From Deacon Ron Reno:
We were blessed to have Father Andrews and Anneliese for our Michaelmas. As noted from our email last week, the Church took up this devotion to the archangel Michael from its earliest years. Both in the East and the West churches, we have embraced these God given origin stories.
Saint Micheal is in one of the Church’s earliest confessions:
I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary Ever- Virgin, to Blessed Michael the Archangel. to blessed John Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to thee, Father, that I have greatly sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed through my fault, through my own fault, through my own most grievous 
fault. Therefore I beg Blessed Mary Ever-Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the saints and thee to pray to the Lord our God.
O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant that, as thy holy Angels always do thee service in heaven, so, by thy appointment, they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thank you Father Andrews, for sharing your time with us and this Mass. Thank you choir for doing God’s work, God bless, Deacon
the start of the season of fall. With the autumnal equinox just starting, we can look forward to the landscape to be exploding with vibrant colors and seeing pumpkins everywhere. We had our Harvest full moon last week; our Harvest moon was also a super-moon that was bright and beautiful. It is a fantastic time of year to explore the outdoors and take a moment to thank God for the beauty around us. We get to enjoy most of God’s palette because He is the greatest of all artists and His creation is ours to enjoy. I would suggest doing EP outside as a change of pace. I did MP in the Rockies this summer and found it most gratifying.
God willing Father Andrews and Anneliese will be here Saturday. We need to pray for traveling mercies for them. God willing we will have the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas) this weekend. It is also associated with the beginning of Autumn. We won’t be eating the fattened goose as they do in the British Isles; but they say in England “Eat a goose on Michaelmas Day, Want not money all the year.” That may have worked for Queen Elizabeth I in the late 1500’s, but hard work and a belief in God does it for us Americans.
God willing, Father and Anneliese will be here this weekend. Pray for traveling mercies while they travel which includes driving to Minnesota to visit family. It is always a blessing when Father comes to give us the acclamation of God through our liturgy and feed us with the body and blood of Christ, under the humble signs of bread and wine. We are called to be the Body of Christ because we do God’s bidding. The Eucharist is indeed the substantial sacred food He offers.
Nebraska has experienced snowstorms, tornadoes, a derecho and about a week ago, hurricane like winds that destroyed thousands of trees and brought Omaha down to its knees. We need to keep praying for all of our affected friends during a rash of adverse weather. We need to continue praying for the displaced families in California from wildfires and our friends in the Atlantic states. Maybe God is trying to get our attention.
Our Tenth Sunday after Trinity collect says it all.
celebrated the Feast Day of Saint Peter and the celebrant colors were red. Father did the rite of sprinkling water (asperges) right after the opening hymn. The blessing and sprinkling of holy water is a reminder of baptism normally done at Easter but can be done at other times. Father chose to do this on this last Saturday in accordance of the liturgical calendar. The music was great and while the choir was singing, “I sought the Lord,” in my mind I was singing, “I sought the Lord and the Lord won and I sought the Lord and the Lord won.” That may be a takeoff from an Eric Clapton song. I thought “For thy dear saints, O Lord” as a closing hymn especially reflective of this mass.
O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock; Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
We had a lovely sung morning prayer and Communion of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts this past weekend. Thank you Nick for leading us in MP. Your voice is a gift from heaven and our small choir is testimony of God working through you. Robert did a wonderful job reading the first lesson. It is a blessing for us to chant our canticles, the Venite, Te Deum and the Benedictus. Learning to chant properly is a work in progress for me.
nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that thou being our ruler and guide, we may pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal. Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
prelude from the “Organ Mass for the Convents” was a great intro to the Litany and to the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. We are so lucky to have such God filled music in our midst.