Homily for Passion Sunday. On Passion Sunday we will once again be focusing on edification of spiritual growth (Homily)  during the Lenten season.  Discussing the theological virtues as a means of measuring our growth…are we getting better?  As well, focus will be discussing the words from the sermon “He was” and “I am.”  These words

PREACHED UPON GOOD-FRIDAY 1592 A.D Good Friday Lancelot Andrewes: Project Canterbury: Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology Lancelot Andrewes Works, Sermons, Volume Two: pp. 119-137 SERMONS: SERMON I Preached at the Court, on the Twenty-fifth of March, A.D. 1592 MDXCVII, being Good Friday.  Transcribed by Dr. Marianne Dorman: AD 2003 Text Zechariah xii:10 And they will look upon Me Whom they have pierced. That

Musical Notes – background and history Passion Sunday April 7 2019  St. Michael the Archangel Prelude Forty Days and Forty Nights        C. P. E. Bach Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788), the fifth child of J. S. Bach, was a member of the orchestra for King Frederick the Great of Prussia and a composer of keyboard

THE KING OF THE JEWS MEDITATION PASSION SUNDAY – LENT V 2019 Jhn 19:19 – And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. Jhn 19:20 – This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was

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

Bulletin blog edition Fourth Sunday in Lent:  March 31, 2019 Visitors – Welcome! Peace and joy in our Lord and Saviour Christ.  Please advise us of your visit and ask for a “First Time Visitor Bulletin” which briefly explains the communion service.  Please join our church family in the Parish Hall after the service for

Musical Notes: Lent IV (March 31, 2019) Prelude                Choral Prelude on “St. Flavian”                  Seth Bingham Seth Bingham (1882-1972), organist-director at New York’s Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Columbia University music professor, composed his French influenced piece on the tune for the Lenten hymn #59. Introit (Isaiah 66:10) Rejoice, ye with Jerusalem, and be glad

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

Pilate took Jesus and scourged him Jhn 19:1 – Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. – surely hoping to appease them, finally giving in to their wants and desires.  How often have all us “given into wants and desires of others although we know better” and how often do we regret the outcome.