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The Verble app offered to write my sermon — with my theology, my translation, my voice — and to prepare slides. I simply had to answer a few prompt questions and the homiletical AI assistant could complete all this between … Continue reading →

The Book of Signs: Chapter 4 Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop The Gospel of John, Chapter 4: The Samaritan Woman and the Official’s Son The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.Let us pray. KONTAKION OF ST. PHOTINI (Adapted) … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop Hands and Hearts: A Homily On the Canaanite Woman(Isa 56:1-8, Ps 67, Rom 11:13-24, Matt 15:21-28) “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire” (Matt 15:28b). In the … Continue reading →

I have been in conversation lately with a heretic. I do not use the word “heretic” in a demeaning manner, but in the technical sense of one who holds and teaches heterodox ideas that have been formally anathematized by the … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop The Underlying Condition: The Law, Sin, and the Yoke of Christ(Zech 9:9-12, Psalm 145:1-13, Rom 7:21-8:6, Matt 11:25-30) In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. … Continue reading →

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT? It was a lovely day at the park: hot, but shady and comfortable enough sitting on “Pumpkin” my favorite bench donated in honor of a good dog who loved the park. I had a new … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop Introduction To The Apocrypha: Sirach, Part II The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.Let us pray. 40. FOR ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN O God, the creator and preserver of all mankind, … Continue reading →

IX. OF ORIGINAL OR BIRTH-SINOriginal Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is ingendered of the offspring of … Continue reading →

Apostles Anglican ChurchFr. John A. Roop Introduction To The Apocrypha: Judith The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.Let us pray. 76. FOR GUIDANCE Go before us, O Lord, in all our doings with your most gracious favor, and further … Continue reading →