Monthly Archives: March 2021

Holy Wednesday (Is 50:4-9 / Ps 69:6-14, 21-22 / Heb 9:11-28 / Matt 26:1-5, 14-25) Collect Assist us mercifully with your grace, Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the meditation of those mighty acts … Continue reading →

ADOTS Morning Prayer Fr. John A. Roop Friday, 26 March 2021 A Reflection on Exodus 33:  I Will Not Go Up Among You In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. The … Continue reading →

I am loathe to enter the realm of politics and I will not until and unless required to by my ordination vows: Bishop:  Will you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away from the Body of … Continue reading →

ADOTS Morning Prayer: Friday 19 March 2021 Collect O God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the husband of his virgin mother:  Give us grace to … Continue reading →

ADOTS MORNING PRAYER:  Friday, 12 March 2021 Fr. John A. Roop Burst Into Flames (Exodus 19) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. Some years ago, a friend was ordained to … Continue reading →

Christian Anthropology:  Hope in the Midst of Decline Introduction Any one who has lived any time has bumped up hard against the consequences of the fall, among which is the tendency toward chaos, the winding down and wearing out of … Continue reading →

ADOTS Morning Prayer: Friday, 5 March 2021 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen. A battle is raging across the pages of Exodus.  Confrontation by confrontation, plague by plague, it builds … Continue reading →