St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Regina, Saskatchewan
(Modified 2021-05-29: Added recording of full service and sermon-only)
SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY
MAY 29, 2022 – 10.30 o’clock
Organ Prelude: Simple Gifts (An American Folk Hymn) – Russell Schulz-Widmar (1944-present)
THE HYMN: # 245 O Lord Most High, Eternal King
Continue reading “Sunday after Ascension Day, 2022 – Holy Communion”Fifth Sunday after Easter
May 22, 2022
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!
ROGATIONTIDE from the Latin word, “ rogare” ( “to ask”) is a three day period of fasting and prayer which begins this Monday, leading up the Feast of the Ascension, which we celebrate on Thursday. In England, a common feature of the rogation days in former times was the ceremony of “beating of the bounds” in which a procession of parishioners, led by the minister, churchwarden, and choir would proceed around the boundary of their and and pray for its protection in the forthcoming year. The Book of Common Prayer encourages us in rogationtide to make use of the Great Litany ( page 30) in our prayers, wherein we pray and intercede on behalf of the church and the entire world for its many needs. Today, being Rogation Sunday we will process out to St. Mary’s garden and pray God’s blessing upon the plants, and animals, and all the life of our parish and city, and that we might be good neighbors, showing forth the kingdom of God on earth.
THE FEAST of THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD will take place this Thursday beginning at 5.30 p.m. with shortened Evening Prayer followed by Holy Communion.
WELCOMING OF CANDIDATE FOR HOLY BAPTISM. Today we rejoice in welcoming Terrance and Kelsi, who are presenting their son, Dante, as a candidate for Holy Baptism.
CATHEDRAL VILLAGE ARTS FESTIVAL ST. Mary’s will be host venue for a variety of entertainment groups this Friday and Saturday night. We will also be opening our doors for tours of our beautiful nave and sanctuary from 2 unto 4 pm on Saturday.
Sorry, audio recording is not available this week.
THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER
MAY 22, 2022 – 10.30 o’clock
Organ Prelude: Forest Green (All Beautiful the March of Days) – Traditional English Melody, arranged by Sam Ellson (1925-2012)
THE HYMN: # 258 We Plough the Fields and Scatter
Continue reading “Easter 6, 2022 – Holy Communion”Fourth Sunday after Easter
May 15, 2022
GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS to Bill and Norma who today are celebrating their 50th wedding Anniversary!
WORK BEE AT THE CHURCH. Please join us on Saturday, May 21, to clean up the yard at St. Mary’s and plant then garden. We will start with prayer at 9:00 a.m. and hope to finish by 11.30 a.m. If you have any seeds, plants or flowers to donate please contact Yvonne at the church office -306 522 6052. Thank you!
(Modified 2022-05-15: Sorry! Audio not available for this service.)
THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER
MAY 15, 2022 10.30 o’clock
Organ Prelude: Silent Worship George Friederic Handel (1685-1759)
THE HYMN: # 425 Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Continue reading “Easter 5, 2022 – Holy Communion”Third Sunday after Easter
May 8, 2022
GLORY BE TO JESUS CHRIST! GLORY BE TO HIM FOREVER!
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
NOTE OF THANKS. Huge thank you to all came by and dropped off food in preparation for the arrival of weary travelers! It was an enormous practical help and sign of love and welcome home. Blessings you all. –Claude and Hilary
WORK BEE AT THE CHURCH. Please join us on Saturday, May 21, to clean up the yard at St. Mary’s and plant the garden. We will start with prayer at 9:00 a.m. and hope to finish by 11.30 a.m. If you have any seeds, plants or flowers to donate please contact Yvonne at the church office (306-522-6052). Thank you!
(Modified 2022-05-08: Added recording)
THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER
MAY 8, 2022
10.30 o’clock
Organ Prelude: Sheep May Safely Graze – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
THE HYMN: # 520 The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Continue reading “Easter 4, 2022 – Holy Communion”May 1, 2022 – 10:30 AM
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER (Prayer book pp. 6-15.) (Ps.148, 149, 150; Exodus 18:1-12; 1 John 2:7-17)
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION (Prayer Book pp. 67- 85)
LIVE AUDIO STREAMING during today’s service is available on the Order of Service page. Recorded audio will be added following worship.
GODLY PLAY in the Children’s Worship Centre for children 3 – 6 years. Story for May 1 is ‘Jesus is Risen: The Road to Emmaus’ Luke 24:28-35.
(Modified 2022-05-01: Added recording of service)
THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER
MAY 1, 2022 10.30 o’clock
10:00 A.M. MORNING PRAYER (Prayer book pp. 6-15.) (Ps.148, 149, 150; Exodus 18:1-12; 1 John 2:7-17)
GODLY PLAY in the Children’s Worship Centre for children 3 – 6 years. Story for May 1 is ‘Jesus is Risen: The Road to Emmaus’ Luke 24:28-35.
10:30 A.M. HOLY COMMUNION (Prayer Book pp. 67- 85)
Organ Prelude: This Is the Feast of Victory for Our God (Hymn #242)
Song to the Lamb, Revelations 4:11, 5:9-10, 13 Richard Hillert (1923- )
THE HYMN: # 205 The Day of Resurrection
In today’s gospel story of breakfast on the beach, we enter further into the Easter season, and the work of Easter: working out what it means to have Resurrection set loose in the world, in the church, and in our lives.
One of the oddest experiences of Easter is that it can feel empty, after the graphic realities of Holy Week: bread broken, feet washed, thorns pressed into Jesus’ scalp, crosses raised, a body laid in a newly hewn grave. Easter, by contrast, is about an absence: the body is no longer in the tomb; and we are left to work out what that means.
Today’s story makes it clear that one of the functions of Resurrection life is restoration of relationship, and deep forgiveness.
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