This Sunday, October 4, 2026, is the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is also the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis was a preacher, a friar, and the founder of the religious order of Friars Minor, or Lesser Brothers, also known as the Franciscans.
A friar is a member of a religious group of men whose members take a vow of poverty, promising to stay poor throughout their lives, but unlike monks do not live and work in a monastery. Rather they live and work in the larger community, helping the poor in various ways.
Francis also founded the Poor Clares, a similar religious order for women.
Most of my own knowledge of Saint Francis comes from The Little Flowers of Saint Francis, a collection of popular tales about Saint Francis and his companions, originally written in Latin and later translated into Italian and English. As I recollect, it was one of the first books of a religious nature, which I read as a youngster.
As well as his preaching, his miracles, and his works of mercy, Saint Francis is famous for his poem, "Canticle of the Sun" (Canticum Solis). Several translations of this poem have been set to music and included in hymnals and other collections of sacred music. The two translations commonly found in Anglican and Episcopal hymnals are William Henry Draper’s “All Creatures of Our God and King” and Howard Chandler Robbins’ “Most High, Omnipotent, Good Lord.”
In recent times a number of Anglican, Episcopal, Methodist, and mainline Lutheran churches have adopted the practice of blessing pets and farm animals on Saint Francis’ feast day. Roman Catholics traditionally celebrate the feast day with Masses, processions, and pilgrimages to Assisi, the birthplace of Saint Francis and Saint Clare.
If you are new to Sundays at All Hallows the MP3 of the simple piano accompaniment for the metrical versions of the Benedictus and the Te Deum for the remaining Sunday for Trinitytide, the Season after Trinity, contains no vocals, just the tune played on the piano. Each accompaniment begins with a brief introduction. The tunes, KINGSFOLD and TALLIS’ CANON(EIGTH TUNE), were picked for their wide use in hymnals and other collections of sacred music and the greater likelihood of familiarity to the singer.
The topic of this Sunday’s message is the Ten Commandments.
Reading: Exodus 20: 1-5, 7-20; Philippians 3: 4b-14; and Matthew 21: 33-46
Message: “Thou Shalt….”
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If you are new to Sundays at All Hallows, you may find these directions helpful:
-It is recommended that after reading or hearing each lesson to take time to reflect on what you read or heard during the period of silence which follows each lesson. It is also recommended that you do the same thing after reading or hearing the message.
-When you open the link to a video in a new tab, check auto-play to make sure it is in the off position. Otherwise, a second video with a different song will follow the first.
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-If a song begins partway through the video, click pause, move the slider to the beginning, and then click play.
-An ad may follow a song so as soon as the song is finished, close the tab.
May Sundays at All Hallows be a blessing to you.
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