The Thomist

12 February 2016

The First Sunday of Lent

In This Week's Issue

Lenten Study Course

Stations of the Cross

St. Thomas Concert Series

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Last Week's Sermon

Quinquagesima

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This Sunday at the Parish

LECTIONS

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Psalm 91:1-11

Romans 10:8b-13

St. Luke 4:1-13

CELEBRANT & PREACHER

Canon Ian Elliott Davies

DEACON

Dea. Walter S. Johnson

MASTER OF THE MUSIC
Mr. Jeffrey Parola

PRELUDE
Improvisation on 'St. Peter'
by Jeffrey Parola
(b. 1979)

OFFERTORY
Scapulis suis
Traditional, Gregorian Chant

There are no organ postludes in Lent, which is symbolic of the abstinence of the Season. At the end of the High Mass Liturgy, you are invited to meditate in silence, in prayer and contemplation.

HYMNS

The Great Litany

"Thou, whose almighty word"

"How sweet the name of Jesus sounds"

"Jesu, Lord of life and glory"

Today in
Christian History

On this day in 1865 Presbyterian minister and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet became the first black man to address the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ongoing Ministries Calendar

13 February - 7:30am
Homeless Breakfast & Outreach

15 February
Parish Office Closed

20 February - 10:30am
Newcomer Orientation

27 February - 7:30am
Homeless Breakfast & Outreach

Quick Links

Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good reminders that the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life is to attain to perfect life, all truth and undying ecstatic love - which is the definition of God. In pursuing that goal we find happiness. Pleasure is not the purpose of anything; pleasure is a by-product resulting from doing something that is good. One of the best ways to get happiness and pleasure out of life is to ask ourselves, "How can I please God?" and "Why am I not better?" It is the pleasure-seeker who is bored, for all pleasures diminish with repetition.

The Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

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Lenten Study Course

The Lenten Study Course will commence on Sunday, 14 February at 9:10am following the Low Mass.We will be using the popular book I Pray in Poems: Meditations on Poetry and Faith by Dave Worster. Copies of the book are available for $10 from the Parish Office or Canon Davies. Please read pages 67-75 ("Ash Wednesday" and "Lent I") in preparation for the first session on Lent One led by Randy Oglesby.

Stations of the Cross

Fridays during Lent following the 7pm Mass, join us for Stations of the Cross. All are welcome to this seasonally penitential service.

Stations of the Cross

St. Thomas Concert Series

Saturday, 20 February

7:30pm

The St. Thomas Concert Series presents The Clarion Singers for a sublime evening of music. Guest conductor Stephen Salts leads the first half in a program of early through contemporary pieces, featuring works by Victoria, Tomkins, Harris and Runestad. The second half of the program focuses on works by composer J. Aaron McDermid, and we are thrilled that Mr. McDermid will be present to conduct them himself. There is no admission charge, but a freewill offering will be taken to support Clarion's 2016 Canterbury residency.

If you missed the first concert of the 2016 St. Thomas Concert Series last month, fear not: an excerpt from a live recording of Bach's Fugue in C Minor is featured in the video below:

"Could ye not watch with me one hour?"

The sign-up sheet for the all-night vigil of prayer before the Altar of Repose on Maundy Thursday, 24 March, is available at the back of the church. The Vigil will take place in the St. Damien Chapel from the end of the Maundy Thursday liturgy to Friday at 7:30am with a meditation on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary and Office of the Triduum. Various books and icons will be available for Watchers. All Parishioners are strongly encouraged to participate.

Holy Week & Easter Schedule

20 March - Palm Sunday

7:30am Morning Prayer

8:00am Low Mass with Blessing of Palms

9:30am Holy Rosary

10:30am High Mass with Procession & Blessing of Palms

4:00pm Evening Prayer

21-23 March - Monday through Wednesday of Holy Week

7:30am Morning Prayer

6:00pm Confessions

6:30pm Evening Prayer

7:00pm Low Mass with Sermon followed by a light soup supper

in the Rectory

24 March - Maundy Thursday

7:30am Morning Prayer

6:30pm Office of the Triduum

7:30pm Mass of the Institution of the Lord's Supper, Mandatum,

Stripping of the Altar, and All-Night Vigil Before the Blessed Sacrament in the St. Damien Chapel

25 March - Good Friday

7:30am Meditation on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy

Rosary followed by the Office of the Triduum

12:00pm Stations of the Cross followed by Holy Rosary

6:30pm Office of the Triduum

7:30pm Mass of the Pre-Sanctified & Veneration of the C

ross

26 March - Holy Saturday

7:30pm Pontifical High Mass of the Vigil of the Most Holy Feastof the Resurrection with Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce

27 March - Easter Day

7:30am Morning Prayer

8:00am High Mass of the Most Holy Feast of the Resurrection

9:45am Holy Rosary

10:30am High Mass of the Most Holy Feast of the Resurrection

4:30pm Evening Prayer

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