WE HAVE COME the Season of Advent. The great themes are all here: the incarnation, darkness and light, the second coming, and judgment among other things. The Collect for the First Sunday of Advent points to these themes: "Almighty God, give us grace...

I HAVE HAD the supreme privilege to be present when miracles happen. No, I'm not talking about the impressive Benny-Hinn-esque miracles, but I'm talking about the miracles of an everyday nature. These miracles are so obscure, so small that if you...

(Image is from here. This is not the Youth Room at St. John's -- it is the Youth Room of my dreams!) ON SATURDAY, WE had a "Touch of Silence", which is really a Parish Quiet (Half) Day. It was facilitated by the Centering Prayer group at St. John's...

HERE IS A LOVELY sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury on All Saint's at one of the bastions of Anglo-Catholicism: All Saints, Margret Street. A few favorite lines that will spurn much meditation of the next few days: "The second thing is of...

(Note: This is a video of the Sarum Mass, which was indigenous to England before the Roman Rite began to be widely practiced. The video begins with the Sanctus, then there is the consecration of the elements and the elevations (3:40-5:20), followed by...