Homily: “On Abiding in His Love”
Offered by Father Matthew Dallman, Obl.S.B., for the Parish of Tazewell County on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, 2018. Jesus taught that if we keep His…
Regula
Thornton and Catholicity
Conceiving the term “Catholic” from a Thorntonian perspective means that catholicity emerges when a particular parish is seen as the whole/holy Church in microcosm. Thornton’s…
Homily: “On Saint Peter and the Rock”
Offered by Father Matthew Dallman for the Parish of Tazewell County, on the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16, Year A), 2017. We hear in…
The Anglican Spiritual Tradition, parts 1 and 2
By Martin Thornton PART ONE There is good reason for dividing this lecture into two unequal parts. I must first offer a brief resumé of…
Julian of Norwich and Regula
In the sixth chapter of the Revelations, Julian teaches the following: For our soul is so specially loved of Him that is highest, that it…
On Marian Imagination
Doctrine and dogma have consequences for our prayer life, that is, our relationship with God, and how that relationship is concentrated and focused into acts…
Homily: “That He Might Fill All Things”
Delivered at Saint Paul’s, Riverside at the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 2016 [display_podcast] In this age in which the Bible…
Offices of Praise, Silence and Readings
This is my own pattern of offices, which is a threefold form. This form is built of a Prologue Office of Praise, a Holy Office…
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.…
The Divine Office, “Devotionalized”
It is my sense, based on wide observation, that the Divine Office, through well-intentioned use, has in fact become “devotionalized.” It has become optional, and…