Purification of BVM / candlemas

 ON A REASONABLE, HOLY, AND LIVING SACRIFICE The Rev’d. Stephan W. Heimann   St. Paul writes to the Corinthians, “Christ our Passover is SACRIFICED for us; therefore let us keep the feast…” (1Cor.5:7). We respond in our Liturgy with a prayer that God would “mercifully accept this our SACRIFICE of praise and thanksgiving (cf.Heb.13:15). The…

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…

Nature of Anglicanism Class – bible study (rough draft) for 11-14-2018.  We continue: Our Reading of Scripture within the Community of Faith: Within the community shaped by our common worship, we also carry forward the old tradition of meeting for the purpose of reading and coming to terms with scripture.  There we learn the power…

Venite, exultemus Domino 1928 Book of Common Prayer, page 9. (Morning Prayer) The Venite is a jubilant summons to the whole world of nature and man to worship its Creator, Provider and Judge, with joy and with thanksgiving, in beauty and in awe.  With Consummate art it weaves together the principal themes of all true…

  CHAPTER 8   Christian life is not easy:     It requires the discipline of perseverance and on-going repentance. We understand that there is a spiritual battle going on in the world and in the human heart, a struggle between good and evil.  We who follow Christ are imperfect and tempted like all people,…