Tradition for Teens
I wonder what personal attraction draws teenagers to traditional Catholic devotion?
Notes for Next Year’s Easter Vigil
Here's how to breathe fresh life into the Great Vigil of Easter.
ACNA’s Renewed Coverdale Psalter
We should not expect to hear BBC Evensongs using the Renewed Coverdale Psalter anytime soon, but it is a great option for contemporary North American parishes.
‘Honest to God’ and the Language of Death and Mourning
The language of the prayer book acknowledges the pain and sadness of death. “Out of the deep have I cried unto thee. O Lord, hear my voice.”
Christ’s Harrowing of Hell
The paradox of the Paschal Mystery is that both the silent suffering and the first celebration of Easter are the truth of Holy Saturday.
Very Members Incorporate
Cranmer’s traditionalism comes through in his emphasis on the mutual indwelling of the believer and Christ, and the incorporation of believers into Christ.
The Spiritual Significance of Church Bulletins
The typical Sunday bulletin is not an aid to worship, but provides myriad distractions.
Translating the Trinity
Much of our prayer is already an exercise in translation. We seem to forget in our liturgical debates that even the Scriptures and the Creeds were not revealed to us in English.