Author Archives: johnaroop

I don’t recall when memento mori became a leitmotif in the round of my days; I only know that it has done. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” we priests say to others on Ash … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop The Carmen Christi: A Homily on Philippians 2:1-11(Phil 2:1-11, Psalm 103, John 16:16-end) CollectKeep your Church, O Lord, by your perpetual mercy; and because without you the frailty of our nature causes us to … Continue reading →

Recently, a parishioner sent me a transcript of an online “conversation” he had had with ChatGPT, an AI Assistant. With his permission, the transcript follows. To avoid confusion, my parishioner is identified as User and ChatGPT as Assistant. User: Are … Continue reading →

I AM THE OMEGA AND THE ALPHA A church on Sutherland Avenue has been converted into a coffee shop; the building also contains some offices, I believe, but it is the coffee shop that matters to me in this moment. … Continue reading →

A friend and fellow priest contacted me today about a half-remembered elevator speech on the Anglican Church that he seemed to remember that I might once had sent him possible last year — or maybe not. It sounds like something … Continue reading →

The St. Benedict Center for Spiritual Formation (https://stbenedict-csf.org/), for which I serve as instructor and cell group leader, began a new course of training for spiritual directors this week — a two year program (Conversatio) offering an orthodox, classical approach … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop If Christ Is Not Raised: A Homily on 1 Corinthians 15(1 Sam 7, Pascha Nostrum, 1 Cor 15:1-34) CollectLet your merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of your humble servants; and, … Continue reading →