The Anglican Way

11/04/2026

Jesus said unto Thomas: “reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas said up to him, my Lord and my God.” (Guercino)

04/04/2026

The power of Christ’s victory on the cross penetrates even to the depths of hell, delivers the faithful from eternal death, and opens the door to life everlasting. These miniatures by Fra Angelico of all the majesty of a much larger picture.

04/04/2026

Donatello - Padua Crucifix.

03/04/2026

01/04/2026

C 1395-1420, German.

31/03/2026

Donatello’s “peasant”Christ crucified.

29/03/2026

“When I survey the wondrous Cross…“ our eyes instinctively avert from the sorrow and horror of the crucifixion (depicted here in a late 14thc Sienese crucifix). In the face of suffering we harden our hearts against compassion - and in the face of sin we refuse contrition. But in his suffering for our sins has he won salvation for us.

28/03/2026

The mystery of the Cross, a puzzle to the unbelieving world, a revelation to faith, of glory shown forth in shame, life in death.

20/03/2026

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, burnt at the stake in Oxford, March 21, 1556, courageously confessing his faith, condemned on the orders of a vengeful monarch for his teaching on “the true and Catholic doctrine of the Lord’s supper”. The dignified and reverent liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer, his precious legacy to the church, was baptized that day in fire and blood.

20/03/2026

The fifth Sunday in Lent (March 22 in 2026) marks the beginning of Passiontide. The church commemorates the suffering (‘passion’) of Christ for our salvation, and meditates on the hidden victory won upon the cross, as a victim victorious. (Early 15th century painted crucifix by Giovanni DiPaolo.)