Drawing Near at a Distance Mac Stewart November 18, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Mac Stewart I live as a guest in a Catholic religious community. Every Sunday evening, the community adores Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. At the end of this time of adoration, the community members rece... Read More...
The Trials of Returning to Worship Guest Contributor October 2, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Shirley O’Shea It had been more than five months since I had entered a sanctuary when I returned to church. Before the coronavirus pandemic necessitated the suspension of worship services, I would drive 2... Read More...
JOURNEY INTO HOLINESS: PRAYING WITH THE TRACTARIANS (Part 2) Guest Contributor September 23, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By John Orens The first part of this essay explored the embodied character of grace in Tractarian spirituality. Yet we must recognize that it is precisely in this embodiedness that we are called beyond individualism and into community. The very depth that b... Read More...
JOURNEY INTO HOLINESS: PRAYING WITH THE TRACTARIANS (Part 1) Guest Contributor September 22, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By John Orens The liturgical debt Episcopalians owe the Tractarian pioneers of the Anglo-Catholic revival is incalculable. Although they themselves were not much interested in ceremony, almost everything tha... Read More...
The Flesh of the Mystical Body (Part 2) Guest Contributor August 18, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy By Paul (H. Matthew Lee) What I have written about the fleshiness of the Mystical Body in the first half of this essay implies that an effacement of Christian orthodoxy might lurk behind the phenomenon of on... Read More...
The Flesh of the Mystical Body (Part 1) Guest Contributor August 17, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Liturgy By Paul (H. Matthew Lee) A quarter of a year has passed since the pandemic hit in the Western world, and most Anglican churches have been closed to regular congregations through this time. The bishops plan to reopen churches in Ontario on September, and I p... Read More...
Of Literal Resurrection and Spiritual Communion Guest Contributor May 4, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Elizabeth Anderson There are a handful of predictable theological debates that seem to crop up at certain times of the liturgical year. Is purple the appropriate color for Advent, or is it blue? What theo... Read More...
Against Virtual Communion George Sumner April 14, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By George Sumner Since the rubrics clearly prohibit remotely consecrating bread and wine, the question of virtual communion is not one which could lead to immediate action, which is for the best. We can ther... Read More...
