Church Militant, Expectant, and Triumphant

March 8th, 2022 by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC From The American Conservative: America’s youth are leaving churches in droves. One in four young adults choose “unaffiliated” when asked about their religion, according to a 2012 Public Religion Research Institute poll, and 55 percent of those unaffiliated youth once had a religious identification…

Our readings for Trinity 11 –  can you see the connection with last weeks readings?   The Collect: O GOD, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and…

Trinity V      July 1, 2018 Stand     Processional:  Hymnal  539(2) Kneel     Collect for Purity:  BCP 67 Introit    Missal (Priest) The Decalogue:  BCP 68 Collect for the Day:  BCP 195 Sit           Psalm 63:  BCP 414 Sit           Epistle:   1 ST. PETER  III:  8  BCP 195 Stand     Gradual:  Hymnal 564 Gospel:  ST. LUKE   V:  1  BCP 196 Nicene Creed:…

OBSERVATIONS ON NEW TESTAMENT ILLUSIONS, CONTEMPORARY OBJECTIONS, AND COMMON BELIEFS/PRACTICES SURROUNDING THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The Rev’d. Allen Fisher On Viewing the Blessed Virgin Rightly For a time, Evangelical Protestants, even some post-Vatican II Roman Catholics, have downplayed the role of Mary and shied away from giving her any place in personal spiritual practices (at…

May 3rd, 2022 by The Most Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC On the eve of the Great and Holy Council of the Eastern Orthodox in June 2016, the first general meeting of the majority of Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs and hierarchs in many centuries, it should be beneficial take a moment and reflect upon what the…