Septuagesima: A funny sounding word that signals the ensuing approach of our Lenten discipline as we embark on the journey known as Pre-Lent, a mini-Lent before Lent, which is designed to ready us and gear us in the direction of the Lenten fast. As children, we might have thought ‘Septuagesima’ probably referred to a laboratory…

The Assumption of Our Lady The Feast of 15th August existed in all Christian liturgical calendars Eastern and Western for 1400 years until the 16th century, and since then it has been retained in Prayer Books of the Anglican Communion: the 1929 Scottish, the 1954 South African, and the 1962 Canadian Books of Common Prayer…

Brief Description of Vestments and EP/HE You may have to un-mute your device.  Enjoy and Share….

Trinity V      July 1, 2018 Stand     Processional:  Hymnal  539(2) Kneel     Collect for Purity:  BCP 67 Introit    Missal (Priest) The Decalogue:  BCP 68 Collect for the Day:  BCP 195 Sit           Psalm 63:  BCP 414 Sit           Epistle:   1 ST. PETER  III:  8  BCP 195 Stand     Gradual:  Hymnal 564 Gospel:  ST. LUKE   V:  1  BCP 196 Nicene Creed:…

Propers for The Fourth Sunday after TrinityThe Collect O GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal….

Musical Notes for Forth Sunday after Easter May 19 2019 St. Michael the Archangel www.stmichaelsanglican.org Prelude                                Fugue in D           J. S. Bach A fugue is defined as a composition in which a theme is introduced in one part and imitated at different pitch levels. This fugue is one of a number of pieces attributed to…