Library listing for St Michael the Archangel

What is the Significance of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ? (Mark  9:2-9) 
The account of the transfiguration of Jesus Christ as recorded here in Mark (parallel passages are found in Matthew 17:1-3 and Luke 9:28-36) is a demonstration to three witnesses that Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be. In all three accounts of…

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What is the Sacrament of Holy Confirmation? Did Our Lord institute it?  The Sacrament of Confirmation is the Sacrament of Christian maturity, the Sacrament which properly completes Baptism, making us full members of Christ’s Church. It conveys to the baptised Christian the Seal of the Holy Ghost, the fulness of the Holy Spirit in His…

Musical Notes for May 26 2019 Prelude                                Priere à Notre Dame      Léon Boëllmann Introit (Isaiah 48:20b,c) With the voice of singing declare ye, tell this: utter it even to the end of the earth. Hallelujah. The Lord hath redeemed His servant Jacob. Hallelujah. (Psalm 66:1-2) Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth…

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….

The word “common” is used in all kinds of ways, and so what do Anglicans mean by the word “common” when it is associated with public prayer and worship?  Since we are referring to the worship of our Creator and Redeemer, Almighty God, we can dismiss quickly the popular meaning of “common” as that which…