A historic day
I had a post about the St. Michael prayer planned for today, but it will have to wait. A truly historic occurrence has taken place today, somewhat related to my previous post. Today Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican have set up a structure which will allow Anglicans desiring to come into unity with Rome to do so, while still maintaining important parts of their Anglican rites and traditions.
This very generous provision by Pope Benedict XVI is likely to serve as a model for further groups who are wishing to come into unity with Rome, including the Society of St. Pius X.
Today’s move will mean that hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions, of Anglicans will come across to Rome. There is a realistic possibility that the entire African branch of Anglicans, which comprises nearly half of the Anglican Church membership of 88 million, will convert.
This is the first step in what I predict will be a tide of Christians flowing into Rome over the next decades. As most Christian groups are tending to be more guided by the spirit of the age than the Holy Spirit, those who are still close to Christ and the historical beliefs of Christianity will, more and more, be drawn to the Catholic Church, the light shining on a hill that Jesus spoke of.
As they come in, these people will, in turn, renew the Church. Let us fervently pray that Christ’s words in John 17:20-21 will be fulfilled in our lifetimes.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I totally agree, This is an excitning step in unity. I will pray for the Pope that he continues to do God’s will.