Monthly Archives: September 2025

There may, in other words, have been a different kind of vacuum into which the Jesus message made its way. It was not so much a matter of people giving up an old “religion” and then finding a new one. … Continue reading →

And what of this creature, this mote of a bee?For what flower is it and it alone crafted?To what task of service and praise has it been called?Why is it at all? Certainly not of necessity, but of — what? … Continue reading →

SAVED BY A HURRICANE, the caption says. “Salvation belongs to the LORD,” the Psalm says (Ps 3:8a, BCP 2019, p. 272). There seems no reason that both cannot be true. About another matter, but equally germane here, N. T. Wright … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost, 28 September 2025(Amos 6:1-7, Ps 146, 1 Tim 6:11-19, Luke 16:19-31) Politics, Religion, and Money: Dives and Lazarus Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten;Nor the hope of the … Continue reading →

It should go without saying — but it does not, so I must say it — that what I publish here is my own thought. I am an Anglican priest in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and I … Continue reading →

I will call him Kevin though that is not his name. I assure you that he is quite real and that his story, following, is accurate or at least reflects truly what he has told me of his life. It … Continue reading →

As two or three gathered in the St. Mary Magdalene Chapel this morning for the Daily Office, I offered this prayer among others: 2. For The Universal ChurchGracious Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop Temples and Prayer: A Homily on 1 Kings 8(1 Kings 8:22-61, Psalm 86, Hebrews 8) Collect for Ember DaysAlmighty God, the giver of all good gifts, in your divine providence you have appointed various … Continue reading →

From Saint Paisios: The icon which is painted with devoutness draws the Grace of God from the devout iconographer, and then eternally transmits solace to the faithful. The iconographer is depicted, translated, into the icon he makes; that is why … Continue reading →