I know we all love "Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?" but I would really like to see some "Do you renounce Satan and all the spiritual forces of wickedness that rebel against God?" energy in the parish newsletters too at this point

Please God. Give the grace of courage and strength to our leaders.

seriously considering what Christianity is, and what the truths of the Gospel are

And somehow a run of the mill MBA isn’t 🙄🙃

Great story. In the retirement home, 98-year-old "Sister Maria Chiara was starting to feel very low. She would say, 'We don't do anything here, and my life feels pointless.'" "To liven things up, they broke out into social media." #Nuntastic www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing

Happy Brismas Eve! 🕯️

John Calvin on exploiting workers: "When a robber kills a man, his object is the spoil; but he who extorts labor from a poor man and sucks, so to speak, his blood… this is more atrocious than if he violently killed a stranger.”

We could call them Feast of the Circumcision resolutions

Yes, there are two ways to destroy the Church's liturgy. One is iconoclasm. The other is cruel formalism, where everything seems to be retained but in fact the one thing needful is missing.

Less Anglican punditry. More Anglo-Catholic mystagogy. This is my New Year's Resolution.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

The age of man is over, the age of the Orc(as) is at hand.

Love this ending of the Cherry Tree Carol.

Love the subway, this rules

I have lots of questions about what happened at the Christmas Eve service...👀

your average catholic twitter poster will post something like, "my earliest encounter with authentic, traditional Catholicism was through Die Hard 2" and then proceed to post a man being murdered in what is clearly presbyterian church that someone threw a bunch of miscellaneous catholic statues at

God is more truly worshipped and glorified in acts of love, humility and compassion to the poor and oppressed than in the perfectly executed liturgy in the most magnificent cathedral with the best choir, if done with more care and focus on the liturgy than on the Lord! 🕯

Remember to pace yourself, there’s still 11 more days of Christmas.

Just remember, we have not even *begun* to Christmas

And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory 🕯️ Blessed Feast one and all.

Et verbum caro factum est, y’all. 🕯️

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎅🏻

*taking a huge drag of my incense cigarette* And Holy Saturday

Of the Father’s heart begotten, ere the world from chaos rose, he is Alpha: from that fountain all that is and has been flows; he is Omega, of all things yet to come the mystic close, evermore and evermore. ⚓️✝️

I take it back. I got like 5 hours of sleep but I’m always left on a high after 😩

Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King. Amen and amen. #9lc

Ooh, it’s a crime to cut that organ voluntary short, Radio 4 #9LC

I always forget how much I actually do enjoy Hark, right after O Come. It gets so overshadowed but it’s a BANGER with its own descant. #9LC

Crying about the incarnation again. He gathered into one things earthly & heavenly! #9LC ⚓️

People come to church expecting a cute stable scene and we are like SURPRISE! It's the Nicene Creed #9LC

WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #9lc 🕯️

That chord is the sound of the Incarnation. #9lc 🕯️

YEA LORD WE GREET THEEE MERRY CHRISTMAS, BLESSED FEAST OF THE NATIVITY ONE AND ALLLL 😭❤️🕯️ #9LC

Fain we embrace thee, with awe and love; Who would not love thee, Loving us so dearly? 😭❤️‍🔥🕯️#9LC

Again I’m in bed for #9LC, yet I bowed my head at “and the word was made flesh” 😅🕯️

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." In case anyone forgot, THIS is the reason for the season. It's always about grace. It's always been about grace. It will always be about grace. #9lc

HERE WE GOOOOO O COMEEE ALL YE FAITHFULL #9LC

As I said last year… #9LC

YES THREE SHIPS THE VIOLENTLY ENGLISH CANON HAS ARRIVED #9lc

He heard yall complaining about syrup and sweetness and he RESPONDED #9LC

Just got the baby to sleep, and now we're waking him up with a frantic shipping report. #9LC

JOHN-JOHN! What is this SUMPTUOUS cadential figure??? #9LC

That opening to 3 ships WOKE me up #9LC (no complaints lol)

I think the fact I always listen to #9LC before sunrise here bleary eyed in bed wrapped up cosy in flannel affects my opinion on the Rutter. I AM here for nice vibes and pretty notes! Plus the lullaby dormi is helpful for when I probably will go back to bed after 😂

There was real character in this and I laughed! You can add so much to lecturing and they’re doing a master class showing it off. #9LC

BTW, this is *so* much better than "bands of cloth": "And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." #9lc 🕯️