Sept 10 Morning Prayer

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THE INSTRUCTED EUCHARIST (2019) St. Michael the Archangel Matthews, NC 28105   The Celebrant will announce: Please be seated.   Let us gain a better understanding of the chief and central act of Christian worship: “the Lord’s Own Service / on the Lord’s Day.”   First let us speak briefly concerning the clergy preparation: Significance…

CHAPTER 3 ANGLICAN WORSHIP: THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER LITURGY AND PIETY Introduction- Worship in the Anglican Tradition: Worship is central to the identity of the Anglican tradition.  From its beginnings in the Church of England worship united various factions into one church. Anglicanism is not confessional; beliefs are voiced through texts and actions of…

The Eucharist as Refreshment For us as we approach the Fourth Sunday in Lent… – Mid Lent Our Lord Jesus Christ calls us, beckons us, to refreshment this day as we take a hopefully well-deserved pause from our Lenten discipline, and lighten the mood with the festal vestments and colour of rose.  It is time…

  CHAPTER 4 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (1928)     THE SACRAMENTAL LIFE: PART I BAPTISM AND HOLY EUCHARIST   Introduction: Sacramental symbols draw on our salvation history and reflect the role of the Church as a Sacrament of God’s presence in the world.  God performs the Sacraments with ministers as God’s human agents.  Sacrament…

Article from Christianity Today: Justin Martyr (100 – 175AD).   hen Justin was arrested for his faith in Rome, the prefect asked him to denounce his faith by making a sacrifice to the gods. Justin replied, “No one who is rightly minded turns from true belief to false.”.   It was in one sense an easy answer…