The Sermon for Christmas Day – December 25th

Fr Kerouac

Here is the sermon for Christmas Day: Christmas Day, 2015

Christmas Eve December 24th – The 10:30 pm Sermon.

Fr Hawtin

Here is the Sermon for December 24th 10:30 pm: Christmas, 2015

The Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Day

Gerard van Honthorst Adoration of the Shepherds

¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.

Almighty God, who hast given us thy only–begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be . . . → Read More: The Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Day

Christmas Eve December 24th – The 7:00 pm Sermon

Fr Michael Belt

Here is the sermon for December 24th 7:00 pm: Christmas 7 pm, 2015

Christmas Eve December 24th – The Story From The Children’s Creche Service

Fr Hawtin

Here is the Story from the Children’s Creche Service: Christmas Childrens Story, 2015

Christmas Eve

Journey to Bethlehem

O Lord Jesus Christ, thou that art higher than the highest and didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb: Humble us under thy mighty hand, that we may be accounted true citizens of the heavenly kingdom; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

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The Sermon for Sunday December 20th – Advent IV

Fr Hawtin

Here is the sermon for Sunday December 20th: Advent 4, 2015

Saint Thomas, Apostle

Benozzo Gozzoli Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas

Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas, by Benozzo Gozzoli (1420–1497)

Almighty and everliving God, who, for the greater confirmation of the faith, didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son’s resurrection: Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in . . . → Read More: Saint Thomas, Apostle

For the Awakening of the Force of Righteousness

The Pilgrim's Progress by Byam Shaw

Within Sight of the City to Which They Went, from The Pilgrim’s Progress, illustrated by Byam Shaw (1872–1919).

Inspired by the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and by the Choirmaster-Organist’s post-service voluntary, “Atrio solii”, a tour–de–force transcription of the final cue from John Williams’s score for Star Wars: A New Hope . . . → Read More: For the Awakening of the Force of Righteousness

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVI No 50