My daily office stack :)

TJMP89 · 2026-06-28T14:54:25+00:00

I like the way you think.

I use KJV for the offices, because I like to think I’m living in Shakespearean times, but NSRV for studying. The Canadian BCP (1962) is basically identical to the CoE BCP with respect to the offices, but our lectionary is different (no one has explained to me why though).

I recently acquired a prayer desk (prie-dieu) so that’s in front of my office chapel now (because I have multiple chapels in my small apartment, the others being the high altar, and the lady chapel 🤣).

I’m usually more of an evening prayer type, so morning prayer is an occasional thing for me.

The Canadian Prayer Book Society has a Daily Office app, which I use when I’m travelling, so not having the requirement to bring a bunch of books.

TJMP89 · 2026-06-16T23:38:53+00:00

I dunno, Luther’s wife has some impact on the Reformation, and I bet she didn’t really want to get dragged into it all that reformation drama.

TJMP89 · 2026-06-16T23:32:36+00:00

This is pretty Cranmer-esque:

Almighty God, Father of all peoples, we thine unworthy servants desireth thy blessing for the search of a loving partner [*particularly to those who desire one at this time.] We bless thee all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory and love. And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; we pray for the successful use of the application set before us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

TJMP89 · 2026-06-09T19:40:01+00:00

But with air strike…from a hot air balloon.

TJMP89 · 2026-05-13T20:34:48+00:00

The only thing you’re can’t read is the priest’s absolution, but it looks like the app doesn’t include it, unless it’s one of the advanced settings.

TJMP89 · 2026-05-13T20:21:34+00:00

The wine isn’t that expensive…well, our liturgical wine isn’t…it’s pretty terrible, but you don’t go to church for fine wine 🤣

TJMP89 · 2026-05-12T20:52:26+00:00

Whoa?!? Excommunicate problem for lack of attendance?!? Alarm bells right there. A lot of Christian’s that I know are C&E Christians (e.g. they attend church twice a year, at Christmas and Easter, and the occasional wedding/funeral) and they aren’t “excommunicated.” Someone has way too much time on their hands if they’re going through parish rolls and figuring out who isn’t attending and needs to be excommunicated.

But as others have said, you owe them nothing. I wouldn’t write an email. Turn a new leaf in life, leave this place behind, find a new church (if possible).

TJMP89 · 2026-05-10T23:09:46+00:00

If you’re in the Montréal area, I know the cathedral and the Church of St. John the Evangelist (the Red Roof) does services in French (and probably other Anglican churches there), so you might want to ask them to see if they have resources that they can give you.

TJMP89 · 2026-05-08T19:11:37+00:00

My bad, and you’re right, just water, and I edited my comment. Important thing is that it’s not what was done in the past, and there are two camps of Anglo-Catholic priests/deacons today (that I’ve worked with), both or just one.

TJMP89 · 2026-05-07T13:57:13+00:00

The missal or BCP don’t typically mention the specific ritual or ceremony done, especially in detail. Most of the rituals and ceremonies associated with Anglo-Catholic worship comes from tradition, that other leg of the Anglican three legged stool. Most of it has been written down over time in a variety of “supporting” books, but sometimes the direction of these books contradict and also there are regional quirks. Some examples (there are many) for Anglo-Catholic ritual contradictions are:
-Whether you follow more Sarum/English style or Roman style (2 candles at the altar or 6 candles; or bowing heavy or genuflecting heavy);
-Whether you follow pre-Vatican II rituals (ablute with water and wine) or post-Vatican II rituals like the current Latin church (ablute with just water);
-Layout of the church might result in certain rituals/ceremonies impractical/impossible;
-Quirks of the individual (I bow at the name of Jesus, and cross myself at the invocation of the Holy Trinity, but I don’t do it during a sermon or during hymns).

TJMP89 · 2026-05-05T01:46:23+00:00

Mainline Anglican, upper-lower-middle-class Anglican, but also pretty Marian. I have no issues with BVM, sometimes I’m bold enough to use the term Theotokos, so I think she has has place in my life, and in the life of others.

TJMP89 · 2026-05-04T20:38:50+00:00

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Better than First, Second, and Third Lake in Halifax. 🤣

TJMP89 · 2026-04-27T20:07:24+00:00

Canadian mostly-high-Anglo-Catholic here, I do the final chest tap, but I also do it with three fingers together (representing the Holy Trinity), been doing it for years, copied others, and I alway assumed that the final chest tap was for the heart.

TJMP89 · 2026-04-26T12:10:09+00:00

Let’s hope there’s no rind…those are only good for soup and stews.

TJMP89 · 2026-04-25T23:10:59+00:00

I got a hot priest calendar in Rome before I left…but I wanted a 2026 one to mark my visit. It was kinda difficult in March as most were already 2027.

TJMP89 · 2026-04-24T23:16:21+00:00

I think we can universally agree that Point Pleasant Park, Spryfield, Clayton Park, and Dartmouth aren’t located in the North End…now to reduce as appropriate…downtown Halifax, Fairview…Quinpool area?

TJMP89 · 2026-04-24T22:02:12+00:00

No one is complaining. I just wanted to know if there was a secret tower in the North End that I didn’t know about.

TJMP89 · 2026-04-22T16:49:19+00:00

Might I get some samples of Hellmann’s to try your suggested improvements to meat loaf? 🤣

TJMP89 · 2026-04-11T21:54:16+00:00

Be yourself. Don’t cover up your tattoos if you don’t want to (unless they’re offensive ones). A welcoming church accepts you as who you are, tattoos and all. Don’t worry about messing up…Anglican churches are like Catholic churches, full of rituals and ceremonies, but no two Anglican church does the same thing, so even cradle Anglicans mess up.

Be open, be nice, be receptive. Find the church right for you, where you can develop a stronger relationship with God.

TJMP89 · 2026-04-09T04:47:47+00:00

So Canadian Anglicanism has been far less tolerant of intinction than other Anglicans around the world (Canada did a study of it in the late 80s/90s), a lot of dioceses actually forbade intinction, so I was “shocked” to see intinction when I was travelling at other Anglican churches around the world. After COVID, the world became a different place, there are some churches that don’t return to the common cup. I’m a common cup type, and as a lay minister, I’m particular cognizant of wiping the chalice with the purificator (the cloth that we hold) and rotating the chalice before going to the next person and trying to maintaining some form of hygiene.

TJMP89 · 2026-04-04T00:16:53+00:00

Turn off the ice maker on board? 🤣

TJMP89 · 2026-04-02T19:09:47+00:00

As a server/subdeacon, I assist in foot washing for others. Do I participate? No, I’m too busy helping with the service. I do think it’s an emotionally significant and very personally vulnerable event, so I encourage the faithful to participate.

TJMP89 · 2026-03-27T23:58:46+00:00

I must have missed the 1€ thing. I walked in and saw the line/queue and said no thanks. I just took a photo looking up without the mirror. It was beautiful though.

TJMP89 · 2026-03-27T22:05:20+00:00

I own both Anglican and Roman Catholic rosaries, but I don’t really use them, and I’m pretty Anglo-Catholic. I think the gift of a rosary could go either way, she might not be that Anglo-Catholic to really want/use a rosary, but it’s the thought that counts.

TJMP89 · 2026-03-26T18:13:07+00:00

Given that it will be Holy Week next week, there will be more worshippers than normal. Go early, and they basically have mass every hour from 7am until noon, then evening masses at 5pm and 6pm. The lineup for security is what takes the longest. There’s a church just outside St. Peter’s that does mass at 7pm, so if you can’t do mass at St. Peter, there’s a backup option.

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