Old Books. For Formularies RAG.

The Formularies: A Rookie Anglican Guide

Posted on January 18, 2025
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The Anglican Formularies are the Thirty-Nine Articles, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Ordinal (the service for ordaining clergy). A strong case can be made that the Books of Homilies also serve this function. The Formularies provide both cohesiveness and clarity to the Church’s doctrine.

Jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween and the Victory of Christ.

Halloween and the Victory of Christ

Posted on October 26, 2024
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Halloween assures us of the ultimate comfort in our times of darkness. Taken together with the rest of Allhallowtide, it tells us that, though Satanโ€™s forces still rage against us and this worldโ€™s ills plague our frail bodies and minds, Christ preserves his people from generation to generation.

Praying with Open Hands and Bible. For Lectio Divina RAG.

What is Lectio Divina?

Posted on September 17, 2024
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How do we read Scripture? What happens when we sit down with our Bibles and begin to pore over the wisdom God has given us through its ancient authors? In our rationalistic world, we often find it easy to study the Bible but not as easy to meditate upon and absorb it. We’re tempted to…

Praying Man with Clock Overlay. For How (Not) to Make a Rule of Life.

A Rule of Life: What It Is and How to Make One

Posted on August 31, 2024
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What is a Rule of Life? Monks living in community live by a common Rule. Benedictine monks, for instance, live by the Rule of St. Benedict. The Rule governs every element of a monkโ€™s life: when they sleep, work, pray, and eat, as well as how they work out community issues, etc. Oblates of monasteriesโ€”lay…

Communion For Children: A Rookie Anglican Guide to Paedocommunion

Communion for Children: A Rookie Anglican Guide to Paedocommunion

Posted on July 31, 2024
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If you are new to the Anglican way, you might be surprised to see children, including toddlers and even babies, receive Communion. This ancient practice, called paedo-communion, has always been practiced in the Eastern Church but was only recently rediscovered and reincorporated in the West. It offers great spiritual benefit not only to the children who…

Morning Prayer - Rookie Anglican Guide

Morning Prayer: A Rookie Anglican Guide

Posted on July 25, 2024
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It’s very easy to wake up in the morning, get dressed, have a cup of coffee while we check the latest news, and immediately jump into our day. We often check our emails before we check in with our souls. What would happen if, instead, we started our day in praise and thanksgiving to God?…

Martyrdom of St Alban illumination

St. Alban: First Martyr of Britain

Posted on June 20, 2024
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Alban stands as a reminder of the radical change God can bring about in a personโ€™s life and the way he may use even the most ordinary among us in a brief time.