tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102058052024-03-13T15:51:34.476-05:00Whitehallanglican catholic theology, devotion, news, miscellaneaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger890125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1654432151492672102008-10-30T15:38:00.000-05:002008-10-30T15:38:23.517-05:00grace<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/10/28/foreclosed.home/index.html">'Good Samaritan' saves crying woman's foreclosed home - CNN.com</a>: <div><br /></div><div>'Are you here to buy a house?' Marilyn Mock said.<br /><br />Orr couldn't hold it in. The tears flowed. She pointed to the auction brochure at a home that didn't have a picture. 'That's my house,' she said.<br /><br />Within moments, the four-bedroom, two-bath home in Pottsboro, Texas, went up for sale. People up front began casting their bids. The home that Orr purchased in September 2004 was slipping away."</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-50820957576308377042007-09-07T14:19:00.000-05:002007-09-07T14:36:41.750-05:00what i'm up to... and a new blog<div style="text-align: justify;">You may have noticed, if you are gracious enough to be a regular reader of this blog, that I have not been writing much lately. This is due largely to the fact that I have just been made a rector (thank you; thank you), and have anyway been busy with parochial work.<br /><br />It is also due to the fact that I have been working on a new blog project. This one is a collaborative effort of catholic-minded "communion conservatives". The new blog is much better than Whitehall. I encourage you to visit it <a href="http://www.covenant-communion.com/">here: Covenant Communion.</a><br /><br />Does this mean that Whitehall is going away? That is not my intention. I am certainly not going to delete it any time soon. But I would encourage you to visit <a href="http://www.covenant-communion.com/">Covenant-Communion</a>, and tell your friends to visit it too. It is a large collaborative effort and, it seems to me, has much potential.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-56471327653055849742007-08-30T14:16:00.001-05:002007-08-30T14:20:07.954-05:00the consecrations in kenyaThey are going on right now I think (???). You can watch it on Standfirm.<div><br /></div><div>It is very interesting that <a href="http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/5437/">Archbishop Drexel, Indiae Occedentis, is present</a>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-21170270949129571862007-08-27T15:05:00.000-05:002007-08-27T17:01:40.338-05:00the prayer book office and the office of the dead<div style="text-align: justify;">Here is something else to print, cut out, and paste into your BCP. You can make your Daily <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Office</span> into an <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Office</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">Dead</span> by doing <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> following things. This can be used to pray for departed souls (e.g. immediately after they die, on <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> anniversaries <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> their deaths, regularly once a month for all your <span id="st" name="st" class="st">dead</span> loved ones and acquaintances, etc.).<br /><br />For priests: the Office of the Dead, when it was said, was said IN ADDITION to the Office of the Day. The complete Office of the Dead was: First Vespers, Mattins and Lauds, plus Mass of the Dead (requiem). Below are Matins and Evensong of the Dead, conforming to the outline of the Prayer Book Office. You might consider offering a Requiem Mass at your parish once a month, on the first unencumbered day, and also on that day the Office of the Dead. At one time clergy also said this office on Mondays during Advent and Lent.<br /><br />This Office, more or less in this form (except, of course, Latin) is very ancient. This is evidenced not only by ancient references to it, but also by certain accretions present in the regular Daily Office, but missing from the Office of the Dead (such as confessions, absolutions, opening versicles, blessings, etc.). The Office pretty much in this form dates probably to around the 7th or 8th century, though it has antecedents going back to the second century, and perhaps even to the first.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The Confession, Absolution, and opening versicles are not said in the Office of the Dead, nor is "alleluia".</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Instead </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Glory be to </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Father...</span>", there is said at </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> end </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Psalms and Canticles: </span><br /><br />Rest eternal * grant unto them, O Lord.<br />And let light perpetual * shine upon them.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">AT MATTINS</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Antiphon for <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Invitatory</span> [i.e. "O come, let us sing..."]: <span id="st" name="st" class="st"><br /><br />The</span> King to whom all things live: * O come let us worship him.<br /><br />[<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Antiphons are said before <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Psalm, and again after it -- i.e. after saying </span>"Rest eternal * grant..." <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">at the end of each Psalm.</span>]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Psalms with Antiphons as follows: </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st Psalm (Ps. 5):</span> Make thy way plan, * O Lord, before my face.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2nd Psalm (Ps. 6):</span> Turn thee, * O Lord, and deliver my soul: for in death no man remembereth thee.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3rd Psalm (Ps. 7): </span> Lest he devour my soul * like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st Lesson: Wisdom 4.7-end</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st Canticle: <span id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span> Song <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> Hezekiah (Isa. 38.10-20) as follows:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Antiphon:</span> From <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> gate <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> hell * deliver my soul, O Lord.<br /><br />1 I said in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> cutting off <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> my days, I shall go to <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> gates <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> grave: * I am deprived <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> residue <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> my years:<br />2 I said I shall not see <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Lord, even <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Lord, in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> land <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> living: * I shall behold man no more with <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> inhabitants <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> world:<script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>3 Mine age is departed, * and is now removed from me as a shepherd's tent:\n\u003cbr\>4 I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: * from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.\u003cbr\>5 I reckoned till morning, that as a lion so will he break all my bones: * from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.\n\u003cbr\>6 Like a crane or a swallow so did I chatter: * I did mourn as a dove.\u003cbr\>7 Mine eyes fail with looking upward: * O LORD I am oppressed; undertake for me.\u003cbr\>8 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me and himself hath done it: * I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.\n\u003cbr\>9 O LORD by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: * so wilt thou recover me and make me to live.\u003cbr\>10 Behold for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: * for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.\n\u003cbr\>11 For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: * they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.\u003cbr\>12 The living, the living, he shall praise thee as I do this day: * the father to the children shall make known thy truth.\n\u003cbr\>13 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments * all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Rest eternal * grant unto them, O Lord. And let light perpetual * shine upon them.