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This Sunday at the Parish
LECTIONS
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18
Psalm 27:1-11 Philippians 3:17--4:1 St. Luke 13:31-end
CELEBRANT & PREACHER
Canon Ian Elliott Davies
DEACON Dea. Walter S. Johnson
MASTER OF THE MUSIC
Mr. Jeffrey Parola
PRELUDE
Improvisation on 'Bangor'
by Jeffrey Parola
(b. 1979)
OFFERTORY
God be in my head
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
"There is a green hill far away"
"My God, I love thee; not because"
"Jesu, grant me this, I pray"
"As longs the deer for cooling streams" |
Today in
Christian History
On this day in 843 Empress Theodora reinstated icons once and for all in the Eastern churches, effectively ending the medieval iconoclastic controversy. A council in 787 had allowed the veneration of icons, but opponents of images still controlled most of the government and much of the church leadership. The controversy continued, however, and was one of the reasons for the Great Schism between Catholics and the Orthodox in 1054. |
Ongoing Ministries Calendar
20 February - 10:30am
Newcomer Orientation
27 February - 7:30am
Homeless Breakfast & Outreach
27 February - 5:00pm
LASchola accompanies the Latin Vigil Mass
12 March - 7:30am
Homeless Breakfast & Outreach
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No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great.
St. John Chrysostom
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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:
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| LASchola Accompanying the Vigil Mass
 On Saturday, 27 February at 5:00pm the LASchola will sing at the Latin Vigil Mass. A quartet of singers, all sopranos and altos, will accompany the Mass, and the music promises to be particularly ethereal and beautiful.
Repertoire includes Occuli Mei by Estêvão Lopes Morago (16/17th Century), Missa Inter Vestibulum by Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), and Magnificat Quarti Toni by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c 1525-1594).
Please join us for a deeply spiritual evening, followed by refreshments in the Parish Hall.
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| Lenten Study Course
The Lenten Study Course continues on Sunday, 21 February at 9:10am following the Low Mass.We are using the popular book I Pray in Poems: Meditations on Poetry and Faith by Dave Worster.
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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.
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"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.
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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
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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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St. Thomas the Apostle, Hollywood is an Episcopal Parish in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
Come to St. Thomas just as you are: A child of God and an inheritor of God's grace!
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