Sunday, December 7, 2025
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The Second Sunday Of Advent
Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the HolySpirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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4:00 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and the Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, UK. Sermon by Fr. Gonzalez-Grissom.
Sunday, December 14, 2025
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The Third Sunday Of Advent (Gaudete)
Stir up thy power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let thy bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and glory, world without end. Amen.
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4:00 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys. Sermon by Mo. Turner.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with the choristers of St Paul's Harvard Square.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir.
Thursday, January 8, 2026
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Harriett Bedell, Deaconness and Missionary, 1969
Holy God, fill us with compassion and respect for all people, and empower us for the work of ministry whether near or far away; that like thy servant Harriet Bedell, we may show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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HILARY, BISHOP OF POITIERS
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we may rightly understand and truthfully profess the divinity of your Son, which the Bishop Saint Hilary taught with such constancy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Thursday, January 15, 2026
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Almighty God, by the hand of Moses your servant you led your people out of slavery, and made them free at last: Grant that your church, following the example of your prophet Martin Luther King, may resist oppression in the name of your love, and may strive to secure for all your children the blessed liberty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Sunday, January 18, 2026
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The Confession of Saint Peter
Almighty Father, who didst inspired Simon Peter, first among the apostles, to confess Jesus as Messiah and Son of the living God: Keep thy Church steadfast upon the rock of this faith, so that in unity and peace we may proclaim the one truth and follow the one Lord, our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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4:00 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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Fabian, Bishop of Rome
Grant, Almighty God, that in all times of trial and persecution, we might remain steadfast in faith and endurance, according to the example of thy servant Fabian, who was faithful even unto death. We ask this for the sake of him who laid down his life for us all, Jesus Christ our Savior; who livest and reignest with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
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Agnes, Martyr at Rome
Almighty ever-living God, who choose what is weak in the world to confound the strong, mercifully grant, that we, who celebrate the heavenly birthday of your Martyr Saint Agnes, may follow her constancy in the faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
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Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon and Martyr, 304
Almighty God, whose deacon Vincent, upheld by thee, was not terrified by threats nor overcome by torments: Strengthen us, we beseech thee, to endure all adversity with invincible and steadfast faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Sunday, January 25, 2026
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The Conversion of Saint Paul
O God, who, by the preaching of thine apostle Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world: Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same by following the holy doctrine which he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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4:00 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
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John Chrysostom
O God, you gave your servant John Chrysostom grace eloquently to proclaim your righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of your Name: Mercifully grant to all bishops and pastors such excellence in preaching, and faithfulness in ministering your Word, that your people may be partakers with them of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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Thomas Aquinas
Almighty God, who has enriched your church with the singular learning and holiness of your servant Thomas Aquinas: Enlighten us more and more, we pray, by the disciplined thinking and teaching of Christian scholars, and deepen our devotion by the example of saintly lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Sunday, February 1, 2026
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The Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ (Candlemas)
Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thee that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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The three Sundays prior to Ash Wednesday are not ten days apart (that would indeed be quite miraculous), but nevertheless tradition gives these three "Gesima Sundays" the prefixes of Septua (70), Sexa (60), and Quinqua (50) as a countdown toward Lent. Quinquagesima is indeed 50 days before Easter, but Sexagesima and Septua aren't quite 60 and 70. Lent itself is that 40 day period (excluding Sundays, which traditionally are not penitential) from Ash Wednesday to the Great Vigil on Holy Saturday. /p>
In 2012, Septuagesima fell on the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. In 2011, Septuagesima fell on the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany. How can this be?
Epiphany is always on January 6, beginning immediately after the Twelve Days of Christmas (December 25 through January 5). We then have a period of "Sundays after Epiphany." However, the number of these Sundays after Epiphany varies because, beginning with Ash Wednesday, the church calendar switches over to its paschal cycle, which is determined not by fixed calendar dates (such as December 25, January 6 and February 2), but rather by the movable date of Easter, which the First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 established as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox. The date of Easter can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25. That's quite a wide range.
Therefore, the "Sundays after the Epiphany" also have a wide range, because they have to fill the gap between the fixed date of Epiphany (January 6) through to the moveable date of Ash Wednesday (always 40 days before Easter, excluding Sundays). Sometimes there are only five Sundays after the Epiphany; sometimes there are nine. However many there are, the last three are always the gesima Sundays.
So now you know why the church has historically utilized the gesima system. The gesima weeks help the faithful to transition from a fixed cycle to a paschal cycle. As soon as you see the gesima Sundays appear on the calendar, you know that Ash Wednesday, and therefore Lent, is close at hand.
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4:00 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
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Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden
Keep your church from discouragement in the day of small things, O God, in the knowledge that when you have begun a good work, you will bring it to a fruitful conclusion, just as you did for your servant Anskar; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
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Cornelius the Centurion
O God, who by your Spirit called Cornelius the Centurion to be the first Christian among the Gentiles: Grant to your church such a ready will to go where you send and to do what you command that the prejudices that blind us might cease, and that we might welcome all who turn to you in love; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
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5:30 PMHigh Altar
Sung by the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys.
