Resources to Prepare for the Sacrament of Penance (Confession)
During Ash Wednesday, and the Lenten Season in general, it is highly commended to all Christians to participate in the minor sacrament of penance. It is a good and healthy spiritual exercise to examine one’s life and conduct, to confess our sins to the church, to hear God’s forgiveness authoritatively pronounced to us, and to resolve to amend one’s life by taking up spiritual disciplines to counter our besetting sins. Contact Fr. Kent to schedule a time if you would like to participate in this sacrament. You can email him here. Resources: Hints for a First Confession, by Edward Bouverie Pusey An Anglican Primer on Confession (by an anonymous priest…
Announcing The Ascension Classical Academy!
In our country, we have slowly come to a realization that we are headed in a wrong direction. As we continue down this path, it is becoming equally apparent that we don’t know what’s really wrong, and therefore we don’t know how to correct it. Certainly there are many factors that have contributed to our current predicament, but our current educational approach seems to be reinforcing the issues instead of really addressing them. Sadly, many within the church do not approach life with any different values from those outside of the church. We need a cultural reset. We must somehow step back from our current culture and its presuppositions, and…