Today the church celebrates the composers Johan Sebastian Bach, 1750 George Frederick Handel, 1757 no 1759, and Henry Purcell, 1695

                                   2 Corinthians 4:7 

But we 

have this 

treasure 

in clay 

jars, so 

that it 

may be

made clear that 

this extraordinary power belongs 

to God and does not come from us. 

Be
with 

all those
who write or make music …
that we on 
earth may 
glimpse your beauty and know the inexhaust-ible riches of your new creation in Jesus Christ   
                                                   -Collect of the day

                                                      Almighty and eternal God, 
                                so draw our hearts to you, so 
                             guide our minds, so fill our imag-
                          inations, so control our wills, that 
                       we may be wholly  yours, utterly ded-
                    icated to you; and then use us, we 
                pray,  as you will, and always to your 
          glory and the welfare of your people … 
     A Collect by Archbishop of Canterbury 
William Temple,  and was new in the  1979 BCP.