Monthly Archives: April 2014

Don Lorenzo Perosi

Posted on Friday, 18 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

You might not know the music of Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956) (more detailed article in Italian) who was an extremely gifted composer in the great Italian operatic tradition. However, he never composed operas. Giacomo Puccini is quoted as saying that “C’è … Continue reading →

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The Future of Music

Posted on Friday, 18 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have been involved in music for most of my life, mostly organ and choral music. Since then, my tastes in listening have broadened, and I tend to have a great affection for chamber music. My tastes have refined over … Continue reading →

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In pace in idipsum

Posted on Thursday, 17 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

For this Good Friday, I offer you my musical setting of the text In pace in idipsum, which is sung at the Burial of Christ at the end of the Mass of the Presanctified in the Use of Sarum. Our … Continue reading →

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Even when Judas hanged himself, there was a storm too…

Posted on Wednesday, 16 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I love the old Clint Eastwood films! One of my favourites is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. This film involves a Mexican by the name of Tuco, a professional bandit and brother of a Franciscan priest. From 3 … Continue reading →

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Death

Posted on Tuesday, 15 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is Holy Week, during which we meditate about human wickedness and perversity in the minds of official religious clerics, regardless of the faith they claim. We contemplate the death of Christ, and throughout Lent, we have considered our own … Continue reading →

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Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo

Posted on Sunday, 13 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo; facta est quasi vidua domina gentium; princeps provinciarum facta est sub tributo. “How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How is she become as a widow! She that was great … Continue reading →

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Maundy Thursday

Posted on Sunday, 13 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is an interesting article – Maundy Thursday Musings. Indeed we have two notions of Maundy Thursday. The Roman rite celebrates it as a feast with white vestments, the Gloria in excelesis and the transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to … Continue reading →

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Meaningless and Vulgar Reformations

Posted on Saturday, 12 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Fr Jonathan Munn has done it again! Reform of the reform of the reform of the…. Indeed, every time there is a reformation, there are schisms and protests. I sometimes wonder whether a religion that needs to be reformed did … Continue reading →

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Another Audience with the Cardinal

Posted on Friday, 11 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

No, I have not applied to join the Ordinariate! As last time, His Eminence Lord Cardinal de Paluel is not a Prince of the Church, but a buoy half way between Veulettes sur Mer and Saint Valéry en Caux. It … Continue reading →

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Evangelisation

Posted on Friday, 11 April, 2014 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It’s quite a mouthful of a word. I found the postings by Deborah Gyapong – Fr Ray Blake writes on evangelization and the article she describes – He asks some important questions about whether people are really serious about evangelizing. There … Continue reading →

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