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>Antiphon\u003c/span\>: From the gate of hell * deliver my soul, O Lord.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>2nd Lesson: 1 Cor. 15.35-end\u003c/span\>\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\n\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>[Then say...]\u003c/span\>\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>V.\u003c/span\> I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me.\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\nR.\u003c/span\> Blessed are the dead which die in the lord.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>",1] ); //--></script><br />3 Mine age is departed, * and is now removed from me as a shepherd's tent:<br />4 I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: * from day even to night wilt thou make an end <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> me.<br />5 I reckoned till morning, that as a lion so will he break all my bones: * from day even to night wilt thou make an end <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> me.<br />6 Like a crane or a swallow so did I chatter: * I did mourn as a dove.<br />7 Mine eyes fail with looking upward: * O LORD I am oppressed; undertake for me.<br />8 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me and himself hath done it: * I shall go softly all my years in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> bitterness <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> my soul.<br />9 O LORD by these things men live, and in all these things is <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> life <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> my spirit: * so wilt thou recover me and make me to live.<br />10 Behold for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> pit <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> corruption: * for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.<br />11 For <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: * they that go down into <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> pit cannot hope for thy truth.<br />12 <span id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span> living, <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> living, he shall praise thee as I do this day: * <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> father to <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> children shall make known thy truth.<br />13 <span id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span> LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> stringed instruments * all <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> days <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> our life in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> house <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> LORD.<br /><br />Rest eternal * grant unto them, O Lord. And let light perpetual * shine upon them.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Antiphon</span>: From <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> gate <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> hell * deliver my soul, O Lord.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2nd Lesson: 1 Cor. 15.35-end</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Then is said:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> R.</span> Blessed are <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">dead</span> which die in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> lord.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><script><!-- D(["mb","Antiphon to Benedictus [i.e. \u003c/span\>"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel"]: I am * the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>[Then is said kneeling:]\u003c/span\>\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Our Father, \u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>[and the rest silently until:]\u003c/span\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>V. \u003c/span\>\n And lead us not into temptation.\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>R.\u003c/span\> But delier us from evil.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>[The following Psalm is not said on the day of death or burial (but is said otherwise):]\n\u003c/span\>\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>Psalm 130 [concluding with \u003c/span\>"Rest eternal..."\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>]\u003c/span\>\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\n\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>[Then is said:]\u003c/span\>\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>V.\u003c/span\> From the gate of hell,\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>R.\u003c/span\>\n Deliver HIS SOUL, O Lord.\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>V. \u003c/span\> May HE rest in peace.\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>R.\u003c/span\> Amen.\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>V.\u003c/span\> The Lord be with you.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>R.\u003c/span\> And with thy spirit.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Let us pray.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>1 Collect\u003c/span\>\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>\nDay of Burial\u003c/span\>\u003cbr\>Absolve, we beseech thee, O Lord, the soul of thy servant (handmaid) N., that being dead unto the world HE may live unto thee: and whatsoever HE hath done amiss in his earthly life through the frailty of the flesh, do thou in the pitifulness of thy great goodness pardon and purge away. Through...\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(255, 0, 0)\"\>2 On the 3rd, 7th and 30th Days After Burial\u003c/span\>\u003cbr\>We beseech thee, O Lord, that the soul of thy servant (handmaid) N., whose body three (seven, thirty) days since we did commit unto the ground, may be made partaker of the fellowship of thine elect; and that thou wouldest pour upon HIM the continual dew of thy mercy. Through...\n",1] ); //--></script>Antiphon to Benedictus [i.e. </span>"Blessed be <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Lord God <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> Israel"]: I am * <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> resurrection and <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> life: he that believeth in me, though he were <span id="st" name="st" class="st">dead</span>, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The Apostles' Creed is not said.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Then is said kneeling:</span><br /><br />Our Father, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">[and <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> rest silently until:]</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V. </span> And lead us not into temptation.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> But delier us from evil.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span> following Psalm is not said on <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> day <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> death or burial (but is said otherwise):</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Psalm 130, concluding with </span>"Rest eternal..."<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Then is said:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> From <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> gate <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> hell,<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> Deliver HIS SOUL, O Lord.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V. </span> May HE rest in peace.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> Amen.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span> Lord be with you.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> And with thy spirit.<br /><br />Let us pray.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The most appropriate Collect, from among those following, is said:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1 Collect</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Day <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> Burial</span><br />Absolve, we beseech thee, O Lord, <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> soul <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy servant (handmaid) N., that being <span id="st" name="st" class="st">dead</span> unto <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> world HE may live unto thee: and whatsoever HE hath done amiss in his earthly life through <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> frailty <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> flesh, do thou in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> pitifulness <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy great goodness pardon and purge away. Through...