Christians, especially Anglican Christians, know that the sacred has met the material of God’s creation most perfectly in the incarnation of the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ. As the Letter to the Philippians reminds us, “Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing …
In the midst of Advent, the beginning of the Christian Year, it is good to take a moment to consider the cycle which we follow year in and year out as defined by the lectionary and the Liturgical Calendar. The first thing to bear in mind is that the “Liturgical Year” is an important component …
Soon the Gloria in Excelcis returns to the celebration of the Holy Mass – the angelic hymn proper to the celebration of the incarnation of Christ, the Child of Bethlehem, born of the Virgin Mary, God’s true Son, begotten from eternity. It will be natural with the return of the Gloria to envision the night …
We live in a world full of noise. It assaults us wherever we go. It is so much a part of daily life inAmericathat when we are exposed to silence most of us become nervous in less than one minutes time. From its earliest days Christianity has believed that in silence we are given the …
April 10, 2011 Imagine for a minute that you have gone into St. Paul’s, it is early in the morning, the lights have not been turned on and your eyes have not adjusted to the dim light. As you look towards the High Altar on thing stands out – the shining light of the Sanctuary …