“Meditation and Modern Biblical Studies”
By Martin Thornton (1978) If there is a single exhortation to the faithful laity, common to all denominations through the Christian world, it is that…
lectio divina
An extended excerpt from PRAYER: A NEW ENCOUNTER by Martin Thornton
The next step of our reissuing of Martin Thornton’s books is an extended excerpt from Prayer: A New Encounter, and it is now available. This extended excerpt…
The Case for a Prologue Office of Praise
“It is not sufficient to participate regularly in the Eucharist, with its unequal stress on individuality and formalism; rather we have to be eucharistic people.…
The Prayer Book as Regula, a Slideshow
If the first Christians were Catholic, it was because of their threefold prayer life (Acts 2:42) seen as the total, systematic means for repentence and…
Notes on the Divine Office
(Notes taken from The Rock and the River, by Martin Thornton. New York: Morehouse-Barlow, 1965.) What is the Divine Office? (1) The Church’s daily offering of…
Homily: Savoring God’s Word
Deuteronomy 26:5-11; Romans 10:8b-13; Psalm 91; Luke 4:1-13 [NB: The Gospel is read by Father Thomas Fraser.] [display_podcast] In recent decades, there has emerged a…
Nine Texts toward Catholic Renewal in Anglican Parishes
If over the coming years a critical mass of faithful Anglicans become serious students of English spirituality, does that in fact enact a Catholic renewal?…
Trinity through Anglican historical theology
First, some background. Part of the work of renewing Anglicanism in parishes is finding through-lines in our tradition. Our theological tradition is, of course, nothing…
Martin Thornton on Lectio Divina
Martin Thornton taught that ordinary devout Christians need, perhaps more than anything, to learn how to meditate upon holy Scripture. To do so is to…