Calendar week of April 21 St. Michael’s

Propers for The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity The Collect: LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle: 1 Corinthians i. 4.  I THANK…

Music for Trinity XIX – 10/27/2019 Prelude         Fantasia in G minor     Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), best known today for his Canon in D, lived much of his life in Erfurt and Nuremberg in southern Germany. His Fantasia has short points of imitation between voices. Introit (Psalm 35:3b) Say unto my…

Sacrament of Holy Matrimony Is Christian Marriage a Sacrament? If so, why? How does Holy Matrimony differ from other kinds of ‘marriage?’ Marriage is most definitely a sacrament, instituted by God in creation and blessed by Our Lord Jesus Christ, raised and elevated to the status of a sacrament by His blessing and teaching. Actually,…

Good Friday Stations of the Cross Turn on video sound on the embedded video – enjoy and reflect upon the words.

Whitsunday: The Fulfilled Promise In Traditional Anglicanism, the great Feast of the Holy Ghost, Pentecost, is usually referred to by its ancient moniker Whitsunday, so named because on this day, in celebration of the gift of that birth from above conveyed by the Holy Spirit in the font of Baptism, candidates would receive the laver of…