Darin Lovelace

“Men don’t cover their heads during Mass, because they are a liturgical reminder of the One to whom all of us—men and women together—are united by Baptism: Christ the Bridegroom. Women cover their heads as a liturgical reminder of who all of us—men and women together—are by Baptism: Mother Church, the Bride of the Lamb. Together in the Mass, we tell the story of the wedding of heaven and earth, Christ and his Bride, the first thing.”
― Tyler Blanski, An Immovable Feast: How I Gave Up Spirituality for a Life of Religious Abundance

“By saying that we were “first Christians, then Anglicans”, my priest seemed to be saying, in so many words, that Anglicanism was just one of the many optional paths up the mountain we call Christianity. Beneath all the talk of liturgy and sacraments and tradition, beneath the bishops and the altars and the stoles, there seemed to be a fundamental conviction that none of it was actually necessary.”
― Tyler Blanski, An Immovable Feast: How I Gave Up Spirituality for a Life of Religious Abundance

“He was empty, and he was full. He was alone. Yes, he was alone among men. He was an alien, a stranger and sojourner like all his fathers before him. He knew now the anguish of exiles, the depth of their loneliness. And he saw that this was a gift, for it was the state of pilgrims journeying toward their own true home.”
― Michael D. O'Brien, Strangers and Sojourners

“Is it safe?” someone said. “Safe?” I said. “Of course it isn’t safe. But it’s good.”
― Tyler Blanski, An Immovable Feast: How I Gave Up Spirituality for a Life of Religious Abundance