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Devotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayThe Lord's Prayer: "On Earth As It Is in Heaven"In our third episode from the in-person recording sessions of summer 2024, Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew continue the series on the Lord's Prayer. Here we look at "On Earth as it is in heaven." 2025-04-1114 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for Today"Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done"Our long-awaited next episode on the Lord's Prayer is here! Dr Matthew and Fr Jonathan discuss "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done" together from St Luke's Anglican Church, Souris. Enjoy!2025-03-2919 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayEpisode 21: Monasticism!In this episode, Father Jonathan interviews Dr Matthew about his upcoming Davenant Hall course, "Monasticism from St. Anthony to the Reformation", until Father Jonathan freezes and Dr Matthew strikes forth on his own! Register here: https://davenanthall.com/course/monasticism-anthony-reformation/2024-08-2223 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for Today"Hallowed be Thy Name"In this episode, Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew continue their journey through the Lord's Prayer, looking this time at the petition, "Hallowed be thy name". What is God's name? What does it mean for it to be hallowed? How does this relate to our own spirituality?2024-08-1620 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for Today"...Who Art in Heaven"In this episode, Father Jonathan and Dr Matthew finally continue our journey through the Lord's Prayer, moving from "Our Father" to the phrase, "Who art in heaven." Enjoy! And remember, reach out to us if you have any questions or feedback!2024-07-0514 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodaySign up for Dr Matthew's Constantine course today!This January, Dr Matthew is teaching a course on Constantine and the Conversion of the Roman Empire -- a very timely theme, especially since we just had a coronation! Registration ends Friday, so sign up now! https://davenanthall.com/product/constantine-conversion/#2023-12-2806 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for Today"Our Father"In this episode, Father Jonathan and Dr. Matthew continue their series of episodes on the Lord's Prayer, discussing the first two words, "Our Father", exploring what it means to call God "Father" and the significance of the word "our" as well. What are your thoughts on the Lord's Prayer? Do you have any questions about spirituality and/or Anglicanism/the Prayer Book you'd like us to address? We refer to: St Maximus the Confessor's Ecclesiastical Mystagogy. St Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures JI Packer, Knowing God Tertullian...2023-11-2526 min
Devotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayThe Lord's PrayerHey, you! Do you want to help us out? Let us know what you want to hear? Send us your questions or topics related to Anglicanism and/or Christian spirituality, and we'll work at getting them into the show as we move along. In this episode, Father Jonathan and Dr Matthew get back to basics after the soaring heights of how the doctrine of God affects our everyday piety. Where does our whole tradition of Christian prayer go back to? Why, Jesus himself, and the prayer he taught his disciples: The Lord's Prayer. We look a little...2023-11-1125 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayThe Doctrine of God and the Spiritual LifeIn this video, we talk about the doctrine of God and how it relates to our spiritual life -- who/what is God? What does that mean for us as Christians? How does that influence our spirituality? As usual, Father Jonathan is pastorally attuned while Dr Matthew takes a journey involving John Zizioulas, Thomas Aquinas, Augustine of Hippo, Athanasius of Alexandria, Anselm of Canterbury, and John Jewel. If you are interested in taking Dr Matthew's course "Theology 1", information is in this link: https://www.ryleseminary.ca/courses-programs-page#courses-fall-2023 He is also teaching Augustine the Preacher...2023-09-0833 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayDevotion to Christ: How to pray, inspired by a prayer (from the BCP)In this episode, Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew are recording IN PERSON with an extra-special guest host, our venerable father, the Ven. Andrew Hoskin! We are excited to have him with us as we talk about the Collect (or Prayer of the Day) for the Tenth Sunday After Trinity Sunday in the Book of Common Prayer: LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The...2023-08-2120 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayHoly Communion in the Spiritual LifeAlternate title: "Saved at Supper" Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew discuss the sacrament of Holy Communion, taking as the departure for discussion the catechism in the Book of Common Prayer. Holy Communion is more than just something we do together with each other, and it’s more than a symbolic memorial. It is “generally necessary for salvation” and is a means whereby God communicates grace to us. References George Herbert, “Holy Communion”, https://www.ccel.org/h/herbert/temple/Communion.html Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. The Quest of t...2023-06-2331 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayThe Blessings of Common PrayerIn this episode, Father Jonathan and Dr Matthew discuss the benefits of common prayer, looking at the importance not only of truly walking the road of the Christian life but also of not going it alone, considering not only the blessings of others in real life but also the path of travel laid out by the Book of Common Prayer. Besides the BCP, the only bibliographical reference in this episode was to one of Dr Matthew’s Twitter friends, Nate, @oblatenate.2023-06-1231 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayCoronation and SacramentIn this episode, we jump off from the coronation of HM Charles III to explore the idea of broad sacramentality, of those moments and places God chooses to make himself manifest. Things referenced: Hans Boersma, Scripture As Real Presence. S. T. Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834 Iron Maiden’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSDZj_jh5cE 2023-05-1228 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayChrist is risen from the dead: Thoughts on the BCP Easter AnthemIn this episode, Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew discuss the Easter Anthem from the Book of Common Prayer (text below). This anthem is an arrangement of three scriptural passages to be used in place of the Venite at Morning Prayer on Easter. We hope that our meditations may bless your celebration of the Resurrection this Eastertide. The text: CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast; Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness; / but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1...2023-04-2932 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayCome, Let Us Sing unto the LordThis week, we finish off our tour of the canticles for Morning and Evening Prayer with “The Venite”, Psalm 95. This is the first canticle of the day, and it is meant to open not just a specific moment of prayer but to bless the whole day as prayer. We talk about in its ancient, medieval (especially “Sarum Use”, which is the medieval liturgical practice of Britain), and monastic contexts besides what all this means for our own lives. Books Mentioned John Henry Blunt, The Annotated Book of Common Prayer. https://archive.org/detail...2023-01-2728 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayThe "Te Deum": An Ancient Hymn for TodayIn this episode, Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew talk about the ancient hymn, “Te Deum Laudamus,” – “We Praise Thee, O God” – the only canticle from Morning and Evening Prayer that is not taken out of Scripture. We look a bit at its history and origins and then at its devotional use for us today. Fr Jonathan even sings it! We also, unplanned, both had the 1918 BCP at hand for this episode, not 1962. Books Benedict of Nursia. The Rule of St Benedict. Gavin Kelly. “Te Deum Laudamus,” https://ausonius.blogspot.com/2020/02/te-deum-laudamus.html Dag Norberg. A...2023-01-1336 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayCanticles Keep Christmas All YearIn this Christmas episode of Devotion to Christ, Fr Jonathan and Dr Matthew talk about the three Gospel canticles from Luke that are embedded in Morning and Evening Prayer -- the Benedictus (Song of Zachariah) from Luke 1, the Magnificat (Song of Mary) also from Luke 1, and the Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon) from Luke 2. These canticles, these songs from Scripture, speak truth not only into the life of first-century Israel but into our lives today.2022-12-3049 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayCreeds and the Spiritual LifeIn this episode, Dr Matthew and Fr Jonathan discuss the three creeds -- the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene (Constantinopolitan) Creed, and so-called "Athanasian Creed" -- their history and their meaning. We also plug Dr Matthew's upcoming course with Davenant Hall, which you can register for here: https://davenanthall.com/product/theological-world-nicene-controversy/2022-12-0951 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayThe Spirituality of the Church YearIn this episode, Dr Matthew and Fr Jonathan discuss the church year, from Advent to Christ the King Sunday, talking about the characteristics of each season and how the church year helps us focus on Jesus. The text of the Advent Prose: Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour forth righteousness: let the earth be fruitful, and bring forth a Saviour. Be not very angry, O Lord, neither remember our iniquity for ever: thy holy cities are a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation: our holy and our beautiful...2022-11-2550 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayPrayers and Poems from the Anglican traditionIn this week’s episode we continue our discussion from last week, covering some wider territory in a shorter compass, including prayers and poems Jeremy Taylor, William Law, Lancelot Andrewes, John Donne, Malcolm Guite, and Cranmer’s Book of Homilies in particular, besides broader references to a wide range of devotional literature including The Cloud of Unknowing, Julian of Norwich, and St John of the Cross’s Dark Night of the Soul. Find the Anglican divines: William Law. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. Lancelot Andrewes. The Priv...2022-11-1127 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayEpisode 3: Devotion beyond the office 1 - The Jesus Prayer and Lectio DivinaThis week’s episode is more personal in nature as we discuss our own devotional practices beyond the daily office, focussing specifically on the Jesus Prayer (Matthew) and Gospel-Based Discipleship (a form of lectio divina, Jonathan). Our journey will stretch back in time to Origen in the 200s, and touch on some late antique and medieval monks besides some more modern influences related to their movements, including Anglican Renewal Ministries. The Jesus Prayer The Way of a Pilgrim. Trans. Helen Bacovcin. The Philokalia. 4 vols. Trans. G. E. H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, Kal...2022-10-2841 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayWhat IS Anglican spirituality?In this episode, Father Jonathan and Dr Matthew discuss what exactly Anglican spirituality is, looking at the communal aspect of it, the Book of Common Prayer, and the daily office. The Witness Cloud daily office is, alas, not available online as we had thought. It will be soon, and we'll let you know on the show and on Twitter, @HoskinBrosPod The Prayer Book Society's Daily Prayer app: https://prayerbook.ca/common-prayer-app/ Books Scot McKnight, Praying with the Church. Robert Taft, The Liturgy of the Hours in East We...2022-10-1448 minDevotion to Christ: Anglican Spirituality, A Tradition for TodayGrace, the foundation of it allJoin us in this, our first episode! We pull out the Prayer Books Granddad gave us at confirmation and discuss grace, for grace is the foundation of the whole devotional life -- in fact, it's the foundation of the whole Christian life, for God is favourably disposed towards us, not weighing our merits but pardoning our offences.2022-09-3038 min