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Over at First Things, Patrick Rostrum has attempted to write what amounts to a review of a church and its mass, with special emphasis on the homily: The pre-service stillness did not last long. With the first note of the processional hymn, Charles Coffin’s “On Jordan’s Bank” (a hymn traditionally reserved for Advent but appropriate…

After weeks of anxiety about the swine flu, at least one U.S. diocese will be bringing back the communion chalice. From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Last fall, it was a sign of the season – the flu season, that is. Area Roman Catholic churches stopped offering communion wine from the common cup during Mass…

Along with good liturgy, it seems the Anglicans will be bringing with them good preaching, too. From the blog Sub Tuum: One value shared in common among all Anglicans, however, has been their expectation of regular and good preaching. It can be reasonably well anticipated that most Anglicans who will take advantage of the accommodations…

As a friend pointed out to me when she read this, “This isn’t surprising. The Anglican liturgy is gorgeous.” Compared to what passes for Sunday mass in most regular Catholic parishes, I can understand the appeal of this. (And I can’t help but wonder: maybe this sort of ritual will have a greater impact on…
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