Celebrating the Book of Common Prayer since 1986
Salvation does not merely come to individuals… The Father seeks to redeem and restore the whole creation, which groans for the good working of His grace—just as in the beginning it was the whole creation, taken together, that God exalted as ‘very good’…
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Our Gospel brings us a compelling picture of the mission of the Church, drawing all men to Christ in common obedience to his word. There is a beautiful and unexpected joy in the miraculous draught…
Read moreOne of the most difficult challenges to our faith is our apprehension and acceptance of the sheer scale of God’s goodness towards us…
Read moreThe Word of God, by Whom the world was made, comes to us, moved by the Father’s goodness, so that in His incarnate body He may confront death, and thereby change it…
Read moreHe says, “Love ye your enemies, and do good, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” But we find it hard to love our family and friends, let alone our enemies!
Read moreThat ‘father of lies’, whose program of rebellion and falsehood has opposed our race from the beginning, tempting Eve with vain words in the garden, continues to advance his cause of an anti-God world governed only by its own godlessness…
Read moreThe Sunday Scripture readings for the first part of this Trinity season challenge us with a patient and faithful consideration of our human condition in all of its mortal and sinful frailty. This is by nature counter-intuitive for us, as we face a world bent on independence and self-promotion…
Read moreI often think that this sentence should be written above every altar: “This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them.” That is the Gospel Word, and that is the Gospel sacrament. That is the good news for you and me today…
Read moreIt is an unattractive idea that we should be in a continual process of growing up into our faith, and that our progress toward a glorified Christian life is in continual need of help and guidance…
Read moreOur lessons today carry on directly from last Sunday, with the theme of our growth into our Christian life and calling: we hear more from St. John’s first epistle about the way of charity, and Jesus illustrates more of the worldly impediments to that way in the parable of the dinner guests…
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