If you’re like me, celebrating Advent may conjure up childhood memories of those peculiar “Advent Calendars” where you pop out a piece of chocolate each day as Christmas nears. Suffice to say, not all approaches to celebrating the Church Year are equally inspiring. Nevertheless, as I have come to seriously celebrate the Church Year, it [...]
Part 1 – The Christian Year
Part 2 – Introducing the Book of Common Prayer
Part 3 – The Opening
Part 4 – The Psalms
Part 5 – The Readings
Part 6 – The Prayers
Part 7 – Making it Easy (in fact, brainless…)
Part 8 – Morning Prayer
Part 9 – The “Little” Offices (Midday and Compline)
Part 10 – Connecting with God [...]
Celebrating the Christian Year has been by far one of the most significant, dynamic and moving spiritual practices that I have ever engaged in.
It may seem strange that to begin guiding you in how to pray the Daily Office from the Book of Common Prayer, I am not going to be talking about the [...]
I know I’m getting ahead of myself, but I cannot help but to comment on the significance of today. As I mentioned yesterday, I plan over the next few months to be sharing from my recent experiences of exploring the Church’s rich liturgical tradition. One dimension of this is the celebration of [...]
