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Wesley Evans
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Episcopal Priest and member of the Anglican Order of Preachers living in Washington State. Sword fighting (HEMA) as a hobby, also hiking, mushrooms, TTRPGs, and occasionally bookbinding.
I need to uh, work on my Latin, but this is really surprising and interesting. What’s the reference exactly? I want to find it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
At my home altar often a bell, light two candles, sometimes say the antiphon on the hymn from the English Office “All praise to God the Father be, all praise eternal Son to thee, all glory as is ever meet to God the Holy Paraclete, Amen” whilst lighting. Then a bit of the Jesus Prayer after that.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Fun fact though: Colossae had a major shrine in honor of St. Michael. Interesting in light of the thing about worshipping angels.

And in spite of it being only (3) above, it’s given us one of the most majestic passages about the kingship of Jesus over all things! ⚓️
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
After Epiphany is a good idea. I may try that!
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Forgot the ⚓️
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Huh! My experience has been the opposite. All previous places I’ve been in never used the contemporary version (nor here, only prayed it at Diocese events) so the modern one feels odd on my tongue I’ll admit
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That’s quite the description! “Let us pray in the slightly modernized traditional ecumenical words our Savior Christ hath taught us”
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Really good! My only caveat is I think resurrection means more still than alive to God after physical death. There will be a physical redemption of material creation in which we’re raised as Jesus was raised in glorified material bodies. B/c bodies and creation matter to God.
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
You might be pleased to know then that I just use the altar book as is here, so avoid that problem, ha!

But I can see that useful for that purpose.
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
😂
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As a former Baptist I’ve often complained about this. Our church is comparatively awful at mass producing resources for average families to grow in their faith and learn more. And when we do it’s a lot of negative “here’s extras not true” than “here’s what we believe and how you can live it”
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Possibly. I might count a few samples then. My suspicion is they’re less than that, but could be.
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Do you have an equivalent of our Veterans Day? We also have an Armed Forces Day for active and retired. Not as well known, but I’m near a large base with a lot of military in our church so it’s important here.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sure - not “martyr”! Red would be inappropriate. I think the requiem aspect is fine, no more martyrdom than All Souls or a funeral. Just praying for their repose. We only have a special service for Memorial and I use black. Vet Day we just do a recognition Sunday morning.
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I can see that. Honestly the best way forward on that would be a GC resolution that states it as a “Doctrine”. Often those types of resolutions sound as if written by the UN. Then it can be Church Doctrine by definition.
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Glad I could add a little appreciation!
October 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I think that’s why I love it so much. Medieval peoples weren’t that different and some things seem universal!
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM