Bishop Steven Lopes on Amoris Laetitia
The Wedding Feast at Cana (1563), by Paolo Veronese If you have not already dined on the cuisine that is Bishop Lope's statement on Amoris Laetitia , and you are not fed up with the whole issue, make the time to engage His Excellency's thoroughly refreshing commentary. https://ordinariate.net/letters-and-statements His Excellency's statement is clear, precise, deep and charitable. It goes without saying that it is orthodox. It is beautiful. A treasure to be shared. + + + An excerpt: The Experience of the Ordinariate Lex orandi, lex credendi — as we worship, so we believe. Those formed in the traditions and rich spiritual heritage of English Christianity well know that liturgy functions as a guide for belief. In the “Divine Worship: Order of Solemnization of Holy Matrimony,” marriage is understood covenantally, as evidenced by the “Nuptial Blessing”: “Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in thy Name: that...