AKA Stir-up Sunday Stir-up Sunday is an informal term in Catholic and Anglican churches for the last Sunday before the season of Advent. It gets its name from the beginning of the collect for the day in the Book of Common Prayer, which begins with the words, "Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the […]
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, which marks the beginning of the Christian liturgical year and the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Advent is also a time of preparation, a time for anticipation, and the celebration of Christmas. During Advent, Christians participate in many traditions, such as lighting candles on an Advent […]
Saint Timothy’s Anglican Catholic Church Heavenly Father, we beseech thee to hear our prayer, create in us a new and contrite heart, that we may draw closer to thee and that we may boldly proclaim, through the power of the Holy Ghost, that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. Amen!
From the Latin word Gaudete ("Rejoice"), the first word of the introit of this day's Mass: "Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete. Modestia vestra nota sit omnibus hominibus: Dominus enim prope est. Nihil solliciti sitis: sed in omni oratione et obsecratione cum gratiarum actione petitiones vestræ innotescant apud Deum. Benedixisti Domine terram tuam: avertisti […]
Join St. Timothy's ACC in celebration of the Birth of Christ this fourth Sunday in Advent. Wishing you a Blessed Christmas and Grand New Year. O GOD, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the Birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ: grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so […]
