Fr. Jeremiah's Ponderings

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St. Barnabas is one who became an Apostle alongside St. Paul because of his faithful and enduring work for the church through her early days. He is mostly known from the book of Acts, where he mostly worked with St. Paul. His life of faithfulness is one that we should all seek to emulate and be encouraged by throughout our days. Sources you can check out to learn more about him: https://www.britan...

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What are the Rites of Healing? What does forgiveness have to do with physical healing? How does the spiritual world affect the physical world? All of these things are addressed within the liturgies of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer. The spiritual and the physical are brought together in an amazing way in these rites found in the prayer book and are understood through the prayers that are used. Thi...

What is marriage? What comes out of marriage? How do children relate to marriage? Why is this so controversial? The Prayer book teaches us what we should believe about marriage and children. It helps us to understand what the Bible teaches us about the reality and nature of holy matrimony. When we simply look at the service of Holy Matrimony and the Thanksgiving for the birth or adoption of a chil...

Is there a secret baptism to confirmation pipeline that needs to be exposed? Baptism and Confirmation are two services that complement one another in our life as Christians. They remind us of the need for the Spirit to be active in our lives and for him to come to us. In baptism the Spirit comes with the water through the putting of God's name upon the baptized and in confirmation, the Spirit come...

This is part two of an ongoing series exploring the inside of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer. In this episode, I look at the service of Holy Communion and walk through what happens in it. I also explain some aspects of what Anglicans believe is happening when we partake of communion and its role in continuing to shape our hearts, wills, and minds. This is a public episode. If you would like to dis...

I begin series of videos dealing with what it means to be Anglican. I start with what the Book of Common Prayer is, what it does in the Christian life, why we use it, and how it can shape us into the kind of Christians that God the Father desires us to be. Morning Prayer playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU5X3Izd0-ztOc8VuAL7RBkIboMN6PN69 2019 Book of Common Prayer: http://bcp2019.an...

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What are the feasts that follow Christmas? Do you ever think about them? Did you even know that there are multiple feasts after Christmas that help us to understand the power of Christmas itself? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit frjeremiah.substack.com

Don't be scared to celebrate Christmas. Regardless of where some of our traditions may have come, those origins don't matter. We are worshiping Jesus, the Lord and Savior, the Son of God made man! Though there is little historical precedent that our traditions came from pagan roots, it doesn't matter at this point. Our intention is not the pagan's intention. Any possible connections have been stri...

Apologies about a second email for my subscribers! But I couldn’t go without saying something about this wonderful feast day. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit frjeremiah.substack.com

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit frjeremiah.substack.com