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Many have asked in other venues about the ACNA prayerbook revision process that is ongoing. For those who are interested, here is the guiding principles that committee is following, and here is the Ordinal they have produced. This Ordinal is the first published liturgy from that group. They plan to have a Eucharist produced by […]
February 27, 2012
Here continues the discussion of traditional Anglican liturgy in contemporary modern English–without the blandness one generally finds in contemporary English. As the preface says: This book is intended for Anglicans regardless of ecclesial affiliation and churchmanship, yet it is the product of two converging paths. The first path is the desire of some for an […]
February 23, 2012
The following was posted by another priest in another venue; in the hope of stimulating discussion, I am reposting it here for your comments. With the Ordinariate in place in the Roman Catholic Church and a growing Western Rite in Orthodoxy, the question of the day is whether there remains a role for traditional Anglo-Catholicism? […]
January 28, 2012
In 1783 the Anglican parishes in the infant United States were in severe disarray. There were no bishops on the continent, and some were even beginning to consider abandoning the very concept of Apostolic Succession. The priests William White and Samuel Seabury, a former Royal Army chaplain, exchanged a series of letters about the future […]
January 19, 2012
I have recently had the opportunity to examine one of the liturgies in use by the Western Rite Orthodox and must admit to no little surprise. Let me begin with some simple factual observations. To begin with, the liturgy includes with it a traditional Gregorian chant setting, the Missa de Angelis. In terms of order, […]
January 5, 2012
A common question amongst Anglicans these days—indeed, it has been for many years now—is “where ought we to go?” As a matter of fact, I ran an online discussion forum for over a decade where this was the most discussed topic. The landscape has changed quite a bit in the last couple years, however; not […]
December 24, 2011
I thought I’d share a final “Advent-ish” type meditation for these last few hours of Advent. It is traditional to preach in Advent on the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. This particular meditation is about judgment. The Advent season collect makes it clear that at the last day, Jesus will come in […]
December 12, 2011
One of the more unpleasant things one can observe about liturgy is almost exclusively limited to the modern types of Anglicans, such as those found in the new Anglican Church in North America and its constituent bodies—at least those that still actually practice liturgy. Now, I’ve only seen the problem myself in North America, but […]
December 10, 2011
As I noted earlier in part one of this series, praying the Office is a daily requirement for Anglican clergy, and a valuable and recommended practice for laity as well. For some Anglicans, it’s a simple matter of just picking up their BCP and Bible. Alas, for most of us, it’s trickier than that. For […]
December 6, 2011
A few snippets of info about St Nick: Nicholas was born to a wealthy family in Patara, Lycia. His parents died, and he inherited a considerable sum of money, but he kept none of it, giving it instead to the poor. Nicholas was cast into prison during the persecution of Diocletion, but when Constantine became […]
March 12, 2012
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