On Sunday a small Continuing Anglican congregation will gather in its building for the last time. It will celebrate the Holy Eucharist as a congregation for the last time. Several weeks ago, the congregation voted to disband after meeting for fifteen odd years. It had shrunk to a little more
The city of Milan was in lockdown, at least for those less fortune residents who had no choice but to remain in their homes. The shadow of death was in the air as disease had returned to the northern Italian city. The “new normal” was the cancellation of Carnival, and
Saintly Intercession and the Church Flight—while perhaps native to human beings in danger—ran contrary to the sacramental presence that the Church offered flesh and blood bodies. Church authorities in the Middle Ages were often critical of the flight instinct, urging men and women to stay close to home, to care for