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Let all the trees of the forest sing a glad hymn

This is a day of joy! At Christ’s Resurrection death disappeared, and life was seen in all its splendour. Adam, who rises again, exults with joy. Let us, therefore, rejoice and sing our hymn of triumph. The day for the adoration of the precious Cross has arrived. Come, all ye faithful! It is exposed beforeContinue reading “Let all the trees of the forest sing a glad hymn”

18 weeks of morning and evening prayers. At 11 point font, they will fit on two pages of a legal-sized bulletin (8.5×14). They are drawn from the Lutheran Book of Prayer, the Book of Common Prayer, Habermann’s prayerbook, some orthodox prayer books, some of Frank Colquhoun’s books on prayer, the Psalms. All in public domain or within usage guidelines. Weeks 1-14 are fairly general prayers. After 14, they are lettered A-D are tied more closely to the church year, beginning at the end of the church year through Advent 1 (one-year lectionary).

Into the Darkest Hour

It was a time like this,War & tumult of war,a horror in the air.Hungry yawned the abyss-and yet there came the starand the child most wonderfully there. It was time like thisof fear & lust for power,license & greed and blight-and yet the Prince of blisscame into the darkest hourin quiet & silent light. AndContinue reading “Into the Darkest Hour”

Tractarians on Advent

The name Advent, which means Coming, is given to the four Sundays immediately before Christmas Day, the feast which celebrates our Lord’s coming in the flesh to suffer for us. This season, then, is set apart by the Church, in accordance with ancient and venerable usage, in the first place, to prepare the minds ofContinue reading “Tractarians on Advent”

Consumerism is a restless spirit that is never content with any particular material thing. In this sense, consumerism has some affinities with Christian asceticism, which counsels a certain detachment from material things. The difference is that, in consumerism, detachment continually moves us from one product to another, whereas in Christian life, asceticism is a meansContinue reading

The Journey of the Church into the Dimension of the Kingdom

The liturgy of the Eucharist is best understood as a journey or procession. It is the journey of the Church into the dimension of the Kingdom. We use the word ‘dimension’ because it seems the best way to indicate the manner of our sacramental entrance into the risen life of Christ. Color transparencies ‘come alive’Continue reading “The Journey of the Church into the Dimension of the Kingdom”