A sermon on Luke 9:28-36. Recognizing glory, responding to glory, engaging with glory requires practice.
Archive for February, 2010
Learning to Behold
Feb 28
Not So Fast
Feb 27
It’s anybody’s guess when the new English missal will be approved. My crystal ball is at the shop for a checkup so I can’t make any predictions today.
Asking for Forgiveness
Feb 27
How do we ask for forgiveness authentically? What is needed for the sound of our asking to ring true, and deeply so? (I remember a spectacularly naïve request for forgiveness I received a few years ago, and I still cringe in pain). One thing I do know: being able to say, straightforwardly, the words “forgive me” is a step in the right direction. The simple words say so much more than “I am sorry.” For one, “forgive me” voices a direct request to another, who by these two words is rendered visible as the one who has been wronged.
Jesus said, “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.” (Luke 6:20). But what happens when the poor aren’t recognized as inheritors of the reign of God? Where do they go when they are excluded from the eucharistic assembly?
Here is the NCReporter on Fr. Ryan’s “Let’s Just Wait” campaign. The online petition to delay the new English missal now has over 17.000 signatories.
Pope Benedict is on another planet than the traditionalists. He supported the goals of the preconciliar liturgical movement. He fundamentally supports the idea of structural liturgical reform…
The Summer 2008 issue of The Hymn, citing the Polish American Journal, reports that John Paul II loved the hymn “Barka”…
Attendance stats in TEC
Feb 23
Here are some wise words about statistics on worship attendance in the Episcopal Church by Rev. Bosco Peters, Anglican priest in New Zealand.
Stations Online
Feb 23
From Saint Mary’s Basilica in Minneapolis, here are really beautiful Stations of the Cross.
Here is Fr. Richard McBrien on the upcoming English missal and Fr. Ryan’s proposal to wait before implementing it. You’ll never guess what side McBrien is on.