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 On <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> 3rd, 7th and 30th Days After Burial</span><br />We beseech thee, O Lord, that <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> soul <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy servant (handmaid) N., whose body three (seven, thirty) days since we did commit unto <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> ground, may be made partaker <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> fellowship <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thine elect; and that thou wouldest pour upon HIM <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> continual dew <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy mercy. Through... <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>3 On the Anniversary\u003cbr\>O God, to whom alone belongeth the forgiveness of sins: grant, we pray thee, to the souls of thy servants (and handmaidens), the anniversary of whose burial we now commemorate, to find a place of refreshing, and the blessedness of thy rest, and to enjoy the glory of everlasting light. Through.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>4 For a Bishop or Priest\u003cbr\>O God, who didst cause thy servant, N. for whom we pray, to enjoy the office of bishop (priest) after the order of thine Apostles: grant unto him, we beseech thee; finally to rejoice in the company of those thy Saints in heaven whose ministry he did sometime share on earth. Through.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>5 For Man Departed\u003cbr\>Incline thine ear, O Lord, unto the prayers wherewith we humbly entreat thy mercy: that the soul of thy servant N., which thou hast bidden to depart this life, may by thee be set in the abode of peace and light, and made partaker of the eternal fellowship of thine elect. Through.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>6 For a Woman Departed\u003cbr\>We beseech thee, O Lord, of thy loving kindness to have mercy on the soul of thine handmaiden N. : that being purged from all defilements of our mortal nature, she may be restored to the portion of everlasting felicity. Through.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>7 For Brethren, Kinsfolk and Benefactors\u003cbr\>The second Collect under 9 below.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>8 For Father and Mother\u003cbr\>O God, who didst command thy people, saying, Honour thy father and thy mother: of thy loving kindness have mercy on the SOULS OF MY FATHER AND MOTHER, and forgive THEM all THEIR sins; and I humble pray thee that thou wouldest grant unto ME to behold THEIR FACES in the glory of everlasting felicity. Through.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>9 In the Office of the Dead through the Year\u003cbr\>O God, who didst cause thy servants, for whom we pray, to enjoy the dignity of the priesthood, and some to be bishops after the order of thine Apostles: frant unto them, we beseech thee, finally to rejoice in the company of those thy Saints in heaven whose ministry they did sometime share on earth. Through.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>O God, who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that all mankind should be saved: we beseech thee mercifully to grant that the brethren, kinsfolk and benefactors of our congregation who have passed out of this world, may by the intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin and of all thy Saints come to enjoy with them everlasting blessedness.\n",1] ); //--></script><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3 On </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Anniversary</span><br />O God, to whom alone belongeth <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> forgiveness <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> sins: grant, we pray thee, to <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> souls <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy servants (and handmaidens), <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> anniversary <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> whose burial we now commemorate, to find a place <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> refreshing, and <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> blessedness <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy rest, and to enjoy <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> glory <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> everlasting light. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">4 For a Bishop or Priest</span><br />O God, who didst cause thy servant, N. for whom we pray, to enjoy <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">office</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> bishop (priest) after <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> order <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thine Apostles: grant unto him, we beseech thee; finally to rejoice in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> company <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> those thy Saints in heaven whose ministry he did sometime share on earth. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">5 For Man Departed</span><br />Incline thine ear, O Lord, unto <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> prayers wherewith we humbly entreat thy mercy: that <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> soul <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy servant N., which thou hast bidden to depart this life, may by thee be set in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> abode <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> peace and light, and made partaker <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> eternal fellowship <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thine elect. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">6 For a Woman Departed</span><br />We beseech thee, O Lord, <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy loving kindness to have mercy on <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> soul <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thine handmaiden N. : that being purged from all defilements <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> our mortal nature, she may be restored to <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> portion <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> everlasting felicity. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">7 For Brethren, Kinsfolk and Benefactors</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> second Collect under 9 below.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">8 For Father and Mother</span><br />O God, who didst command thy people, saying, Honour thy father and thy mother: <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy loving kindness have mercy on <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">soul(s)</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of my <span style="font-style: italic;">father</span> [<span style="font-style: italic;">and my mother</span>]</span>, and forgive [<span style="font-style: italic;">them</span>] all [<span style="font-style: italic;">their</span>] sins; and I humble pray thee that thou wouldest grant unto me to behold [<span style="font-style: italic;">their</span>] <span style="font-style: italic;">face(s)</span> in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> glory <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> everlasting felicity. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">For a Father only, or for a Mother only, the Collect is said as above with the changes necessary to make it read properly.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">9 In </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">Office</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">Dead</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> through </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Year</span><br />O God, who didst cause thy servants, for whom we pray, to enjoy <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> dignity <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> priesthood, and some to be bishops after <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> order <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thine Apostles: grant unto them, we beseech thee, finally to rejoice in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> company <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> those thy Saints in heaven whose ministry they did sometime share on earth. