The veiling of crosses is a practice that I have come to find more and more difficult to situate well within the general principles that seem to guide the Western approach.
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The veiling of crosses is a practice that I have come to find more and more difficult to situate well within the general principles that seem to guide the Western approach.
Read moreMany Episcopal parishes, along with other Christian in other communities, have begun to engage in a practice known as Ashes to Go. The idea is to go out into the world and bring something of the uniqueness of the Gospel to people in their busy lives.
Read moreOne argument that is put forward is that if men could discern a vocation to celibacy separately from discerning a vocation to the priesthood, there would be a lower rate of sexual abuse and sexual immorality amongst priests.
Read moreChristmastide provides a strange array of moving feasts that are only more confusing when one begins with the Anglican Prayer Book tradition and then expands to the current Western calendar.
Read moreThe great Robert Taft, SJ (only recently having passed on to another shore where he now stands in a greater Light) famously reminded us that
Read moreThere is a curious feature in the Prayer of the Faithful for Episcopalians: we tend to give tremendous airtime to the executive branch. One might suspect that this is the result of some sort of residual effect of its historic relationship to the Church of England. But a look at the history of the texts says otherwise.
Read moreHeadlines this summer sounded that the Episcopal Church was revising its historical Book of Common Prayer. It turns out they were wrong. Sort of. The
Read moreThose present were invited to verbalize petitions. Veiled one-upmanship sometimes happened.
Read moreToday, August 1, the Episcopal Church commemorates St. Joseph of Arimathea, whom the Gospels all record begged the body of Jesus, which he then laid
Read moreReadings: Ezekiel 47:6-12; Mark 4:26-32 Yesterday, I was wondering if Stonebank Elementary School was trying to help my kids participate in the Rogation Days this
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