The Pre-Lenten Season “Gesimatide”

Recovering the –Gesima: The Pre-Lenten Season in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer Many Christians today experience Lent as something that descends upon them rather suddenly. One Sunday follows another in the ordinary course of winter, and then, almost without warning, we find ourselves marked with ashes and summoned to fasting, penitence, and self-examination. Such…

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A Catechumen’s Guide to the Sacraments

“Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men’s profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God’s good will towards us…”— Articles of Religion, XXV What Are the Sacraments? The word sacrament comes from the Latin sacramentum, meaning a mystery. In the life of…

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Trinity VI: Worship Guide

📥 Download the Full Bulletin (PDF) 📄 Click here to download the bulletin for Trinity VI (July 27, 2025) Holy Communion for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity SundayDownload The Collect (Trinity VI) O GOD, who hast prepared for those who love thee such good things as pass man’s understanding; Pour into our hearts such love…

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