Choral Services
Festal Eucharist
Wednesday September 29, 2010
5:30 pm - Saint Thomas Church
At Saint Thomas, we celebrate the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels twice: on its assigned date on the liturgical calendar (September 29) and on the Sunday prior, which in 2011 is September 25.
Over the years, there have been many sermons which can help you to understand the significance of this feast day, and the nature of the heavenly, angelic host. Among them are these:
Lift Up Your Hearts (2010)
The Ministry of the Angels (2010)
There are Angels (2009)
How Do the Angels Matter? (2008)
Entertaining Angels (2007)
The Choice of the Angels (2003)
Michael, Gabriel, Raphael (2002)
Collect:
O everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the ministries of angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy angels always serve and worship thee in heaven, so by thy appointment they may help and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Epistle: Revelation 12:7-12
Gospel: John 1:47-51
| Celebrant: | Fr Austin |
| Preacher: | Fr Austin |
| Deacon: | Fr Mead |
| Subdeacon: | Fr Spurlock |
| Sung by: | The Saint Thomsa Choir of Men and Boys |
| Prelude: | On a theme of Orlando Gibbons (Song 34), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) |
| Service: | Missa Brevis, Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1510-1586) |
| Anthem: | Stetit angelus, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) |
| Voluntary: | Te Splendor et Virtus, from ‘Le Tombeau de Titelouze’, Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) |