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">or</span><br /><br />O God, who desirest not <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> death <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> a sinner, but rather that all mankind should be saved: we beseech thee mercifully to grant that <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> brethren, kinsfolk and benefactors <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> our congregation who have passed out <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> this world, may by <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> intercession <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> blessed Mary ever Virgin and <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> all thy Saints come to enjoy with them everlasting blessedness. <script><!-- D(["mb","\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all thy faithful people: grant unto the souls of thy servants and handmains the remission of all their sins: that as they have ever desired thy merciful pardon, so by the supplications of their brethren they may receive the same. Who livest.\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>V. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.\u003cbr\>R. And let light perpetual shine upon them.\u003cbr\>V. May they rest in peace.\u003cbr\>R. Amen.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>AT EVENSONG\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Antiphons for Psalms:\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>1st Psalm (Ps. 116): I will walk * before the lord in the land of the living.\n\u003cbr\>2nd Psalm (Ps. 120): Woe is me, O Lord, * that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech.\u003cbr\>3rd Psalm (Ps. 121): The Lord shall preserve thee * from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.\u003cbr\>4th Psalm (Ps. 130): If what is done amiss * thou wilt be extreme to mark, O Lord: O Lord, who may abide it?\n\u003cbr\>5th Psalm (Ps. 138): Despise not, * O Lord, the works of thine own hands.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>1st Lesson: Job 19.21-27\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>V. I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me.\u003cbr\>R. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.\u003cbr\>\n\u003cbr\>Antiphon to Magnificat: All * that the Father hath given me shall come to me: and him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>2nd Lesson: 1 Thess. 4.13-end\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>[Nun Dimittis is said without antiphon.]\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>[Then is said kneeling...]\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Our Father, [and the rest silently until]\u003cbr\>V. And lead us not into temptation.\u003cbr\>R. But deliver us from evil.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>[The following is Psalm is not said on the day of death or burial (but is said otherwise).]\n\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Psalm 146 [concluding with "Rest eternal..."]\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>V. From the gate of hell,\u003cbr\>R. Deliver HIS SOUL, O Lord.\u003cbr\>V. May HE rest in peace.\u003cbr\>R. Amen.\u003cbr\>V. O Lord hear my prayer.\u003cbr\>R. And let my cry come unto thee.\n\u003cbr\>V. The Lord be with you.\u003cbr\>R. And with thy spirit.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>Let us pray.\u003cbr\>\u003cbr\>[Collect and conclusion as at Mattins.]\u003cbr\>",1] ); //--></script><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">or</span><br /><br />O God, <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Creator and Redeemer <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> all thy faithful people: grant unto <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> souls <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thy servants and handmains <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> remission <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> all their sins: that as they have ever desired thy merciful pardon, so by <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> supplications <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> their brethren they may receive <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> same. Who livest.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">10 For those who rest in a Cemetery</span><br />O God, in whose mercy do reset the souls of thy faithful people: mercifully grant to thy servants and handmaids, and to all that here and in all places do rest with Christ, the remission of all their sins; that, being delivered from every bond of iniquity, they may rejoice with thee in everlasting bliss. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">11 For many persons Departed</span><br />O God, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive: have compassion on the souls of thy servants and handmaids and grant unto them the remission of all their sins; that, being delivered from the bonds of this our mortal nature, they may be found worthy to pass into everlasting life. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">12 Another Collect for Many Persons Departed</span><br />Grant, O Lord, we pray thee, to the souls of thy servants and handmaidens thy perpetual mercy: that as they have hoped and trusted in thee, so this their hope and faith may be profitable unto them to life everlasting. Through.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V. </span> Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> And let light perpetual shine upon them.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> May they rest in peace.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R. </span> Amen.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">AT EVENSONG</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Psalms with Antiphons as follows:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st Psalm (Ps. 116):</span> I will walk * before <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> lord in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> land <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> living.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2nd Psalm (Ps. 120):</span> Woe is me, O Lord, * that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3rd Psalm (Ps. 121):</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span> Lord shall preserve thee * from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">4th Psalm (Ps. 130):</span> If what is done amiss * thou wilt be extreme to mark, O Lord: O Lord, who may abide it?<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">5th Psalm (Ps. 138):</span> Despise not, * O Lord, <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> works <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> thine own hands.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st Lesson: Job 19.21-27</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R. </span>Blessed are <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">dead</span> which die in <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Lord.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Antiphon to Magnificat:</span> All * that <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> Father hath given me shall come to me: and him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2nd Lesson: 1 Thess. 4.13-end</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nun Dimittis</span> is said without antiphon.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The Apostles Creed is not said.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Then is said kneeling:</span><br /><br />Our Father, [<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> rest silently until</span>]<br />V. And lead us not into temptation.<br />R. But deliver us from evil.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> following is Psalm is not said on </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> day </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> death or burial (but is said otherwise).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">Psalm 146</span> [concluding with "<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Rest eternal</span>..."]</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> From <span id="st" name="st" class="st">the</span> gate <span id="st" name="st" class="st">of</span> hell,<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> Deliver HIS SOUL, O Lord.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V. </span> May HE rest in peace.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R. </span> Amen.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> O Lord hear my prayer.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> And let my cry come unto thee.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">V.</span> <span id="st" name="st" class="st">The</span> Lord be with you.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">R.</span> And with thy spirit.<br /><br />Let us pray.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Collect and conclusion as at Mattins.