All is well

How Do Anglo-Catholics Practice Confession?  In order faithfully to live out the full Catholic vocation in the Anglican Rite, one should receive the Sacrament of Penance at least once a year, preferably in Holy Week or Eastertide, in preparation for the making of one’s Easter Communion. In Anglicanism, the reception of Penance is absolutely voluntary— no…

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…

Total devotional time is approximately three hours.  Prepared by Fr. Michael Cawthon Rector of St. Michael the Archangel Matthews NC 28105.  Meditation time in Church will be from noon til 3pm.  Read each section and then reflect upon questions that follow (around ten minutes total on three or four questions.)  Enjoy the quiet downtime!  …

Wednesday night Midnight Mass Un-mute, enjoy, and share!  Begins around 12 minute mark, sermon is around the one hour mark.  Total service is 1 hour and fifty one minutes.

Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness: O COME, let us sing unto the LORD; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God; and a great King above all…

Septuagesima: A funny sounding word that signals the ensuing approach of our Lenten discipline as we embark on the journey known as Pre-Lent, a mini-Lent before Lent, which is designed to ready us and gear us in the direction of the Lenten fast. As children, we might have thought ‘Septuagesima’ probably referred to a laboratory…