Friday, December 25, 2009

A Christmas Gem

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This is one of my Christmas favorites, from the 1959 cantata Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Here's the text (the first verse is anonym...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

O Emmanuel

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… and finally: O Emmanuel, our King and our Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations and their Salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our God. ...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

O Rex Gentium

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The penultimate of the Great O Antiphons: O King of the nations, and their Desire, you are the cornerstone who makes us both one: Come ...
Monday, December 21, 2009

O Oriens

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And now we come to number five of seven: O Dayspring, brightness of light eternal, and Sun of Righeousness: Come and enlighten those ...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

O Clavis David

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The fourth of the seven Big O’s: O Key of David, and Scepter of the house of Israel, you open and no one can shut, you shut and no one ...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

O Radix Jesse

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Great O Antiphon number three: O Root of Jesse, you stand as an ensign to the peoples, before you kings will shut their mouths, and na...
Friday, December 18, 2009

O Adonai

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The second of the Great O Antiphons: O Adonai, and Ruler of the house of Israel, you appeared in the bush to Moses in a flame of fire, ...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

O Sapientia

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Today marks what we might think of as the “home stretch” of the season of Advent, the final run-up to Christmas. It’s the day when, in the g...
Sunday, December 06, 2009

And the Beat Goes On

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The news is barely more than a day old and I already feel like I'm Johnny-come-lately by weighing in even now. I'm not sure I have a...
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Saturday, December 05, 2009

A Question for Debate

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RESOLVED: "Anglicanism is the least religious religion." From here . Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

On the Importance of Small Stuff

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A sign in the sacristy of a church I once served in says, “Don’t sweat the small stuff. And it’s all small stuff.” True enough, I think, w...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The Episcopal Church Welcomes You

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The shield is cockeyed, which is a relatively recent development, but otherwise it hasn’t changed in decades. I was familiar with it long ...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth

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For a number of reasons which I am not going to rehearse here (but which are, I hope, abundantly clear if you know me at all, or care to sur...
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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Adventures in Ecclesiology, Part III: The Visibility of the Church

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From time to time I run across a book, or a TV “infomercial, suggesting that the health of one particular organ or organ system within the h...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Loving the Saints

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This essay was written for, and now appears in, the November 1 issue of The Living Church . I don’t know precisely where “All Saints” ranks ...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

On the "Patrimony" of Anglicanism

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Brother Stephen is a (Roman Catholic) Trappist monk who is a former Anglican (of the Anglo-Catholic stripe). I posted this link to my Faceb...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Adventures in Ecclesiology, Part II: The Priority of the Church

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Systematic Theology is the discipline of taking that which Christians believe and teach (or, in any case, that which any given systematic th...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Check Out My Parish's Redesigned Website

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We've just gone live with St Anne's Website 3.0 (it now appears among my links on the sidebar). I can't take any credit for it;...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

A New Bridge Across the Tiber?

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I feel almost obligated to say something about a “breaking” Anglican story, if for no other reason than that it has shown up on the CNN cra...
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