I usually begin Trinitytide, the 23 to 28 weeks between Trinity Sunday and Advent, with the reminder that this long season is focused on our growth. The Prayer Book Society of Canada puts it this way: “Trinity season is devoted to spiritual catechesis, putting before us the essential themes of life in Christ through doctrinal…
Article 1 of the Apostles’ Creed “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” This is, of course the first verse of the first book of the Bible: Genesis. The Scriptures don’t begin by explaining God or making a case to prove his existence. They don’t begin with describing his attributes or his…
A Homily on the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed As we’ve been looking at our catechetical foundations in this series, we’ve talked about how the Apostles’ Creed gives us a summary of the Christian Faith that is both Trinitarian and Christological. Today we begin this Christological focus as we tackle Article 2 of the…
On the 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed In our last entry we began to look into the second Article of the Apostles’ Creed, the article about our Lord Jesus Christ. As a refresher, here is that Article as presented in the first Office of Instruction in our Prayer Book (page 284). In this article…
A Homily on the 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed As we look at our “Catechetical Foundations,” we have spent the last two entries looking at the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed, the section about our Lord Jesus. Two entries ago, we discussed Christ’s Divine Sonship and his Lordship over us. Last time we…
A Homily on the 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed In this installment of our series on Catechetical Foundations, we will finish up the 2nd Article of the Apostles’ Creed, the section of the Creed on our Lord Jesus Christ. The previous two entries discussed the “State of Humiliation” in our Lord’s work. That is,…
A Homily on the 3rd Article of the Apostles’ Creed Today we will finish up our series on the Apostles’ Creed with the Third Article, the section of the Creed on the Holy Spirit and the Church, before moving on to the Ten Commandments in the next installment. Here is that Third Article of the…
A Homily on the Decalogue As I mentioned at the beginning of this series, the Church has traditionally approached catechesis through three main topics: The Creed, the Decalogue, and the Lord’s Prayer. This week, we begin the second section: the 10 Commandments or Decalogue. Though the Decalogue is one of the most familiar aspects…