The Ven. Andrew Brashier is an assisting priest at Christ the King Anglican Church in the Anglican Diocese of the South. He regularly writes on all things Anglican, with a particular interest in catechesis, the traditional prayer book, and practicalities in living what he calls “the prayerbook life” on his substack (https://throughamirrordarkly.substack.com/). He regularly republishes Anglican classics and each are available on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4a9jmtwc
The one-year Sunday and holy day lectionary educated, catechized, and marked the days year by year and century by century for the Western Church. When the traditional one-year lectionary was replaced during mid-20th-century prayer book revisionism, we lost the pattern of catechesis and marking of time that formed and molded Western Christianity for well over…
In order to rebuild and restore what is lost, we must provide a firm and steady foundation upon the rock of Christ in a world gone mad. We cannot build new institutions, nor trust old ones, unless the men and women are working from a solid discipline and desire to become saintly and not merely saints-in-name-only….
Resetting, Reforming, Renewing in Epiphany Over the past year, I have taken up the 1662 Book of Common Prayer’s daily office lectionary.1 It has a simplistic pattern long lost in the American tradition, namely, the lessons are organized by chapter, thereby making it easier for clergy and laity alike to keep up with the readings with…
Pursuing Christ through the Prayerbook Life: A Catechetical Resource North American Anglicanism has long faced an identity crisis. Anglicanism has reinvented itself into three streams, old catholicism, Presbyterianism with prayerbooks, etc. Trendy soundbites are the extent of the theology of clergy and laity alike, typically ranging from an ambiguous and muddy “via media” between Rome…
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1 ESV). St. Paul is the theologian of the body. How we use our the bodies our Maker gives us reflects our faith in Him…
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. Hebrews 1:1 KJV One of the great, if not…
The Sunday Next before Advent Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Jesus shall reign where’er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from…
The Twenty-Second Sunday After Trinity Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Alas! and did my Saviour…
The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity Soldiers of Christ, arise, And put your armor on; Strong in the strength which God supplies, Through His eternal Son. Trouble comes our way. It always seeks us out, for this fallen world is filled with the Curse’s brokenness. At first glance, autumn’s hues are warm despite the changing…
The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity The Holy Scriptures have a lot to say about fools. The word “fool” or its relatives “foolish,” “foolishly,” and “fools” appear at least 188 times in the Authorized Version, excluding the Apocrypha. During this season of the year, the Daily Office lectionary highlights the importance of avoiding foolishness as…