As a postgame note on the Feast of Corpus Christi, I thought of a monstrance, but not just any monstrance.  In 2009, I had the good fortune ...

The Rev'd Basil Maturin. The Rev’d Basil Maturin has always been a great favorite of mine.  An Episcopal priest who once served a...

Frederick Faber, the great hymn writer of Faith of Our Fathers fame, wrote on many topics.  Earlier today, I ran across some verses he ...

The ruins of Fountains .  Thanks, Henry. It has been a while since I have run across something so long that it needed to be posted here ...

I Inscription on the Altar of the Annunciation. We know from the scriptures that Nazareth was a hick town (i.e. “Can anything good come ...

An old sermon for Low Sunday from seminary days asking fellow progressives whether they really doubt the resurrection or whether they...

As the liturgy wars heat up once again, I am reminded of this favorite passage from Richard Weaver's  Ideas Have Consequences  in whic...