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Shout Your Abortion (SYA), a pro abortion group whose slogan is “We Will Aid & Abet Abortion,” has erected a series of six billboards along a two hundred mile section of I-55 from West Memphis Arkansas to southern Illinois as … Continue reading →

Francis of Assisi (c. 1181 – 4 October 1226) (Galatians 6:14-18, Psalm 148:7-14, Matthew 11:25-30) Collect Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant your people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, … Continue reading →

The only justification for what follows is that I was asked to write it by a friend and parishioner who wanted my comments on an article by Fr. Charles Erlandson: https://www.facebook.com/561704043/posts/10160953464999044/ Fr. Charles is a scholar whom I respect and … Continue reading →

I was standing outside a boutique on Broad Street in Rome, Georgia this afternoon pondering the working of God’s providence. Here is what I concluded: I don’t understand it, but I depend upon it and I am always both grateful … Continue reading →

Our cultural communication — if it can be called communication — is awash with vitriol and invective. Social media, particularly, is a tsunami of hate speech, not in the ideological sense but in the spiritual sense: speech that reveals spiritual … Continue reading →

Following is a personal reflection prompted by the recent exposition of relics of Padre Pio at the local Roman Catholic Cathedral. The Anglican Formularies, particularly the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, take a strong stance against the sixteenth century “Romish” practice … Continue reading →

Anglican Church of the RedeemerFr. John A. Roop A Homily at the Ordination of Jeremy Swaggerty to the Sacred Order of Priests24 September 2023 (Is 6:1-8, Ps 119:33-40, Eph 4:7-16, Luke 10:1-9) In the Name of the Father, and of … Continue reading →

Anglican Church of the RedeemerFormed Conference 2023: Male and Female in Christ The Cruciform Shape of Gender: Male and Female and the Cross of Christ Following is a talk I presented at the Formed Conference 2023. The Lord be with … Continue reading →

Anglican Eucharist theology is not monolithic; it ranges from near transubstantiation to near memorialism while typically not transgressing either of those boundaries. I find these words from the Second Vatican Council an interesting description of the Eucharist: “the summit toward … Continue reading →

I had the blessing of serving as altar guild this morning to prepare the altar for the Wednesday Noon Eucharist. As I placed the missal stand on the altar I noticed, for the first time, the engraving on it. Perhaps … Continue reading →