Receiving Anglicanism

Altarpiece at the new church of Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston, TX

On Sunday the Anglican Ordinariate for the United States will be formally announced. As we prepare to receive our Anglican brothers and sisters in this historic step towards church unity, what will the Anglicans be receiving from their step of faith into full communion, and what will we be receiving from them? Here's my list:



What Anglicans will receive from entering into full communion with the Catholic Church:




Ecclesial unity with the Bishop of Rome - The Pope!
Communion with over a billion Catholics worldwide
Validity of orders and sacraments
Marian apparitions
Evelyn Waugh, G.K.Chesterton, Flannery O'Connor, Hilaire Belloc
Unity rather than schism
The truth about Henry VIII
Peace rather than continual strife
Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Divine Mercy
Italy, Spain, France, Poland, Ireland, Bavaria, Austria.
New understanding and sharing in Catholic spirituality
Chartres, Mont St Michel, Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur
Belonging to a church that transcends culture and class
Relics
Solidarity with Catholic bishops and clergy
The Sistine Chapel
New relationship with global Christianity
The Infant of Prague
Santiago de Compostella
Holy Cards
Communion with all the Catholic saints
Michaelangelo, Raphael, Carravagio, Leonardo da Vinci
A new understanding of English history
A final authority
Cohesive and comprehensive doctrinal and moral teaching


What Roman Catholics will receive from Anglicans who are entering into full communion through the Ordinariate:


An appreciation of English language, culture and history
The English choral tradition 
Wesley's hymns
Ad orientem celebration of the Mass
The General Thanksgiving
George Herbert
Preaching tabs, academic hood and preaching scarf
Choral Evensong
The Coverdale Psalter
T.S.Eliot and C.S.Lewis
The General Confession
Well educated clergy
Julian of Norwich
Lace and Incense
Our Lady of Walsingham
Needlepoint kneelers
The Caroline Divines
Altar rails
Anglican chant
Charles I - King and Martyr
Impatience with modernity
Nine Lessons and Carols
Altar frontals
John Donne and George Herbert
Tea and biscuits