A Deo et Rege

I have tried to stay away from the debates within Anglicanism. Right now there are some major ones raging, but I have resisted the urge to blog on them. However, one article (by David Virtue) in particular caught my eye and, given the incredible religious implications outside of Anglicanism, I just couldn’t resist!

It seems an Anglican archbishop of Central Africa says he’s tired of listening to the USA and Canada continue to drag out the debates on sexuality and that soon, the African Anglicans will break away and set up a new African Anglican Communion in Alexandria, Egypt. This is incredible news and would certainly be a major episode in religious history if it happened. I don’t know how much this interview represents the majority of developing world Anglicanism, but it looks like, in spite of herculean (and perhaps a tad quixotic) efforts by Anglican head Rowan Williams, Anglican cohesion is in real danger of shattering.

Perhaps an Anglican-Rite within Catholicism should be there to pick up some of the pieces? I hope so. Anglicans would get Catholic theology and the See of Peter and we Catholics would get some good examples of liturgy and music, as well as luminaries like Lancelot Andrewes and C.S. Lewis. But that is another set of posts.

I think I’m going to start every new day with this prayer. It about covers it all and I especially like how it provides the intention for all indulged prayers:

O my God, I offer Thee all my prayers, works, and sufferings, in union
with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, for the intentions for which He pleads
and offers Himself in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in thanksgiving
for Thy favors, in reparation for my offenses, and in humble
supplication for my temporal and eternal welfare, for the wants of our
holy Mother the Church, for the conversion of sinners, and for the
relief of the poor souls in Purgatory. I wish to gain all the
indulgences attached to the prayers I shall say and to the good works I
shall perform this day.

Prayer from The New Saint Joseph Baltimore Catechism (No. 2)