Day: April 5, 2009

Events, Month at a Glance

Holy Week at a Glance, 6-12 April 2009

Mon., April 6th, Monday in Holy Week
7:00am Matins & the Passion
7:00pm Vespers & Communion

Tues., April 7th, Tuesday in Holy Week
7:00am Matins & the Passion
6:00pm ‘Prayers & Praises’ – Haliburton Place
7:00pm Vespers & Communion

Wed., April 8th, Wednesday in Holy Week
7:00am Matins & the Passion
9:00pm Tenebrae

Thurs., April 9th, Maundy Thursday
7:00am Penitential Service & Passion
7:00pm Holy Communion & Watch

Fri., April 10th, Good Friday
7:00am Matins of Good Friday
11:00am Ecumenical Service at Windsor United Church
7:00pm The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday

Sat., April 11th, Holy Saturday
10:00am Matins & Ante-Communion
7:00pm Vigil with Lauds & Matins of Easter

Sun., April 12th, Easter
7:00am Ecumenical Sunrise Service (at the Fort Edward Blockhouse)
8:00am Holy Communion – Christ Church
10:30am Holy Communion – Christ Church
4:30pm Evening Prayer at Christ Church

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Sermons

Sermon for Palm Sunday

The Rev’d David Curry, Rector of Christ Church, preached this homily for Palm Sunday (8:00 am service).

“We have become a spectacle to the world”

“We have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men”, St. Paul tells us (1 Cor.4.9). We have become a spectacle, indeed, but what kind of spectacle?

The question is a constant challenge; one which is critically before us in the events of Holy Week, and one which applies especially to the contemporary institutional church. What kind of spectacle, indeed?

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Prayers and liturgy

The Sunday Next Before Easter

The collect for today, the Sunday Next Before Easter, commonly called Palm Sunday, from The Book of Common Prayer (Canadian, 1962):

Almighty and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility; Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Matthew
The Gospel: St Matthew 27:1-54

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Artwork: Pietro Lorenzetti, The Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, 1320-1330. Fresco, Vault of the south transept of the Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi.

c/p: Nova Scotia Scott

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