[Magdalen] Saint Michael and All Angels.

[Marion Thompson]

We observed it last Sunday, but our p-in-c downgraded my Prayers yet 
again to Mary, Peter, and Michael.  Grrrrr.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 9/29/2015 11:50 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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> Whatever happened to the observance of the Feastday of
> Saint Michael and All Angels which is today, September  29th?
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> This Feast always coincided with the return of the full choir in
> the Latin Tridentine Rite, and the same is true for a lot of  Anglocatholic
> parishes.  The Feast also gave the name to the so-called  Michaelmas
> Term in academic institutions.
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> In any case:
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> Here is the '79 Prayer Book Traditional Collect for this Feast:
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> O Everlasting God, who has 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, forever and ever.  Amen.
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> David Strang - Waiting in the Poconos for the Big Rains.
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