Sunday Oct 27 Said Mass

Musical Notes for Easter 3; May 12 2019 Prelude:     Christ ist erstanden            Hans Buchner Hans Buchner (1483-1538) was a contemporary of Martin Luther and was organist at the cathedral in Constance, southern Germany. Around 1525, he composed one of the earliest pieces on the 11th century German chorale “Christ ist erstanden” (Christ is arisen). Introit:…

Prelude                      Fantasia in C Major          J. S. Bach Offertory Anthem   This is the Hour    Richard Shephard Postlude                   Recessional                        Frank W. Asper   Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was born in Arnstadt, a town in Thuringia in the central region of Germany.  as the eighth and youngest…

JUSTIN MARTYR Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome, where he suffered martyrdom about the year 165. Two “Apologies” bearing his name and his “Dialogue with the Jew Tryphon” have come down to us THE…

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CHAPTER 9   Ministers of the Church:     Laity & Holy Orders Who are the ministers of the Church?  The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons. What is the ministry of the laity?  The ministry of the laity is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear  witness to…

ON HAVING HOLY COMMUNION OFTEN? The Rev’d. Stephan W. Heimann   Our Lord Jesus Christ gave us the Sacrament of Holy Communion so that Christians everywhere could always be one with Him and share in His holy life and saving death. For this Sacrament, He made use of a common and necessary human act: the…