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Anglican Ascetic
Homilies, teachings, and interviews from your host, Father Matthew C. Dallman, Obl.S.B., who is the leading authority on the theology of Martin Thornton, student of the Venerable S. Bede, and founder of Akenside Institute for English Spirituality. Fr Dallman is an Anglican priest: Rector of Saint Paul's, New Smyrna Beach, in Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida.
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Episodes
Anglican AsceticOn Entering into Lent
The Liturgy for Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the western Church, happens in a unique way in my parish. We only celebrate Matins and Evensong, and do…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 20
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Christ, the Perfect Pattern of Love
Last Sunday’s sermon finished with these words: In addition to the liturgical life and the Sacraments, the Church has always taught of the necessity of…
Anglican AsceticAn Introduction to the Ven. S. Bede's Commentary on the Song of Songs
Today I was a visiting lecturer at Wheaton College in Illinois. I gave my lecture via Zoom at the invitation of Dr Matthew Milliner. I entitled the lecture…
Anglican AsceticOn Examining our Conscience
Why does our Lord Jesus give us emphasis in His parable of the Seeds and the Sower to the material into which the seed is planted? He not only lists the…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 19
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Being Reality-Based About Ourselves
As we are using the traditional Western lectionary for our worship on Sundays and Holy Days, starting today and lasting for the next two Sundays is the period…
Anglican AsceticOn the Wind and Sea Obeying Christ
The disciples said, with astonishment, “How is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” They said this because they were eyewitnesses to Christ’s…
Anglican AsceticOn the Theophany of God through Christ
To celebrate at the beginning of the Epiphany season the Baptism of Jesus is an ancient liturgical custom. It is among the most ancient liturgical feasts of…
Anglican AsceticOn Imitating the Shepherds
When the Lord and Saviour was born in Bethlehem, as the sacred history of the Gospel bears witness, the angel of the Lord appeared with a great light to…
Anglican AsceticOn Mary, Joseph, and Emmanuel
On this Fifth Day of Christmas, let us reflect on certain passages of our Gospel account. Firstly, we notice that Saint Matthew wishes, in our Gospel account…
Anglican AsceticOn Embracing the Divinity of the Christ Child
To acknowledge and celebrate in our Divine Liturgy the birth of time of the Mediator between God the Father and human beings, the man Jesus Christ, born of…
Anglican AsceticOn the Coming Emmanuel
The eyes of all wait upon Jesus Christ. Indeed, the eyes of the world, the whole world, wait upon Jesus Christ. For in but a few short days comes the festival…
Anglican AsceticOn Origen, Saint Basil the Great, and Saint Gregory Nazianzus
In the audio above is the third lecture of the Advent Study Series that I am doing at my parish. The series is called “Foundations of the Church: Introducing…
Anglican AsceticOn Christ Known through Priests
Jesus Christ is our King. Of that we must never have any doubt. Things in the world we can doubt, we can question, we can critique. Things of the world can, as…
Anglican AsceticOn S. Ignatius of Antioch and S. Anthony the Great
In the audio above is the audio from the second lecture of the Advent Study Series that I am doing at my parish. The series is called “Foundations of the…
Anglican AsceticOn Inwardly Digesting Christ through Scripture
I concluded my preaching for the First Sunday of Advent with these words: “Recognizing that Christ is always the Coming One is the basis of life in Christ’s…
Anglican AsceticWho and What are the Church Fathers?
