St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Regina, Saskatchewan
A weekly posting of our Sunday order of service
(Modified 2023-01-22: Added audio recordings and sermon text)
Link to sermon page with text and audio
THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
January 22, 2023
Organ Prelude: Faith – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
THE HYMN: # 306 O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Continue reading “Epiphany 3, 2023 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2023-01-15: Added audio recordings)
THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
January 15, 2023
Organ Prelude: Simple Gifts – Russell Schulz-Widmar (b. 1944)
THE HYMN: # 585 Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service
Continue reading “Epiphany 2, 2023 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2023-01-08: Added audio recordings)
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD
January 8, 2023
TODAY AT ST. MARY’S
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER (Prayer book pp. 6-15.) (Psalm 87,93, Isaiah 49:1-13, Luke 3:15-22)
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION (Prayer Book pp. 67- 85)
ORGAN PRELUDE: Bethlehem Lullaby – Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
HYMNS
Continue reading “Baptism of the Lord, 2023 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2023-01-08 (whoops I forgot to do this last week!) Added audio recordings.)
THE OCTAVE DAY OF CHRISTMAS AND THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST
January 1, 2023
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER (Prayer book pp. 6-15.) (Psalm 85,113, Genesis 17:1-13, Romans 2:17-end)
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION AND CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS (Prayer Book pp. 67- 85)
GODLY PLAY in the Children’s Worship Centre for children 3 – 6 years.
ORGAN PRELUDE: Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep (Czechoslovakian Carol) – Arranged by Andrew Gant (b. 1964)
Opening: # 136 While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Continue reading “Octave of Christmas and the Circumcision of Christ, 2023 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2022-12-28: Added audio recordings, with apologies for sound quality and premature ending of the full-service recording.)
December 25, 2022 – 10:30 AM
(Modified 2022-12-28: Added audio recordings)
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THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
DECEMBER 24, 2022
EIGHT O’CLOCK
THE HOLY COMMUNION
Organ Prelude
The Ringing of the Bell.
Entrance of the Ministers. Please stand.
The Christmas Anthems
BEHOLD a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, / and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7. 14.
Unto us a child is born, / unto us a son is given. Isaiah 9. 6.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, / because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 St John 4. 9.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, / who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Ephesians 1. 3.
GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, / world without end.
Hymn in Procession: O Come All ye Faithful
Continue reading “Christmas Eve, 2022 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2022-12-18: Added audio recordings)
THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT
December 18, 2022
Organ Prelude: Ricercar pro Tempore Adventus super Initium Cantilenae: Ave Maria klare Ricercar for time of Advent, on the beginning of the song, “Hail Mary Pure” – Johann Kasper Ferdinand Fischer (1650-1746)
THE ADVENT ACCLAMATION
Leader: When the LORD brought back the exiles of Zion,
People: We thought we were dreaming.
Leader: Then was our mouth filled with laughter;
People: On our tongues, songs of joy.
Leader: Bring back our exiles, O LORD!
People: As streams in the south.
Leader: Those who are sowing in tears
People: Will sing when they reap.
Leader: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost People: Bring back our exiles, O LORD as streams in the south.
THE HYMN: # 106 There’s a Voice in the Wilderness
Continue reading “Advent 4, 2022 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2022-12-11: Added audio recordings)
THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT
December 11, 2022
Organ Prelude: Mighty Creator of the Stars (Creator of the Stars of Night) – Marcel Dupre (1886-1971)
THE ADVENT ACCLAMATION
Leader: When the LORD brought back the exiles of Zion,
People: We thought we were dreaming.
Leader: Then was our mouth filled with laughter;
People: On our tongues, songs of joy.
Leader: Bring back our exiles, O LORD!
People: As streams in the south.
Leader: Those who are sowing in tears
People: Will sing when they reap.
Leader: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost People: Bring back our exiles, O LORD as streams in the south.
THE HYMN: # 108 Hark, a Herald Voice Is Sounding
Continue reading “Advent 3, 2022 – Holy Communion”(Modified 2022-12-04: Added audio recordings)
THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT
December 4, 2022
Organ Prelude: Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming – Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) Arranged by Sam Ellson (1925-2012)
THE ADVENT ACCLAMATION
A voice cries: In the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord!
Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be lifted up
and every mountain and hill brought low.
The uneven ground shall become level
and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.
and all flesh shall see it together.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
In the wilderness prepare a way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
THE HYMN: # 100 Comfort, Comfort Ye My People
Continue reading “Advent 2, 2022 – Holy Communion”(Audio recording is not available this week.)
THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT
November 27, 2022
Organ Prelude: O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Latin Plainchant – Arranged by Sam Ellson (1925-2012)
THE ADVENT ACCLAMATION
I look from afar
And lo I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth.
Go out to meet Him and say:
Tell us, are you the one who is to reign over your people Israel?
High and low, rich and poor; one with another.
Go out to meet Him and say:
Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, that leads Joseph like a sheep.
Tell us, are you He that is to come?
Stir up your strength, O Lord and come.
To reign over your people Israel.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.
I look from afar: and lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth.
THE HYMN: # 102 Prepare the Way, O Zion
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