A Prologue Office of Praise: Antelogium laudis
For the praise and glory of his Name, for our good, and the good of all his holy Church. PDFs: noted version | said version.…
liturgy
What is “English Spirituality”?
“The foundation of Christian life is the liturgy, seen as both Mass and Office, from which flows personal devotion based on the Bible.” So begins Fr Martin…
“Music and Ascetical Theology”
(This is an essay by Martin Thornton published in the Programme for the Southern Cathedrals Festival, Salisbury, July 27-29, 1967.) There is an old tradition which…
“The Diverse Riches of Prayer”
By the Rev. Dr Martin Thornton The Times (UK) 14 December 1968 The Creeds grew out of the first disciples’ confrontation with Christ, that is…
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.…
Angels and the Catholic Imagination, part 3: Angels are Sacramental Beings
[display_podcast] Angels and the Catholic Imagination, a homily series HOMILY I | HOMILY II Homily 3 of 3: “Angels are Sacramental Beings” Given at St Paul’s Parish,…
Homily: Watchfulness through Regula
Offered for Saint Paul’s, Riverside on the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2016 (Proper 14, Year C) [display_podcast] We return this morning to the theme of…
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…
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?…