In the audio above is the audio from the first lecture of the Advent Study Series I am doing at my parish. The series is called “Foundations of the Faith…
Anglican AsceticOn Christ Entering Us, His Temple
As is mentioned in the Service Bulletin and described in more length in the December Parish Journal, starting today with the First Sunday of Advent we are…
Anglican AsceticOn Being Stirred Up into Kingdom Culture
I want to bring together threads that have occupied my preaching these last Sundays. These threads included reflections on the Holy Spirit, the image of our…
Anglican AsceticIntroducing "Kingdom Culture"
Our gospel story gives us again the beautiful, simple, and touching story of the poor widow. And it is held up in our lectionary in our stewardship season, as…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 18
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn the Saints as All-Star Christians
In professional sports there are all-star games. This is certainly true of professional baseball, professional basketball, professional hockey, and…
Anglican AsceticOn Receiving Our Sight
“And Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ And the blind man said to Him, ‘Rabbi, let me recover my sight.’” What could sight be for us…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 17
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Serving Our Awesome God
Our Gospel passage picks up with two of the close apostles of Christ – Ss James and John, sons of Zebedee, sons of thunder—asking our Lord to sit one at His…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 16
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Stewardship as Gardening
This is the first of several sermons on stewardship. Yes, it coincides with the fact that pledge cards for next year are being sent out to every household. Yet…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 15
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Matrimony as Referring to Christ and the Church
Our Lord teaches us today about the Sacrament of Matrimony. He says to the Pharisees: “From the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘For…
Anglican AsceticIn Praise of S. Michael and the Angels
There are two equal and opposite ways to devalue something. One way is to ignore it, which says that it is unimportant. The second way is to give it lots of…
Anglican AsceticOn the Joy of the Nativity of Mary
I want today to unpack the doctrine taught by the Church Father S. John of Damascus, which is included on our service bulletin. S. John of Damascus says, “The…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 14
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Holy Spirit the Giver of Life
And so it was that when Jesus taught the truth of the Eucharist, many of His disciples drew back and no longer went about with Him. The Gospel both attracts…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 13
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn the Eucharist and Illumination
One of the mandatory steps within the process of being ordained to the Priesthood is to do an internship as a hospital chaplain. In my case, I spent twenty…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 12
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Christ's Most Precious Body and Blood
Over the recent Sundays I have been speaking about the five ways Christ taught the Church to know His presence among them. Firstly, in every baptized…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 11
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Christ's Eucharistic Presence
Recognizing Christ’s real and actual presence has been the cause of Christian joy from the beginning of creation—“as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 10
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn Recognizing Christ's Presence
As I preached last Sunday, the joy of the Gospel is recognizing Christ’s presence. I also added these words in the conclusion: “The disciples came to realize…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 9
Evenings With Bede is a homily podcast. The episodes are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla…
Anglican AsceticOn the Joy of Christ's Presence
Our reflections during this liturgical season have gotten to a certain realization, and it is this: The joy of the Gospel is recognizing Christ’s presence. It…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 8
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO is…
Anglican AsceticOn Trusting in Christ
Reflecting again this week on the episode of the Holy Visitation of Blessed Mary, Mother of God to Saint Elisabeth, as depicted in our icon, and in the light…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 7
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO is…
Anglican AsceticOn Healing a Few Sick People
Among the many things that can be said about the Visitation of Blessed Mary, Mother of God (Theotokos) to Saint Elisabeth is that it was an act of love. I mean…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 6
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO is…
Anglican AsceticOn the Gospel and Health
Attention to language is often something that people gently ridicule in others. When a person is regarded as paying too close attention to words and their…
Anglican AsceticOn Christ's Love Controlling Us
I concluded my preaching last Sunday with these words: The key thing is this: what makes Christianity happen is gospel joy: it is the antidote to spiritual…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 5
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO is…
Anglican AsceticThe Antidote to Spiritual Desolation
I have chosen the theme of the “Joy of the Gospel” for my preaching this summer because gospel joy is something all Christians need to be constantly reminded…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 4
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO is…
Anglican AsceticOn Knowing the Father
“O God,” our Collect begins, “O God, from whom all good doth come.” How much we need to remember this! And not only what is good comes from God: Everything…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 3
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO is…
Anglican AsceticOn the Joy of the Gospel, part 1
This past Friday was a great feast of the Church. The 31st of May on our Kalendar means the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 2
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO is…
Anglican AsceticOn Being Reborn in the Holy Spirit of God
The predominant character of the Coming of the Holy Ghost on the Day Pentecost is one of explosive spiritual energy coming upon the 120 disciples in the Upper…
Anglican AsceticEvenings with Bede: S2, Ep. 1
Evenings With Bede are taken from the Sunday solemn Plainsong Evensong services of Saint Paul’s, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where I am Rector. SEASON TWO will be…