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The Treasure of Christ’s Real Presence – Br. Curtis Almquist
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Br. Curtis Almquist
Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and reburied; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind…” (Matthew 13:44-48).
In the calendar of the Church, we remember today Edward Bouverie Pusey, born near Oxford, England, in 1800, where he was educated and subsequently became Regius Professor of Hebrew and Canon of Christ Church Cathedral. Beginning in 1833, he would become the acknowledged leader of the Oxford Movement, the Anglo-Catholic renewal of the Church of England. Pusey was a writer of tracts; however, he was a most powerful communicator as a preacher: catholic in content and evangelical in zeal for the conversion of souls. Read More
The Cross is the Medicine of the World – Br. James Koester
Br. James Koester
Preached at St. Margaret’s Convent, Duxbury MA in observance of
Feast of St. Margaret of Antioch
“9 December [1871]
Bridgeport CT
My dear friends:
With [Father Grafton] … I reached Boston after a very stormy passage. It is proof of the adaptability of my nature that after fourteen days of incessant tossing and rolling I still retain somewhat of a human shape, excepting of course the medieval habit. If I had the power of sketching, I might show you situations, especially at table, which were moments of peril – of loss and gain – where if my dinner and wine flew across the table into the lap of the Reverend Mother of East Grinstead, I was sure to catch at the next roll of the steamer a turkey or a goose. It was a weary time indeed and I don’t feel much benefited by such a voyage. The ladies on board suffered very much and I would advise crossing the Atlantic only in June or July.”
Such was the description by an early member of SSJE of the voyage undertaken by the first members of the Society of St. Margaret to arrive in this country in November 1871.[1] Read More
The Power and Presence of God – Br. James Koester
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Edward Bouverie Pusey
In many ways today’s commemoration of Edward Bouverie Pusey, is like remembering the life of a favorite uncle. A generation older than our own Father Benson, it was Pusey who deeply influenced Benson when he arrived in Oxford.
These of course were the days when Oxford was buzzing with what was to become known as the Oxford Movement. In 1833 John Keble had preached the Assize Sermon, National Apostasy, which is regarded as the beginning of the Movement. In the same year Pusey, Keble and Newman began to circulate the Tracts for the Times. In 1843 Pusey preached a sermon drawing attention to the doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. In 1845, when Newman converted to Rome, Pusey’s adherence to the Church of England was for many, a sign of stability. The following year he preached another sermon which sparked the revival of the use of sacramental confession within the Anglican Communion. Read More
St. Margaret of Scotland – Br. James Koester
Matthew 13:44-52
It is hard to believe, but in less than two weeks we will be celebrating Advent Sunday and will begin again the liturgical cycle that will take us through Advent and onto Christmas and past Epiphany and Lent and Easter and back to these weeks after Pentecost. The cycle of feast and fast, of purple and white and red and green seems each year to happen faster and faster. Read More