After an invigorating evolution of strong coffee, Morning Prayer, and cantering about on the horse, I set my mind to the Feast of the Ascension. I liked this, from Austin Farrer's 'Crown of the Year',
“All his life long Christ’s love burnt towards the heart of heaven in a bright fire, until he was wholly consumed in it, and went up in that fire to God. The fire is kindled on our altars, here Christ ascends in fire; the fire is kindled in the Christian heart, and we ascend. He says to us, Lift up your hearts; and we reply, We lift them up unto the Lord.”
Farrer was, to my mind, genius and a holy man with it.
Have a blessed Feast,
LSP
PS. Some people have rashly supposed that this site is against Mr. Steyn. That is not true.
Nice commentary. Thanks for posting it.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Steyn post. You hooked me good. I almost spilled my coffee when I saw the headline, thinking "No way! Not the Parson!"
A click of the picture and it all came together.
I thought it was brilliantly done. No apology necessary.
Thanks Silverfiddle - Steyn is greatness - as for TEC, Schori and the ACoC... well, what can we say?
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