Worship
“The church is the temple of God, a holy place, a house of prayer, the assembly of the people, the body of Christ...The church is an earthly heaven in which the supercelestial God dwells and walks about.”-Saint Germanus of Constantinople
The apostles remained faithful to “the breaking of the bread and to the prayers” (Acts 2:42). At baptism we make the same commitment. Like those two disciples who recognized Jesus on the Emmaus road (Luke 24:13-35), we too recognize the Lord after hearing the Scripture and breaking the bread. In worship we see Jesus in the Sacrament, in our hearts, and in each other. In our worship, as Saint Paul says, we “proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26). Through worship, we learn how to love like God, hoping as he would have us hope.
As Anglicans we are always on the move. In our worship we are up and down, up and down in kneeling and genuflection. We are always crossing ourselves. We carry crosses and torches. On occasion, we swing sweet-smelling smoke. We worship the Lord with our whole bodies, with minds and hearts, with eyes, ears, noses and mouths. The Lord made us both soul and body, and so we worship with both, obeying the command to “worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness” (Psalm 96:9).
Join us for worship, singing with saints and angels, and find Jesus.
