Things Fall Apart: Musings on Eucharistic Hospitality
Every parish my family has visited in California has made it very clear that absolutely everyone is invited to the altar for Communion.
What Mary Received in the Eucharist
If we ever take the Eucharist for granted, meditating on Mary’s relationship with the sacrament would be a fitting remedy.
Episcopacy, Priesthood, and the Priesthood of the Church
The Church of England needs an improved theological understanding of the orders of ministry, such as the late Archbishop Michael Ramsey offered.
How to give God a gift
We want to glorify God by giving him everything we have. What could we possibly give him that would amplify in any way the radiance that he already possesses?
Leonel Mitchell, reshaped
Liturgical scholar Leonel Mitchell played a central role in preparing the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.
Gracious acceptance
Our post-Communion prayer affirms that we aren’t merely tolerated by God. No, we are graciously accepted.
Abiding in the light
Are you at peace with yourself? How often we can fool ourselves, through benevolent busyness, but when we stop to listen beyond our reason, beyond our feelings, what do we hear? If it is peace, we are abiding in Christ.
Meditations on the Mass: The blessing
The blessing is an invocation, a hope, a foretaste of what is to come: peace.