Love Grows as we Love!
Jesus sets before the Church what He believes is the perfection of love. “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (Jn 15:13) When will we wake up on a morning and see this genuine love perfected in all persons? Because of grace this type of […]
Holy Week: The Most Solemn Week of the Year!
This year, March 29, 2015 begins the most solemn week of the year. We walk liturgically the last week of our Lord Jesus Christ’s earthly life. We call this journey “Holy Week.” We walk “liturgically” meaning sacramentally we are actually present to the suffering, dying and rising of Jesus Christ. We participate in His “Paschal […]
The Holy Eucharist – Part Ten
The Communion of the people and completion of the service. After the Prayer of Consecration is completed and the Great AMEN is proclaimed the faithful pray the Lord’s Prayer and prepare to come to the Altar rail for holy Communion. The breaking of the consecrated bread takes place as the final prelude to the reception […]
Holy Eucharist – Part Four
God’s Word Proclaimed! After the choir and ministers are in place we exchange the ancient greeting “The Lord be with you.” This is done with the whole congregation and begins the central portion of the liturgy of the Word of God and introduces the Collect of the day. The word “collect” comes from the Latin […]
The Holy Eucharist – Part Two
Those who visit St. John’s on a Sunday morning discover that our worship is provided from the Book of Common Prayer. Much of the liturgies it contains can be traced back at least to the middle of the second century AD. With regard to the Mass there are two interrelated parts that make up the […]
