No thought for the morrow: St. Benedict Joseph Labre
Very few of us would be moved to emulate St. Benedict Joseph Labre's life. Even his biographer found it too extreme to propose for imitation.
A Great Cloud of Witnesses—a step forward
The Calendar Subcommittee of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music has published a report on its continuing work on the calendar. It is to be commended for its efforts. But what ongoing recommendations do I have?
Mary’s yes to God
While among Christians Jesus has escaped his detractors, his mother still carries the weight of human detraction, or perhaps worse still types of adoration that rob her of her humanity.
Dead and gone?
Our concept of communion with the departed is anchored in our theology of Baptism. Baptism begins eternal life.
Eucharistic agreement
I have some sympathy with Derek Olsen, who bemoaned the fact that while the 1979 Book of Common Prayer seemed to move the Episcopal Church in a more Catholic direction, in practice it did no such thing.
Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
How worship with the saints reflects to us the image of God
Re-thinking Charles the Martyr
Whatever it is, it is anti-puritanical. It is against the simplistic modern legal precisions (both Catholic and Protestant) and their tendency to sever the good and the beautiful from the true.
Toward Convention III: celebrating the saints
In the 1990s, the liturgical calendar began to become a political football.