Ahead of tomorrow’s anniversary of the coming of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into statutory force in the Church of England, on the feast of St. Bartholomew, I have thought it good to bring before the public eye what 18th-century English layman Robert Nelson wrote about the feast in his Companion for the Festivals…
The Church being always in need of manful men who are impressed with a due sense of what it means to be ordained to the ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons, 18th-century English layman Robert Nelson leads us devotionally in his Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England. Ember Days in…
This year, the feast of St. Matthew falls on a Sunday, so the Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity is also St. Matthew’s Day. May Robert Nelson’s devotional guidance in his Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England bless you this weekend, to turn your eyes upon the mercy of Jesus Christ for…
This year, since Michaelmas falls on a Monday and Sundays are not fast days, its vigil is on the Saturday before. May the reflections of Robert Nelson on this day, from his Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, bless you on this vigil and on the feast day on Monday….
For the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, Robert Nelson reflects on the beloved physician, the truth of the Gospel, and our duty to Christians under persecution, with prayers for the health of our souls.