A Treasure To Be Shared

Anglican representatives in Rome for the beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV Probably the greatest tragedy of the (Anglican) church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture instead of developing a Christian counter-culture. John Stott The recent election of Cherry Vann to the See of Wales presents yet another challenge to Anglican unity. The Church of Nigeria, Anglican, has cut all ties with the Church of Wales over the Vann decision. Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac You can go your own way Go your own way You can call it Another lonely day You can go your own way Go your own way Last gasp? 75% of the Anglican Communion rejects the direction taken in the last four decades by the Church of England, the Episcopal Church of America, and the Anglican Church of Canada. The Anglican Communion is rent from head to toe and is gasping for air. St Matthew 7:16-20 The Anglican Communion began its drift into conformity w...

If ever there was a master stroke of the Holy Spirit writ plain for Catholics to see, it was the establishment of the Personal Ordinariates during the pontificate of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Is that a plausible claim?  Let's look at what is being  accomplished through the personal ordinariates established by the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus . A realized ecumenism. The most effective means so far by which entire groups as well as individuals are being received into the Church.  What is the significance of this new missal to the Ordinariates and the Catholic Church? Msgr. Steenson: This is historic. This is the first time in the history of the Catholic Church that the liturgical texts of a separated Christian community have been brought back into the life of the Church of Rome. This (Ordinariate) missal is now recognized by the Church as standing side by side with the Roman Missal. Dr. Brand: This missal is the fruit of receptive and realized ecumenis...

An excerpt from an article that recently appeared in the inbox. The excerpt from Dom Alcuin's 2014 presentation affirms the fundamental orientation needed for an effective and authentic renewal in the Church. We are blessed in the Ordinariates, established by the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, to be able to honour with enthusiasm and dedication the renewal sought by the Fathers of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. In Divine Worship, the Mass of the Ordinariate, we are blessed with an abundance of riches, of poetry - signs or gestures and spoken prayers, music - that corroborate the sage perspective expressed in the following excerpt. - - - Elements of the New Liturgical Movement Dom Alcuin Reid St Mary’s Norwalk, CT & Holy Innocents’, New York June 2014 [Highlights and comments added by blog editor] Let us begin with Cardinal Ratzinger’s 1997 assertion that: The Church stands and falls with the Liturgy. When the adoration of the divine Trinity declines, whe...

Anglicanism Refocused - an excerpt from An Unofficial Ordinariate Primer The Oxford Movement encouraged a recovery of the beauty of (Anglican) worship in the external forms of liturgical ceremonies, vestments, and music. It led to a renewed appreciation for (Anglicanism's) catholic heritage and tradition, the importance of the apostolic ministry and the sacraments, the recovery of Anglican spiritual life, the revival of monastic life in the Anglican Communion, and appreciation for the ancient doctrines, discipline, and devotional practices of the church. If one peruses the Tracts for The Times , one will find in the Advertisement introduction to the Tracts an almost if not entirely prophetic riff that hints at where Newman knew he himself had to go, even while, during the period of the Tracts that were composed between 1833 to 1841, he was hoping for a full recovery of Anglicanism's Catholic foundation. There are zealous sons and servants of her (Anglican) English branch, who ...

https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1236?lang=en In Search of a Liturgical Patrimony: Anglicanism, Gallicanism & Tridentinism A la recherche d’un patrimoine liturgique: anglicanisme, gallicanisme et tridentinisme Peter M. Doll Published in Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, XXII-1 | 2017 French Journal of British Studies ABSTRACT In common with other churches of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, the Church of England identified its own worship with that of the ancient Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and of the early Church. In the aftermath of Queen Mary’s restoration of Catholicism, the Church of England’s liturgical identity was also dominated by a severe Puritan reaction against all Catholic forms. In the last decade of Elizabeth’s reign, however, an ‘avant-garde’ of clergy emerged committed to greater ceremonialism in worship according to the Book of Common Prayer . The Laudian high churchmanship that emerged from this beginning was a movement in tension, looking...