The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost
11:00 a.m.
Included in worship this morning are hymns sung by the congregation and choir, additional music sung exclusively by the choir, lessons, prayers, a sermon, and a Rite I Mass. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion.
This week the service begins with Choral Mattins, which occurs three times a year at the 11am service. Mattins allows us to offer some extraordinary works of the Anglican choral tradition that our choir normally does not have the opportunity to sing. If you are unfamiliar with Mattins, you are encourged to look at the leaflet and service card posted at the bottom of this page. 
‚ñ∫Today begins Week Three of the 2013 Every Member Canvass. If you are one of the many hundreds who regularly listen to Sunday services on the webcasts, won’t you join those of us in the pews by making yourself known to us with a contribution to sustain the ministry of Saint Thomas? You can pledge online here. Parishioner and EMC Co-chair Edith Morrill writes: Why do I pledge to Saint Thomas? I give from a deep sense of joy: joy for the goodness of God, joy for the wonderful preaching, music, and liturgy at Saint Thomas, joy that I am so fortunate to be a member of a community that is centered around worship, and joy for the redemptive grace of God through Jesus Christ. It is with a thankful heart that I give with the hope to provide this experience for future generations. And lest we forget, for the joy of maintaining the best choir school in the country.
‚ñ∫The Rector speaks about St James of Jerusalem in his weekly audio message. We remember St James at a special weekday Festal Eucharist on Tuesday, October 23.
Music notes: Giovanni Croce was born in Chioggia, Italy, around 1557, and died in Venice in 1609. He studied with Zarlino, the Maestro di Capella at St. Mark’s Venice, and a notable theorist of 16th century counterpoint. Zarlino evidently found him as a chorister in the cathedral choir in Chioggia, and recruited him for St. Mark’s. Croce went on to compose much attractive music which is well-shaped, tuneful and lively, of which the five voice Missa Prima, sexti toni is a good example of his buoyant style. It also demonstrates the influence of the reforms of the Council of Trent, which laid emphasis on the audibility of the words, rather than their being obscured by contrapuntal textures.
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