From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965) By H. Boone Porter Jr. Edited and introduced by Richard J. Mammana, Jr. The following essay by Harry Boone Porter Jr. (1923-99) was first published in The Anglican, Lent 1965, pp. 3-6 and distributed sepa... Read More...
From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist By John Deepak Sundara As I grew up, it was fairly common to hear the Summary of the Law, right after the Collect for Purity, at the very beginning of the Holy Eucharist. It says: Hear what our Lord Jesus ... Read More...
Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments By Jean McCurdy Meade The founders of the monastic movements of the Middle Ages often used the metaphor of a monastery or convent as an enclosure from the world in which God could reveal a ladder to and from heaven, with angels ascending and descending upon... Read More...
God Bless America, God Save the King By Steve Rice Reminders of the British Monarchy are all around me. I was born and raised in South Carolina and live in North Carolina. The Carolinas are former colonies founded by and named after Charles II ... Read More...
Is There Any Salvation Inside the Church? By Leander Harding St. Cyprian’s dictum (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, or there is no salvation outside the church), is now in danger of being turned on its head. Does anyone think the church is in any way es... Read More...
The Body of Christ in the Tomb of Christ By Molly Jane Layton The phone read 4:15 a.m. as my alarm roused me from a light sleep. My worry about not hearing it was unfounded; excitement for the morning’s events kept me from slumbering too deeply. Clumsily juggling my phone flashlight and my toothbr... Read More...
Lent Is Preparation for the Great Vigil of Easter By Daniel Martins While the season of Lent is multifaceted, it can never be fully or properly understood apart from its connection to the sacrament of baptism. Its deepest roots are in its role as a final pr... Read More...
Sunday Liturgy Without A Priest: Part Two (Morning Prayer and Antecommunion) By Drew Nathaniel Keane As increasing numbers of parishes are left without the services of a priest, decisions about how to celebrate the liturgy on Sundays loom ahead. Part one of this series considered and... Read More...
