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Liturgy and theology
Dr. Derek Olsen is quickly becoming one of my favorite web presences out there. I’ve been using his St. Bede’s Breviary for a while now for the Daily Office when I’m on the go. He’s recently been...
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Ashes outside
Ash Wednesday is one of those weird commemorations in the church calendar that doesn’t correspond to any specific event or person in the life of Jesus or the Church (others include Trinity Sunday,...
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Franz Biebl’s “Ave Maria”
Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel appeared to the Blessed Virgin Mary, telling her that she was most favored among women because God had chosen her to bear his Son. Because...
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The Cross
On this Good Friday, I offer the following: it reads on the reverse of the sign outside of the parish office at the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, NC, the place where I found God again, and God, me....
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“In paradisum” by Fauré
From Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (mvmt. VII) by Gabriel Fauré In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem. Chorus angelorum te...
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On resurrection
This year has been difficult. I moved 16 hours away from everyone and everywhere I have ever known to a place where I knew no one. I came into a job that ultimately became the first thing I set my mind...
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On peculiarity
I have been reflecting on the notion of Christian peculiarity quite a bit recently. I find myself constantly wrestling with how to be a faithful Christian in a world whose pluralism I prize. It is also...
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The Trinity
This past Sunday was Trinity Sunday, one of the feast days I mentioned back on Ash Wednesday that corresponds to a doctrine, rather than an event (along with Corpus Christi and All Saints’). There is a...
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“Behold what you are”
The Brothers of the Society of St. John the Evangelist (SSJE) have started a daily email devotional called Brother, Give Us a Word, which I will highly commend to you. For those of you who do not know,...
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“O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
I have always loved this song. It’s probably one of my favorite hymns ever. And now that I’ve started viewing the hope for the parousia (the Second Coming of Jesus) as a deep desire for a rule of...
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