Author Archives: Schutz

I want to comment on a significant post by Pastor Weedon: “Progression in Sanctification”. I do this with some trepidation, since Pastor Paul McCain has already decided that I have “never understood either Lutheranism’s or Romanism’s doctrine of justification”. But … Continue reading →

Pastor Weedon has a couple of entries on his blog I would like to engage with. The first one is the simpler one, so I will tackle that this morning. My comments in [bold] Thoughts on Ecumenical Engagements 1. Listen … Continue reading →

Hat tip to Pastor Weedon for this link to a video of a Lutheran Divine Service in the States. If you have never been to a Lutheran service, this will give you a good idea of how it happens. The … Continue reading →

I had to chuckle over this one. Louise from Purcell’s Chicken Voluntary wins today’s prize for quotable quote: The Word of God is the sword of the spirit. Everybody knows you have to be careful with swords.

Coo-ees from the Cloister provide a great service to the universal church with their very own own “Fr. John Dear Watch”. After reading the parish bulletin from Mass last night, we here at “Sentire Cum Ecclesia” have decided to add … Continue reading →

Today being Father’s Day, I went to church with my family at their Lutheran parish (don’t worry–I went to Mass last night). Always a chance to have a good sing. Some of you may not be aware that I have … Continue reading →

Sometimes foreigners can say things that locals would not be caught dead saying (except, that is, the inhabitants of the Cloister, who have that special type of diplomatic immunity that comes with anonymity). A case in point is Rocco Palmo’s … Continue reading →

Two articles have appeared on the National Catholic Reporter’s web site both by my favourite ecclesiastical journalist John L. Allen Jnr: The Triumph of Evangelical Catholicism Liberal Catholicism endures in pastoral church Take my advice and read both of them … Continue reading →

“But I just ask people to think about it a little bit more deeply because it is a very loaded work which means that there are so many different meanings.” – Blake Prize entry Artist, Priscilla Bracks. A friend of … Continue reading →

(Thanks to Cooees for this one. Pity it wasn’t a bit bigger…)