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-34360380489889236662007-08-22T15:20:00.000-05:002007-08-22T15:34:27.889-05:00obligation to say the daily office<p style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;">The following is from "The Obligation of the Clergy to Recite the Divine Office" by Thomas J. Williams, originally published in American Church Quarterly in 1930. It can be found <a href="http://anglicanhistory.org/liturgy/williams1930.html">here at Project Canterbury</a>.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">We are now faced with the contention of those who admit that the Prayer-Book Offices are of obligation for Priests and Deacons of the Church in England, by force of explicit enactment; but who claim that the failure of the American Church, in 1790, to repeat the requirement of the English Prayer-Book in explicit terms, abrogates for the clergy of the American Church the specific obligation of reciting Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, leaving us free to choose the form or rite we shall use in fulfilling our obligation as Catholic Priests to say the Divine Office. This contention is based on the argument from silence--an argument that can cut like a two edged sword, and has been known to cut both ways. It is freely granted that the revisers of 1790 did not explicitly reenact or refer directly to the requirement of the English Prayer-Book that the clergy shall recite the Divine Office each day. But the designation of the offices in the American Prayer-Book, since its first ratification in 1790, as "The Order of <i>Daily</i> Morning Prayer" and "The Order of <i>Daily</i> Evening Prayer," is to be interpreted in the light of the statement of the Preface to the American Prayer-Book, that "this Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship." The requirement of daily recitation by the clergy of the Divine Office is certainly an essential point of discipline and worship, inasmuch as all clerks in Holy Orders, of whatever Communion of the Holy Catholic Church, are obligated to such recitation. No one will deny that the clergy of the Roman Communion are under strict obligation to use the offices of the Roman, or other authorized, Breviary--and none other. It should be equally clear that all Priests and Deacons of the American Church are under obligation to say the Divine Office, as set forth in the Order of Daily Morning and Evening Prayer; and have no right to substitute for these authorized offices the Roman Breviary or the Orthodox Horologion.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It has been the practice of an almost unbroken line of Anglican clergy, from the Reformation to the present, to <i>supplement</i> the Prayer-Book Office by reciting the little hours of the old office. Such practice does not admit of question or challenge, for this has always been a matter of private devotion. Entirely different is the practice of <i>substituting</i> the entire Breviary for the Prayer-Book Office. Whatever an individual priest, or a community of priests, may find helpful as a matter of individual or community devotion, this can in no wise affect the obligation resting on every Priest and Deacon of the Anglican Rite, as such, to recite the Divine Office according to the authorized form set forth by authority--The Order of Daily Morning and Evening Prayer.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-89140751586095529482007-08-18T10:09:00.000-05:002007-08-18T11:09:02.514-05:00three questions1) Do you think (a) Episcopal and (b) Anglican clergy are under an obligation to say the Daily Office?<br /><br />2) What is the origin of putting a little cross after the name of priests and before the name of bishops?<br /><br />3) What is the origin of the clerical collar?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-55392418863862247222007-08-15T12:27:00.000-05:002007-08-16T07:48:45.319-05:004x more psychics than priests in europe<div align="justify">I tend to think of European godlessness as being part of a protracted Enlightenment: I imagine the Continent populated by innumerable Voltaires and Rousseaus. But this op-ed in the International Herald Tribune (stumbled on via Google's news leder) puts a different spin on things. Apparently interest in the occult, the paranormal, and diviniation is thriving in France and elsewhere. Some disturbing excerpts:<br /><br /><em>EU Commission research indicates that 52 percent of Europeans believe astrology has a scientific basis compared to a more skeptical United States and Britain, at about 31 percent each.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>The main French professional clairvoyance organization, INAD (Institut National des Arts Divinatoire) says some 100,000 men and women are practicing clairvoyants in France today. This is about four times the number of Roman Catholic priests. INAD estimates that about €3.2 billion are spent annually on their advice.</em><br /><em></em><br />You can read the rest of it <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/opinion/edjohnson.php?page=1">here</a>.<br /><br />I suppose this is hardly surprising. Having declared God to be unscientific, science is discovering itself to be unscientific, meaning unable to provide a ground of being explanation for the world. Why wouldn't people tend to drift back towards something--even if it's anything--that would give some semblance of purpose and meaning to their lives.</div>timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900159133427169416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-80481966473265537402007-08-08T17:00:00.000-05:002007-08-08T17:10:37.076-05:00saint augustine on 'works'<div style="text-align: justify;">Wouldest thou then have 'good days' and 'life,' and wouldest thou not 'refrain thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile'? Alert to the reward, slow to the work! And to whom if he does not work is the reward rendered? I would that in thy house thou wouldest render the reward even to him that does work! For to him that works not, I am sure thou dost not render it. And why? Because thou owest nothing to him that does not work! And God hath a reward proposed. What reward? 'Life and good days,' which life we shall desire, and unto which days we all strive to come. The promised reward He will give us. What reward? 'Life and good days.' And what are 'good days'? Life without end, rest without labour.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Great is the reward He hath set before us: in so great a reward as is set before us, let us see what He hath commanded us. For enkindled by the reward of so great a promise, and by the love of the reward, let us make ready at once our strength, our sides, our arms, to do His bidding.... So then in proper order, first 'depart from evil,' and 'do good;' first 'gird up thy loins,' and then 'light the lamp.' And when thou hast done this, wait in assured hope for 'life and good days.' 'Seek peace, and ensue it;' and then with a good face wilt thou say unto the Lord, 'I have done what Thou hast bidden, render me what Thou hast promised.'</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">(From Sermon LVIII in the Philip Schaff series)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-10353459237527810182007-08-06T20:48:00.000-05:002007-08-07T15:23:26.532-05:00there is no plain sense of scripture<div style="text-align: justify;">The notion that there is "a plain sense" of Scripture, and correlatively that Scripture alone should govern our life in Communion, is mistaken. It is belied by the existence of many thousands of Protestant denominations, all of which have their origin in disagreements over what Scripture says.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rather, as Paul told Timothy, the Church is the pillar and foundation of the Truth. The Lord gave the Apostles magisterial (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">magister</span> = teacher) and juridical authority, which they passed on to their successors, and which they passed on to their successors -- a process that will continue until the Lord returns in glory. It is the bishops of the Church, as successors of the Apostles, who have authority to interpret Scripture and promulgate doctrine (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">docere</span> = to teach).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We may, of course, interpret it too, but only within the parameters of their interpretation.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-63811372110338231912007-08-04T10:37:00.001-05:002007-08-04T13:45:20.988-05:00some thoughts on current anglican events<div style="text-align: justify;">Last week there was, in Ft. Worth, a meeting of the Anglican Communion Network. There was, and continues to be, a lot of buzz around it.<br /><br />One of the things that was manifest at the meeting is division in the orthodox camp -- between those wanting out now, and those calling for more patience.