Calendar
August 2010 - Fellowship
Collect:
O Lord, we beseech thee, let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church, and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one od, for ever and ever. Amen. (Proper 13)
Coffee Hour following the 9am Service
9:45am - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Join us for coffee, tea and cookies in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room following the 9am Eucharist.
Coffee Hour following the 11am Eucharist
12:20pm - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Please join us in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room for coffee, tea and cookies following the Eucharist. Meet parishioners and,…
Collect:
Grant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right, that we, who cannot exist without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Proper 14)
Coffee Hour following the 9am Service
9:45am - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Join us for coffee, tea and cookies in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room following the 9am Eucharist.
Coffee Hour following the 11am Eucharist
12:20pm - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Please join us in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room for coffee, tea and cookies following the Eucharist. Meet parishioners and,…
Fr Mead wrote (in one of his many sermons on the Blessed Virgin) the following explanation regarding this particular feast day:
"August 15 is the great feast of Mary which Roman Catholics call the Assumption and Eastern Orthodox call the Dormition (or Falling Asleep) of Mary at the end of her earthly life. The Episcopal Church, together with much of the Anglican Communion, simply calls this the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we use the same lessons and prayers as Rome and Orthodoxy to celebrate the fact that from the beginning to the end of her extraordinary life as the mother of Jesus, God has “taken her to himself.” She is, as Scripture attests, the highly favored one, full of grace, for the Lord is with her."
In addition to this feast, we also celebrate at Saint Thomas:
►The Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 8
►The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 8
►The Feast of the Annunciation on March 25 (though in 2012, it falls on a Sunday and so therefore the Fifth Sunday in Lent takes precedence)
►The Visitation on May 31
A 12:10 Mass in honor of Mary is offered once a month in the Chantry Chapel (Lady Chapel), usually but not always on the first Saturday.
Collect:
O God, who hast taken to thyself the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of thy incarnate Son: Grant that we, who have been redeemed by his blood, may share with her the glory of thine eternal kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Coffee Hour following the 9am Service
9:45am - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Join us for coffee, tea and cookies in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room following the 9am Eucharist.
Coffee Hour following the 11am Eucharist
12:20pm - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Please join us in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room for coffee, tea and cookies following the Eucharist. Meet parishioners and,…
Collect:
Grant, we beseech thee, merciful God, that thy Church, being gathered together in unity by thy Holy Spirit, may manifest thy power among all peoples, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. (Proper 16)
Coffee Hour following the 9am Service
9:45am - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Join us for coffee, tea and cookies in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room following the 9am Eucharist.
Coffee Hour following the 11am Eucharist
12:20pm - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Please join us in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room for coffee, tea and cookies following the Eucharist. Meet parishioners and,…
Collect:
Lord of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (Proper 17)
Coffee Hour following the 9am Service
9:45am - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Join us for coffee, tea and cookies in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room following the 9am Eucharist.
Coffee Hour following the 11am Eucharist
12:20pm - Saint Thomas Parish House Living Room
Please join us in the Parish House Living Room and Dining Room for coffee, tea and cookies following the Eucharist. Meet parishioners and,…