11 am Choral Morning Prayer and Holy Eucharist (In-Person and Livestream)

Our principal liturgy each Sunday, held in our resplendent main sanctuary, with multiple processions, music by St. Bartholomew’s Choir and Choristers, inspiring preaching, and the participation of children and youth. 

This Sunday, our 11 am service features Choral Morning Prayer and Holy Eucharist. The Anglican practice of sung morning prayer (sometimes called “Matins”) derives from pre-Reformation practice of gathering in community to pray throughout the day and night. The opening portion of the service, the Liturgy of the Word, includes two choir Canticles in addition to our usual pattern of readings, Psalm, hymn, and the Gospel. The Psalm and Canticles, as well as the prayers sung in alternation by the Officiant and Choir (called “Preces” and “Responses”) will be sung in the Elizabethan English of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. The first Canticle, Jubilate Deo, sets Psalm 100: “O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands, serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song.” The second Canticle, Te Deum Laudamus, is the church’s ancient, great hymn of thanksgiving (“We praise thee O God, we acknowledge thee to be the Lord: all the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting...”).

Join us in person at St. Bart's (Park Avenue at 51st Street) or online below (live streaming on YouTube and Facebook).

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If you have any questions, please contact St. Bart's Central at 212-378-0222 or central@stbarts.org.