<br /><br />What do I think? I think more patience is necessary. That doesn't mean I hold out much hope for ECUSA. ECUSA's probably lost, and lost for good. I think ECUSA is rapidly being vindicated as just another liberal protestant sect, doomed to go the way of all liberal protestant bodies: declining attendance, growing irrelevance. Ironically this is a byproduct of seeking above all else to be relevant and to increase attendance by being friendly and open to anyone and anything. Barring a miracle, I believe ECUSA is doomed. It is very rich and it will be around for yet a long time. It will become high church, syncretic Unitarianism, and it will continue its sprint to the margins of coherence. Society will regard ECUSA as society regards a demented old lady: tolerated and indulged for the sake of who she once was and because she is high-born, but an irritating embarrassment to all who remain long in her company.<br /><br />So, why call for more patience from the orthodox who remain in ECUSA? Chiefly: because none of us have the authority to do what needs to be done: to create a Province of the Anglican Communion in North America that is juridically separate from ECUSA. The orthodox bishops who remain in ECUSA can't do it because they are subject to the jurisdiction of ECUSA which doesn't allow such things. This has to be done by the Primates and by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Because to be in the Anglican Communion means to be in communion with the See of Canterbury, and with the other Churches that are in communion with it.<br /><br />And this takes time. And taking time is frustrating. But what do you expect? The Anglican Communion spans the globe. There are 80 million Christians in it. It moves slowly. But a process has been set in motion that will, God willing, lead to the creation of a North American Province, outside the juridical structure of ECUSA, incontrovertibly in communion with the See of Canterbury and the other Churches of the Anglican Communion. It is outlined in the <a href="http://www.anglicancommunion.org/windsor2004/">Windsor Report</a> and the <a href="http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:U6dDKhNqqyEJ:www.anglicancommunion.org/primates/downloads/communique2007_english.pdf+%22dar+es+salaam+communique%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a">Dar es Salaam Communique</a> and Archbishop Williams' document <a href="http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/sermons_speeches/060627%20Archbishop%20-%20challenge%20and%20hope%20reflection.htm">The Challenge and Hope of Being and Anglican Today</a>.<br /><br />I understand the frustration of waiting for the Instruments of Communion to grind away while the faithful in ECUSA face inhibitions and lawsuits and various kinds of disenfranchisement. But frankly, as Christians we're called to bear witness to the truth, and we should expect that this will entail suffering. Moreover, I don't understand the the conservatives who thwart the judgment of the Instruments of Communion in their zeal for truth and purity NOW when the very basis for their critique of ECUSA is that it has thwarted the judgment of the Instruments of Communion out of love for the zeitgeist. What's the difference? If to be Anglican means to accept the doctrine and devotion of Anglicanism (and what else could it mean?), then the question becomes: who may authoritatively enunciate Anglican doctrine and set the parameters of Anglican devotion? Is it not the Instruments of Communion, and particularly the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primates, and the Lambeth Conference, since they are bishops and therefore in a special way the heirs of the Apostles?<br /><br />Behold how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity.... For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life for evermore (Psalm 133)...<br /><br />Unity is very important. SEEKING and PRESERVING unity is very important -- because it is the fruit of the Lord's commission of bearing witness to the truth. If we lose our unity, then we have ceased to drink from the fountainhead of truth. Clearly this is so for ECUSA: it bears witness to a lie, and the fruit of disunity within and without is slowly blossoming. It will take awhile for the juridical reality to catch up with the pneumatic reality; that's just the way of things in this vale of tears. But we should stick to the plan and continue to call ECUSA to stick to the plan too. I doubt they will, but ceasing to call because an authoritative judgment has not come on our time frame is disobedient and a refusal to hope. It won't go on forever, but it will go on for a season. We will know considerably more after September 30. And I imagine the shape of a definitive resolution to this mess will become clear at the Lambeth Conference.<br /><br />What can you do? You can bear witness to the truth -- proclaim the gospel -- whether you are a layman, a deacon, priest, or bishop. You can proclaim the gospel and suffer for it. Be the lone voice at Diocesan Conventions. Be the lone voice in your parish. Be disenfranchised. Suffer. "In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials.... Without having seen him, you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy. As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls... Therefore gird up your minds, be sober, set your hope fully upon the grace that is coming to you..." (1 Peter 1.6, passim).<br /><br />And pray, pray, pray. Pray for the blinded souls in ECUSA. Pray for those who persecute you. Pray for the Instruments of Communion and those with authority to ACT, that they would be given wisdom and courage to do so. They have said that they will, and they've even given us some indication of benchmarks and time frames. September 30. Lambeth '08. Wait, proclaim the truth, suffer, don't presume to have authority you don't have, and don't despair of a godly outcome because the process is not unfolding according to your will. Let the Lord guide it, and when the dust settles, and you have been purified by suffering, then take stock of our situation.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-31848256024564926522007-08-02T16:33:00.000-05:002007-08-02T16:43:31.071-05:00my favorite day at the parish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RrJPCyG7nHI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/dzCcEMVPRs4/s1600-h/OurLadyRosary.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 330px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RrJPCyG7nHI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/dzCcEMVPRs4/s320/OurLadyRosary.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094221037738630258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />My favorite day at the parish, I believe, is Wednesday. Wednesday evening the schedule looks like this, beginning at 6:00: Evening Prayer (followed by Salve Regina), Low Mass, Angelus, and finally the Rosary. We usually have a decent group turn up for it. I think the big draw is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary#The_Glorious_Mysteries">Rosary</a>. Last night we prayed the Glorious Mysteries, and indeed they are glorious. Its a refreshing way to spend an evening.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-39689973397301531882007-07-30T23:05:00.001-05:002007-07-30T23:17:30.544-05:00the moral compass<a href="http://newsinitiative.org/ucb/moral-compass">step right up and spin the wheel.</a> See how the Episcopalians measure up.<br /><br />I recommend <a href="http://newsinitiative.org/ucb/">exploring the website</a>. Some interesting stuff here about the presence of religion in the virtual world.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347789123483096164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-13987009971722502492007-07-30T22:54:00.000-05:002007-07-30T22:55:21.033-05:00bp. duncan expresses despair at network meeting<div align="justify">"God, in His wisdom, has not used us to reform The Episcopal Church, to bring it back to its historic role and identity as a reliable and mainstream way to be a Christian. Instead The Episcopal Church has embraced de-formation – stunning innovation in Faith and Order – rather than reformation," Duncan stated.</div><br /><a href="http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070730/28681_Conservative_Anglicans_Losing_Hope_in_Episcopal_Church.htm">Read it all.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347789123483096164noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-40965334072529700312007-07-30T22:48:00.000-05:002007-07-30T22:50:26.633-05:00the vatican goes high-tech<div align="justify">VIENNA, Austria - Organizers of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Austria next month are offering the faithful a foretaste: daily cell phone text messages with quotes from the pontiff. </div><div align="justify"><br />The Archdiocese of Vienna said the service, which began Sunday and will continue through the pope's Sept. 7-9 visit, will provide free excerpts of his sermons, blessings and writings.</div><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070731/ap_on_re_eu/austria_papal_messages;_ylt=Ah7Db8pOLmA4JgmhomUbcEl0bBAF"><em>Read it all from Yahoo News.