Anno Domini 2024 September 21, Ember Saturday
Beloved of the Lord:
Today is Saturday, 21 September, in the year of our Lord 2024. The scheduled services are as-follows:
- Saturday (today): 5:00 PM, Mass, Ember Saturday.
- Sunday: 10:00 AM, Mass, Feast of Saint Matthew, observed, with Confirmations, followed by pot-luck.
- Monday: 10:00 AM, Mass, S. Linus, Bishop & Martyr.
- Tuesday: 6:30 PM, monthly Parish Requiem.
- Wednesday: 12:10 PM, Mass, Blessed Launcelot Andrewes, Bishop & Confessor.
- Thursday: 6:30 PM, Mass, Feria, followed by Soup & Study.
- Friday: 9:00 AM, Mass, SS, Cosmas & Damian, Martyrs, with Gregorian Canon.
Immediately following, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. - Saturday: 5:00 PM, Mass, S. Wenceslas, Prince & Martyr.
- Sunday: 8:30 & 10:00 AM, Mass, S. Michael & All Angels, commemorate Trinity XVIII.
Tomorrow is a day of celebration! Bishop Nalls wrote very recently that he was unable to be here, but Archbishop Barton saved the day, by granting me Faculties to do the Confirmations in his stead. Though not typically an Anglican practice, it is well-attested for both the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Once more, the traditional practices of Holy Mother, the Church, find us in our hour of need.
REMEMBER, there is only one Mass, tomorrow, at 10:00 AM, as-noted in the schedule above. We will Confirm four new members ~ members in every sense of the word ~ into Holy Church, which is the Body of Christ; into her most holy Sacrament; and into our family of Saint Matthew's. Once the Mass has concluded, we will repair to the Parish Hall for a typical, wonderful repast prepared by loving hands for our Parish.
Let us take tomorrow as a day free from the world. We shall all be in the Kingdom of God, in His light, His truth, His grace. Leave all that troubles you at the door, and enter-into the love of our Lord, as we celebrate four more souls for the Kingdom! I remain
in His praise,
The Venerable T. L. Crowder
Pastor, Saint Matthew's Parish