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… [Read more…]
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… [Read more…]
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… [Read more…]
December 1, 2011
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 or DOB (the Daily Office Book, pictured here, which contains not only the Office, but all the readings from the lectionary, in… [Read more…]
November 18, 2011
One of my dirty little secrets is that I listen to Christian radio. Sometimes I listen to a local affiliate of the Catholic Radio Network, of course, and sometimes to a local property of the Salem Communications company. Relax, friends, I don’t listen to what is called “Christian contemporary music.” One must maintain some standards!… [Read more…]
November 15, 2011
At today’s meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Donald Cardinal Wuerl, the delegate for the implementation of Anglicanorum Coetibus, announced that the personal ordinariate for Anglicans is to be erected by the CDF on January 1, 2012, the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. The long-awaited announcement can be read in full… [Read more…]
November 4, 2011
Well, at least what an Anglican Mass could and should look like! St Theresa of Avila 3 minute Mass – Full res version from clare bowskill on Vimeo.
October 17, 2011
(reprinted from 2008) In recent years we have started to hear some Christian groups encouraging Christians not to observe Hallowe’en, not to let our children trick-or-treat, not to go to costume parties. Many of those groups urge churches to have “harvest parties” as an alternative, or even just ignore the day entirely and pretend it… [Read more…]
July 10, 2010
One doesn’t have to go far these days to read in an Anglican service leaflet some variant of the words: “all baptized Christians may receive Holy Communion.” In some places there are additional notes like “all baptized and penitent…”, “all who believe the Body and Blood of Christ are truly present…”, “all who are permitted… [Read more…]
June 22, 2010
I’ve been thinking for a while about resurrecting this blog, and for the last week or so article theses have been flying at me from, it seems, all directions. First, a little background. There is a Sunday morning adult education class at St George’s, the CANA parish in Colorado Springs, entitled “The Kingdom.” The theme… [Read more…]
December 12, 2011
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