Listen to this podcast of Wayne Floyd describing his upcoming Alban Institute 2-day workshop in Jacksonville, Florida, on February 29-March 1: "Weekday Spirituality: Unleashing Faith in Everyday Life." For more details and how to register, click here 

February 10 – The First Sunday in Lent
Beati quorum via -- Charles Villiers Stanford
Jesus, So Lowly -- Harold Friedell

February 17 – The Second Sunday in Lent
I will lift up mine eyes -- Herbert Howells
For God So Loved The World -- John Stainer

February 24 – The Third Sunday in Lent
Sicut cervus -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Vere languores -- Tomás Luis de Victoria

January 6 – The Epiphany of Our Lord
Here is the Little Door -- Herbert Howells
Vidimus stellam -- Plainsong, Mode III

January 13 – The First Sunday after the Epiphany (The Baptism of Jesus)
Exaltabo te -- Orlando di Lasso
Gustate et Videte -- Henrich Isaac

January 20 – The Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Tu es Petrus -- Maurice Duruflé
Ave verum -- Camille Saint-Saëns

Monday, January 21st will be a day when we will remember the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But in the Book of Lesser Feasts and Fast, it is also a day that the Episcopal Church sets aside to remember Agnes, a Christian martyr who died at Rome around 304 in the persecution of Diocletian. She is said to have been only about twelve or thirteen when she died and that her execution, so horrific, shocked many Romans, and thus helped to bring an end to the persecutions.

Amy Whitford is one of those rare (and fortunate!) members who has attended St. Thomas’ from birth. Amy’s mother started coming to St. Thomas’ in November of 1964. Six years later, soon after the Great Fire of 1970, she met Amy’s future father while organizing a single’s gathering.

Matthew wrote primarily for a Jewish audience grounded in the Hebrew Scriptures, so when Jesus says, "it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness," his words imply that some aspect of the Hebrew Scriptures were fulfilled in his baptism by John. Compare the words of Isaiah with the words of the heavenly voice in Matthew to better understand this connection.