</em></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347789123483096164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-2123626327361822382007-07-30T21:25:00.001-05:002007-07-30T22:36:40.578-05:00church of what's happening now<div align="justify"><a href="http://disciples.org/ga/statusofbusiness/">Here's a list </a>of the resolutions that passed at the recent Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) national Convention. There are several that mention <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0730/">abortion</a>: the DoC have been pro-choice since the very moment of Roe vs. Wade. Note the <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0717/">resolution against overweight clergy </a>(perhaps they'd save even more money on the church health insurance plan if they cracked down on smoking clergy, and elderly clergy, and clergy with really fast sports cars), the <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0716/">affirmative action resolution</a> for racial representation among clergy (does proportional representation make St. Paul's list of qualifications in I Timothy?), the<a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0720/"> resolution restoring our connection with our food </a>through participation in local farming initiatives, <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0721/">resolutions against torture</a>, for <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0724/">universal children's health insurance</a>, <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0726/">against big tobacco</a>, <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0729/">supporting all immigration</a>, and of course the obligitory <a href="http://disciples.org/ga/resolutions/0728/">anti-Iraq-war</a> resolution.</div><br />Several things worry me about this list:<br /><div align="justify">1. Most of these resolutions are toothless, in that they don't contain provisions about funding or delegations of responsibility to make sure this stuff gets done. A DoC pastor friend of mine who was there described them as 'feel good resolutions'. The Episcopal Church is very good about following up its resolutions with concrete action - however, I'm not sure if that makes me more or less worried about our own convention's actions. </div><br /><div align="justify">2. Most of these resolutions are chock full of statistics and policy suggestions and the latest findings of science and culture, but they're thin on bible and theology; granted, in the DoC, most of that spadework has already been done and can be assumed; but I worry that church conventions are now expected to be more activist than reflective, more political than theological. TEC definitely suffered from the same malady in the Summer of 06. This whole grab for political relevance smacks of temptation to me. When Jesus had a chance to comment on the hot issues of His day, He said, "Render unto Ceasar the things that are Ceasar's, and unto God the things that are God's." and "My kingdom is not of this world." It was a sidestep, an attempt to refocus our minds on God rather than on today's issues. Church conventions ought to keep that example in mind. And after all, oughtn't there to be at least ONE place in our world where we set aside the divisive concerns of our temporal world and live together as citizens of an heavenly city? </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347789123483096164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-28621188536047136162007-07-30T21:07:00.000-05:002007-07-30T21:23:50.690-05:00faith and order anniversary<div align="justify">... church historian and Lutheran pastor Dr. Martin Marty, professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, summarized the many ecumenical accomplishments of the Faith and Order movement in the last 50 years. He cited advances such as mergers of denominational variations into united churches; the development of various state, national and world councils of churches; the number of full-communion agreements; and theological breakthroughs such as the signing of the <a href="http://www.lutheranworld.org/Special_Events/LWF-Special_Events-Justification.html" target="_blank">Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification</a> by the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation.</div><div align="justify"><br />At the same time, Marty counseled against minimizing the difficulties the movement still faces. These difficulties are not so much in the area of faith, he observed, which operates in the area of mystery, depth and amplitude but is hard to define. Rather, the "sticking points" have to do with sexual issues and authority issues, he said. These still remain communion-dividing issues within and among the churches and keep Christians from sharing the common Eucharist.</div><br /><div align="justify"><em><a href="http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_88362_ENG_HTM.htm">Read the whole thing here.</a> Faith and Order has always been the theological side of the modern ecumenical movement. Dr. Marty contends the thorniest theological disagreements have been either solved or made moot, issues such as baptism, the presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and liturgical differences. Only ecclesiological and social issues remain. What do you Whitehallians think? Has Faith and Order brought us substantive change, or are its accomplishments, such as the influential </em><a href="http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=2638"><em>Lima statement from 1982</em></a><em>, merely an illusion, with real differences hiding behind vague language? What is the best measure of success in the ecumenical effort -- agreed statements and signed concordats, or common work and worship, or something else?</em> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00347789123483096164noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-58356852481516314522007-07-30T17:28:00.000-05:002007-07-30T17:32:46.314-05:00ingmar bergman has died<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/Rq5myCG7nGI/AAAAAAAAAJs/7TDoWqT81oY/s1600-h/bergman1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/Rq5myCG7nGI/AAAAAAAAAJs/7TDoWqT81oY/s320/bergman1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093121238348045410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/movies/30cnd-bergman.html?hp">Read about it here</a>. I appreciate Bergman. His films resonate. I worry that he never saw the light, though I think Fr Kimel has disagreed with me on this point.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-40991271840309504102007-07-28T18:21:00.000-05:002007-07-28T18:24:03.376-05:00a word of hope from saint augustine<div style="text-align: justify;">The city which has given us birth according to the flesh still abides, God be thanked. O that it may receive a spiritual birth, and together with us pass over unto eternity! If the city which has given us birth according to the flesh abide not, yet that which has given us birth according to the Spirit abides for ever."The Lord does build up Jerusalem." Has He by sleeping brought His building to ruin, or by not keeping it, let the enemy into it? "Except the Lord keep the city, he that keeps it wakes but in vain." And what "city"? "He that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep." What is Israel, but the seed of Abraham? What the seed of Abraham, but Christ? "And to your seed," he says, "which is Christ." And to us what says he? "But you are Christ's, therefore Abraham's seed, heirs according to the promise." "In your seed," says He, "shall all nations be blessed." The holy city, the faithful city, the city on earth a sojourner, has its foundation in heaven. O faithful one, do not corrupt your hope, do not lose your charity,"gird up your loins," light, and hold out your lamps before you; "wait for the Lord, when He will return from the wedding." Why are you alarmed, because the kingdoms of the earth are perishing? Therefore has a heavenly kingdom been promised you, that you might not perish with the kingdoms of the earth. For it was foretold, foretold distinctly, that they should perish. For we cannot deny that it was foretold. Your Lord for whom you are waiting, has told you,"Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." The kingdoms of the earth have their changes; He will come of whom it is said, "and of His kingdom there shall be no end."