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The music includes Missa aedis Christi (1958) by Herbert Howells (1892-1983), A hymn to the Trinity by Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), and Te Deum laudamus (The Great Service) – William Byrd (1543-1623).

Organ Recital 4:40 PM
Matthew Lewis (New York)

Solemn Evensong & Benediction 5:00 PM

Sermon by the Reverend James Ross Smith, Curate

The service is sung today by the choir of St. Peter’s Church, Morristown, New Jersey, directed by Brian Harlow.

This is the final Sunday Evensong this spring.

The summer Sunday Schedule, Evening Prayer at 5:00 PM, Said Mass 5:20 PM, begins on May 25, 2008.

Sunday Solemn Evensong & Benediction begins on October 5,2008.

Saturday, May 24, 2008
EVE OF COPRUS CHRISTI

Evening Prayer 5:00 PM

Mass 5:20 PM

Sermon by the Reverend Stephen Gerth, Rector

Sunday, May 25, 2008
CORPUS CHRISTI

Sung Matins 8:30 AM

Sung Mass 9:00 AM

Sermon by the Reverend Stephen Gerth, Rector

Said Mass 10:00 AM
Sermon by the Reverend James Ross Smith, Curate

The 10:00 AM Mass is celebrated in the Lady Chapel.

Solemn Mass with Procession through Times Square & Benediction 11:00 AM
Sermon by the Reverend Alan Moses, Rector, All Saints’ Margaret Street, London

The music includes Missa brevis (1977) by James MacMillan (b. 1959), Ave verum corpus (1979) by McNeil Robinson (b. 1943) and O sacrum convivium (1937) by Oliver Messiaen (1908-1992).

Evening Prayer 5:00 PM

Said Mass 5:20 PM

Sermon by the Reverend James Ross Smith, Curate

Saint Mary's was founded in 1868 with two great purposes... It was to be the parish church for the neighborhood - then called Longacre Square, here in midtown Manhattan; and the parish was founded to be a witness to catholic Christian tradition within the Episcopal Church. We remain committed to catholic Christian witness as we seek to embody and extend the love God has shown for us in Jesus Christ. Our members and friends now live both near and far from Times Square. Please join us.

AIDS Walk New York
Sunday, May 18, 2008

Walk with the Saint Mary’s Team &

Support the Saint Mary’s Team

Join the Saint Mary’s AIDS Walk team, now in its third year. In our first year, we raised almost $10,000; last year, we raised more than $17,000. In 2008, our goal is $20,000 and 30 walkers. We’d like to exceed our goal. Join us now, contribute to our team. Stand up in the fight against HIV / AIDS!

RECITAL ON MAY 19

HAS BEEN CANCELLED
ROBERT McCORMICK IN RECITAL
Monday, May 19, 8:00 PM
Mr. McCormick is joined for the recital by Ruth Cunningham, soprano.

This recital continues our celebration of our organ’s 75^th anniversary.

Volume 10, Number 24, May 11, 2008

From the Rector: Pentecost & the Unity of Eastertide

When I begin to reflect on or write about the calendar of the Christian Church, it is important for me to remember that before there was an Easter, a Christmas, a Pentecost or anything else, there was Sunday. Sunday is the original, weekly celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is easy to lose sight of the meaning and importance of Sunday for lots of reasons. But without knowing Sunday as the weekly celebration of Christ’s dying and rising, Christian practice and faith can be overwhelmed by secondary things – the outward signs of ashes and palms come to mind.

The Sunday of the Resurrection, that is, Easter Day, was the first particular celebration to emerge in the Church’s life, probably before the end of the first century. In the next decades, the Sunday before Easter Day became the Sunday of the Passion. Again, this happened long before Jesus had a “birthday.” Is Christmas important? Absolutely. But its meaning arises out of Jesus’ death and resurrection. The birth of Jesus does not explain Jesus’ death and resurrection; his death and resurrection explains his birth.



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THE CHURCH OF SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN 145 WEST 46TH STREET NEW YORK CITY 10036 212.869.5830

The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City on West 46th Street between 6th and 7th Ave. There is also an entrance on West 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Ave.

Photos: Easter Altar: John Delves; Palm Sunday: James Patterson; Fr. Shin and Corpus Christi Procession: Alice V. Manning; Bishop Epting and Zoe: Penelope Byham Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Mercy: Michael Rosenthal; Chancel: Courtesy David Allen White; Easter Vigil: Courtesy George Potanovic Jr.

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