Saint Michael and All Angels
Saint Michael and All Angels
O Everlasting God, who hast ordained and constituted the ministries of angels and men in a wonderful order: Mercifully grant that, as thy holy angels always serve and worship thee in heaven, so by thy appointment they may help and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Above: Saint Michael drives his lance into the head of the dragon. The inscription above is Quis ut Deus (“Who is like God?,” the English meaning of the Hebrew word Michael), giving the archangel the authority to bring to account those who claim to be God’s equal.
Included in this Festal Eucharist are hymns sung by the congregation and choir, additional music sung exclusively by the choir, lessons, prayers, a sermon, and a Rite I Mass. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion. Details of the service may be seen in the leaflet, which will be posted a few days before the service at the bottom of this page, where you will also find links to the webcast during and after the service.
‚Ä¢ Listen to Fr Mead’s weekly audio message for more about Saint Michael and all angels.
• A year of centennial celebrations continues next Sunday, October 6, at 11am when the Saint Thomas Brass join the full choir to usher in the next century of worship in our glorious church building. Read more about centennial events here.
Music notes: Josef Rheinberger was born in 1837 and died in November 1901. He was one of the most prominent German organists of his time and was renowned for his teaching of composition (holding the post of Professor at the Munich Conservatoire for nearly 35 years). Described by a distinguished contemporary as ‘unrivalled in skill, refinement and
devotion to his subject’, his prolific output includes concertos, or atorios, chamber music, opera and, amongst his considerable contribution to the organ repertoire, a remarkable 20 sonatas. The Cantus Missae is a setting of the Mass for unaccompanied double choir which combines intricate polyphonic writing with homophonic declamatory gestures, thus creating a characteristically Germanic texture of warmth and richness.
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