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Text: Mark 7:31-37 As humans, we rely heavily on our sight. While all of our five senses are important, sight is the one we use the most. Everything about typical human society is geared toward visual stimulus. It’s no wonder that most people would rather lose their hearing than their sight. Medical professionals, however,…
Text: Luke 18:9-14 An interesting thought experiment is to consider what it would be like to meet someone unexpected in heaven. Take, for example, a scene from Dante’s Purgatorio, the second volume of his Divine Comedy. In Dante’s 14th Century epic poem, the Roman Poet, Virgil, guides Dante through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In the…
A Mini-Study of The Holy Trinity Part 1/2 An Overview of the Biblical Doctrine Presented to the Women’s Bible Study on 08/10/2018 Fr. Isaac Rehberg
Editor’s Note: this piece was originally written by Fr. Isaac in 2014 for The Epistle, our in-parish newsletter. “Thou tellest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are not these things noted in thy book?” -Psalm 56:8 One of my favorite preachers is fond of saying that when you talk to any ten people,…
The Seven Ecumenical Councils Lesson 6 – the Second Ecumenical Council The First Council of Constantinople
Dcn. Andrew Brashier and Jesse Nigro continue discussing the essentials of the faith in Paul Elmer More’s essay, “The Spirit of Anglicanism”, where Jesse and Fr. Isaac left off last week. powered by podcast garden Previous episodes can be found at the North American Anglican website. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or other podcast…
Hymn: “Ales diei nuncius” #56 (Tuesday Morning Hymn) in Neale’s “The Hymnal Noted” Psalms: 35-36 OT Lesson: 1 Samuel 14:23-end NT Lesson: 1 Corinthians 13 Homily Text: “The Second Part of the Sermon of the Misery of Man” from the 1st Book of Homilies, 1547
Text: Luke 19:41-48 One of the more popular 17th Century English writings on the priesthood is The Country Parson by poet and priest George Herbert. This was his only prose work, in which he offers practical advice to rural clergy. It’s a well-beloved book that is often read by seminarians to this day. Most folks,…