Morning Prayer, Pondering, and a reading (learning.)

  Propers for The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity   The Collect: LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle:  Ephesians iv. 1.  I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you…

A Letter from the Rector To the  wonderful Christian Family we call St. Michael’s, It is with a sad heart that I write this letter confirming the passing into eternal life of our brother in Christ, who we knew as Fr. Rich.  When we look around our beautiful church facility we see the handiwork of…

  A Crucifixion or a Wedding? I am a big fan of Pitre.  We have been re-listening to this book during “book reading” during Morning Prayer and the book is reemphasizing to me how our faith if so much more than just words.  Its roots bring to life and as the light is focused on…

  The Full Gospel According to the Church’s Calendar As Presented in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Click Here A multi-year project by Fr. Allen Fischer who will be joining St. Michael the Archangel on May 1st.  His scholarly work will be a blessing to our Church.  We are excited by the arrival of…

  First question:  Throughout the church I see “Christ the King” crucifixes. I also see “Catholic” style crucifixes in the items for sale. Is there an official or preferred style? Second question: how do we view the Vatican’s personal ordinariates for anglicans? ANGLICANISM     The Personal Ordinariates: are Anglican Rite dioceses under the Vatican…

Salvation In order to help explain the Anglican, and thus historic Catholic, position on salvation, the process by which we are brought into communion with God, I think it is important to clarify a couple of the terms that we frequently use but are not always distinguished as they should: Justification is the initial act by…