The first principle of the Ordinariate is then about Christian unity. St. Basil the Great, the Church’s greatest ecumenist, literally expended his life on the work of building bridges between orthodox brethren who shared a common faith, but who had become separated from one another in a Church badly fragmented by heresy and controversy. He taught that the work of Christian unity requires deliberate and ceaseless effort...St. Basil often talked with yearning about the archaia agape, the ancient love of the apostolic community, so rarely seen in the Church of his day. This love, he taught, is a visible sign that the Holy Spirit is indeed present and active, and it is absolutely essential for the health of the Church.

- Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, Homily on the Occasion of his Formal Institution as Ordinary

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Homily of Fr. Ernie Davis for the Immaculate Heart of Mary on June 12, 2010

Fr. Ernie Davis preached in the Crypt Chapel of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during Morning Prayer on the final day of the annual conference of the Anglican Use Society. Please listen to his reflections.

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