<br /><br />(From Sermon 55, on Luke 11)<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-57302481838116223082007-07-24T15:27:00.000-05:002007-07-24T15:28:57.501-05:00another picture from the st. michael's conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RqZg8SG7nFI/AAAAAAAAAJk/j1geVBFIfxQ/s1600-h/100_2646_jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RqZg8SG7nFI/AAAAAAAAAJk/j1geVBFIfxQ/s320/100_2646_jpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090863017558252626" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-52919225812405621912007-07-24T14:45:00.000-05:002007-07-24T14:50:45.464-05:00father peter toon on what's most likely to happen<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sadly, I have to say I agree that this seems the most likely scenario:</span><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6380" title="As things stand">As things stand</a> in July 2007, the scenario, in my view, that is most likely to happen in the USA is not that there will be the old PECUSA (as a Unitarian Liturgical Church) doing its own thing on its own, and a new "orthodox" Province in the USA, part of a 38 member Global Anglican Communion, proclaiming orthodoxy alongside the degraded old PECUSA. A more likely scenario will be that the old PECUSA continues with a few (by comparison with the liberal majority) conservative dioceses; that several African Provinces have dioceses or networks in the USA (overlapping each other and sometimes competing one with another), that there are all kinds of associations and links of parishes with other overseas bishops; that the number of small jurisdictions of continuing Anglicans of one kind or another continues and increases, even as a few of them unite with one another; and that an increasing number of Anglicans in frustration either cease to be church goers (as happened in a massive way in the 1970s with the introduction of the new liturgies and women priests) or go to Rome or Orthodox or various forms of Protestantism-especially interdenominational churches. To create a new Province in the USA will be exceptionally difficult for it will need in the USA powerful (but rarely experienced) centripetal forces and from overseas all kinds of diplomatic, theological and constitutional help and advice. And the wrath of the old PECUSA will work to make it not happen!<br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/4570/">From here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">. If this is indeed the way things ago, as seems to me most likely, I think Anglicanism will have been vindicated as just another protestant denomination and perhaps it will be time to disband and join other families. A depressing thought. In the meantime, buckle down where you are, and proclaim the Gospel.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-2120396845976090992007-07-20T22:14:00.000-05:002007-07-20T22:32:01.709-05:00catholicity -- part one: the primitive unity<span style="font-style: italic;">The following was first published in 1947. It is from:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Catholicity<span style="font-style: italic;">:<br /><br />A Study in the Conflict of Christian Traditions in the West<br /><br />being a Report presented to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury</span><br /><br />E.S. Abbott<br />H.J. Carpenter<br />V.A. Demant<br />Gregory Dix<br />T.S. Eliot<br />A.M. Farrer<br />F.W. Green<br />A.G. Herbert<br />R.C. Mortimer<br />A.M. Ramsey<br />A. Reeves<br />C.H. Smyth<br />The Bishop of Southampton<br />L.S. Thornton<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Part I, Section 1<br /><br />It is inevitable that in trying to understand the problems which arise from our divisions we should look back to the primitive unity created by our Lord, and ask what sort of unity this was. It consisted no only in unity of organization or in the promise of a world-wide universality, nor yet in the bond of charity: it consisted rather in a whole <span style="font-style: italic;">via vitae</span> which included belief, worship and morals. It is often remembered that in the seventeenth chapter of St. John our Lord prayed for the unity of His disciples: it is sometimes forgotten, however, in our modern discussions that this prayer for their unity was linked with His prayer for their sanctification in the truth: 'Sanctify them in Thy truth; Thy word is truth'. The unity of Christians, coming as it does from the unity of the Father and the Son, is interwoven with their sanctification in the truth which our Lord delivers.<br /><br />The unity, in all its aspects, has sprung directly out of the entrance of God into human history in the eschatological event of Redemption. This event includes the age-long preparation of Israel for the Messiah. It has its centre in His birth, life, death and resurrection. It includes no less the church which is His Body, and the Spirit who through this Body brings tinto the world the powers of the age to come. It is vital in our believe that the Church is a part of the eschatological event, and a Divine fact. For the essence of the Church is our Lord, who is both the summing-up of the old Israel, and the head of the new Israel. Thus the members of the church do not constitute the unity themselves: rather they are brought into a unity which is there already. In the words of Archbishop Frederick Temple:<br /><br />'Men speak as if Christians came first and the Church after: as if the origin of the Church was in the wills of the individuals who composed it. But, on the contrary, throughout the teaching of the Apostles, we see it is the Church that comes first, and the members of it afterwards.... In the New testament... the Kingdom of Heave is already in existence, and men are invited into it. The Church takes its origin, not in the will of man, but in the will of the Lord Jesus Christ.... Everywhere men are called int: they do not come in and make the Church by coming. They are called into that which already exists: they are recognized as members when they are within; but their membership depends on their admission, and not upon their constituting themselves into a body in the sight of the Lord'.<br /><br />(from the Sermon: <span style="font-style: italic;">Catholicity and Individualism</span>, preached at the consecration of Truro Cathedral.)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">To be continued.... Comments so far?</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-33954021385385956742007-07-20T16:08:00.001-05:002007-07-20T16:11:09.813-05:00iran arrests 14 squirrels on charges of espionage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RqEkdccxrTI/AAAAAAAAAJc/F1gGN_t71kU/s1600-h/287056507_56fb01ed0b_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RqEkdccxrTI/AAAAAAAAAJc/F1gGN_t71kU/s200/287056507_56fb01ed0b_m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089389142177066290" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">You can tell that Iran is feeling a little beleaguered these days when there are reports that Tehran may be under attack from rodents!</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">That is what the official <a target="_blank" href="http://www2.irna.ir/en/frontpage/menu-232/">Islamic Republic News Agency </a>reported this week, that police had, ahem, "arrested" 14 squirrels on charges of espionage. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The rodents were found near the Iranian border, allegedly equipped with eavesdropping devices, according to IRNA. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When asked to confirm the story, Esmaeel Ahmadi Moghadam, the national police chief, said, "I have heard about it, but I do not have precise information." He declined to give any more details</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">IRNA said that the squirrels were discovered by foreign intelligence services – but were captured by police officers several weeks ago.</p><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/20/280529.aspx">Read it all here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-16363024694514581522007-07-19T15:16:00.000-05:002007-07-19T15:19:45.732-05:00from j.m. neale's translation of the sarum diurnalAt Matins bound, at Prime reviled, condemned to death at Tierce;<br />Nailed to the Cross at Sexts; at Nones his blessed side they pierce;<br />They take him down at Vesper-tide, in grave at Compline lay;<br />Who henceforth bids his Church observe these seven hours alway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-69894115905126591672007-07-17T13:55:00.000-05:002007-07-17T14:05:08.805-05:00convenient truthA new Anglo-Papist blogger, Jeffrey at <a href="http://omnibussanctis.wordpress.com/">Omnibus Sanctis</a>. Check out his sage commentary on the <a href="http://omnibussanctis.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/the-convenient-truth-behind-the-mp/#comment-9">motu proprio</a>.timothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11900159133427169416noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-73372860779201117302007-07-15T07:32:00.001-05:002007-07-15T07:34:41.165-05:00just because.... part 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RpoUHccxrSI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/ckgSDda5SGs/s1600-h/25-rokt.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_JLtNYy2DSvQ/RpoUHccxrSI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/ckgSDda5SGs/s320/25-rokt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087400847196925218" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0