Andy (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} emperoraf) wrote,@ 2009-06-17 13:08:00 |
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On a sermon and some points
I HAVE TWO things to share with you today:
THE FIRST IS a sermon from last Sunday from St. Clement's in Philadelphia. I'm quite sure it is the highest of the high in the Episcopal Church. I've been to Philadelphia once and wasn't able to make it to a service. Truth be told, a friend and I were walking towards The Franklin Institute and I saw it from the road. "Oh No!" I said to her, "I totally forgot about St. Clement's! If I had remembered, I would have checked for services times!" She laughed at me. So, I've never been to a service, but their videos sometimes make my nose bleed they're so high.
ANYWAY, THE SERMON is on Corpus Christi and what that means in the life of the modern Christian: service to those who cannot help themselves. It even has references to Fr. Basil Jellicoe and to that famous speech of Bishop Frank Weston, both of whom were very influential in my spiritual formation as I served in Atlanta. Service to the poor is not unique to Anglo-Catholicism, but it is certainly one of its hallmarks. Go, have a listen to this short sermon. Your soul will thank you.
THE SECOND IS set of points on The Episcopal "Reform of the Reform" from the always enlightening Haligweorc. I have nothing to add but to compliment the spirit in which it is written and add a hearty, psuedo-Baptist AMEN!
I HAVE TWO things to share with you today:
THE FIRST IS a sermon from last Sunday from St. Clement's in Philadelphia. I'm quite sure it is the highest of the high in the Episcopal Church. I've been to Philadelphia once and wasn't able to make it to a service. Truth be told, a friend and I were walking towards The Franklin Institute and I saw it from the road. "Oh No!" I said to her, "I totally forgot about St. Clement's! If I had remembered, I would have checked for services times!" She laughed at me. So, I've never been to a service, but their videos sometimes make my nose bleed they're so high.
ANYWAY, THE SERMON is on Corpus Christi and what that means in the life of the modern Christian: service to those who cannot help themselves. It even has references to Fr. Basil Jellicoe and to that famous speech of Bishop Frank Weston, both of whom were very influential in my spiritual formation as I served in Atlanta. Service to the poor is not unique to Anglo-Catholicism, but it is certainly one of its hallmarks. Go, have a listen to this short sermon. Your soul will thank you.
THE SECOND IS set of points on The Episcopal "Reform of the Reform" from the always enlightening Haligweorc. I have nothing to add but to compliment the spirit in which it is written and add a hearty, psuedo-Baptist AMEN!
