Good Friday Stations of the Cross

Sunday June 2 Today the Sunday after Ascension we used some incense and the sermon was basically a 1500 year old sermon from St. Leo the Great. The sermon discusses the Ascension of Christ and the promise of his returning…enjoy.

Musical Notes For June 9  Whitsunday (Pentecost) Prelude:  Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist    J. S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German Baroque composer and organist, wrote his setting of the chorale Komm, Gott Schöpfer with the tune in the soprano and afterwards in the bass. This 16th century tune is a simplified adaptation by Martin Luther…

May 3rd, 2022 by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC On the eve of the Great and Holy Council of the Eastern Orthodox in June 2016, the first general meeting of the majority of Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs and hierarchs in many centuries, it should be beneficial take a moment and reflect upon what the…

Prelude Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder    Dieterich Buxtehude Offertory Toccata in E minor            Johann Pachelbel Postlude Prelude and Fugue in D Major    J. K. F. Fischer Hymn texts are usually associated with a particular tune. Frequently, in most hymnals, some tunes are paired with more than one text. (This is so that less familiar texts…