Posts by Fr Jay Scott Newman

Dear Friends in Christ, In my entire life, I have never had surgery or spent even one night in a hospital, but my turn has come. I have a naturally occurring bone spur in my right shoulder which in the past couple of years has grown large enough to damage the rotator cuff, and for…

Dear Friends in Christ, I wish that school started on the Tuesday after Labor Day and lasted through the middle of June, but t’aint so. It’s time, then, to think of the new school year and all that comes with it in the life of the parish. On Sunday 14 August we’ll have Evensong at…

Dear Friends in Christ, The Eighth Principle of Evangelical Catholicism states that “All the baptized are sent in the Great Commission to be witnesses of Christ to others and must be equipped by the Church to teach the Gospel in word and deed. An essential dimension of true discipleship is the willingness to invite others…

Dear Friends in Christ, The Seventh Principle of Evangelical Catholicism states that “Being a follower of Christ requires moving from being a Church member by convention to a Christian disciple by conviction. This transformation demands that we consciously accept the Gospel as the measure of our entire lives, rather than attempting to measure the Gospel…

Dear Friends in Christ, The Sixth Principle of Evangelical Catholicism states that “Receiving the Sacraments without receiving the Gospel leads to superstition rather than living faith, and the Church must therefore take great care to ensure that those who receive the Sacraments also receive the Gospel in its integrity and entirety. Consequently, before Baptism, Confirmation,…