Week of May 19 2019 St. Michael’s Church calendar

“Stations of the Cross” From the earliest times, Christians flocked to the Holy Land to visit the places sanctified by the events in our Lord’s earthly life. Especially popular was the pilgrimage along the path our Lord took on the first Good Friday. This pilgrimage was made with great devotion, the procession stopping (or making…

Prelude                                Choral Song                        Samuel Sebastian Wesley Introit (Psalm 48:9-10) We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple. According to Thy Name, O God, so is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness. (Psalm 48:1) Great is the Lord, and greatly to be…

An interesting topic of discussion written by someone who is a new blessing to St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church in Charlotte, NC.  Click the picture for the written and audio presentation.  

THE SACRAMENTAL LIFE:  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 comes from a Latin word (sacrare) meaning holy.  Anglican definition of a Sacrament is: “The outward and visible…

Words of comfort for a glorious early morning – taken from THE ORDER FOR THE HOURLY OFFICES Lauds –   Said at Dawn/Sunrise Revelation vii.  BLESSING, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.  R. Thanks be to God. Hymn. Ecce jam noctis. LO!…