH AVENUE
One West Fifty-third Street
New York, New York 10019
Church Telephone 212.757.7013
www.SaintThomasChurch.org
administration@SaintThomasChurch.org
SAINT THOMAS CHOIR SCHOOL
202 West Fifty-eighth Street
New York, New York 10019
Choir School Telephone 212.247.3311
www.ChoirSchool.org
The Reverend Charles F. Wallace, Headmaster