Festal Eucharist

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We are now in the long, green season after Pentecost, which takes us through the summer and into the autumn, until the Feast of Christ the King on November 24. Yet, we don’t have the green frontal on the altar this morning. That’s because, along the way, the Choral Eucharists of this season of “ordinary time” are punctuated with occassional Festal Eucharists. This Sunday and next are two of the biggest.

Today, you will notice the white and gold vestments on the clergy and gold frontal on the altar in celebration of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Next Sunday, the white and gold remain for Corpus Christi. Thereafter, we’ll have weeks of green throughout the summer and into the fall, occassionally interrupted by a feast day.

Included in this Festal Eucharist 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. Details of the service may be seen in the leaflet, which will be posted at the bottom of this page, where you will also find links to the webcast during and after the service.

‚ñ∫The Rector speaks about the nature of the Trinity in his weekly audio message.

Music notes: Francis Grier was born in Malaysia in 1955 and was a chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming a music scholar at Eton College, and then organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge. On leaving Cambridge, he became assistant organist to Simon Preston at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and succeeded him as Organist and Tutor of Music at the age of 25. In 1985 he resigned his appointments in order to explore other options that are unavailable to full-time musicians: he studied music, meditation and theology in India, and then worked with mentally-handicapped persons in London and Bangalore. Since 1989 he has been based in England, and continues to compose and perform, as well as maintain an active career as a psychotherapist. Missa Trinitatis Sanctae was composed for the Choir of Westminster Abbey in 1991.

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