"The Mass is the moment when heaven and earth are united.” - St. Francis of Assisi

I’m with Thomas Cranmer—Psalm 95 is the best opening Psalm to enter God’s presence & preparation to hear the Word

To open one's eyes each morning to the grace, mercy, and rule of our Lord Jesus Christ gives a peace that surpasses all understanding. #Christianity

C. S. Lewis was an English Anglican who came to Christianity through reason, not emotion. He fought in the First World War and spoke with the seriousness of someone who had seen real life and real death. His conversion began in deep discussions with Tolkien at Oxford, and from

“When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nakedly to the imageless truth of God.” — Austin Farrer

I've published a new essay picking up a thread I'd left untied in a previous piece: The religious shape of trades apprenticeships.

A real honour to have been published by correspondenceTheory. It's also a first for me. I admire what Correspondence Theory is attempting to achieve, and recommend that anyone interested in pursuing truth gives that account a follow and some support. My hope is that some kind of truth

It’s not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting, but it has been found difficult and left untried

My favorite part of the Litany, which In many ways, serves as a worthy mission statement for any Christian church.

From Psalm 145, courtesy of Parish Prayer: parishprayer.org/f/Oct30-mp.html

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which thou hast

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Big difference between a shepherd and a scholar. 🐑📚 One guides the flock through storms; the other debates the weather in ivory towers. #remember #RECACNA #InspirationalQuotes ⚓️

Before the ending of the day, Creator of the world, we pray That with Thy wonted favor, Thou Wouldst be our guard and keeper now. From all ill dreams defend our sight, From fears and terrors of the night; Withhold from us our ghostly foe, That spot of sin we may not know. O

GIVE us light in the night season, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and grant that our rest may be without sin, and our waking to Thy service; that we may come in peace and safety to the waking of the great day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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A General Thanksgiving. Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and lovingkindness to us, and to all men; [* particularly to those who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings

“My endeavor is to bring out of Scripture what is there, and not to thrust in what I think might be there.” — Charles Simeon

“The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without; yet its foundation is Jesus Christ.” — Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury (1904–1988)